Connectionists: eCAS 2018 CALL FOR PAPERS: 3rd Workshop on Engineering Collective Adaptive Systems

Thu May 10 05:19:36 EDT 2018

eCAS2018
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CALL FOR PAPERS
3rd Workshop on Engineering Collective Adaptive Systems eCAS 2018
September 7th, 2018
Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) & University of Trento - Trento, Italy
Web site: ecas2018.apice.unibo.it

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AIMS AND MOTIVATION
Modern software systems are becoming more and more collective, composed of
many distributed and heterogeneous entities. These systems operate under
continuous perturbations making manual adjustments infeasible. For a
collective system to be resilient, its adaptation must also be collective,
in the sense that multiple entities must adapt in a way that addresses
critical runtime conditions while preserving the benefits of the
collaborative interdependencies. Decision-making in such systems is
distributed and possibly highly dispersed, and interaction between the
entities may lead to the emergence of unexpected phenomena.
In such systems, a new approach for adaptation is needed to allow (i)
multiple entities to collectively adapt with (ii) negotiations to decide
which collective changes are best. Collective adaptation also raises a
second important challenge: which parts of the system (things, services,
people) should be engaged in an adaptation? This is not trivial, since
multiple solutions to the same problem may be generated at different
levels. The challenge here is to understand these levels and create
mechanisms to decide the right scope for an adaptation for a given problem.
This workshop solicits papers that address new methodologies, theories and
principles that can be used in order to develop a better understanding of
the fundamental factors underpinning the operation of such systems, so that
we can better design, build, and analyze them, as well as case studies and
applications showing such approaches in action. Interdisciplinary work is
particularly welcomed.

Suggested Topics (but not limited to):

    Novel theories relating to operating principles of CAS
    Novel design principles for building CAS systems
    Insights into the short and long-term adaptation of CAS systems
    Insights into emergent properties of CAS
    Insights into general properties of large scale, distributed CAS
    Decision-making approaches in CAS
    Methodologies for studying, analyzing, and building CAS
    Frameworks for analyzing or developing CAS case studies
    Languages, platforms, APIs and other tools for CAS
    Scenarios, case studies, and experience reports of CAS in different
contexts (e.g., Smart Mobility, Smart Energy/Smart Grid, Smart Buildings,
traffic management, emergency response, etc.)

SCOPE
The workshop is expected to attract participants from many disciplines,
including Autonomic Computing, Biology, Game Theory, Evolutionary
Computing, Network Science, Self-Organizing Systems, Pervasive Computing,
and to be of interest to anyone working with the domain of large-scale
self-adaptive systems. In addition, the European Commission has funded
seven scientific projects and a Coordination Action in this area, with
projects starting at the beginning of 2013. Thus, the workshop provides a
natural base for the projects to meet and share ideas, even if it is in no
way limited to this audience, and is likely to have broad appeal to a wide
range of researchers. Potential audience members might work in application
areas relating to large-scale distributed systems, or may come from any of
the many disciplines that can provide insights into the operation and
design of such systems.

IMPORTANT DATES

Abstract submission: June 4, 2018

Workshop paper submission: June 11, 2018

Workshop paper notification: July 9, 2018
Camera-Ready Version: July 15, 2018

Workshop: September 7, 2018

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SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS and REVIEW CRITERIA
The length of a workshop paper may not exceed 6 pages including references
and follow the IEEE Computer Society Press proceedings style guide.
All papers should be submitted in PDF format. You can submit the paper
through EasyChair using this link:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ecas2018
By submitting a paper, the authors confirm that in case of acceptance, at
least one author will attend the workshop to present the work.
Papers will be peer reviewed on the basis of originality, readability,
relevance to themes, soundness, and overall quality. Workshop proceedings
will be published on IEEE Xplore in parallel with the main conference
proceedings.

WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS
    Simon Dobson, University of St Andrews, UK,
simon.dobson at st-andrews.ac.uk
    Martina De Sanctis, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento, Italy,
msanctis at fbk.eu
    Giacomo Cabri, Universit‡ di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy,
giacomo.cabri at unimore.it

STEERING COMMITTEE
    Jacob Beal, Raytheon BBN Technologies, USA
    Giacomo Cabri, University of Modena And Reggio Emilia, Italy
    Nicola Capodieci, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
    Emma Hart, Edinburgh Napier University, U.K
    Jane Hillston, University of Edinburgh, U.K
    Mirko Viroli, University of Bologna, Italy

WORKSHOP PROGRAM COMMITTEE (TO BE FINALIZED)
    Gerrit Anders, Augsburg University
    Franco Bagnoli, Universit‡ di Firenze
    Ezio Bartocci, TU Wien
    Luca Bortolussi, University of Trieste
    Johann Bourcier, IRISA/INRIA-Universite de Rennes 1
    Sven Brueckner, Axon Connected LLC
    Giacomo Cabri, Universit‡ di Modena e Reggio Emilia
    Javier Camara, Carnegie Mellon University
    Siobhan Clarke, Trinity College Dublin
    Daniel Coore, University of the West Indies
    Ferruccio Damiani, Dipartimento di Informatica, Universit‡ di Torino
    Rocco De Nicola, IMT - School for Advanced Studies Lucca
    Giovanna Di Marzo Serugendo, University of Geneva
    Ada Diaconescu, Telecom ParisTech, CNRS LTCI
    Simon Dobson, University of St Andrews
    Matt Duckham, RMIT University
    Stefan Dulman, CWI
    Schahram Dustdar, TU Wien
    Jane Hillston, University of Edinburgh
    Paola Inverardi, University of LíAquila
    Eva K¸hn, TU Wien
    Peter Lewis, Aston University
    Nicolas Markey, LSV, CNRS & ENS Cachan
    Annapaola Marconi, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento
    Mieke Massink, CNR-ISTI
    Hernan Melgratti -- University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Monjur Mourshed, Cardiff University, UK
    Mirco Musolesi, University College London
    Carlo Pinciroli, …cole Polytechnique de Montreal
    Alexander Schiendorfer, University Augsburg
    Bradley Schmerl, Carnegie Mellon University
    Antoine Spicher, LACL University Paris Est Creteil
    Katia Sycara, Carnegie Mellon University
    Christof Teuscher, Portland State University
    Mirko Viroli, Universit‡ di Bologna
    Martin Wirsing, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen

REGISTRATION
All attendees at the workshop must register for SASO through the conference
website:  https://saso2018.fbk.eu/index.php/registration/

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