ATC 2011 - The 8th International Conference on Autonomic and Trusted Computing (ATC-2011)

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, Brisbane and Xian. ATC 2011 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 2011 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 Of Interest
- 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,

Performance evaluation and measuremen

- 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,
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Important Dates
Workshop proposals: March 15, 2011
Submission deadline: May 01, 2011
Author Notification: June 01, 2011
Final Manuscript Due: July 01, 2011