[ieeetcsc-discuss] Call for chapters: Autonomic Computing and Networking

[Laurence Tianruo Yang]

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CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTER

Title: Autonomic Computing and Networking (to be published by Springer,
USA)

(http://www.cis.uoguelph.ca/~denko/ACNv1cfp.pdf)


Introduction
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Autonomic computing and networking are new computing and networking
paradigms that allow the creation of self-managing and self-controlling
computing and networking environments by employing distributed algorithms
and context-awareness to dynamically control networking functions without
human interventions. Autonomic networking is characterized by recovery
from failures and malfunctions, agility to changing networking environment
and self-optimization. The self-control and management features can help
to overcome the growing complexity and heterogeneity of exiting
communication networks and systems. The realization of fully autonomic
heterogeneous networking introduces fundamental research challenges in all
aspects of computing, networking, communication and other related fields.

This book will serve as a comprehensive technical guide and reference
material for engineers, scientists, practitioners and researchers
providing them with state-of-the-art research work in the area and future
opportunities & trends. We solicit contributions that address
architectures, algorithmic aspects, implementation issues as well as
practical applications of autonomic computing and networking.

Recommended topics include, but not limited to:
* Autonomic computing systems
* Software architectures for autonomic computing
* Resource sharing in autonomic networking
* Autonomic middleware
* Self-optimization and self-awareness
* Autonomic grid systems
* Security and privacy in autonomic computing
* Security and Privacy in autonomic networking
* Architectures for autonomic networking
* Modeling autonomic networking and communications
* Integration  models and  protocols in autonomic computing
* Biologically inspired autonomic networking
* Autonomic communications
* Cognitive radio networks
* Autonomic pervasive systems
* Swarm intelligence in autonomic networking
* Autonomic models and systems for ad hoc networks
* Fundamental science of self-managing systems
* Autonomic computing and networking test-beds
* Autonomic pervasive communications
* Autonomic cognitive networks
* Autonomic storage and caching systems
* Performance analysis of autonomic systems
* Agents for autonomic computing
* Autonomic peer-to-peer systems
* Autonomic architecture for sensor systems
* Dynamic spectrum access
* Self-healing and self-protection in autonomic networks
* Active and programmable networks

Important Dates
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Authors are invited to submit a 1-2 pages proposal describing the topic of
your chapter. The proposal should include the chapter outline, number of
pages of the final manuscript and contact address of the corresponding
author.

* Submission of chapter proposal : 30 November 2007
* Notification of proposal acceptance: 30 December 2007
* Full chapter submission: 30 March 2008
* Final Notification of acceptance: 30 May 2008
* Camera ready copy submission: 30 June 2008

Manuscript Preparation Guidelines
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All authors of accepted proposals will be sent document preparation
guidelines.

Contact
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For any enquiries, please contact the co-editors at:

Dr. Mieso Denko
University of Guelph, Canada
Email: denko at cis.uoguelph.ca

Dr. Laurence T. Yang
St. Francis Xavier University, Canada
Email: lyang at stfx.ca

Dr. Yan ZHANG
Simula Research Laboratory, Norway
Email: yanzhang at ieee.org