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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Call for Papers: 9th International Symposium on Software Engineering for Adaptive and Self-Managing Systems (SEAMS 2014)<div><br></div><div>Deadline approaching :</div><div><br></div>Abstract Submission: 8 January, 2014<br><br><div>Paper Submission: 15 January, 2014</div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>CALL FOR PAPERS<br><br>9th International Symposium on Software Engineering for<br><br> Adaptive and Self-Managing Systems (SEAMS 2014)<br><br><br> (Sponsored by ACM SIGSOFT and IEEE TCSE)<br><br><br> Hyderabad, India<br><br> 2-3 June, 2014 (Monday and Tuesday before ICSE 2014)<br><br> <a href="http://2014.seams-symposia.org<http://2014.seams-symposia.org/>">http://2014.seams-symposia.org<http://2014.seams-symposia.org/></a><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>IMPORTANT DATES<br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Abstract Submission: 8 January, 2014<br><br>Paper Submission: 15 January, 2014<br><br>Notification: 28 February, 2014<br><br>Camera ready: 14 March, 2014<br><br>------------------------------<br><br>THEME<br><br>------------------------------<br><br><br>The increasing complexity, distribution, and dynamism of many software-intensive systems, such as cloud-based, cyber-physical and mobile systems, are imposing self-managing capabilities as a key requirement. These systems must be able to adapt themselves at run-time to cope with the uncertainty associated with changes in the environment in which they operate, variability of resources, new user needs, intrusions, and faults. The goal is to preserve operation and react to changes with no (or limited) human intervention.<br><br><br>Solutions to complement software systems with self-managing and self-adaptive capabilities have been proposed by researchers from different areas including software architecture, fault-tolerant computing, programming languages, robotics, run-time program analysis and verification. Additionally, solutions have been proposed in related areas like biologically-inspired computing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and control systems. This symposium focuses on applying software engineering aspects to these solutions, including methods, techniques, and tools that can be used to support the self-* properties like self-adaptation, self-management, self-healing, self-optimization, and self-configuration.<br><br><br>The objective is to bring together researchers and practitioners from many of these diverse areas to investigate, discuss, and examine thoroughly the fundamental principles, state of the art, and critical challenges of self-adaptive and self-managing systems.<br><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>TOPICS OF INTEREST<br><br>------------------------------<br><br><br>We are interested in submissions from both industry and academia on all topics related to self-adaptive and self-managing systems. These include, but are not limited to:<br><br><br>Foundational concepts<br><br>- self-* properties<br><br>- feedback control<br><br>- algorithms for self-adaptation<br><br>- decision-making<br><br>- dealing with uncertainty<br><br>- runtime aspects<br><br><br>Languages<br><br>- formal notations for modeling and analyzing self-* properties<br><br>- programming language support for self-adaptation<br><br><br>Constructive methods<br><br>- requirements elicitation techniques<br><br>- reuse support (e.g., patterns, designs, code)<br><br>- design and architectural support<br><br>- enhancing systems with self-adaptive features<br><br><br>Analytical methods<br><br>- evaluation and assurance for self-* systems<br><br>- verification and validation of self-adaptive and self-managing software<br><br>- frameworks for analyzing self-adaptive and self-managing software<br><br>- testing of self-adaptive and self-managing systems<br><br><br>The following application areas are of particular interest: mobile applications, cloud computing, resource provisioning and optimization, autonomic computing, problem determination including logging, analysis and diagnostics, smart user interfaces, service-oriented systems, dependable computing, autonomous robotics. We also encourage authors the submission of exemplars.