eCAS2021: 6th eCAS Workshop on Engineering Collective Adaptive Systems VIRTUAL September 27-October 1, 2021 |
Conference website | http://ecas2021.apice.unibo.it/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ecas2021 |
Abstract registration deadline | July 9, 2021 |
Submission deadline | July 9, 2021 |
In conjunction with the 2nd IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Self-Organizing Systems (ACSOS 2021, merger of the former ICAC and SASO conferences)
Location: George Washington University Science and Engineering Hall, Washington DC, USA (possibly online)
Call for Papers
Modern computing systems tend to be composed of many distributed and heterogeneous entities interacting with one another and with their environment to pursue a variety of goals and functionality. These systems typically operate under continuous perturbations, making manual adjustments and open-loop approaches infeasible, hence requiring self-* features (e.g., self-organisation, self-adaptation, self-configuration...). 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.
To engineer such collective adaptive systems (CAS), 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 or other mechanisms to decide which collective changes are suitable. Collective adaptation also raises a second important challenge: Which parts of the system (things, services, people) should be engaged in an adaptation, 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 that address new methodologies, theories, principles, and fundamental understanding, that can be used to underpin the design, operation, and analysis of CASs. Case studies, applications showing such approaches in action, and interdisciplinary work are particularly welcome. Research on CAS engineering can benefit from advances in related areas looking “beyond individual devices”, including multi-agent systems, coordination, concurrency theory, self-* systems, collective intelligence, nature-inspired computing, organisational paradigms, and so on.
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.)
Submission Instructions and Review Process
We solicit the following types of contributions:
- Workshop papers, limited to 6 pages, including references: these provide research contributions and should include proper motivation and evaluation.
- Position papers, limited to 2 pages, including references: these provide research ideas, should include proper motivation and arguments, but may include only preliminary forms of evaluation.
Both workshop papers and position papers will be published on IEEE Xplore in parallel with the main IEEE ACSOS conference proceedings. All contributions should follow IEEE Computer Society Press proceedings style guide and be submitted in PDF format using the Easychair login page:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ecas2021
By submitting, the authors confirm that in case of acceptance, at least one author will present the work at the workshop.
All papers will be reviewed by an International Technical Program Committee with a minimum of 3 reviews per paper. Contributions will be peer reviewed for originality, clarity and readability, relevance to themes, soundness, and overall quality.
Important Dates
- Workshop paper submission: July 9, 2021
- Workshop paper notification: July 31, 2021
- Camera-Ready Version: August 20, 2021 (HARD)
- Workshop: 27 Sep -- 1 Oct (TBD)
Committees
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, Università di Bologna, Italy -- roby.casadei@unibo.it
- Lukas Esterle, Aarhus University, Denmark
Program Committee (TBC)
- Franco Bagnoli, University of Firenze, Italy
- Jake Beal, Raytheon BBN Technologies, USA
- Luca Bortolussi, University of Trieste, Italy
- Johann Bourcier, Université de Rennes 1 / IRISA, France
- Antonio Bucchiarone, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento, Italy
- Mauro Caporuscio, Linnaeus University, Sweden
- Siobhan Clarke, Trinity College Dublin, UK
- Ferruccio Damiani, Dipartimento di Informatica, Università di Torino, Italy
- Ada Diaconescu, Telecom ParisTech, FR
- 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
- Jane Hillston, The University of Edinburgh, UK
- 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
- Hernan Melgratti, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 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
- Danny Weyns, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Contact
For any question, please contact the workshop organizers.