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</tt><b><tt>**************** Important Dates</tt></b><tt><b>
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- Workshop proposal submission deadline: <b>February
22nd, 2021</b><br>
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</tt><tt> - Abstract submission deadline: <b>April 16th,
2021</b> </tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> - Paper submission deadline: <b>April 23th,
2021</b> </tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> - Notification to authors: <b>June 25th, 2021</b></tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> - Camera ready: <b>August 13th, 2021</b></tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> - ACSOS Conference: <b>September 27th --
October 1st, 2021</b> </tt><tt><br>
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</tt><tt>All times in Anywhere on Earth (AoE) timezone.<br>
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</tt><b><tt>***** About ACSOS2021 Workshops and
Tutorials</tt></b><tt><b> *****</b></tt><br>
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<div><tt><br>
The IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing
and Self-Organizing Systems (ACSOS) is the premier forum
for sharing the latest research results, ideas and
experiences in autonomic computing, self-adaptation and
self-organization. The mission of ACSOS is to provide an
interdisciplinary forum for researchers and industry
practitioners to address these challenges to make
resources, applications, and systems more autonomic,
self-adaptive, and self-organizing. ACSOS provides a
venue to share and present their experiences, discuss
challenges, and report state-of-the-art and in-progress
research. The conference program will include technical
research papers, in-practice experience reports, vision
papers, posters, demos, and a doctoral symposium.<br>
<br>
ACSOS is now seeking proposals for workshops in the
areas of autonomous and self-adaptive systems to run
alongside the main conference. We seek workshop
proposals on a very broad set of topics within these
fields, including<br>
<br>
- Autonomic and Self-* system properties, theory,
engineering, and practice<br>
- Data-driven management<br>
- Mechanisms and principles for self-organisation and
self-adaptation<br>
- Socio-technical self-* systems<br>
- Autonomic and self-* concepts applied to hardware
systems<br>
- Convergence of artificial intelligence, cloud, and
Internet of Things<br>
- Self-adaptive cybersecurity<br>
- Cross disciplinary research<br>
<br>
More detail on these topics can be found in the main
ACSOS CFP, which is reported below.<br>
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<b><tt>***************************************************<br>
**************** Goals and Mission ****************<br>
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<tt>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).<br>
<br>
Emerging large-scale systems (including data centers,
cloud computing, smart cities, cyber-physical systems,
sensor networks, and embedded or pervasive environments)
are becoming increasingly complex, heterogeneous, and
difficult to manage. The challenges of designing,
controlling, managing, monitoring, and evolving such
complex systems in a principled way led the scientific
community to look for inspiration in diverse fields,
such as biology, biochemistry, physics, complex systems,
control theory, artificial intelligence, and sociology.
To address these challenges novel modeling and
engineering techniques are needed that help to
understand how local behavior and global behavior relate
to each other. Such models and practices are a key
condition for understanding, controlling, and designing
the emergent behavior in autonomic and self-adaptive
systems.<br>
<br>
The mission of ACSOS is to provide an interdisciplinary
forum for researchers and industry practitioners to
address these challenges to make resources,
applications, and systems more autonomic, self-adaptive,
and self-organizing. ACSOS provides a venue to share and
present their experiences, discuss challenges, and
report state-of-the-art and in-progress research. The
conference program will include technical research
papers, in-practice experience reports, vision papers,
posters, demos, and a doctoral symposium.<br>
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</tt><b><tt>********************* Scope</tt></b><tt><b>
***********************</b><br>
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</tt><tt>We invite novel contributions related to the
fundamental understanding of autonomic computing,
self-adaption and self-organization along with
principles and practices of their engineering and
application. The topics of interest include, but are not
limited to:</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> * <i>Autonomic and Self-* system properties</i>:
robustness; resilience; efficient resource management;
stability; anti-fragility; diversity; self-reference and
reflection; emergent behavior; computational awareness
and self-awareness;</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> * <i>Autonomic and Self-* systems theory</i>:
bio-inspired and socially-inspired paradigms and
heuristics; theoretical frameworks and models; languages
and formal methods; queuing and control theory;
requirement and goal expression techniques; uncertainty
as a first class entity;</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> * <i>Autonomic and Self-* systems engineering</i>:
reusable mechanisms and algorithms; design patterns;
programming languages; architectures; operating systems
and middlewares; testing and validation methodologies;
runtime models; techniques for assurance; platforms and
toolkits; multi-agent systems;</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> * <i>Autonomic and Self-* systems practice</i>:
case studies from industry, experimental setups and data
sets, experience reports with established autonomic and
self-* software;</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> * <i>Data-driven management</i>: data mining;
machine learning; data science and other statistical
techniques to analyze, understand, and manage the
behavior of complex systems or establishing
self-awareness;</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> * <i>Mechanisms and principles for
self-organisation and self-adaptation</i>:
inter-operation of self-* mechanisms; evolution, logic,
and learning; addressing large-scale and decentralized
system;</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> * <i>Socio-technical self-* systems</i>: human
and social factors; visualization; crowdsourcing and
collective awareness;</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> * <i>Autonomic and self-* concepts applied to
hardware systems</i>: self-* materials;
self-construction; reconfigurable hardware, self-*
properties for quantum computing;</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> * <i>Convergence of artificial intelligence,
cloud, and Internet of Things</i>: moving artificial
