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ACSOS 2020
Mon 17 - Fri 21 August 2020

The goal of the IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Self-Organizing Systems (ACSOS) is to provide a forum for sharing the latest research results, ideas and experiences in autonomic computing, self-adaptation, and self-organization. ACSOS was founded in 2020 as a merger of the IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing (ICAC) and the IEEE International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems (SASO).

The complexity of current and emerging networks, software, and services can be characterized by issues such as scale, heterogeneity, openness, and dynamics, both internally and in the environment. These issues have led the software engineering, distributed systems, and systems management communities to look for inspiration in diverse fields (e.g., complex systems, control theory, machine learning, chemistry, psychology, sociology, and biology) to find new ways of designing and managing such computing systems in a principled way. Yet challenges remain to build autonomic systems that exhibit the desirable self-* properties (i.e., self-organizing, self-adaptive, self-healing, self-aware, etc).

The mission of ACSOS is to provide an interdisciplinary forum for researchers and industry practitioners to address these challenges to make resources, applications, and systems more autonomic, self-adaptive, and self-organizing. ACSOS provides a venue to share and present their experiences, discuss challenges, and report state-of-the-art and in-progress research. The conference program will include technical research papers, in-practice experience reports, posters, demos, and a doctoral symposium.

Dates
Plenary
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Tue 18 Aug

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14:45 - 15:00
14:45
15m
Opening / Welcome Message
Research Papers

15:00 - 16:15
Keynote: Susan StepneyResearch Papers at Presentation Room A
Chair(s): Hartmut Schmeck Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
15:00
75m
Keynote
Cyber-bio-physical systems engineering, or: can we grow a skyscraper?
Research Papers
Susan Stepney University of York
16:15 - 16:45
Coffee BreakCatering
16:45 - 17:45
Self-AdaptationResearch Papers at Presentation Room A
Chair(s): Evangelos Pournaras University of Leeds
16:45
20m
Full-paper
A Survey of Methodology in Self-Adaptive Systems Research
Research Papers
Barry Porter Lancaster University, Roberto Rodrigues Filho Lancaster University, Paul Dean Lancaster University
17:05
20m
Full-paper
A self-configuring and adaptive privacy-aware permission system for Android apps
Research Papers
Gian Luca Scoccia , Marco Autili University of L'Aquila, Italy, Paola Inverardi University of L'Aquila
17:25
20m
Short-paper
Assessing Adaptations based on Change Impacts
Research Papers
Sharmin Jahan University of Tulsa, Ian Riley , Rose Gamble University of Tulsa
16:45 - 17:45
Cloud SystemsResearch Papers at Presentation Room B
Chair(s): Ahmed Ali-Eldin UMass Amherst
16:45
20m
Full-paper
ENSURE: Efficient Scheduling and Autonomous Resource Management in Serverless Environments
Research Papers
Amoghavarsha Suresh Stony Brook University, Gagan Somashekar Stony Brook University, Anandh Varadarajan Stony Brook University, Veerendra Ramesh Kakarla Stony Brook University, Hima Upadhyay Stony Brook University, Anshul Gandhi Stony Brook University
17:05
20m
Full-paper
PRESTO: a latency-aware power-capping orchestrator for cloud-native microservices
Research Papers
Rolando Brondolin Politecnico di Milano, Marco D. Santambrogio Politecnico di Milano
17:25
20m
Short-paper
Self-Patch: Beyond Patch Tuesday for Containerized Applications
Research Papers
Olufogorehan Tunde-Onadele North Carolina State University, Yuhang Lin North Carolina State University, Jingzhu He North Carolina State University, Xiaohui Gu North Carolina State University
17:45 - 18:45
Lunch/DinnerCatering

