[agents] Call for papers - Advances in Software Engineering - Special issue on Self-* Parallel and Distributed Systems

[Vincenzo De Florio]

Dear Colleagues,you are cordially invited to contribute to the following call for paper. Should you require further information please do not hesitate to contact us.Kind regards,Juha, Waltenegus, and Vincenzo.


Advances
in Software Engineering

Special
Issue on 

Self-* Parallel
and Distributed Systems

Call
for papers

Autonomic computing has been identified
as a promising solution to cope with the overwhelming complexity in modern and
next-generation computer systems. In particular, the self-* properties
(self-configuration, self-optimization, self-healing and self-protection)
outline the fundamental features of an autonomic computing system. Parallel and
distributed systems, a computing domain with great applicability in a variety
of industrial and domestic contexts, rely on self-* software to manage a large
number of heterogeneous computation, communication, and storage resources. The
challenges of energy efficiency, dependability and security are of particular
interest.

 This special issue addresses the software
aspects of the whole design and operational process and system architecture of
self-* parallel and distributed systems. We welcome studies on all forms of
software, including application software and system software. The relevant
scope of parallel and distributed systems widely covers, but is not limited to,
embedded systems, large-scale networks, cyber-physical systems (CPS), cloud-computing
etc. The systems under focus should
integrate software with clear and novel self-* features to be qualified for
acceptance. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

·       Model-driven
engineering of self-* distributed systems

·       Robust
design of self-* parallel and distributed systems

·       Software
design and implementation for energy-awareness

·       Energy-awareness
in self-organizing systems such as in cluster-based systems and cloud computing

·       Real-time
aspects, especially in conjunction with other conflicting design goals

·       Evolvability
aspects

·       Resilience
of autonomic distributed and parallel systems

·       Self-healing
and protection for dependable and secure systems

·       Software
for interoperable heterogeneous networked systems         

·       Specification
and modeling languages for self-* properties

·       Formal
validation and verification 

·       Software
testing

·       Parallel
and distributed debugging

·       Application
and industrial case studies

·       Retrospective,
Review and Future Perspectives

Before
submission authors should carefully read over the journal’s Author Guidelines,
which are located at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ase/guidelines.html. Prospective
authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through
the journal Manuscript Tracking System at http://mts.hindawi.com/ according to
the following timetable:

Manuscript Due: June 8, 2012First round of reviews: August 31, 2012Publication date: October 26, 2012


Lead
Guest Editor

Juha
Plosila, Department of Information Technology,
University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland; juha.plosila at utu.fi 

Guest Editors

Waltenegus Dargie, Chair of Computer Networks, Institute for
System Architecture, Faculty of Computer Science, Technical University of
Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany; waltenegus.dargie at tu-dresden.de 

Vincenzo
De Florio, Performance Analysis of
Telecommunication Systems group, University of Antwerp, Middelheimlaan 1, 2020
Antwerp, Belgium; vincenzo.deflorio at ua.ac.be