[agents] CfP: IEEE SASO 2011

[Franco Zambonelli]

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Call for Papers

Fifth IEEE International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing
Systems (SASO 2011)

Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
October 3 - October 7, 2011

http://www.cscs.umich.edu/SASO2011/index.php
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OVERVIEW/SCOPE
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The aim of the SASO conference series is to provide a forum for the foundations
of a principled approach to engineering systems, networks and services based on
self-* properties such as self-organization, self-adaptation, self-management,
self-monitoring, self-tuning, self-configuration, self-repair, etc. To this
end, the meeting aims to attract participants with different backgrounds, to
foster cross-pollination between research fields, and to expose and discuss
innovative theories, frameworks, methodologies, tools, and applications.

THEME
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The fifth edition of the SASO conference emphasizes the interconnection of
research between and within fields: application of self-* principles in systems
to solve novel real-world problems or advance research in other research
domains; advances in self-* mechanisms or analyses with potentially broad
application; combination and interconnection of self-* systems; and extraction
of new self-* principles or mechanisms from the study of natural or engineered
systems.

TOPICS
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The topics of interest to SASO include, but are not limited to:
 - Theories, frameworks and methods for self-* systems
 - Robustness and dependability of self-* systems
 - Control of emergent properties in self-* systems
 - Biologically, socially, and physically inspired self-* systems
 - Management and control of self-* systems
 - Design and engineering for self-* systems
 - Applications and experiences with self-* systems

Contributions must present novel theoretical or experimental results, or
practical approaches and experiences in building or deploying real-world
systems, applications, 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.

Besides full papers, there are also calls for posters, workshops and tutorials.
More details can be found at:
http://www.cscs.umich.edu/SASO2011/index.php?menu=calls

DATES
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 - Abstract submission:                     April 24, 2011
 - Paper submission:                        May 01, 2011
 - Notification:                            June 20, 2011
 - Camera ready version of accepted papers: July 18, 2011
 - Conference:                              October 3 - October 7, 2011

Technical Meeting Committee
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General chairs
 - Sven Brueckner, Jacobs Technology Inc., USA
 - Kurt Geihs, University of Kassel, Germany

PC chairs
 - Jacob Beal, BBN Technologies, USA
 - Katharina Zweig, University of Heidelberg, Germany
 - Julie McCann, Imperial College London, UK

Poster chair
 - David Knoester, Michigan State University, USA

Workshop chair
 - Marco Mamei, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

Tutorial chair
 - Gero Muehl, University of Rostock, Germany
 - Fabrice Saffre, Khalifa University of Science, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Publicity chair
 - Nearchos Paspallis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
 - Sam Malek, George Mason University, USA

Local chair
 - Rick Riolo, University of Michigan, USA

Finance chair
 - Howard Oishi, University of Michigan, USA

Publication chair
 - Jerome Rolia, HP Labs, Bristol, UK

Web chair
 - Rick Riolo, University of Michigan, USA