Wed 19 Aug

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15:00 - 16:15
Keynote: Pete BeckmanResearch Papers at Presentation Room A
Chair(s): Christopher Stewart The Ohio State University, USA
15:00
75m
Keynote
Sage Cyberinfrastructure for the Digital Continuum, from AI@Edge to Cloud
Research Papers
Pete Beckman Northwestern University and Argonne National Laboratory
16:15 - 16:45
Coffee BreakCatering
16:45 - 17:45
Open SystemsResearch Papers at Presentation Room A
Chair(s): Jean Botev University of Luxembourg
16:45
20m
Full-paper
Case Study of an Automated Approach to Managing Collections of Autonomic Systems
Research Papers
Thomas Glazier Carnegie Mellon University, David Garlan Carnegie Mellon University, Bradley Schmerl Carnegie Mellon University, USA
17:05
20m
Full-paper
Adaptive Trust-Aware Decentralized Information Flow Control
Research Papers
Charilaos Skandylas Linnaeus University, Narges Khakpour Linnaeus University, Jesper Andersson Linnaeus University
17:25
20m
Short-paper
A Distributed Population Management Approach for Mobile Agent Systems
Research Papers
Bryan Prosser Wake Forest University, Errin Fulp Wake Forest University
16:45 - 17:45
Model-based SystemsResearch Papers at Presentation Room B
Chair(s): Rose Gamble University of Tulsa
16:45
20m
Full-paper
Hybrid Planning Using Learning and Model Checking for Autonomous Systems
Research Papers
Ashutosh Pandey Carnegie Mellon University, USA, and Facebook, Inc., Ivan Ruchkin , Bradley Schmerl Carnegie Mellon University, USA, David Garlan Carnegie Mellon University
17:05
20m
Full-paper
REACT: A Model-Based Runtime Environment for Adapting Communication Systems
Research Papers
Martin Pfannemüller University of Mannheim, Martin Breitbach University of Mannheim, Christian Krupitzer University of Würzburg, Germany, Markus Weckesser TU Darmstadt, Christian Becker University of Mannheim, Bradley Schmerl Carnegie Mellon University, USA, Andy Schürr TU Darmstadt
17:25
20m
Short-paper
Design-Time Validation of Runtime Reconfiguration Strategies: An Environmental-Driven Approach
Research Papers
Max Scheerer FZI Research Center for Information Technology, Germany, Martina Rapp FZI Research Center for Information Technology, Ralf Reussner Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and FZI - Research Center for Information Technology (FZI)
17:45 - 18:45
Lunch/DinnerCatering
18:45 - 20:00
LearningResearch Papers at Presentation Room A
Chair(s): Christian Krupitzer University of Würzburg, Germany
18:45
25m
Full-paper
DeCrypto Pro: Deep Learning Based Cryptomining Malware Detection Using Performance Counters
Research Papers
Ganapathy Mani Purdue University, Vikram Pasumarti Purdue University, Bharat Bhargava Purdue University, Faisal Tariq Vora Purdue University, James MacDonald Northrop Grumman Corporation, Justin King Northrop Grumman Corporation, Jason Kobes Northrop Grumman Corporation
19:10
25m
Full-paper
Learning Distributed Controllers for V-Formation
Research Papers
Shouvik Roy Stony Brook University, Usama Mehmood Stony Brook University, Radu Grosu Vienna University of Technology, Scott Smolka Stony Brook University, Scott Stoller Stony Brook University, Ashish Tiwari Microsoft
19:35
25m
Full-paper
Coevolutionary Learning of Neuromodulated Controllers for Multi-Stage and Gamified Tasks
Research Papers
Chloe Barnes Aston University, Anikó Ekárt Aston University, Birmingham, UK, Kai Olav Ellefsen University of Oslo, Kyrre Glette University of Oslo, Peter Lewis , Jim Tørresen University of Oslo
18:45 - 20:00
Short PapersResearch Papers at Presentation Room B
Chair(s): Christopher Landauer Topcy House Consulting / Aeospace
18:45
18m
Short-paper
MERIT: Model-driven Rehoming for VNF Chains
Research Papers
Muhammad Wajahat Stony Brook University, Bharath Balasubramanian AT&T Labs Research, Anshul Gandhi Stony Brook University, Gueyoung Jung AT&T Labs Research, Shankaranarayanan Puzhavakath Narayanan AT&T Labs Research
19:03
18m
Short-paper
How far should I watch? Quantifying the effect of various observational capabilities on long-range situational awareness in multi-robot teams
Research Papers
Sehyeok Kang , Taeyeong Choi Arizona State University, Theodore Pavlic Arizona State University
19:22
18m
Short-paper
FCPP: an efficient and extensible field calculus framework
Research Papers
Giorgio Audrito Università di Torino
19:41
18m
Short-paper
Automating GUI Testing with Image-Based Deep Reinforcement Learning
Research Papers
Juha Eskonen Ericsson, Julen Kahles Ericsson Finland, Joel Reijonen Ericsson Finland
20:00 - 20:15
Coffee BreakCatering
20:15 - 21:00
Panel DiscussionResearch Papers at Presentation Room A
Chair(s): Kirstie Bellman Aerospace Corporation
20:15
45m
Panel Discussion
Research Papers
Betty H.C. Cheng Michigan State University, Lukas Esterle Aarhus University, Anthony Hill Adapdix Corporation

