We welcome paper submissions on all areas of precision clock synchronization and distributed time-based applications. Example topics of interest include but are not limited to：

Distributed Applications Based on Synchronized Clocks

Software, hardware, and system architecture
Time-based programming models
Design environments and tools
Distributed algorithms using or based on synchronized clocks
Robustness of distributed time-based systems
Fault tolerance in distributed time-based systems
Security in distributed time-based systems
Application requirements studies
Case studies and field experience
Analytic, modelling, and simulation studies
Time-based cyber-physical systems
Time synchronization for robotics and control
Time synchronization for cloud computing infrastructure
IaaS Data Plane & PaaS Control/Management Plane

Clock Synchronization Technology

Design, usage and research concerning IEEE 1588
Systems with heterogeneous synchronization technologies
Synchronization performance test and evaluation tools
Analytic, modelling, and simulation studies
Clock system management
Timing security and robustness
Synchronization over gigabit, fiber, and wireless networks
Local and wide-area synchronization
Servo design for slave clocks
Device design and application support
Conformance testing and system integration issues
Time and frequency distribution
Emerging and potential markets
Work-In-Progress reports