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CALL FOR PAPERS 3rd Workshop on Engineering Collective Adaptive Systems – eCAS 2018 In conjunction with FAS* 2018 September 7^th, 2018 Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) & University of Trento - Trento, Italy Web site: ecas2018.apice.unibo.it AIMS AND MOTIVATION Modern software systems are becoming more and more collective, composed of many distributed and heterogeneous entities. These systems operate under continuous perturbations making manual adjustments infeasible. For a collective system to be resilient, its adaptation must also be collective, in the sense that multiple entities must adapt in a way that addresses critical runtime conditions while preserving the benefits of the collaborative interdependencies. Decision-making in such systems is distributed and possibly highly dispersed, and interaction between the entities may lead to the emergence of unexpected phenomena. In such systems, a new approach for adaptation is needed to allow (i) multiple entities to collectively adapt with (ii) negotiations to decide which collective changes are best. Collective adaptation also raises a second important challenge: which parts of the system (things, services, people) should be engaged in an adaptation? This is not trivial, since multiple solutions to the same problem may be generated at different levels. The challenge here is to understand these levels and create mechanisms to decide the right scope for an adaptation for a given problem. This workshop solicits papers that address new methodologies, theories and principles that can be used in order to develop a better understanding of the fundamental factors underpinning the operation of such systems, so that we can better design, build, and analyze them, as well as case studies and applications showing such approaches in action. Interdisciplinary work is particularly welcomed. Suggested Topics (but not limited to):

• Novel theories relating to operating principles of CAS
• Novel design principles for building CAS systems
• Insights into the short and long-term adaptation of CAS systems
• Insights into emergent properties of CAS
• Insights into general properties of large scale, distributed CAS
• Decision-making approaches in CAS
• Methodologies for studying, analyzing, and building CAS
• Frameworks for analyzing or developing CAS case studies
• Languages, platforms, APIs and other tools for CAS
• Scenarios, case studies, and experience reports of CAS in different contexts (e.g., Smart Mobility, Smart Energy/Smart Grid, Smart Buildings, traffic management, emergency response, etc.)

SCOPE The workshop is expected to attract participants from many disciplines, including Autonomic Computing, Biology, Game Theory, Evolutionary Computing, Network Science, Self-Organizing Systems, Pervasive Computing, and to be of interest to anyone working with the domain of large-scale self-adaptive systems. In addition, the European Commission has funded seven scientific projects and a Coordination Action in this area, with projects starting at the beginning of 2013. Thus, the workshop provides a natural base for the projects to meet and share ideas, even if it is in no way limited to this audience, and is likely to have broad appeal to a wide range of researchers. Potential audience members might work in application areas relating to large-scale distributed systems, or may come from any of the many disciplines that can provide insights into the operation and design of such systems. IMPORTANT DATES

• Abstract submission: June 4, 2018
• Workshop paper submission: June 11, 2018
• Workshop paper notification: July 9, 2018
• Camera-Ready Version: July 15, 2018
• Workshop: September 3, 2018

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS and REVIEW CRITERIA The length of a workshop paper may not exceed 6 pages including references and follow the IEEE Computer Society Press proceedings style guide. All papers should be submitted in PDF format. You can submit the paper through EasyChair using this link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ecas2018 By submitting a paper, the authors confirm that in case of acceptance, at least one author will attend the workshop to present the work. Papers will be peer reviewed on the basis of originality, readability, relevance to themes, soundness, and overall quality. Workshop proceedings will be published on IEEE Xplore in parallel with the main conference proceedings. WORKSHOP ORGANISERS

• Simon Dobson, University of St Andrews, UK, simon.dobson@st-andrews.ac.uk
• Martina De Sanctis, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento, Italy, msanctis@fbk.eu
• Giacomo Cabri, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy, giacomo.cabri@unimore.it

STEERING COMMITTEE

• Jacob Beal, Raytheon BBN Technologies, USA
• Giacomo Cabri, University of Modena And Reggio Emilia, Italy
• Nicola Capodieci, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
• Emma Hart, Edinburgh Napier University, U.K
• Jane Hillston, University of Edinburgh, U.K
• Mirko Viroli, University of Bologna, Italy

WORKSHOP PROGRAM COMMITTEE (PROVISIONAL)

• Gerrit Anders, Augsburg University
• Franco Bagnoli, Università di Firenze
• Ezio Bartocci, TU Wien
• Luca Bortolussi, University of Trieste
• Johann Bourcier, IRISA/INRIA-Universite de Rennes 1
• Javier Camara, Carnegie Mellon University
• Siobhan Clarke, Trinity College Dublin
• Daniel Coore, University of the West Indies
• Ferruccio Damiani, Dipartimento di Informatica, Università di Torino
• Rocco De Nicola, IMT - School for Advanced Studies Lucca
• Giovanna Di Marzo Serugendo, University of Geneva
• Schahram Dustdar, TU Wien
• Jane Hillston, University of Edinburgh
• Paola Inverardi, University of L’Aquila
• Eva Kühn, TU Wien
• Peter Lewis, Aston University
• Nicolas Markey, LSV, CNRS & ENS Cachan
• Annapaola Marconi, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento
• Hernan Melgratti — University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Monjur Mourshed, Cardiff University, UK
• Mirco Musolesi, University College London
• Carlo Pinciroli, École Polytechnique de Montreal
• Alexander Schiendorfer, University Augsburg
• Bradley Schmerl, Carnegie Mellon University
• Antoine Spicher, LACL University Paris Est Creteil
• Katia Sycara, Carnegie Mellon University
• Christof Teuscher, Portland State University
• Mirko Viroli, Università di Bologna
• Martin Wirsing, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen

REGISTRATION All attendees at the workshop must register for SASO through the conference website:  https://saso2018.fbk.eu/index.php/registration/