[alife] 1st CfP: Fifth International Workshop on Self-Organizing Systems (IWSOS 2011)

[Carlos Gershenson]

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   Call for Papers
   Fifth International Workshop on Self-Organizing Systems (IWSOS 2011)
   KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany, February 2011
   http://iwsos2011.tm.kit.edu
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IWSOS 2011 is the fifth workshop in a series of multidisciplinary  
events dedicated to self-organization in networks and networked systems.

The concept of self-organization is becoming increasingly popular in  
various branches of technology. A self-organizing system may be  
characterized by global, coordinated activity arising spontaneously  
from local interactions between the system's components. This activity  
is distributed over all components, without a central controller  
supervising or directing the behavior. Self-organization relates the  
behavior of the individual components (the microscopic level) to the  
resulting structure and functionality of the overall system (the  
macroscopic level). Simple interactions at the microscopic level may  
give rise to complex, adaptive, and robust behavior at the macroscopic  
level.

The necessity of self-organization in networks and networked systems  
is caused by the growing scale, complexity, and dynamics of future  
networked systems. This is because traditional methods tend to be  
reductionistic, i.e., they neglect the effect of interactions between  
components. However, in complex networked systems, interactions cannot  
be ignored, since they are relevant for the future state of the  
system. In this sense, self-organization becomes a useful approach for  
dealing with the complexity inherent in networked systems.

The workshop addresses self-organization different types of  
technological networks, for example, but not limited to:

     * Communication and computer networks
     * Transportation networks
     * Energy networks
     * Robot networks

Research from related fields is also welcome. Building on the success  
of its predecessors, this workshop aims at bringing together leading  
international researchers to create a visionary forum for discussing  
the future of self-organization in networked systems.

**Key Topics**

     * Design and analysis of self-organizing and self-managing systems
     * Techniques and tools for modeling self-organizing systems
     * Robustness and adaptation in self-organizing systems, including  
self-protection, diagnosis, and healing
     * Self-configuration and self-optimization
     * Self-organizing group and pattern formation
     * Self-organizing synchronization
     * Self-organizing resource allocation
     * Self-organizing mechanisms for task allocation and coordination
     * Self-organizing information dissemination and content search
     * Security and safety in self-organizing networked systems
     * Structure and dynamics of self-organizing networks
     * Risks and limits of self-organization
     * The human in the loop of self-organizing networks
     * User and operator-related aspects of human-made self-organizing  
systems
     * Applications of self-organizing networks and networked systems
     * Peer-to-peer networks, vehicular networks, zeroconfiguration  
protocols
     * Autonomous traffic lights, self-organized cruise control
     * Decentralized power management in the smart grid
     * Collaborative unmanned ground or aerial vehicles, mobile sensor  
networks


**Important Dates**

     * Submission deadline: September 1, 2010
     * Notification: November 1, 2010
     * Camera-ready papers due: November 15, 2010
     * Conference: February 2011


**Chairs**

General chairs:

     * Martina Zitterbart, KIT, Germany
     * Hermann de Meer, University of Passau, Germany

Program chairs:

     * Christian Bettstetter, University of Klagenfurt and Lakeside  
Labs, Austria
     * Carlos Gershenson, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

Keynote Speaker:

     * Hermann Haken, professor emeritus, University of Stuttgart and  
founder of synergetics


**Papers**

IWSOS invites submission of manuscripts that present original research  
results or research ideas, and that have not been previously published  
or are currently under review by another conference or journal. Any  
previous or simultaneous publication of related material should be  
explicitly noted in the submission. All papers must be submitted in  
PDF format. Submissions will be peer reviewed by at least three  
members of the international program committee and judged on  
originality, significance, interest, clarity, relevance, and  
correctness.

The Springer "LNCS Proceedings" style should be used for submission.  
Templates are for LaTeX and Word available at http://tiny.cc/qiohy.  
Click http://iwsos2011.tm.kit.edu for detailed information for authors.

* Full Papers. Full papers should describe original research results.  
Submissions should be full-length papers up to 12 pages using the LNCS  
style (including figures, references, and a short abstract).

* Challenge Papers. Submissions should be position papers, challenging  
papers, and papers presenting first results. The papers must be up to  
6 pages length (LNCS style, including all figures and references), and  
must include a short abstract.

Both paper types should be submitted via the EDAS system at: http://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=9217


**Proceedings**

The proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag in their Lecture  
Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. At least one of the authors  
of each accepted paper must attend IWSOS to present the paper.