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Call for Papers
You are cordially invited to submit papers to:
Workshop on Autonomic and Agent Computing: Foundations and Applications at the International Conference on
Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies (ANT 2011), Niagara Falls, Canada, September 19-21, 2011
Autonomic and Agent Computing research seeks to address challenges in the
specification, development and verification of open systems that can manage
themselves given high-level objectives from administrators. The objective of this new computing
paradigm is to manage massive and complex computing systems that go well beyond
the capability of IT professionals. Such a complexity is derived from the
following: 1) the need to integrate several heterogeneous software environments
into one cooperative computing system; 2) the rapid stream of changing, as well
as conflicting, demands at runtime requiring a timely and decisive response; and
3) the difficulty in anticipating and designing all the interactions among the
elements of unpredictable, diverse, and interconnected systems. Autonomic
computing is strongly related to autonomous computing where system components
are autonomous software agents.
We invite quality submissions that develop new insights, high-level
abstractions, patterns, languages, formal theories, reasoning, and
methodologies for autonomic and agent computing. The aim of this workshop is to highlight the interaction between
these two computing paradigms. The workshop also welcomes contributions
addressing only one of these two paradigms, for example using
autonomic/autonomous computing to implement self-* properties. Theoretical
foundations of autonomic/autonomous computing (for example, game theory,
category theory, argumentation theory, etc.) and applications (for example, web services and
service computing, social networks, etc.) are of special interest for this
workshop. We also appreciate submissions concerning experiences in application development,
programming language and tool support. Accepted papers will be included in ANT-2011 proceedings, which will be published by Elsevier
in the open-access Procedia Computer Science series (on-line and CD). Procedia Computer Science is hosted on Elsevier and ScienceDirect and indexed by Scopus (www.scopus.com)
and Engineering Village (Ei) (www.engineeringvillage.com). This includes EI Compendex (www.ei.org/compendex). The papers will contain linked references, XML versions, and
citable DOI numbers.
Specifically, the workshop's focus includes, but not limited to, the following
topics in relation to autonomic and agent computing:
- Theoretical foundations for autonomic and agent computing
- Category theory
- Game theory
- Argumentation theory
- Self* properties
- Logics
- Verification and model checking
- Trust and deception
- Interoperability
- Conformance
- Applications
- Web services
- Service computing
- Social networks
- Socio-economic models for autonomic and agent
computing
- Autonomic and multi-agent system architectures
- Programming languages
- Middleware
- Patterns
The workshop will provide a great opportunity to discuss emerging
techniques and identify future trends toward autonomic and agent computing.
For details on key dates and the submission procedure,
please follow the appropriate links on the menu.
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