Connectionists: 5th eCAS Workshop on Engineering Collective Adaptive Systems: Call for Papers & Talks

[gcabri@unimore.it]

********* eCAS 2020 - Call for Papers & Talks *********5th eCAS Workshop 
on Engineering Collective Adaptive Systems21 August 2020 – Washington, 
DC, USA& online At the 1st IEEE International Joint ICAC/SASO Conference 
on Autonomic Computing & Self-Organizing Systems(ACSOS)
http://ecas2020.apice.unibo.it/ 
https://2020.acsos.org/*******************************************************



**** About the eCAS Workshop Series ****

Modern computing systems are becoming ever more collective and are often 
composed of many distributed and heterogeneous entities. These systems 
operate under continuous perturbations and environmental change, 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, new approaches for 
and understanding of collective adaptation are needed, to allow: (i) 
multiple entities to adapt in a coordinated or complementary way, with 
(ii) negotiations, collective action, or other mechanisms to decide 
which collective changes are to be made. Collective adaptation also 
raises a second important challenge: Which parts of the system (things, 
services, people) should adapt, and how? This is nontrivial, as multiple 
solutions to the same problem may be generated at different levels, and 
individuals in the collective often have partial information. 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 and talks that address new methodologies, theories, 
principles, and fundamental understanding, that can be used to underpin 
the design, operation, and analysis of such systems. Case studies, 
applications showing such approaches in action, and interdisciplinary 
work are particularly welcome. 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
- Comparing and analyzing approaches to CAS (e.g., distributed and 
centralized)
- 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.)** 2020 will be 
the 5th installment in the eCAS workshop series. For more information 
about eCAS, check out our web pages: http://ecas2020.apice.unibo.it/**** 
About the IEEE ACSOS Conference **** 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 https://2020.acsos.org/news/ or follow us at 
https://twitter.com/ACSOSconf!


*** Statement Regarding COVID-19 ***

The eCAS and ACSOS Steering and Organizing Committees have been 
monitoring the situation surrounding COVID-19, and considering what 
impact this may have on events scheduled for later in the year, such as 
ours. eCAS will follow the arrangements of the main ACSOS conference.

We would like to express our empathy and condolences with those affected 
by COVID-19 so far, and those who will have a difficult 2020. Our 
primary concern is that members of our community, and their families and 
friends, remain safe and well.We are aware of the restrictions and 
uncertainty that people are facing, and therefore want to take this 
opportunity toannounce and confirm that:

- eCAS and ACSOS *will* take place, and on their original dates in August.

- There will be an opportunity to present virtually, for anyone who 
cannot or chooses not to travel.

- All accepted eCAS papers will be published in the workshops 
proceedings by IEEE, regardless of whether a physical or virtual 
presentation is given.

- Whether the workshop becomes entirely virtual or a hybrid is a 
decision that will be taken by early June at the latest. This is to 
ensure people have ample time to make travel arrangements, in the case 
of physical attendance.

As the situation surrounding COVID-19 is evolving rapidly, it is unclear 
what things will be like in the late summer. Therefore, we hope you find 
the above clarifications helpful, and we appreciate your understanding 
as we continue to monitor the situation carefully.*
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**** Scope ***
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The eCAS workshop series attracts 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. The proposed 
workshop provides a natural base for the projects to meet and share 
ideas, yet we stress that the workshop 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 ****

- Workshop paper & talk submission deadline: June 12, 2020
- Workshop paper & talk notification: June 30, 2020
- Camera-Ready Versions due: July 8, 2020
- Workshop: August 21, 2020



**** Submission Details and Review Process ***
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Contributions will be peer reviewed for originality, clarity and 
readability, relevance to themes, soundness, and overall quality. We 
solicit the following types of contributions:

- Workshop papers, limited to 6 pages including references, following 
the IEEE Computer Society Press proceedings style guide.

- Talks, submitted as extended abstracts, limited to 1 page including 
references, without formatting restrictions.

Workshop papers will be published on IEEE Xplore in parallel with the 
main IEEE ACSOS conference proceedings. Extended abstracts will not be 
published, should be relevant to the eCAS community (with a preference 
for application-focussed talks or lessons learnt) and may report (i) on 
work having already been (partially) presented elsewhere, or (ii) work 
at an early stage, where there would be benefit for both the authors and 
audience in sharing ideas and progress. All contributions should be 
submitted in PDF format using the Easychair login page:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ecas2020

By submitting, the authors confirm that in case of acceptance, at least 
one author will attend (possibly virtually) the workshop to present the 
work.



**** Workshop organizers ***

*Please don't hesitate to get in touch with the organizers with any queries.

- Giorgio Audrito, Università di Torino, Italy, 
giorgio.audrito at gmail.com <mailto:giorgio.audrito at gmail.com>
- Peter Lewis, Aston University, Birmingham, UK, p.lewis at aston.ac.uk 
<mailto:p.lewis at aston.ac.uk>

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| Dip. di Scienze Fisiche, Informatiche e Matematiche
| Universita' di Modena e Reggio Emilia - Italia
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