  Fast Abstracts at EDCC 2012 are short presentations, aiming to serve as a
rapid and flexible mechanism to report on current work that may or may not be
complete, introduce new ideas to the community, and state positions on
controversial issues or open problems. This way, fast abstracts provide an
opportunity to introduce new work, or present radical opinions, and receive
early feedback from the community. Contributions are welcome from both academia
and industry.
  The goal of the Student Forum is to encourage students to attend EDCC 2012
and present their work, exchange ideas with researchers and practitioners, and
get early feedback on their research efforts. All papers were peer-reviewed by
at least three program committee members, and the authors were provided with
detailed comments on their work. In the end we had one accepted paper for the
Student forum.
