Connectionists: Autonomic Computing & Self-Organizing Systems (ACSOS 2020): Extended Deadline & COVID-19

[ACSOS 2020]

******* ACSOS 2020 - CFP & COVID-19 Info *******1st IEEE International 
Joint ICAC/SASO Conference onAutonomic Computing and Self-Organizing 
Systems17-21 August 2020 – Washington, DC, USA 
https://2020.acsos.org/https://twitter.com/ACSOSconf************************************************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 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. We are 
aware of the restrictions and uncertainty that people are facing, and 
therefore want to take this opportunity to offer some certainty to the 
community.

We would first 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. Secondly, our aspiration is to enable 
our whole international community to have, as much as possible, a 
stimulating and equitable opportunity to share and discuss their work 
and ideas in the areas of autonomic and self-organizing computing systems.

At this point we would like to announce and confirm that:

- The conference *will* take place, and on its original dates in August.

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

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

- The paper submission deadline will be extended by 1 month, in order to 
support authors to still produce their best work, despite the additional 
challenges that many of us are facing at the moment.

- Whether the conference becomes entirely virtual or a hybrid is a 
decision that we will make when we know more, and by early June at the 
latest. This is to ensure people have ample time to make travel 
arrangements, in the case of physical attendance.

- In the tradition of ICAC and SASO, which merged to form ACSOS, ACSOS 
will continue to be an IEEE sponsored conference, regardless of whether 
the conference becomes fully virtual this year.

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.*



*** Newsflash! ****We are also pleased to confirm that:- Selected papers 
will be invited for extension to be published in ACM Transactions on 
Autonomous and Adaptive Systems (TAAS).- Following the merger of two 
IEEE conferences, ICAC and SASO, we are pleased to confirm that ACSOS 
continues as an IEEE sponsored conference.- The submission deadline is 
extended to the 1st May (abstracts) / 8th May (full papers).*** 
Important Dates - Note Extended Deadline *****May** 1, 2020: Abstract 
submission deadline**May** 8, 2020: Paper submission deadlineJune 8, 
2020: Notification to authorsJuly 8, 2020: Camera Ready DeadlineAugust 
17-21, 2020: ACSOS Conference!

*** Challenge and Scope ***The complexity of current and emerging 
networks, software, and services can be characterized by issues such as 
scale, heterogeneity, openness, and dynamics, both internally and in the 
environment. These issues have led the software engineering, distributed 
systems, and systems management communities to look for inspiration in 
diverse fields (e.g., complex systems, control theory, machine learning, 
chemistry, psychology, sociology, and biology) to find new ways of 
designing and managing such computing systems in a principled way. Yet 
challenges remain to build autonomic systems that exhibit the desirable 
self-* properties (i.e., self-organizing, self-adaptive, self-healing, 
self-aware, etc).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-organising. 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, 
posters, demos, and a doctoral symposium.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:

- Autonomic and Self-* system properties: robustness; resilience; 
resource efficiency; stability; anti-fragility; diversity; 
self-reference and reflection; emergent behavior; computational 
awareness and self-awareness;- Autonomic and Self-* systems theory: 
bio-inspired and socially-inspired paradigms and heuristics; theoretical 
frameworks and models; formal languages; queuing and control theory; 
requirement and goal expression techniques; uncertainty as a 1st class 
entity- Autonomic and Self-* systems engineering: reusable mechanisms 
and algorithms; design patterns; programming languages; architectures; 
operating systems and middleware; testing and validation methodologies; 
runtime models; techniques for assurance; platforms and toolkits; 
multi-agent systems;- Data-driven management: data mining; machine 
learning; data science and other statistical techniques to analyze, 
understand, and manage the behavior of complex systems or establishing 
self-awareness;- Mechanisms and principles for self-organisation and 
self-adaptation: inter-operation of self-* mechanisms; evolution, logic, 
and learning; addressing large-scale and decentralized systems;- 
Socio-technical self-* systems: human and social factors; visualization; 
crowdsourcing and collective awareness;- Hardware concepts for autonomic 
computing systems: self-* materials; self-construction; reconfigurable 
hardware;- Cross disciplinary research: approaches that draw inspiration 
from complex systems, organic computing, artificial intelligence, 
chemistry, psychology, sociology, and biology.

We invite research papers applying autonomic and self-* approaches to a 
wide range of application areas, including:- Smart grids, smart cities, 
homes, and manufacturing;

- Cyber-physical systems; autonomous vehicles and robotics; traffic 
management;- Self-adaptive cybersecurity;- Internet of Things;- Cloud 
computing and data centers;- Fog/edge computing;- Hypervisors, operating 
systems, and middleware.

Selected papers from ACSOS 2020 will be invited for extensions in ACM 
Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems (TAAS).*** Submission 
Instructions ***Research papers will be accepted as either long papers 
up to 10 pages or short papers up to 7 pages (including references) and 
formatted according to the standard IEEE Computer Society Press 
proceedings style guide.Please submit your papers electronically in PDF 
format using the ACSOS 2020 Easychair 
site:https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=acsos20 
<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Facsos20.hotcrp.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cp.lewis%40aston.ac.uk%7Cb61b20ceecad4843296e08d783148ef7%7Ca085950c4c2544d5945ab852fa44a221%7C0%7C0%7C637121996626850170&sdata=5%2B0sISjR2cnuXLh49dwlW6ilbfsYVFVMx%2F3Wr1ITt5w%3D&reserved=0>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.The proceedings will be published by IEEE Computer Society 
Press and made available as a part of the IEEE Digital Library. 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 also like to highlight IEEE’s 
policies regarding plagiarism and Self-plagiarism: 
(https://www.ieee.org/publications/rights/plagiarism/id-plagiarism.html 
<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ieee.org%2Fpublications%2Frights%2Fplagiarism%2Fid-plagiarism.html&data=02%7C01%7Cp.lewis%40aston.ac.uk%7Cb61b20ceecad4843296e08d783148ef7%7Ca085950c4c2544d5945ab852fa44a221%7C0%7C0%7C637121996626850170&sdata=kWhFTeLRr93L7JtICjvWUd6%2Fdez2MBEv6XinOMENMs0%3D&reserved=0>). 
Where relevant and appropriate, accepted papers will also be encouraged 
to participate in the Demo or Poster Sessions.*** Review Criteria 
***Papers should present novel ideas in the cross-disciplinary research 
context described in this call, motivated by problems from current 
practice or applied research. Both theoretical and empirical 
contributions should be highlighted, 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. Authors are also encouraged to submit 
papers describing applications. Application 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, or comparison to alternative approaches. Experience papers 
are also welcome, especially if they highlight insights into any aspect 
of design, implementation or management of self-* systems that would be 
of benefit to practitioners and the ACSOS community. All submissions 
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.The conference organizers will select one paper to be awarded 
the Karsten Schwan Best Paper Award.

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