intelligence to the edge, collective decision processes,
in-network learning, distributed reinforcement learning;</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> * <i>Self-adaptive cybersecurity</i>: intrusion
detection, malware attribution, zero-trust networks and
blockchain-based approaches, privacy in self-* systems;</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> * <i>Cross disciplinary research</i>:
approaches that draw inspiration from complex systems,
artificial intelligence, physics, chemistry, psychology,
sociology, biology, and ethology.</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>We invite research papers applying autonomic and
self-* approaches to a wide range of application areas,
including (but not limited to):</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> * smart environments: -grids, -cities, -homes,
and -manufacturing;</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> * Internet of things and cyber-physical systems;</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> * robotics, autonomous vehicles, and traffic
management;</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> * cloud (including serverless), fog, edge
computing and data centers;</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> * hypervisors, containerization services,
orchestration, operating systems, and middleware;</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> * biological and bio-inspired systems.</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>Note that separate calls for Poster, Demo, and
In-Practice Report Submissions will also be issued, as
well as a call for participation in the Doctoral
Symposium. </tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
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************* </tt></b><b><tt><tt>Submission
Instructions</tt> *************<br>
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</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><b>Research papers</b> (<i>up to 10 pages
including images, tables, and references</i>) should
present novel ideas in the cross-disciplinary research
context described in this call, motivated by problems
from current practice or applied research.</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><b>Experience Reports</b> (<i>up to 10 pages
including images, tables, and references</i>) cover
innovative implementations, novel applications,
interesting performance results and experience in
applying recent research advance to practical situations
on any topics of interest.</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><b>Vision Papers</b> (<i>up to 6 pages including
images, tables, and references</i>) introduce
ground-shaking, provocative, and even controversial
ideas; discuss long term perspectives and challenges;
focus on overlooked or underrepresented areas, and
foster debate.</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>All submissions must indicate a primary and
(optionally) a secondary topic area from the following
list:</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> * <i>RM</i>: Resource Manargement in Data
Centers and Cloud Computing</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> * <i>CPS</i>: Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) and
Internet of Things (IoT)</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> * <i>SOSA</i>: Theory and Practice of
Self-Organization, Self-Adaptation, and Organic
Computing</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> * <i>ENG</i>: Software and Systems Engineering
for Autonomic and Self-Organizing Systems</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> * <i>SYS</i>: Systems theory for Autonomic and
Self-Organizing Systems</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> * <i>DATA</i>: Data-Driven Approaches to
Autonomic and Self-Organizing Systems Analysis and
Management</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> * <i>NEW</i>: Emerging Computing Paradigms</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> * <i>SOC</i>: Socio-technical Autonomic and
Self-Organizing Systems</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> * <i>LANG</i>: Languages and Formal Methods for
Autonomic and Self-Organizing Systems</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> * <i>COG</i>: Self-Aware, Reflective, and
Cognitive Computing</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> * <i>APP</i>: Application Areas for Autonomic
and Self-Organizing Systems such as Autonomous Vehicles,
Smart Cities, Swarms, etc.</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> * <i>REL</i>: Assurances, security, resilience,
and reliability of Autonomic and Self-Organizing Systems</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> * <i>CROSS</i>: Cross-disciplinary research on
e.g., complex systems, control theory, artificial
intelligence, chemistry, psychology, sociology, and
biology</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>All submissions are required to be formatted
according to the standard IEEE Computer Society Press
proceedings style guide: <<a
href="https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html"
target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html</a>>.</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>Papers are submitted electronically in PDF format
through the ACSOS 2021 conference management system:
<<a
href="https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=acsos21"
target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=acsos21</a>>.</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>Research papers and experience reports will be
included in the conference proceedings that will be
published by IEEE Computer Society Press and made
available as a part of the IEEE Digital Library. Vision
papers will be part of a separate proceedings volume
(the ACSOS Companion).</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>As per the standard IEEE policies, all
submissions should be original, i.e., they should not
have been previously published in any conference
proceedings, book, or journal and should not currently
be under review for another archival conference. We
would like to also highlight IEEE’s policies regarding
plagiarism and self-plagiarism:</tt><tt> <<a
href="https://www.ieee.org/publications/rights/plagiarism/id-plagiarism.html"
target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.ieee.org/publications/rights/plagiarism/id-plagiarism.html</a>>.</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>Where relevant and appropriate, accepted papers
will also be encouraged to participate in the Demo or
Poster Sessions.</tt><tt><br>
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***************** Review Criteria *****************<br>
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</tt><tt><b><i>Research papers</i></b> should highlight
both theoretical and empirical contributions,
substantiated by formal analysis, simulation,
experimental evaluations, or comparative studies.
