SACS 2013 - Workshop on Self-organising, adaptive, and context-sensitive distributed systems (SACS 2013)

Ubiquitous computing has been a strong vision of contemporary computer science for the last decade, initially with respect to its potential for innovative services, but then also considering technical challenges and social implications. From a technical point of view the management of highly complex, heterogeneous and distributed systems still rises many interesting questions. Self-organisation, autonomous behaviour, and adaptation are important keywords, and the numerous theoretical and prototypical approaches to these challenges still have to prove their value in everyday applications.
However, the conception and realisation of these autonomous, adaptive systems cannot be constrained to technical challenges only. Can we handle applications with an autonomous, adaptive behaviour ? not only within our prototypes, but at our hands, in our real environment? Will they provide new chances for improving life quality in various societal environments? Do we have to put a special focus on societal and also legal implications when these system are deployed on a broad scale? How do we ensure trust in a complex system that is working outside of our direct influence?
This workshop, as its preceding SAKS workshops of the years 2006-2011, is intentionally directed at a multidisciplinary audience. It will shed light on the wide field of technical, societal, and legal considerations that need to be part of a comprehensive analysis of the state-of-the-art of information technology research in complex, autonomous systems.
Whereas the preceding SAKS workshops were mainly intended to provide a forum for German national research activities, we expect this workshop to play a significant part in linking together contributors on an international scale. We especially welcome research papers, reports, and discussion contributions from industrial environments.
The workshop program will consist of the selected peer reviewed contributions, an invited talk, and a discussion session.
Workshop Topics
The following list specifies the major fields of interest for this workshop; related topics are certainly welcome.
Self-organisation and adaptation from a technical view
Construction and evaluation of self-organising systems
Biologically inspired approaches
Architectures and frameworks for autonomous and ubiquitous systems
Self-organisation in service-oriented architectures
Adaptive applications and middleware
Context models and context processing
Design methodologies for personalised, context-sensitive services
Integration of users into the development process for complex autonomous systems
User-centric design, user interfaces, and usage patterns for adaptive, context-sensitive systems
Social and legal implications in a world of adaptive information technology
Trust and reliability for adaptive, context sensitive systems
Society-aware design of adaptive, context sensitive systems
Application domain-specific requirements
Responsibility and liability
Self-organisation and adaptation as enabling technologies
Industrial requirements and projects
Research prototypes and experience reports
New value chains, new business / service / provider models
Contributions submitted to the workshop will be peer-reviewed and selected according to their quality and suitability for the workshop scope and discussion potential. As we address an international audience, English will be the workshop language.
Workshop Organization
Klaus David, University of Kassel, david-AT-uni-kassel.de
Kurt Geihs, University of Kassel, geihs-AT-uni-kassel.de
Michael Zapf, Georg Simon Ohm University of Applied Sciences Nuremberg, michael.zapf-AT-ohm-hochschule.de
Program Committee
Markus Bick (ESCP Europe / Berlin)
Volker Boehme-Neßler (HTW Berlin)
Georg Borges (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)
Lars Braubach (Universität Hamburg)
Klaus David (University of Kassel)
Kurt Geihs (University of Kassel)
Thomas Hoeren (WWU Münster)
Reinhold Kröger (Univ. of Applied Sciences RheinMain)
Rico Kusber (University of Kassel)
Winfried Lamersdorf (Universität Hamburg)
Jan-Marco Leimeister (University of Kassel)
Gero Mühl (University of Rostock)
Christian Müller-Schloer (University of Hannover)
Jeremy Pitt (Imperial College London)
Andreas Polze (Hasso-Plattner-Institut)
Wolfgang Renz (Hamburg Univ. of Applied Sciences)
Alexander Roßnagel (Univ. of Kassel)
Jan Sudeikat (Hamburg Energie GmbH)
Ante Vilenica (Universität Hamburg)
Manfred Wojciechowski (Fraunhofer ISST)
Franco Zambonelli (Univ. of Modena and Reggio Emilia)
Michael Zapf (Univ. of Applied Sciences Nuremberg)