Thu 20 Aug

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15:00 - 16:15
Keynote: Hiroki SayamaResearch Papers at Presentation Room A
Chair(s): Ada Diaconescu LTCI Lab, Telecom Paris, Institute Politechnqie de Paris
15:00
75m
Keynote
Self-Organization of Society: Fragmentation, Disagreement, and How to Overcome Those
Research Papers
16:15 - 16:45
Coffee BreakCatering
16:45 - 17:45
User-centric systemsResearch Papers at Presentation Room A
Chair(s): Barry Porter Lancaster University
16:45
20m
Full-paper
Reasoning about When to Provide Explanation for Human-in-the-loop Self-Adaptive Systems
Research Papers
NIANYU LI Peking University, China, Javier Camara University of York, David Garlan Carnegie Mellon University, Bradley Schmerl Carnegie Mellon University, USA
17:05
20m
Full-paper
Collective Learning: A 10-Year Odyssey to Human-centered Distributed Intelligence
Research Papers
Evangelos Pournaras University of Leeds
17:25
20m
Short-paper
Evaluating the Effect of User-Given Guiding Attention on the Learning Process
Research Papers
Richard Nordsiek XITASO GmbH IT & Software Solutions, Michael Heider Universität Augsburg, Andreas Angerer XITASO GmbH IT & Software Solutions, Jörg Hähner Universität Augsburg
16:45 - 17:45
ScalabilityResearch Papers at Presentation Room B
Chair(s): Xiaohui Gu NC State University
16:45
20m
Full-paper
Hierarchical Scaling of Microservices in Kubernetes
Research Papers
Fabiana Rossi University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy, Valeria Cardellini University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy, Francesco Lo Presti University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
17:05
20m
Full-paper
Deadlock Avoidance for Multiple Tasks in a Self-Organizing Production Cell
Research Papers
Joseph Hirsch Universität Augsburg, Martin Neumayer Universität Augsburg, Hella Ponsar Universität Augsburg, Oliver Kosak Universität Augsburg, Wolfgang Reif University of Augsburg, Institute for Software & Systems Engineering
17:25
20m
Short-paper
Taming Resource Heterogeneity In Distributed ML Training With Dynamic Batching
Research Papers
Sahil Tyagi Indiana University Bloomington, Prateek Sharma Indiana University Bloomington
17:45 - 18:45
Lunch/DinnerCatering
18:45 - 20:00
Best Paper CandidatesResearch Papers at Presentation Room A
Chair(s): Sven Tomforde Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Timothy Wood George Washington University
18:45
25m
Full-paper
Building Reusable Repertoires for Stochastic Self-* Planners
Research Papers
Cody Kinneer Carnegie Mellon University, Rijnard van Tonder Sourcegraph, David Garlan Carnegie Mellon University, Claire Le Goues Carnegie Mellon University
19:10
25m
Full-paper
Reconfigurable Embedded Devices Using Reinforcement Learning to Develop Action-Policies
Research Papers
Alwyn Burger University of Duisburg-Essen, David King Air Force Institute of Technology, Gregor Schiele University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
19:35
25m
Full-paper
Understanding Uncertainty in Self-adaptive Systems
Research Papers
Radu Calinescu University of York, UK, Raffaela Mirandola Politecnico di Milano , Diego Pérez Linnaeus University, Danny Weyns KU Leuven
20:00 - 20:15
Coffee BreakCatering
20:15 - 21:00
20:15
15m
Awards
Research Papers

