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<b>*** ACSOS 2020 - Call For Doctoral Symposium Papers ***</b><br>
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1st Joint ICAC/SASO International Conference on<br>
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Autonomic Computing and Self-Organizing Systems<br>
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17-21 August 2020 – Washington, DC & Online<br>
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The goal of the IEEE International Conference on Autonomic
Computing and Self-Organizing Systems (ACSOS) is to provide a
forum for sharing the latest research results, ideas and
experiences in autonomic computing, self-adaptation and
self-organization. ACSOS was founded in 2020 as a merger of the
IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing (ICAC) and
the IEEE International Conference on Self-Adaptive and
Self-Organizing Systems (SASO). For more information about the
merger, as well as up-to-date news, see <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://conf.researchr.org/news/acsos-2020">https://conf.researchr.org/news/acsos-2020</a>
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The Doctoral Symposium provides an international forum for PhD
students working in ACSOS-related research fields to present their
work to a diverse audience of leading experts in the field, to
gain both insightful feedback and discussion points around their
research as well as the invaluable experience of presenting new
research to an international audience. The symposium has a strong
history, though ICAC and SASO, of connecting young researchers
with highly experienced peers to forge connections which can last
for many years.<br>
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PhD students are invited to submit a two-page abstract, with
another page for references, which should use the below format to
describe the key motivation of their research, the major
contribution (either actual or expected, depending on the research
stage), discuss their methodology, and present the current status
of the research. Authors of accepted papers will have the
opportunity to present their work both at the doctoral symposium
and in brief at the main conference itself, offering a very wide
audience for their research.<br>
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Students at any stage of their PhD are welcome to submit. Reviews,
feedback, and expectations will be adapted appropriately to the
relative stage of each submission.<br>
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<b>*** Important Dates ***</b><br>
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June 3, 2020: Paper submission deadline<br>
June 24, 2020: Paper acceptance notification<br>
July 8, 2020: Camera ready deadline<br>
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<b>*** Mentoring Program ***</b><br>
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This year the Doctoral Symposium will employ a mentoring program,
in which every author of an accepted paper will be paired with an
experienced mentor from the community. Mentors will help introduce
the student to the community, offer extended discussion of their
research objectives and career opportunities, and will host their
students throughout the event to help gain the best experience
from an international conference.<br>
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<b>*** Submission Instructions ***</b><br>
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Submissions should use the IEEE Computer Society Press format (<a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html">https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html</a>)
and should be a maximum of 2 pages long, with an extra page
permitted for references.<br>
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Authors should submit their abstracts to EasyChair at <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acsos20">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acsos20</a><br>
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Because the doctoral symposium focuses on the work of specific PhD
students, please note that only single-author submissions are
permitted, with the name of the PhD supervisor included below that
of the author.<br>
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All submissions should have the following specific structure:<br>
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Motivation and challenges: explain why this research is important,
and identify the key research question and challenges that have
yet to be addressed by the community - including limitations of
current approaches<br>
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Contribution and objectives: present the main contribution of the
research, in a way that a non-expert could clearly understand,
then present the detailed objectives of your research,
highlighting why your work is novel in comparison to existing
research<br>
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Methodology and preliminary results: present the methodology of
your approach, discussing why it is suitable to your contribution,
and also present any preliminary results if you have them<br>
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Future work and research plan: summarise your intended future
work, and provide a schedule of milestones with a discussion of
their feasibility<br>
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Authors of accepted submissions will prepare a final
(camera-ready) version of their abstract, taking into account
reviewers’ feedback. Doctoral symposium papers will be submitted
to IEEE Xplore as part of the ACSOS proceedings and will be made
available in the IEEE Digital Library.<br>
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<b>*** Symposium Organisers ***</b><br>
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Phyllis Nelson, California State Polytechnic University Pomona,
USA - <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:prnelson@cpp.edu">prnelson@cpp.edu</a><br>
Barry Porter, Lancaster University, UK - <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:b.f.porter@lancaster.ac.uk">b.f.porter@lancaster.ac.uk</a><br>
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