Call for Papers
SASO 2007
International Conference on
Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems
Boston, Mass., USA, July 9-11, 2007
http://projects.csail.mit.edu/saso2007/
*** DEADLINE EXTENDED ***
Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society,
Task Force on Autonomous and Autonomic Systems
(approval pending)
Technical Co-Sponsors: ACM SIGOPS, ACM SIGART
and IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society
(approval pending)
The complexity of current computer systems has led the software
engineering, distributed systems and management communities to
look for inspiration in diverse fields (e.g., robotics,
artificial intelligence or biology) to find new ways of
designing and managing networks, systems and services. In this
endeavor, self-organization and self-adaptation have emerged as
two promising facets of a paradigm shift.
Self-adaptive systems work in a top-down manner. They evaluate
their own global behavior and change it when the evaluation
indicates that they are not accomplishing what they were
intended to do, or when better functionality or performance is
possible. Self-organizing systems work bottom-up. They are
composed of a large number of components that interact locally
according to simple rules. The global behavior of the system
emerges from these local interactions, and it is difficult to
deduce properties of the global system by studying only the
local properties of its parts.
This edition of SASO will focus on engineering, as opposed
to speculative and conjectural visions. Contributions should
present novel theoretical results, or practical experience
with building systems, tools, frameworks, etc. Contributions
contrasting different approaches for engineering a given
family of systems, or demonstrating the applicability of a
certain approach for different systems are particularly
encouraged.
Topics
o Self-* properties:
- self-organization
- self-adaptiveness
- self-management
- self-monitoring
- self-tuning
- self-repair
- self-configuration
- etc.
o Theories, frameworks and methods for self-* systems
o Management and control of self-* systems
o Robustness and dependability of self-* systems
o Engineering and control of emergent properties in self-*
systems
o Biologically and socially inspired self-* systems
Systems & Technologies
o P2P applications
o Mobile robots
o Sensor networks
o Mobile ad hoc networks
o Grids
o Embedded systems, ubiquitous computing
o Autonomic computing, autonomic communications
o Computer networks, telecommunication networks
o Multi-agent systems
o E-business systems and services
o Complex adaptive systems
Research Communities
o Distributed artificial intelligence
o Networking
o Software engineering
o Distributed systems
o Integrated management
o Robotics
o Knowledge-based systems
o Machine learning
o Control theory
o Mathematical optimization
Organization
General Co-Chairs:
Ozalp Babaoglu, University of Bologna, Italy
Howard E. Shrobe, MIT, USA
Program Committee Chairs:
Giovanna Di Marzo Serugendo, Birkbeck, University of London, UK
Jean-Philippe Martin-Flatin, NetExpert, Switzerland
Mark Jelasity, University of Szeged, Hungary
Finance Chair:
Paul Robertson, MIT, USA
Applications Track Chair:
Franco Zambonelli, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia,
Italy
Industry Chair:
Fabrice Saffre, BT, UK
Tutorial Chair:
David Hales, University of Bologna, Italy
Panel Chair:
Robert Laddaga, BBN Technologies, USA
Publicity Chair:
Hermann De Meer, University of Passau, Germany
Sponsor Chair:
Jean-Philippe Martin-Flatin, NetExpert, Switzerland
Local Arrangements Chair:
Thomas J. Green, MIT, USA
Submission Instructions
See conference website. All submissions should be 10 pages and
formatted according to the IEEE Computer Society Press style
guide.
Important Dates
Submission: February 14, 2007
Notification: March 26, 2007
Final paper: April 15, 2007
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Call for Short Application and Work-in-Progress Papers
SASO 2007
International Conference on
Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems
Boston, Mass., USA, July 9-11, 2007
http://projects.csail.mit.edu/saso2007/
Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society,
Task Force on Autonomous and Autonomic Systems
(approval pending)
Technical Co-Sponsors: ACM SIGOPS, ACM SIGART
and IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society
(approval pending)
The complexity of current computer systems has led the software
engineering, distributed systems and management communities to
look for inspiration in diverse fields (e.g., robotics,
artificial intelligence or biology) to find new ways of
designing and managing networks, systems and services. In this
endeavor, self-organization and self-adaptation have emerged
as two promising facets of a paradigm shift.
Self-adaptive systems work in a top-down manner. They evaluate
their own global behavior and change it when the evaluation
indicates that they are not accomplishing what they were
intended to do, or when better functionality or performance is
possible. Self-organizing systems work bottom-up. They are
composed of a large number of components that interact locally
according to simple rules. The global behavior of the system
emerges from these local interactions, and it is difficult to
deduce properties of the global system by studying only the
local properties of its parts.
This edition of SASO will focus on engineering, as opposed
to speculative and conjectural visions. Contributions should
present novel theoretical results, or practical experience
with building systems, tools, frameworks, etc. Contributions
contrasting different approaches for engineering a given
family of systems, or demonstrating the applicability of a
certain approach for different systems are particularly
encouraged.
For the Applications Track, SASO 2007 seeks short application
and work-in-progress papers. These submissions should report
on experience with self-adaptive or self-organizing systems,
or present preliminary research work with a high potential
for practical applications. Industrial experience papers are
welcomed too.
All submissions will be reviewed by members of the Program
Committee. Selected short papers will be presented during
dedicated sessions and published in the conference proceedings.