20:30
15m
ACSOS 2021
Research Papers

20:45
15m
Closing Statement
Research Papers

Not scheduled yet

Not scheduled yet
Keynote
Towards Self-driving Cloud Infrastructure Management
Research Papers

Accepted Papers

Title
Adaptive Trust-Aware Decentralized Information Flow Control
Research Papers
A Distributed Population Management Approach for Mobile Agent Systems
Research Papers
A self-configuring and adaptive privacy-aware permission system for Android apps
Research Papers
Assessing Adaptations based on Change Impacts
Research Papers
A Survey of Methodology in Self-Adaptive Systems Research
Research Papers
Automating GUI Testing with Image-Based Deep Reinforcement Learning
Research Papers
Building Reusable Repertoires for Stochastic Self-* Planners
Research Papers
Case Study of an Automated Approach to Managing Collections of Autonomic Systems
Research Papers
Closing Statement
Research Papers

Coevolutionary Learning of Neuromodulated Controllers for Multi-Stage and Gamified Tasks
Research Papers
Collective Learning: A 10-Year Odyssey to Human-centered Distributed Intelligence
Research Papers
Deadlock Avoidance for Multiple Tasks in a Self-Organizing Production Cell
Research Papers
DeCrypto Pro: Deep Learning Based Cryptomining Malware Detection Using Performance Counters
Research Papers
Design-Time Validation of Runtime Reconfiguration Strategies: An Environmental-Driven Approach
Research Papers
ENSURE: Efficient Scheduling and Autonomous Resource Management in Serverless Environments
Research Papers
Evaluating the Effect of User-Given Guiding Attention on the Learning Process
Research Papers
FCPP: an efficient and extensible field calculus framework
Research Papers
Hierarchical Scaling of Microservices in Kubernetes
Research Papers
How far should I watch? Quantifying the effect of various observational capabilities on long-range situational awareness in multi-robot teams
Research Papers
Hybrid Planning Using Learning and Model Checking for Autonomous Systems
Research Papers
Learning Distributed Controllers for V-Formation
Research Papers
MERIT: Model-driven Rehoming for VNF Chains
Research Papers
Opening / Welcome Message
Research Papers

PRESTO: a latency-aware power-capping orchestrator for cloud-native microservices
Research Papers
REACT: A Model-Based Runtime Environment for Adapting Communication Systems
Research Papers
Reasoning about When to Provide Explanation for Human-in-the-loop Self-Adaptive Systems
Research Papers
Reconfigurable Embedded Devices Using Reinforcement Learning to Develop Action-Policies
Research Papers
Self-Patch: Beyond Patch Tuesday for Containerized Applications
Research Papers
Taming Resource Heterogeneity In Distributed ML Training With Dynamic Batching
Research Papers
Understanding Uncertainty in Self-adaptive Systems
Research Papers

Call for Papers

Our hearts go out to all those who may be battling COVID-19. For more information about how COVID-19 might influence the ACSOS conference, please read the official statement of the Steering Committee and the Organizing Committee. Please notice our deadline extension as a result to COVID-19.

Important Dates (tentative)

Abstract submission (optional)	May 8, 2020   
Paper submission deadline:	May 15, 2020    
Notification to authors:	June 20, 2020   
Camera Ready Deadline:		July 8, 2020    
ACSOS Conference:		August 17-21, 2020   

