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18th Symposium on Software Engineering for Adaptive and Self-Managing Systems
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Co-located with the 45th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2023)
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Melbourne, Australia, 15-16 May 2023
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<a href="https://conf.researchr.org/home/seams-2023">https://conf.researchr.org/home/seams-2023</a>
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Today we are building an exciting future in which autonomous vehicles navigate complex environments, smart cities help solve public problems and achieve a higher quality of life, and service robots support social care workers or perform tasks that are too dangerous for humans. However, these software-intensive systems must continuously preserve and optimize their operation in the presence of uncertain changes in their operating environment, resource variability, evolving user needs, attacks and faults. In addition, the complexity of these systems demands them to adapt and manage themselves autonomously.
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SEAMS is a CORE-A ranked conference that applies software engineering methods, techniques, processes, and tools to support the construction of safe, performant, and cost-effective self-adaptive and autonomous systems that provide self-* properties like self-configuration, self-healing, self-optimization, and self-protection. The objective of SEAMS is to bring together researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and government to investigate, discuss, examine, and advance the fundamental principles, state of the art, and the solutions addressing critical challenges of engineering self-adaptive and self-managing systems.
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We welcome research contributions to all topics related to engineering self-adaptive and self-managing systems, including:
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Foundational Concepts
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* Self-* properties
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* Uncertainty
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* Runtime models and variability
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Engineering Strategies
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* AI and machine learning
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* Automatic synthesis techniques
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* Control theory
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* Model checking
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* Domain/environment analysis
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* Requirements elicitation
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* Security and privacy
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* Architecture and design
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* Testing and assurances
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* Automated maintenance
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* Formal notations for self-* properties
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Application areas and domains include but are not limited to industrial internet of things, cyber-physical systems, cloud/fog/edge computing, bioengineering, robotics, smart environments, smart user interfaces, web applications, and automotive.
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SEAMS 2023 solicits the following types of papers.
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* Research papers (10 pages of content + 2 pages of references): papers offering novel and mature research contributions and experiences gained from applying or evaluating research results in practice.
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* Short papers (6 pages of content + 1 page of references): papers presenting ongoing research or new research ideas without a complete evaluation.
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* Community debate (2 pages, possibly with a supporting video): Participants from industry and academia who would like to participate in the SEAMS 2023 community debate are strongly encouraged to submit a short position paper on the statement: “The solutions developed by the self-adaptive systems community are mature enough for industrial adoption.” A submission should clearly take a position in favor or against the statement and support this position with arguments.
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* Artifact papers (6 pages of content + 1 page of references): papers describing testbeds, model problems, or resources (e.g., data sets, tools, and frameworks) enabling the SEAMS community to develop, evaluate, and compare self-adaptation approaches. Artifact papers can be associated with research papers, or they can be as standalone contributions. Please check the specific call for this type of paper at following link: <a href="https://conf.researchr.org/track/seams-2023/seams-2023-artifact-track">https://conf.researchr.org/track/seams-2023/seams-2023-artifact-track</a>
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SEAMS 2023: Research track (second submission round) and Artifact track:
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General Chairs: Radu Calinescu (University of York, UK), Raffaela Mirandola (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
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Program Chairs: Radu Calinescu (University of York, UK), Pooyan Jamshidi (University of South Carolina, USA), Raffaela Mirandola (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
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Artifact Chairs: Diego Perez-Palacin (Linnaeus University, Sweden), Genaina Rodrigues (University of Brasilia, Brazil)
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Most Influential Paper Chair: Luciano Baresi (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
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Proceedings Chair: Sinem Getir Yaman (University of York, UK)
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Publicity Chairs: Matteo Camilli (University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy), Nianyu Li (Peking University, China), Ana Petrovska (Technical University of Munich, Germany)
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Social Media Chairs: Gabriel S. Rodrigues (University of Brasília, Brazil), Gricel Vázquez (University of York, UK)
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