[BBLISA-announce] ATC 2010: submission deadline approaching

[S. Masoud Sadjadi]

[We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CFP.]

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           CALL FOR ATC 2010 PAPERS
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         The 7th International Conference on
     Autonomic and Trusted Computing (ATC 2010)
  - Bring Safe, Self-x and Organic Computing Systems into Reality -

          http://www.nwpu.edu.cn/atc2010/
        Technically Sponsored by IEEE CS TCSC
         Xi¡¯an, China, 26-29 October, 2010
  Co-located with UIC 2010 (http://www.nwpu.edu.cn/uic2010/)

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WHAT'S NEW:

1. The paper submisson site for ATC 2010 is now open. Please visit the web site: http://www.nwpu.edu.cn/atc2010/Submission/.	
2. Five workshops have been accepted by ATC 2010. Workshop paper submission deadline is May 30, 2010. Please visit the web site: http://www.nwpu.edu.cn/atc2010/Workshops/.

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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, persistable, 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 and Brisbane. ATC 2010 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 2010 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, 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, could, semantics, agent, transaction, 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, 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,secured mobile services, novel applications, etc.
- Trust Standards and Non-Technical Issues: Trust standards and issues related to personality,ethics, sociology, culture, psychology, economy, etc.

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PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

Papers need to be prepared according to the LNCS format, and submitted in PDF format via the ATC 2010 submission site: http://www.nwpu.edu.cn/atc2010/Submission/.

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IMPORTANT DATES:

Conference Dates: 	OCT 26-29, 2010
paper Submission:  	April  30,  2010
Authors Notification:   June  30,  2010 
Final Manuscript Due:   July  30,  2010 

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PAPER PUBLICATION

Accepted main conference papers are planned to be published by Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, EI 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.
The workshop proceedings will be published by IEEE (EI indexed).
Selected papers, after extension and further revisions, will be published in special issues of prestigious journals.

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AWARDS:

As in the past, UIC 2010 will present a Best Paper Award. A best demo or exhibition will also be selected.

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COMMITTEE:

Honorary Chairs
Huaimin Wang, National Univ. of Defense Tech., China
Christian Muller-Schloer, Leibniz Univ. Hannover, Germany
Zhen Liu, Nokia Research Center, China

General Chairs
Xingshe Zhou, Northwestern Polytechnic Univ., China
Daqing Zhang, Institut TELECOM SudParis, France
Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo, Canada

Program Chairs
Bing Xie, Peking University, China
S. Masoud Sadjadi, Florida International University, USA
Jurgen Branke, University of Warwick, UK.

Advisory Committee Chairs
Hartmut Schmeck, Karlsruhe Inst. of Technology, Germany
Tharam Dillon, Curtin University of Technology, Australia
Jean Camp, Indiana University, USA

Workshops Chairs
Chunming Rong, University of Stavanger, Norway
Peidong Zhu, National Univ. of Defense Tech. China
Noura Limam, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea

Program Vice Chairs
Yunwei Dong, Northwestern Polytechnic Univ., China
Xiaoguang Mao, National Univ. of Defense Tech. China
Xiaolin (Andy) Li, Oklahoma State University, USA

Publicity Chairs
Yan Wang, Macquarie University, Australia
Naixue Xiong, Georgia State University, USA
Qianxiang Wang, Peking University, China
Carlos Becker Westphall, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
Onyeka Ezenwoye, Department of Informatics and Statistics Network and Management Laboratory, USA

Panel Chair
Wolfgang Reif, University of Augsburg, Germany 

Demo/Exhibition Chair
Alvin Chin, Nokia Research Center, Beijing China 
Ming Zhao, Florida International University, USA 

Award Chairs
Zhong Chen, Peking University, China
Juan Gonzalez Nieto, Queensland Univ. of Tech., Australia

International Liaison Chairs
Sajid Hussain, Acadia University, Canada
Junzhou Luo, Southeast University, China
Roy Sterritt, University of Ulster at Jordanstown, UK
Bin Xiao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK
Hui-Huang Hsu, Tamkang University, Taiwan 

Industrial Liaison Chair
Martin Gilje Jaatun, SINTEF, Norway
Wensheng NIU, China Aeronautical Computing Institute, China

Financial and Local Arrangement Chair
Yuying Wang, Northwestern Polytechnic Univ., China

Web Administration Chair
Haipeng Wang, Northwestern Polytechnic Univ., China

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
Theo Ungerer, University of Augsburg, Germany
Jadwiga Indulska, University of Queensland, Australia
Jeffrey J.P. Tsai, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA

Advisory Committee and Program Committee
See UIC 2010 website: http://www.nwpu.edu.cn/atc2010/

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ATC2010,  Xi¡¯an, China, 26-29 October, 2010