<br><br><br>After the symposium, a set of selected papers will be invited to submit to the ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems (TAAS).<br><br><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>PAPER SUBMISSION DETAILS<br><br>------------------------------<br><br><br>We are soliciting two types of papers: long papers (up to 10 pages) and position papers for new ideas (up to 6 pages). Long papers should either clearly describe innovative and original research, or explain how existing techniques have been applied to real-world examples. Position papers provide an opportunity to describe novel and promising ideas and/or techniques that might not have been fully validated. All submitted papers will be reviewed by at least three program committee members. Papers must not have been previously published or concurrently submitted elsewhere. Papers must be formatted in ACM Option 2 style (see the ICSE 2014 style guidelines at <a href="http://2014.icse-conferences.org/format">http://2014.icse-conferences.org/format</a>).<br><br><br>Papers may be submitted at the following URL:<br><br><a href="https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=seams2014">https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=seams2014</a><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZATION<br><br>------------------------------<br><br><br>SEAMS 2014 is co-located with ICSE 2014.<br><br><br>* General Chair<br><br>Gregor Engels, University of Paderborn, Germany<br><br><br>* Program Chair<br><br>Nelly Bencomo, Aston University, UK<br><br><br>* Publicity Chair<br><br>Markus Luckey, University of Paderborn, Germany<br><br><br>* Program Committee<br><br>Raian Ali, UK<br><br>Jesper Andersson, Sweden<br><br>Luciano Baresi, Italy<br><br>Nelly Bencomo, UK<br><br>Gordon Blair, UK<br><br>Yuriy Brun, USA<br><br>Radu Calinescu, UK<br><br>Javier Cámara, USA<br><br>Betty H.C. Cheng, USA<br><br>Siobhan Clarke, Ireland<br><br>Bojan Cukic, USA<br><br>Rogério de Lemos, UK<br><br>Elisabetta Di Nitto, Italy<br><br>Simon Dobson, UK<br><br>Laurence Duchien, France<br><br>Schahram Dustdar, Austria<br><br>Gregor Engels, Germany<br><br>Cristina Gacek, UK<br><br>David Garlan, USA<br><br>Kurt Geihs, Germany<br><br>Carlo Ghezzi, Italy<br><br>Holger Giese, Germany<br><br>Hassan Gomaa, USA<br><br>Shinichi Honiden, Japan<br><br>Danny Hughes, Belgium<br><br>Paola Inverardi, Italy<br><br>Valerie Issarny, France<br><br>Seok-Won Lee, Korea<br><br>Marin Litoiu, Canada<br><br>Xiaoxing Ma, China<br><br>Jeff Magee, UK<br><br>Sam Malek, USA<br><br>Hausi A. Müller, Canada<br><br>John Mylopoulos, Italy<br><br>Bashar Nuseibeh, UK<br><br>Anna Perini, Italy<br><br>Mauro Pezzè, Switzerland<br><br>Wilhelm Schäfer, Germany<br><br>Bradley Schmerl, USA<br><br>Lionel Seinturier, France<br><br>Michael Smit, Canada<br><br>Vitor E. Silva Souza, Brazil<br><br>Ladan Tahvildari, Canada<br><br>Mario Trapp, Germany<br><br>Norha M. Villegas, Colombia<br><br>Danny Weyns, Sweden<br><br>Andrea Zisman, UK<br><br><br><br>* Steering Committee<br><br>Luciano Baresi, Italy<br><br>Nelly Bencomo, UK<br><br>Betty H.C. Cheng, USA<br><br>Gregor Engels, Germany<br><br>Rogério de Lemos, UK<br><br>David Garlan, USA<br><br>Holger Giese, Germany<br><br>Marin Litoiu, Canada<br><br>John Mylopolous, Italy<br><br>Hausi A. Müller (Chair), Canada<br><br><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>FURTHER INFORMATION<br><br>------------------------------<br><br><br>Symposia-related email should be addressed to: <a href="mailto:seams2014@seams-symposia.org">seams2014@seams-symposia.org</a><<a href="mailto:seams2014@seams-symposia.org">mailto:seams2014@seams-symposia.org</a>><br><br>Symposium home page: <a href="http://2014.seams-symposia.org/">http://2014.seams-symposia.org/</a><br><br><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>SPONSORS<br><br>------------------------------<br><br><br>ACM<br><br>IEEE<br><br>ACM SIGSOFT<br><br>IEEE TCSE<br><br><br><br>Nelly, Gregor, and Markus<br><br><br>Nelly Bencomo<br><br>Programe Chair SEAMS 2014<br><br><br>Gregor Engels<br><br>Conference Chair SEAMS 2014<br><br><br>Markus Luckey<br><br>Publicity Chair SEAMS 2014<br>Nelly Bencomo<br><br>Lecturer in Computer Science<br>School of Engineering and Applied Science<br>Aston University, Birmingham, UK<br><br>email: <a href="mailto:nelly@acm.org">nelly@acm.org</a><br><br><a href="http://www.nellybencomo.me/">www.nellybencomo.me</a></div></body></html>