CM DADS 2018 - 13th Track on Dependable, Adaptive, and Trustworthy Distributed Systems (DADS)

While computing is provided by the cloud and services increasingly pervade our daily lives, dependability and security are no longer restricted to mission or safety critical applications, but rather become a cornerstone of the information society. Unfortunately, the most innovative systems and applications (Internet of Things, Smart Environments, Mashups, NewSQL) are the ones that also suffer most from a significant decrease in dependability and security when compared to traditional critical systems. In accordance with Laprie we call this effect the dependability gap, which is widened in front of us between demand and supply of dependability, and we can see this trend further fueled by volume, velocity and variety, as well as the demand for resource awareness, green computing, and increasing cost pressure.
Among technical factors, software development methods, tools, and techniques contribute to dependability and security, as defects in software products and services may lead to failure and also provide typical access for malicious attacks. In addition, there is a wide variety of fault and intrusion tolerance techniques available, including persistence provided by databases, redundancy and replication, group communication, transaction monitors, reliable middleware, cloud infrastructures, fragmentation-redundancy-scattering, and trustworthy service-oriented architectures with explicit control of quality of service properties and service level agreements. Furthermore, adaptiveness is envisaged in order to react to observed, or act upon expected changes of the system itself, the context/environment (e.g., resource variability or failure/threat scenarios) or users' needs and expectations. Provided without explicit user intervention, this is also termed autonomous behavior or self-properties, and often involves monitoring, diagnosis (analysis, interpretation), and reconfiguration (repair). In particular, adaptation is also a means to achieve dependability and security in a computing infrastructure with dynamically varying structure and properties.
Topics of Interest
The track provides a forum for scientists and engineers in academia and industry to present and discuss their latest research findings on selected topics in dependable, adaptive and trustworthy distributed systems and services. The topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to:
Dependable, Adaptive, and trustworthy Distributed Systems (DADS): E.g., Massive scale, scalable web applications; Big data; Self-* properties and autonomous behaviour; Mobility and sparse connectivity; Adaptable and adaptive security; Fault and intrusion tolerance; Performance-aware dependability; Context-awareness; Power-awareness, adaptive energy management, green computing; Integration and balancing of competing attributes, CAP, continuos inconsistency; Cross-organizational heterogeneity.
Architectures, architectural styles, and middleware for DADS: E.g., Cloud systems and cloud-deployed applications; Cloud and Service Mashups; In-memory computing; P2P, MANET, smartphone-based, and pervasive systems; Event-based systems, Publish-subscribe systems; Service-oriented systems; Control-as-a-Service: Control loop and MAPE pattern; Ransomware-as-a-Service: Threat diversification and measurements.
Protocols for DADS: E.g., Consensus, group communication, replication, transaction, coordination, orchestration; Failure detection, containment, and recovery; Dynamic (re-)configuration.
Modeling, design, and engineering of DADS: E.g., MDA support; QoS and SLA; Tool support; Design patterns for DADS; Abstractions and policies; Quantitative approaches; Run-time approaches.
Foundations and formal methods for DADS: E.g., Rigorous approaches, verification, assurance cases.
Applications of DADS: E.g., IoT-Internet of Things, Smart Environments, and Assistive Technologies; NewSQL; Industry 4.0; Safety critical systems; Avionics and CNS (Communication, Navigation, Surveillance); VANETs (Vehicular adhoc networks); Automotive systems; Power utility automation networks; Critical infrastructure protection and Disaster scenarios; Global sensor networks.
Evaluations, testing, benchmarking, and case studies of DADS
Holistic aspects of DADS: E.g., Social, cultural, psychological, economical, managerial, and educational aspects.