Welcome message from the general chair, vice-general chair and conference coordinator

This conference attempts to provide answers to a very important question, namely: "how can we make the computer systems and communication networks that we increasingly rely on more dependable?" Our lives have become critically dependent on the correct operation of these systems as we surf the web, fly airplanes, drive cars, manage our finances, and even heat our homes. We need to face up to not only inadvertent faults, errors and failures, which have been the traditional concerns of the dependability community, but also to malicious exploitation of imperfect systems and networks, and intentional cyber-attacks. The DSN program committees have put together an excellent technical program for researchers, practitioners, and users to learn and exchange information on the latest research results and the state of the practice in dependable systems and networks. Multiple tracks include the Dependable Computing and Communications Symposium (DCCS), the Performance and Dependability Symposium (PDS), as well as Workshops, Tutorials, a Student Forum, and Fast Abstracts highlighting late-breaking research. There will be plenty of opportunity for informal discussions during breaks, lunches, a welcome reception, and the social event. This volume contains the papers and presentations of the DCCS and PDS tracks. The accompanying Supplemental Volume contains the Fast Abstracts and presentations at the Workshops and Student Forum.