Editor
Qusay H. Mahmoud, Ph.D.
Dept. of Computing & Information Science
University of Guelph, Canada

Publisher
John Wiley & Sons

Target Audience
Researchers, senior undergraduate and graduate students in the field of middleware. The book will also be useful for developers of middleware platforms.

Topics

• Introduction to Middleware
• Middleware Protocols
• Object-Oriented Middleware
• Message-Oriented Middleware (MOM)
• Application-Oriented Middleware (Upperware)
• Mobile Computing Middleware
• Middleware for Smart Cards and Interactive TVs
• Middleware for Web Services
• Middleware for Grid Computing
• Reflective Middleware
• QoS-Enabled Middleware
• Middleware Performance
• Middleware Security
• Real-time middleware
• Fault tolerance
• CORBA and RMI
• J2EE and Java Message Service (JMS)
• XML for Middleware
• Database Middleware
• Selecting a Middleware
• Case Studies
• Ad hoc Middleware Components
• Middleware administrative infrastructures
• State of the art
• Future Directions

Important Dates
Proposal/Abstract (2-pages maximum): March 25 (flexible)
Notifications: April 4, 2003
Chapter(s) due: June 1, 2003 (flexible)
Feedback: Aug 1, 2003
Final Submission: Sep 1, 2003
Publication: Early 2004

Proposal/Abstract Submissions
Please send you proposal/abstract (max of 2-pages) to qmahmoud@cis.uoguelph.ca

Author guidelines will be sent along with notifications.

Looking forward to receiving your contributions!

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 * Qusay H. Mahmoud, Ph.D.
 * Assistant Professor
 *   Dept of Computing and Information Science
 *   University of Guelph, Canada
 * Associate Chair
 *   Distributed Computing and Wireless Telecom Program
 * http://www.cis.uoguelph.ca/~qmahmoud
 * qmahmoud@cis.uoguelph.ca
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