TOPICS
o Self-* properties:
- self-organization
- self-adaptiveness
- self-management
- self-monitoring
- self-tuning
- self-repair
- self-configuration
- etc.
o Theories, frameworks and methods for self-* systems
o Management and control of self-* systems
o Robustness and dependability of self-* systems
o Engineering and control of emergent properties in self-*
systems
o Biologically and socially inspired self-* systems
SYSTEMS & TECHNOLOGIES
o P2P applications
o Mobile robots
o Sensor networks
o Mobile ad hoc networks
o Grids
o Embedded systems, ubiquitous computing
o Autonomic computing, autonomic communications
o Computer networks, telecommunication networks
o Multi-agent systems
o E-business systems and services
o Complex adaptive systems
RESEARCH COMMUNITIES
o Distributed artificial intelligence
o Networking
o Software engineering
o Distributed systems
o Integrated management
o Robotics
o Knowledge-based systems
o Machine learning
o Control theory
o Mathematical optimization
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
All submissions should be 4 pages and formatted according to
the IEEE Computer Society Press style guide (see URL on the
conference website). Papers should be formatted in PDF and
submitted online at: https://jems.sbc.org.br/saso2007
Please select "Applications Track" when filling in the
submission form.
IMPORTANT DATES
February 26: Submission deadline
March 26: Notification of acceptance/rejection
April 6: Deadline for camera-ready copy
CONTACT
All inquiries should be sent to the SASO 2007 Applications
Track Chair:
Franco Zambonelli
Universita' di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy
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CALL FOR TUTORIAL PROPOSALS
First International Conference on
Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems (SASO-2007)
Boston, Mass., USA, July 9-11, 2007
http://projects.csail.mit.edu/saso2007/
Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society,
Task Force on Autonomous and Autonomic Systems
(approval pending)
in cooperation with ACM SIGOPS
(approval pending)
TUTORIAL SCOPE
The SASO-2007 Organizing Committee invites proposals for tutorials to be
held in association with the conference. SASO is a new conference which
aims to bring together, hitherto, diverse communities working within
Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems to build a new academic
community. The tutorial program has been initiated to support this aim.
Tutorials should address one or more of the following objectives:
o Introduce a major topic area of SASO research.
o Survey a significant application / technology area of SASO.
o Explain an area of SASO research relevant to industry.
o Overview a particular approach or methodology for SASO work.
o Highlight emerging SASO topics and techniques.
o Explain SASO ideas originating from one community but
applicable to others.
For a guide on what topic areas, technologies and communities fall
within the SASO focus refer to the Call For Papers available on the
conference website.
It is not expected that tutorials will cover specific topics or
techniques that are already covered in existing textbooks. For
example, a tutorial on "genetic algorithms" or "neural networks" would
not be accepted. However, tutorials that coherently show how existing
techniques have been applied in novel ways to solve engineering problems
would be acceptable. Novel and timely areas, approaches and paradigms
are particularly encouraged. Proposals that promote only a single
author's work or a specific commercial product are not encouraged.
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION
Tutorial proposals, maximum 3 pages, should contain:
o Title - descriptive title of the tutorial. Max. 1 line.
o Length - specify half-day (approx. 4 hrs) or full-day (approx. 8 hrs)
o Description - a brief, one paragraph, description of the tutorial
suitable for publication on the SASO website and other publicity
material. Max. half-page.
o A statement of why the tutorial is relevant / interesting for
the potential conference audience. Max. half-page.
o An outline syllabus of the topics / material to be covered in the
tutorial - list a maximum of eight specific subtopic headings. For
each heading list relevant keywords and, where necessary, references
to representative published work that will be covered within that
topic. Max one page.
o Short resume of the presenter(s) including name, e-mail, home web-
page URL, postal address, tel. and fax number and brief description
of background in the tutorial area including evidence of teaching
experience (previous courses / tutorials taught) and scholarship in
the area (2 or 3 selected references to representative publications).
If more than one presenter is listed indicate which should be the
corresponding contact. Max. half-page.
Proposals should be sent by e-mail (in plain text) to the
Tutorial Chair by February 28, 2007:
David Hales (hales at cs.unibo.it)
Dept. of Computer Science
University of Bologna
Italy.
PROPOSAL ACCEPTANCE
Tutorial submissions will be evaluated by the SASO Tutorial Chair in
association with the General Co-Chairs. During the evaluation process
the prospective speakers may be contacted to provide clarification or
further information. Those submitting rejected proposals will be given
reasons and feedback.
For all accepted proposals SASO will provide:
o Meeting place, publicity, logistics and registration for the tutorial
o Duplication and distribution of tutorial notes to participants
Tutorial organizers provide:
o A PDF file of their tutorial notes by the due date
o Presentation of their tutorial at SASO 2007
IMPORTANT DATES
Proposal Submission Deadline: February 28, 2007
Acceptance Notifications: March 31, 2007
Deadline for submitting tutorial notes: April 30, 2007
Tutorial Presentations: July 8-12, 2007
All inquiries and submissions to (hales at cs.unibo.it)
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Regards.
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Bruce Edmonds,
Centre for Policy Modelling,
Manchester Metropolitan University, Aytoun Bldg.,
Aytoun Street, Manchester, M1 3GH. UK.
Tel: +44 161 247 6479
http://bruce.edmonds.name
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