Workshop on Software Architectures for Adaptive Autonomous Systems (SAAAS)
MeenakshiD’Souza,SwarupKumarMohalik,Mahesh BabuJayaraman
Preface
TheworkshoponSoftwareArchitecturesforAdaptiveAutonomousSystems(SAAAS2016)isheld in conjunction with the9thIndian Software Engineering Conference(ISEC), Goa, India, on18th February. Theobjectiveoftheworkshopistobringtogetherresearchersandpractitionerstodiscuss andexplorethearchitecturalelementswhichcanexhibitsuchintelligentbehavioras isessentialto manageandoperatelargeandcomplexsystems.
ItiswidelyacknowledgedthatweareheadingtotheIoTera,anerawherewewillseea prolif- erationofdevicesthatareintendedtoaidhumanactivitythroughautomaticsensingandactuation capabilities. Correspondingly, their management and operations will increase in complexity, so much so that itwill be impossible to managethem with currentmethodologies. Oneof theways todealwiththissituationistocreateautonomoussystemsthatareself-configuring,self-managing, self-healing,etc. Todothis, onehastowrite intelligentsoftwarethatleverages thelearnings from AIandcognitivetechnologiesresearch.
Interestingly,theever-increasingscaleandcomplexityhasbeenthereasonbehindexplorationof suitableparadigmssincethe90’s. Inthebeginningofthenewmillenium,theneedformanagement and operation of largesoftware systems led to efforts for scalablearchitectures suchas MAPE-K (IBM), Adaptive Enterprises (Hewlett-Packard)andDynamic Systems (Microsoft),in addition to researchandprototypesin academia. However,theadventofIoTandthepromiseofintegrationof softwareand ”things”is disruptivein its scaleand complexityand calls fora re-evaluation ofthe existingarchitecturalsolutions.
Whilethe problem space seemsto be daunting, there have been a number of positives in the solutionspaceaswell. Therehasbeen ahuge jumpin availablecomputingpowerdueto theever- increasing raw processing power in the silicon and cloud computing, high-speed, high bandwidth communication resources within(PCI-E) and without (Gigabit, 5G). In the methodologies front, therehasbeenatremendousspurtinbigdataanalyticsandgreatstridesinformalmethodsengines and planning/schedulingtechniques. Thechallenge istoutilizethese resourcesand methodologies ineithertheexistingornovelarchitecturestoprovidelargeindustrialscalesolutionssuchassmart cities (water, power, waste management), smart electric grids, intelligent transport systems etc.
Theobjectiveoftheworkshopistoexposetheaudiencetothesechallengesandthestate-of-the-art in researchand implementationin thefield.
Topics under scope: All aspects of autonomous and adaptive software including but not limited to the following areas - Multi-agent systems, Self-adaptive software, Planning techniques, Analytics, Specifications,Architecture and Design, Monitoringand Control,Testing andVerifica- tion,FormalMethods.
Theprogramcommitteeselectedonepaperforshortpresentationbasedonrelevanceandquality.
In additionto the keynotesetting the stage forthe workshop,there are three invitedtalks and a panelsessionwithexperts tofacilitateopendiscussionswiththeaudience intherelatedtopics.
Program Committee
BiplavSrivastava,IBM,Delhi(Chair) RamamurthyBadrinath,Ericsson SudeshnaSarkar,IIT,Kharagpur RajdeepNiyogi, IIT,Roorkee
ManoranjanSatapathy,IIT,Bhubaneswar MeenakshiD’Souza,IIIT,Bangalore
SwarupKumarMohalik,EricssonResearch,Bangalore
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Mahesh Babu Jayaraman, Ericsson Research, Bangalore S. Ramesh, General Motors, USA
Aneta Vulgarakis, Ericsson Research, Sweden
Nanjangud C Narendra , Ericsson Research, Bangalore
Keynote
Title- Complex Systems : Use Cases, Technology Challenges and Solution Approaches Speaker -Padmanabhuni Srinivas
Invited Talks
Software Architectures for Autonomous Systems Swarup Kumar Mohalik and Mahesh Babu Jayaraman
Assuring Software Safety in Adaptive Industrial Automation Systems S D Sudarshan and Raoul Jetley
Formal Verification of Autonomous Systems Meenakshi D’Souza
Accepted Papers
1. Performance Modeling of Cloud-based Web Systems to Estimate Response Time Distribution Dayle Chettiar, Arindam Das and Olivia Das
Panel Discussion
Topic- Perspectives and Possible Directions in Realization of Complex Systems
Panel Members
Gabi Zodik, IBM, Haifa Research Lab, Israel S.D. Sudarsan, ABB Corporate Research, Bangalore Santonu Sarkar, BITS Pilani, Goa
Mahesh Babu Jayaraman, Ericsson Research, Bangalore Meenakshi D’Souza, IIIT, Bangalore (Moderator)
Swarup Kumar Mohalik, Ericsson Research, Bangalore (Moderator)
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