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<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">[Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP]</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">*********************************************************************<br>
* Call for Papers<br>
*<br>
* IWSOS 2012<br>
* 6th International Workshop on Self-organizing Systems<br>
*<br>
* Technical co-sponsors: IFIP, Euro-NF<br>
*<br>
* <a href="http://iwsos2012.ewi.tudelft.nl/" target="_blank">http://iwsos2012.ewi.tudelft.nl/</a><br>
*<br>
* Delft, The Netherlands<br>
* March 15-16, 2012<br>
*<br>
* Paper Submission Deadline: October 26, 2011<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">** Scope</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">The main theme of the workshop is to discover the network science<br>
behind self-organizing systems, to facilitate and advance the<br>
understanding, learning, modeling, and analysis of self-organizational<br>
processes in nature (e.g., metabolic, DNA, brain networks) and to apply<br>
the knowledge of self-organization to man-made networks and systems.</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">The workshop scope includes, but is not limited to, the following topical<br>
areas in self-organizing systems:</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">- Modeling & analysis<br>
- Applications & service providers & management<br>
- Risks and security</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">Building on the success of its predecessors, this workshop aims at<br>
bringing together leading international researchers to create a visionary<br>
forum for discussing the future of self-organization in networked systems.<br>
To make IWSOS 2012 a success, we invite the submission of full or short<br>
manuscripts that present original research results or research ideas on<br>
the theme of self-organizing systems.</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">** Key Topics</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">- Design and analysis of self-organizing and self-managing systems<br>
- Inspiring models of self-organization in nature and society<br>
- Structure, characteristics and dynamics of self-organizing networks<br>
- Evolutionary principles of the (future, emerging) Internet<br>
- Techniques and tools for modeling self-organizing systems<br>
- Robustness and adaptation in self-organizing systems<br>
- Self-organization in complex networks like peer-to-peer, sensor,<br>
ad-hoc, vehicular and social networks<br>
- User and operator-related aspects of man-made self-organizing systems<br>
- Self-organizing multi-service networks and multi-network services<br>
- Control of self-organizing systems<br>
- Methods for configuration and management of large, complex networks<br>
- Decentralized power management in the smart grid<br>
- Self-protection, self-configuration, diagnosis, and healing<br>
- Self-organizing group and pattern formation<br>
- Self-organizing mechanisms for task allocation, coordination and<br>
resource allocation<br>
- Self-organizing information dissemination and content search<br>
- Security and safety in self-organizing networked systems<br>
- Risks and limits of self-organization<br>
- The human in the loop of self-organizing networks</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">** Important Dates</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">Submission deadline: October 26, 2011<br>
Notification: December 14, 2011<br>
Camera-ready papers due: January 04, 2012<br>
Conference: March 15-16 2012</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">** Papers</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">IWSOS 2012 invites submission of full or short manuscripts that present<br>
original research results or research ideas, and that have not been<br>
previously published or are currently under review by another conference<br>
or journal. Any previous or simultaneous publication of related material<br>
should be explicitly noted in the submission. All papers must be submitted<br>
in PDF format. Submissions will be peer reviewed by at least three members<br>
of the international program committee and judged on originality,<br>
significance, interest, clarity, relevance, and correctness.</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">The Springer “LNCS Proceedings” style should be used for submission.<br>
Templates for LaTeX and Word are available at <a href="http://tiny.cc/qiohy" target="_blank">
http://tiny.cc/qiohy</a>.</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">Full papers should describe original research results. Submissions should<br>
be full-length papers up to 12 pages using the LNCS style (including<br>
figures, references, and a short abstract).</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">Short Papers should be position papers, challenging papers, and papers<br>
presenting first results. The papers must be up to 6 pages length (LNCS<br>
style, including all figures and references), and must include a short<br>
abstract.</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">** Proceedings</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">The proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag in their Lecture Notes<br>
in Computer Science (LNCS) series. At least one of the authors of each<br>
accepted paper must attend IWSOS 2012 to present the paper.</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">** Committees</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">* General Chairs</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">Piet Van Mieghem, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands<br>
David Hutchison, Lancaster University, United Kingdom</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">* Program Chairs</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">Fernando Kuipers, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands<br>
Poul Heegaard, NTNU-Trondheim, Norwegian University of Science and<br>
Technology, Norway</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">* Publicity Chairs</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">Maria Kihl, Lund University, Sweden<br>
Karin Anna Hummel, University of Vienna, Austria (on leave) and<br>
Marie Curie Fellow at ETH Zurich, Switzerland</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">* Local Organization</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">Christian Doerr, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands<br>
Huijuan Wang, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands<br>
Wendy Murtinu-van Schagen, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">* Steering Committee</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">Hermann de Meer, University of Passau, Germany<br>
David Hutchison, Lancaster University, UK<br>
Bernhard Plattner, ETH Zurich, Switzerland<br>
James Sterbenz, University of Kansas, USA<br>
Randy Katz, UC Berkeley, USA<br>
Georg Carle, TU Munich, Germany (IFIP TC6 Representative)<br>
Karin Anna Hummel, University of Vienna, Austria (on leave)<br>
and Marie Curie Fellow at ETH Zurich, Switzerland</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">* Technical Program Committee (more to be added)</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">Ozalp Babaoglu, University of Bologna<br>
Yuriy Brun, University of Washington<br>
Raissa D’Souza, University of California, Davis<br>
Falko Dressler, University of Innsbruck<br>
Stefan Dulman, Delft University of Technology<br>
Schahram Dustdar, Vienna University of Technology<br>
Wilfried Elmenreich, University of Klagenfurt<br>
Alois Ferscha, University of Linz<br>
Carlos Gershenson, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México<br>
Salima Hassas, University of Lyon<br>
Boudewijn Haverkort, University of Twente<br>
Bjarne Helvik, Norwegian University of Science and Technology<br>
Tom Holvoet, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven<br>
Guy Leduc, University of Liège<br>
Hein Meling, University of Stavanger<br>
Juval Portugali, Tel Aviv University<br>
Christian Prehofer, Fraunhofer ESK<br>
Hiroki Sayama, Binghamton University<br>
Marcus Schöller, NEC Europe Ltd.<br>
Paul Smith, Lancaster University<br>
Ioannis Stavrakakis, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens<br>
Bosiljka Tadic, Jozef Stefan Institute<br>
Marc Timme, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization<br>
Vito Trianni, National Research Council – CNR<br>
Maarten van Steen, VU University Amsterdam<br>
Huijuan Wang, Delft University of Technology</font></div>
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