1. Introduction

Autonomic computing has the potential to follow structured programming, graphical user interfaces 
and object-oriented development, as the next significant advance in software development strategies. 
Its two main advantages are in helping to make software systems (i) more reliable, through improving 
robustness, and (ii) easier to use, by taking the initiative on behalf of users. Robustness is 
achieved by structuring systems to protect themselves from internal and external threats, 
(self-protecting) and by including mechanisms for recovery when faults occur (self-healing).  
Autonomic systems take initiative by recognizing changing circumstances and adapting accordingly 
(self-optimizing and self-configuring). 

The autonomic computing paradigm was inspired by the self-managing activity of the human autonomic 
nervous system. The concept was launched by IBM in 2001 as a solution for the growing problem of 
dealing with complexity in computing system development and evolution. 
Its wider potential, as a significant aid to all system and software engineering activities, 
has been recognized by many of the community that are involved in the IEEE Technical Committee on 
Autonomous and Autonomic Systems : TCAAS (http://tab.computer.org/aas/).

Emerging computing environments such as the Grid (among others) are complex systems due to 
the large numbers of decentralized, parallel, asynchronous,  and distributed computer-based
elements involved and as such should benefit greatly from increased use of autonomic/self-managing 
system concepts. 


2. Topics of interest

• Autonomic/Self-management for Grid Computing
• Autonomic/Self-properties/self-* within Grid Systems
• Autonomic Grid Systems and Services
• Methodologies for the Autonomic Grid
• Simulations/Models for the Autonomic Grid
• Self-adaptive Resource allocation for the Grid
• Multi-agent Autonomic Grid Approaches
• Autonomic Middleware for Grid Systems
• Engineering of Autonomic Grid for business models
• Architectures for the Autonomic Grid
• Applications, Experiences and Results of Emerging implementations of the Autonomic Grid

3. Submissions and Important Dates:

All researchers are invited to submit their work for consideration.
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- Expression of Interest: ASAP
- Paper submission:     15th January 2008  
- First Notification:   28th February 2008 
- Second Version due:   15th April 2008    
- Second Notification:  15th May 2008      
- Final Manuscript:     15th June 2008     

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