Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Autonomic computing

Abstract

It is our great pleasure to welcome you to the 7th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Communications -- ICAC-2010. Since its inception, ICAC has established a track record of meetings that attract quality technical papers addressing the multiple facets of self-management in computing systems and applications, and that promote synergistic interactions among academia and industry. This year's ICAC continues this tradition -- we are pleased with the organization of a strong, diverse program and the opportunity to host an event that brings together experts in this exciting field. So, first and foremost, we would like to thank the authors and conference attendees for making this year's conference a reality. This year, the program chairs have updated the call for papers to attract a broader set of topics to the conference. The call for papers attracted 66 submissions from Asia, Canada, Europe, and the United States. We opted for a smaller TPC than in past years to foster as much as possible group discussions during the face-to-face meeting -- we would like to thank all members of the program committee for their participation in a rigorous review process, in a fruitful TPC meeting, and in the shepherding of papers. Following on the tradition of past ICAC conferences, the TPC has strived to select a set of excellent and timely papers that represent the state of the art in autonomic computing and cover a range of topics in this cross-disciplinary field. This year, these topics include cloud infrastructures, performance and power management, software architectures, troubleshooting, and quality of service. The technical program features 18 papers in the conference main track, five Industry Session papers, and five posters. The chairs would also like to thank Brent Miller, Michael Nunez, and Thierry Coupaye for the organization of the Industry Session, continuing the ICAC tradition of fostering collaborations between industry and academia. We are privileged to have distinguished keynote speakers who will share their experience and vision also from both academia and industry perspectives. Complementing the main conference program are workshops that cover bio-inspired algorithms (BADS), Grid computing (GMAC), and self-organizing architectures (SOAR), and a Hot Topics in Autonomic Computing session associated with the conference, thanks to the leadership of Omer Rana and Julie McCann.