Scope

We invite novel contributions related to the fundamental understanding of autonomic computing, self-adaptation, and self-organization along with principles and practices of their engineering and application. Selected papers from ACSOS 2020 will be invited for extensions in ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems (TAAS). The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • Autonomic and Self-* system properties: robustness; resilience; resource efficiency; stability; anti-fragility; diversity; self-reference and reflection; emergent behavior; computational awareness and self-awareness;
  • Autonomic and Self-* systems theory: bio-inspired and socially-inspired paradigms and heuristics; theoretical frameworks and models; formal languages; queuing and control theory; requirement and goal expression techniques; uncertainty as a 1st class entity
  • Autonomic and Self-* systems engineering: reusable mechanisms and algorithms; design patterns; programming languages; architectures; operating systems and middleware; testing and validation methodologies; runtime models; techniques for assurance; platforms and toolkits; multi-agent systems;
  • Data-driven management: data mining; machine learning; data science and other statistical techniques to analyze, understand, and manage the behavior of complex systems or establishing self-awareness;
  • Mechanisms and principles for self-organisation and self-adaptation: inter-operation of self-* mechanisms; evolution, logic, and learning; addressing large-scale and decentralized systems;
  • Socio-technical self-* systems: human and social factors; visualization; crowdsourcing and collective awareness;
  • Hardware concepts for autonomic computing systems: self-* materials; self-construction; reconfigurable hardware;
  • Cross disciplinary research: approaches that draw inspiration from complex systems, organic computing, artificial intelligence, chemistry, psychology, sociology, and biology.

We invite research papers applying autonomic and self-* approaches to a wide range of application areas, including:

  • smart grids, smart cities, homes, and manufacturing; cyber-physical systems; autonomous vehicles and robotics; traffic management; self-adaptive cybersecurity; Internet of Things; cloud computing and data centers; fog/edge computing; hypervisors, operating systems, and middleware.

Submission Instructions

Research papers will be accepted as either long papers up to 10 pages or short papers up to 7 pages (including references) and formatted according to the standard IEEE Computer Society Press proceedings style guide.

Please submit your papers electronically in PDF format using the ACSOS 2020 conference management system: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=acsos20

Note that separate calls for Poster, Demo, and In-Practice Report Submissions will also be issued, as well as a call for participation in the Doctoral Symposium.

The proceedings will be published by IEEE Computer Society Press and made available as a part of the IEEE Digital Library. As per the standard IEEE policies, all submissions should be original, i.e., they should not have been previously published in any conference proceedings, book, or journal and should not currently be under review for another archival conference. We would like to also highlight IEEE’s policies regarding plagiarism and self-plagiarism: (https://www.ieee.org/publications/rights/plagiarism/id-plagiarism.html). Where relevant and appropriate, accepted papers will also be encouraged to participate in the Demo or Poster Sessions.

Review Criteria

Papers should present novel ideas in the cross-disciplinary research context described in this call, motivated by problems from current practice or applied research. Both theoretical and empirical contributions should be highlighted, substantiated by formal analysis, simulation, experimental evaluations, or comparative studies. Appropriate references must be made to related work. Due to the cross-disciplinary nature of the ACSOS conference, we encourage papers to be intelligible and relevant to researchers who are not members of the same specialized sub-field. Authors are also encouraged to submit papers describing applications. Application papers should provide an indication of the real-world relevance of the problem that is solved, including a description of the domain, and an evaluation of performance, usability, or comparison to alternative approaches. Experience papers are also welcome, especially if they highlight insights into any aspect of design, implementation or management of self-* systems that would be of benefit to practitioners and the ACSOS community. All submissions will be rigorously peer-reviewed and evaluated based on the quality of their technical contribution, originality, soundness, significance, presentation, understanding of the state of the art, and overall quality.

The conference organizers will select one paper to be awarded the Karsten Schwan Best Paper Award. Selected papers from ACSOS 2020 will be invited for extensions in ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems (TAAS).

Camera Ready Submission

 

STEP 1: Important Dates

  • At least one author per paper must early pay the registration fee by July 08, 2020.
  • Failure to register will result in your paper not being included in the proceedings.
  • Final camera-ready manuscripts must be submitted by July 08, 2020.

 

STEP 2: Page Limits

Your final paper must follow the page limits listed in the following table:

Paper Type

Page Limit

(including References)

Extra Pages Allowed

Regular

10

2

Short

7

2

Regular, and short papers are allowed to include up to 2 extra pages at an additional charge of $100 (100 US Dollars) per page. Extra pages should be purchased at registration time.

