====== Slide 2: ICDCN ======

  * International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking
  * Início: 2000
  * Anual
  * Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Infosys Technologies, Jadavpur University, Indian Statistical Institute...
  * Ph.D. Forum
  * 15ª edição (2014): Amrita University, Coimbatore, India
  * http://www.icdcn.org/ 

====== Slide 3: PPoPP ======

  * Principles and Practice of Parallel Programming
  * Início: 1999
  * Anual
  * Orlando, FL, USA
  * 18ª edição (2013) foi em Shenzhen, China
  * http://www.sigplan.org/Conferences/PPOPP/Main 

====== Slide 4: DOC ======

  * Distributed Object Computing (DOC) Group for Distributed Real-time and Embedded (DRE) Systems
  * DOC Group
      * Vanderbilt University, Nashville
      * Washington University
      * University of California, Irvine
      * Siemens ZT, University of Maryland, HP... 
  * Número de membros: ?
  * Open Source
  * ACE, TaO?, CIAO, DAnCE?, ZEN, CoSMIC?, CUTS, JAWS, RACE, Skoll, GEMS, DDS Benchmark
  * http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/ 

====== Slide 5: CLOUDS ======

  * Cloud Computing and Distributed Systems (CLOUDS) Laboratory
  * University of Melbourne
  * Número de membros: grande (incluindo 13 estudantes de Ph. D.)
  * Continue to be a world leader in developing innovative and utility-oriented distributed computing systems and technologies.
  * Gridbus
  * Publicações, apresentações, dissertações
  * http://www.cloudbus.org/