Connectionists: [CFP] 4th eCAS Workshop - Short/position papers also welcome (EXTENDED DEADLINE: Mar 22)

[Roberto Casadei]

CFP UPDATE: short/position papers (max 4 pages) reporting on 
work-in-progress research are also welcome.

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CALL FOR WORKSHOP PAPERS: eCAS'19

The 4th eCAS Workshop on Engineering Collective Adaptive Systems (eCAS 2019)

Workshop website: http://ecas2019.apice.unibo.it

Location: Umeå, Sweden. In conjunction with FAS* (https://www.fasstar.org)
- 13th IEEE International Conference on Self-Adaptiveand Self-Organizing 
Systems (SASO 2019, http://saso2019.cs.umu.se/), and
- 16th IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing (ICAC 2019, 
http://icac2019.cs.umu.se/)
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Important dates
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* Abstract Submission (optional): March 15, 2019 (EXTENDED)
* Submission Deadline: March 22, 2019 (EXTENDED,FIRM)
* Notification of Acceptance: April 15, 2019
* Camera-Ready Version: April 20, 2019
* Workshop: TBD (June 16-20, 2019)

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Scope
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Modern software systems are becoming more and more *collective* and are 
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 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 
nontrivial, as multiple solutions to the same problem may be generated 
at different levels. The challenge 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 to develop a better understanding of the 
fundamental factors underpinning the operation of such systems, so that 
they can be better designed, built, and analyzed, 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.)

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Submission Instructions and Review Criteria
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We solicit two types of contributions:

* full papers (max 6 pages, including references), for original research 
and experience reports;
* short/position papers (max 4 pages, including references), for 
work-in-progress research, as a basis for discussion.

Papers must 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=ecas2019

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.

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Committees
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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
* Mirko Viroli, University of Bologna, Italy

Workshop Chairs

* Roberto Casadei, Alma Mater Studiorum--Università di Bologna, IT
* Soura Dasgupta, University of Iowa, USA

Program Committee

* Franco Bagnoli, University of Firenze, Italy
* Jake Beal, Raytheon BBN Technologies, USA
* Johann Bourcier, Université de Rennes 1 / IRISA, France
* Antonio Bucchiarone, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento, Italy
* Mauro Caporuscio, Linnaeus University, Sweden
* Ferruccio Damiani, Dipartimento di Informatica, Università di Torino, 
Italy
* Simon Dobson, University of St Andrews, UK
* Martina De Sanctis, Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila, Italy
* Giovanna Di Marzo Serugendo, University of Geneva, Switzerland
* Schahram Dustdar, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
* Lukas Esterle, Aston University, UK
* Francesco Gallo, University of L'Aquila, Italy
* Kurt Geihs, Universitaet Kassel, Germany
* Tom Holvoet, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
* Paola Inverardi, University of L'Aquila, Italy
* Ludovico Iovino, Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila, Italy
* Verena Klös, TU Berlin, Germany
* Peter Lewis, Aston University, UK
* Michele Loreti, University of Camerino, Italy
* Mieke Massink, CNR-ISTI, Italy
* Mirco Musolesi, University College London, UK
* Danilo Pianini, University of Bologna, Italy
* Simon Powers, Edinburgh Napier University, UK
* Alexander Schiendorfer, University Augsburg, Germany
* Romina Spalazzese, Malmoe University, Sweden
* Christof Teuscher, Portland State University, Oregon, USA
* Mirko Viroli, University of Bologna, Italy

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Contacts
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For any question, please contact the workshop organizers at 
ecas2019 at easychair.org.