ATC-2012 CFP The 9th IEEE International Conference on Autonomic and Trusted Computing (ATC 2012) - Bring Safe, Self-x and Organic Computing Systems into Reality - http://conf.kyusan-u.ac.jp/atc2012/ Kyushu Sangyo University, Fukuoka, Japan, September 04-07, 2012 Co-located with UIC 2012, ICA3PP-2012 -------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES Papers Submission Deadline: May 15, 2012 (HARD DEADLINE) Authors Notification: June 15, 2012 Final Manuscript Due: June 28, 2012 -------------------------------------------------- Computing systems including hardware, software, communication, and networks are growing towards an ever-increasing scale and heterogeneity, becoming overly complex. Such complexity is getting even more critical with the ubiquitous permeation of embedded devices and other pervasive systems. To cope with the growing and ubiquitous complexity, Autonomic Computing (AC) focuses on self-manageable computing and communication systems that exhibit self-awareness, self-configuration, self-optimization, self-healing, self-protection and other self-x operations to the maximum extent possible without human intervention or guidance. Organic Computing (OC) additionally addresses adaptivity, robustness, and controlled emergence as well as nature-inspired concepts for self-organization. Any autonomic or organic system must be trustworthy to avoid the risk of losing control and retain confidence that the system will not fail. Trust and/or distrust relationships in the Internet and in pervasive infrastructures are key factors to enable dynamic interaction and cooperation of various users, systems, and services. Trusted/Trustworthy Computing (TC) aims at making computing and communication systems as well as services available, predictable, traceable, controllable, assessable, sustainable, dependable, persistent, security/privacy protectable, etc. A series of grand challenges exists to achieve practical autonomic or organic systems with truly trustworthy services. Started in 2005, the series of ATC conferences has been held at Nagasaki, Vienna, Three Gorges (China), Hong Kong, Oslo, Brisbane, Xian, and Banff. ATC 2012 will include a highly selective program of technical papers, accompanied by workshops, panel discussions and keynote speeches. Established as a premier venue in the area of autonomic and trusted computing, ATC 2012 will offer a forum for researchers to exchange ideas and experiences in the most innovative research and development in these challenging areas and includes all technical aspects related to autonomic/organic computing (AC/OC) and trusted computing (TC). Topics include but are not limited to the following: - AC/OC Theory and Models Models, negotiation, cooperation, competition, self-organization, emergence, verification, etc. - AC/OC Architectures and Systems Autonomic elements & their relationship, frameworks, middleware, observer/controller architectures, institutional architectures , etc. - AC/OC Components and Modules Multi-core CPU, memory, storage, database, device, server, proxy, software, OS, I/O, etc. - AC/OC Communication and Services Networks, self-organized net, web service, P2P, grid, EaaS, cloud, etc. - AC/OC Tools and Interfaces Tools/interfaces for AC/OC system development, test, monitoring, assessment, supervision, etc. - Trust Models and Specifications Models and semantics of trust, distrust, mistrust, over-trust, cheat, risk, reputation, reliability, etc. - Trust-related Security and Privacy Trust-related secure architecture, framework, policy, Intrusion detection/awareness, protocols, trust-adaptive agents and communities, etc. - Trusted Reliable and Dependable Systems Fault-tolerant systems, hardware redundancy, robustness, survivable systems, failure recovery, etc. - Trustworthy Services and Applications Trustworthy Internet/web/P2P/grid/cloud services, secure mobile services, novel applications, etc. - Trust Standards and Non-Technical Issues Trust standards and issues related to personality, ethics, sociology, culture, psychology, economy, etc. -------------------------------------------------- WORKSHOPS/DEMOS/EXHIBITS The ATC 2012 Organizing Committee invites proposals for workshops/demos/exhibits affiliated with the conference and addressing research areas related to the conference. Accepted workshop/demo papers will be included in the proceedings published by IEEE CPS Press. Click the following links for submission details/deadlines. For workshop proposals: http://conf.kyusan-u.ac.jp/atc2012/wsprop/ For demo/exhibit proposals: http://conf.kyusan-u.ac.jp/atc2012/demoprop/ -------------------------------------------------- PAPER SUBMISSION Main conference papers need to be prepared according to the IEEE CPS format, 6 to 8 pages, and submitted in PDF format via the ATC 2012 submission site: http://cse.stfx.ca/~atc2012/sub/ -------------------------------------------------- PAPER PUBLICATION Accepted main conference papers are planned to be published by IEEE CPS (IEEE-DL indexed). At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register and present their work at the conference; otherwise the paper will not be included in the proceedings. Selected papers, after further extensions and revisions, will be published in special issues of prestigious journals in the fields. -------------------------------------------------- Honorary Chair Iwao Yamamoto, Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan Theo Ungerer, University of Augsburg, Germany General Chairs Tadashi Dohi, Hiroshima University, Japan Manish Parashar, Rutgers University, USA General Executive Chair Bernady O. Apduhan, Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan Program Chairs Kenji Ishida, Hiroshima City University Japan Katinka Wolter, Freie Universität, Germany Program Vice Chairs Naoki Wakamiya, Osaka University, Japan Hiroaki Morino, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan Saneyasu Yamaguchi, Kougakuin University, Japan Workshops Chairs Tatsuhiro Tsuchiya, Osaka University, Japan Robert C. Hsu, Chung Hua University, Taiwan Demo/Exhibit Chair Minoru Uehara, Toyo University, Japan Advisory Committee Hartmut Schmeck (Chair), Karlsruhe Inst. of Tech., Germany Jeffrey J.P. Tsai, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Tharam Dillon, Curtin University of Technology, Australia Chin-Chen Chang, Feng Chia University, Taiwan Jean Camp, Indiana University, USA Jurgen Branke, University of Warwick, UK Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo, Canada Wolfgang Reif, University of Augsburg, Germany Zhen Liu, Nokia Research Center, China Zhong Chen, Peking University, China Chunming Rong, Stavanger University, Norway James J. Park, Seoul Nat. Univ. of Sci. and Tech., Korea Steering Committee Jianhua Ma (chair), Hosei University, Japan Laurence T. Yang (chair), St. Francis Xavier Univ., Canada Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Sci. & Tech., China Jadwiga Indulska, University of Queensland, Australia Daqing Zhang, Institute TELECOM SudParis, France Christian Müller-Schloer, Leibniz Univ. Hannover, Germany Publicity Chairs Guojun Wang, Central South University, China Noura Limam, Pohang Univ. of Sci. and Tech., Korea Xiaolin (Andy) Li, University of Florida, USA Panel Chairs Yuanshun Dai, Univ. of Science and Technology, China Award Chairs Frode Eika Sandnes, Oslo University College, Norway International Liaison Chairs Yan Wang, Macquarie University, Australia Zheng Yan, Nokia Research Center, Finland Bing Xie, Peking University, China Sang-Soo Yeo, Mokwon University, Korea Industrial Liaison Chairs Ruo Ando, NICT, Japan Jose M. Alcaraz Calero, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, UK Local Arrangements Committee Kai Cheng, Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan Kazuaki Goshi, Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan Masaki Hayashi, Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan Toshihiko Shimokawa, Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan Yoshihiro Yasutake, Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan Web Chair Toshihiro Uchibayashi, Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan Qiwen Pan, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Program Committee (TBA) --------------------------------------------------