Welcome Message from the Conference Coordinator

The author would like to join the other members of the Conference Organizing Committee in welcoming you to the 2006 International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks, the leading international conference on dependability. As society becomes ever more dependent on computer systems and the consequences of failures become more severe, the topics being considered at the conference continue to become more relevant and important. As Conference Coordinator, my primary responsibility is for the overall technical program of the conference, coordinating the activities of those responsible for the Dependable Computing and Communication Symposium, the Performance and Dependability Symposium, the student forum, the workshops, the industry sessions, and fast abstracts. Most of the hard work is done by the individuals responsible for those areas, as well as those organizing the individual workshops. I would especially like to thank those who had the very large task as the two PC chairs, in handling paper submission, reviewing (including the nagging of reviewers where required), and management of the PC meetings. They have each made a very large contribution to the fine quality of the technical program.