 

STEP 3: Formatting Your Paper

  • Submitted abstracts should not exceed 200 words.
  • Final submissions to ACSOS 2020 must be formatted in US-LETTER page size, must use the two-column IEEE conference proceedings format, and must be prepared in PDF format. Microsoft Word and LaTeX templates are available at the IEEE “Author Submission Site” HERE. The templates are available on the left-hand-side tab “Formatting Your Paper”.
  • Please, DO NOT include headers/footers or page numbers in the final submission.

 

STEP 4: Submitting Your Final Version

  • Once the format of your paper has been verified and validated, you may submit your final version.
  • All papers should be submitted using the submission system provided by IEEE “Author Submission Site” HERE.
  • After you login to the IEEE “Author Submission Site”, please, follow the instructions as you click the “Next” button on the top right corner of the site. Please, enter the following information exactly as appeared on your paper: paper ID, names of authors, affiliations, countries, E-mail addresses, titles, and abstracts.
  • To submit your final manuscript click HERE.

 

STEP 5: Submitting a Signed Copyright Release Form

1)    Paper's full title

2)    All authors names

3)    Conference title: 2020 IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Self-Organizing Systems (ACSOS 2020)

4)    Signature (on appropriate line)

  • The signed IEEE Copyright-release Form (eCF) should be submitted together with your camera-ready manuscripts on July 08, 2020.

 

If you have any questions about the above procedures, please contact the Publications Chair Esam El-Araby: esam@ku.edu.

 

Note: Please complete each of the above steps - the conference organizers will not be responsible if your paper is omitted from the proceedings, is not available online on IEEE Xplore, or is subject to additional processing costs, if these steps are not performed.

Flyer

PDF version of the CfP.

Authors are expected to prepare:

1) a pre-recorded full length video presentation (not longer than 25 minutes) and a set of PDF slides which will be posted in advance of the conference.

2) a highlight talk which will be presented at the conference itself - up to 12 minutes for full papers and 8 minutes for short papers. During the conference you will have the option to give the talk live or use a pre-recorded version. This will be followed by Q&A run the session chair.

All authors are required to upload both videos and their slides by August 11th (instructions below).

Formatting and Naming

Short and Long Videos:

  • File format: MP4
  • Resolution: 720p
  • Maximum file size: 500 MB

Slides:

  • File format: PDF
  • landscape format, A4 or letter size

Naming convention:

  • Slides: PAPERID-LAST_NAME-slides.pdf
  • Long Video: PAPERID-LAST_NAME-long.mp4
  • Short Video: PAPERID-LAST_NAME-short.mp4

All files should be named using the Paper ID from Easy Chair and the last name of the first author, e.g., Paper #43 by Alice Bees and Charlie Demo would have slides submitted as 43-Bees-slides.pdf

Presentation and Recording Guidelines

Presenters can use any software to record their presentations as long as they comply with the following requirements:

  • The speaker’s face shall be clearly visible and directed toward the camera. This makes your presentation more accessible for hearing impaired viewers.
  • The first slide should introduce the paper title and presenter.
  • Sound quality matters: Use a good microphone. Avoid background noise. To avoid echo noise, turn the speakers of your computer off when recording.
  • Speak clearly and with moderate speed. Do not attempt to pack more information into your talk by speaking very fast.

IEEE provides a tutorial on recording a slideshow with your own face using Zoom here: https://ieeetv.ieee.org/mobile/video/recording-your-presentation-with-zoom

If you are unsure how to record your video, we also will provide a way for you to meet with an ACSOS volunteer in advance of the conference to do a trial run and recording. Note that volunteers will not be editing the videos, so you will need to be sure you are prepared to give your presentation in one take! If you are interested in this option, please contact acsos20@easychair.org as soon as possible to schedule a meeting with a volunteer (videos still need to be submitted by the same deadline).

File Submission

Please upload your files following the above naming conventions using this link by August 11th so we can link to the videos prior to the start of the conference.