Appropriate references must be made to related work. Due
to the cross-disciplinary nature of the ACSOS
conference, we encourage papers to be intelligible and
relevant to researchers who are not members of the same
specialized sub-field. Moreover, research papers should
provide an indication of the real-world relevance of the
problem that is solved, including a description of the
domain, and an evaluation of performance, usability,
and/or comparison to alternative approaches.</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><b><i>Experience reports</i></b> should provide
insights into any aspect of design, implementation or
management of self-* systems that would be of benefit to
practitioners and the ACSOS community.</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><b><i>Vision Papers</i></b> should introduce
innovative, risky, visionary, and provocative ideas,
spotlighting overlooked areas, raising controversial
points, and exploring cross-disciplinary contaminations.</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><i><b>All submissions</b></i> will be rigorously
peer-reviewed and evaluated based on the quality of
their technical contribution, originality, soundness,
significance, presentation, understanding of the state
of the art, and overall quality.</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>We intend to continue the tradition of giving the
best papers of the conference an opportunity to publish
an extended version in a <b><i>special issue</i></b> of
ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems
(TAAS).</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>The <b><i>Karsten Schwan Best Paper Award</i></b>
will be awarded to a selected paper.</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
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******* (NEW!!)</tt></b><b><tt> Artifact Evaluation
program *******<br>
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</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>For the first time, ACSOS introduces an <b><i>artifact
evaluation program</i></b>. To improve
reproducibility of results, <i>authors of accepted
papers</i> with a computational component are invited
to submit their code and/or their data to an <b><i>optional</i></b>
artifact evaluation process. A dedicated committee will
be in charge of reproducing the results presented in the
accepted papers. <b><i>Participation in the program is
OPTIONAL and does not impact the paper acceptance in
any way</i></b>. The best artifacts will be awarded
the IEEE ACSOS Best Software Artifact Award. Artifacts
that are successfully reproduced will be highlighted in
the conference program, and they will feature in the
corresponding camera ready paper a badge of
reproducibility.</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>For more information, please refer to the <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://conf.researchr.org/track/acsos-2021/acsos-2021-papers#Call-for-Artifacts">ACSOS
2021 call for artifacts</a></tt><tt>.</tt><tt><br>
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</b><b>**************** Demos & Posters
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</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>Posters provide a forum for authors to present
their work in an informal and interactive setting. They
allow authors and interested participants to engage in
discussions about their work. Demonstration should
present an existing tool or research prototype. Authors
are expected to perform a live demonstration on their
own hardware during the poster and demonstration
session. Contributions will be collected in <b><i>ACSOS
Companion Proceedings</i></b>, published by IEEE
Computer Society Press, and made available as a part of
the IEEE Digital Library.</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>For more information, please refer to the <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://conf.researchr.org/track/acsos-2021/acsos-2021-posters-and-demos">ACSOS
2021 call for posters and demos</a></tt><tt>.</tt><tt><br>
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</b><b>************* Workshops & Tutorials
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</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>ACSOS workshops will provide a meeting place for
presenting novel ideas in a less formal and possibly
more focused way than the conferences themselves. Their
aim is to stimulate and facilitate active exchange,
interaction, and comparison of approaches, methods, and
ideas. Contributions will be collected in <b><i>ACSOS
Companion Proceedings</i></b>, published by IEEE
Computer Society Press, and made available as a part of
the IEEE Digital Library.</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>For more information, please refer to the <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://conf.researchr.org/track/acsos-2021/acsos-2021-workshops-and-tutorials">ACSOS
2021 call for workshops and tutorials</a></tt><tt>.</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
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</b><b>*************** Doctoral Symposium
***************</b><b><br>
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</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>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. Contributions
will be collected in <i><b>ACSOS Companion Proceedings</b></i>,
published by IEEE Computer Society Press, and made
available as a part of the IEEE Digital Library.</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>For more information, please refer to the <font
color="#ff0000">ACSOS 2021 Doctoral Symposium call for
participation</font>.</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><br>
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</b><b>*** ACSOS in Practice: </b><b>Accelerating
Convergence ***<br>
*** between Academia & Industry (ACAI)
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</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>ACAI@ACSOS features short vision talks and
opportunities for researchers to brainstorm potential
collaborations. We ask ALL ACAI attendees to submit
information about their interests, qualifications and
visions for ACAI.</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>Contributions will be collected in <i><b>ACSOS
Companion Proceedings</b></i>, published by IEEE
Computer Society Press, and made available as a part of
the IEEE Digital Library.</tt><tt><br>
For more information, please refer to the <font
color="#ff0000">ACAI@ACSOS2021 call for papers</font>.</tt>
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