COSYS 2013 - Cooperative Systems

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Category COSYS 2013

Deadline: September 21, 2012 | Date: March 18, 2013-March 22, 2013

Venue/Country: Coimbra, Portugal

Updated: 2012-06-17 11:33:43 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

Scope

The deployment of many applications in distributed systems is often underpinned by cooperative schemes, across dynamic and heterogeneous environments. The cooperative behaviour of dynamic entities is often motivated by the need to achieve a specific objective and is facilitated by a mediation framework. Cooperative systems are characterised by their degree of distribution, the underlying mode of interaction and the level of autonomy of the entities. Client-server architectures, P2P systems, GRID systems, multi-agent systems (MAS), Cloud platforms as well as foundational systems such as the Web identify different models of cooperative behaviour.

Within the scope of cooperation, architectural frameworks in e-commerce, e-government, e-learning and computer supported cooperative work (CSCW) have been successfully introduced in order to generate synergy between humans and systems. Interoperability, resource and process management, configuration, adaptation and negotiation define a wide spectrum of cooperation, from reactive behaviour to proactive intervention.

Topics of Interest

The aim of this track is to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of issues related to cooperative systems across multiple disciplines and to encourage participation of researchers and practitioners from academia and industry. The track seeks original contributions on cooperative behaviour and cooperative systems related but not limited to the following topics:

Resource management and brokering in cooperative systems

Data and process mediation in cooperative systems

Personalisation and recommendation systems

Implicit and explicit profile generation in cooperative schemes

Collaborative and content-based interaction

Modes of interaction in cooperative systems

Role of mediation in cooperative systems

Ontologies and ontology mapping in cooperative systems

Arbitration and negotiation in cooperation

Hypermedia systems in cooperation

Context-awareness in cooperative systems

Self-configuration and adaptivity in cooperative systems

Autonomous and emergent behaviour in cooperative systems

Service management in cooperative systems

Heterogeneity management in cooperative systems

Aggregation of cooperative services

Security, trust and reputation in cooperative systems

Patterns of cooperative behaviour

Formal aspects of cooperation

Formal verification of cooperative systems

Information management models in cooperative systems

Policy management in cooperative systems

Protocol management in cooperative systems

Models and model transformation in cooperative systems

Domain specific languages (DSL) in cooperative systems

Load sharing in cooperative systems

Cooperation in ubiquitous and pervasive environments.

Cooperation in social and P2P community systems

Cooperation in foundational systems

Mobile contexts for cooperation

Architectural frameworks for cooperation

Cooperative systems in e-science, e-commerce, e-government and e-learning

Case studies and experiences of cooperative systems