Architecture of Computing Systems (ARCS)
–
System Aspects in Organic and Pervasive Computing
Future computer systems will be much more integrated
into the fabric of everyday life than today's computers are.
They will become smaller, more appropriate for their use, integrated
into everyday objects and often virtually or physically invisible
to the users. They will be also deployed in a much higher quantity
and penetrate many application areas.
To provide such features and functionality, computer
devices become tinier yet still increase in complexity; they
must consume less power, while still supporting advanced computation
and communications, such that they are highly connected yet
still operate as autonomous units. This brings several research
topics to the fore, including ultra-low power consumption, self-awareness,
adaptive networking, smart behavior of systems, scalability
and complexity of devices and systems. Pervasive and ubiquitous
computing research addresses such issues by developing concepts
and technology for interweaving computers into our everyday
life. The principle approach is to enhance system functionality
and adaptability by recognizing context and situations in the
environment. Organic computing then addresses high system complexity
by drawing analogies from complex biological systems, with the
human-centered goal of self-organization. Organic computing
investigates the design and implementation of self-managing
systems that are self-configuring, self-optimizing, self-healing,
self-protecting, context aware, and anticipatory.
ARCS 2004 will emphasize the design, realization
and analysis of the emerging computing systems for organic and
pervasive computing and their scientific, engineering, and commercial
applications. The conference focuses on system aspects of organic
and pervasive computing in software and hardware. In particular,
system integration and self-management of hardware, software
and networks are in the centre of interest.
ARCS 2005 continues and replaces the biennial
series of German Conferences on Architecture of Computing Systems.
This 18th conference in the series serves as a forum to present
current work on all aspects of computer and systems architecture.
Besides its main focus, the conference is open for more general
and interdisciplinary themes in operating systems, networking,
and computer architecture. Papers pertaining to aspects of computer
and systems architecture, in particular in the field of organic
and pervasive computing are sought, including:
Enabling Technologies and Infrastructure
- operating systems
- middleware for organic, pervasive and peer-to-peer computing
- multi-agent and mobile agent systems
- bio-analogue and artificial-life systems
- context and locality
- low power systems design
- machine-learning, prediction, pro-activity
- system design and simulation
- reconfigurable hardware and software systems
- safety, security, reliability
- self-managing service configuration
Architectures and Systems
- computer and system architecture
- modular distributed devices
- self-managing, self-healing and fault-tolerant systems
- real-time systems
- mobile and wearable devices
- embedded systems (consumer electronics, automotive)
Applications
- scenarios for ubiquitous and pervasive computing
- autonomic environments
- network server architectures and network based applications
- semantic networks
- ubiquitous, home and wireless networking
The conference is organized by the special interest
group on Computer and Systems Architecture of the GI (Gesellschaft
für Informatik - German Informatics Society) and ITG (Informationstechnische
Gesellschaft- Information Technology Society), supported by
OCG (Austrian Computer Society), OVE/GIT (Austrian Electrotechnical
Associastion) and electrosuisse (ITG), and held in cooperation
with IFIP, ACM and IEEE (approval requested). In addition to
technical sessions of contributed paper presentations, the conference
will offer invited presentations, workshops, and tutorials.
Papers will be published in the 'Lecture Notes
in Computer Science' series by Springer-Verlag. Papers should
not exceed 15 pages (approximately 5000 words) in Springer LNCS
style. We accept only electronic submissions in postscript
or pdf format. The URL of the submission site is http://www.teco.edu/arcs05/
. Selected papers will be published in the Personal and Ubiquitous
Computing Journal. Workshops are intended to discuss special
themes related to the conference and should be open to all ARCS
attendees. Workshop and Tutorial papers should be submitted
in GI
Lecture notes style and should not exceed 2 pages.
Important Dates
October 3, 2004
Conference paper submission due
October 1, 2004 Workshop and tutorial proposal due
December 1, 2004 Notification of acceptance/rejection
January 10, 2005 Camera-ready paper due |
