The purpose of this workshop is to present and to discuss new theories, mechanisms and applications of Autonomic Communication – a new paradigm for forthcoming networks in the fixed as well as the mobile world. The focus of ACNM is on intelligent communication, network control and management paradigms based on smart network and service elements that are capable to automatically configure and organize themselves.

Autonomic networks will be able to sense their environment to perceive these changes, to understand the meaning of these changes, and to react in an intelligent manner through adaptation. This facilitates new ways to perform network control, management, service creation, etc. Autonomic networking naturally also applies to mission critical distributed systems, since autonomic behavior allows for immediate reaction to changes in the networking environment or context, and correction of any (predicted) problems. Such behavior also facilitates fault-tolerance and resilience.

ACNM offers a unique opportunity for researchers in this area to exchange their research ideas and findings.  

IMPORTANT DATES

• Submission deadline: January 31st, 2008 (Extended!!!)
• Notification of acceptance: February 22nd, 2008
• Camera ready version: March 9th, 2008

Workshop Co-Chairs and TPC Chair:

• Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo, Canada (rboutaba@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca)
• Marcus Brunner, NEC Europe, Germany (brunner@netlab.nec.de)
• Stefan Schmid, NEC Europe, Germany (schmid@netlab.nec.de)
• Lisandro Zambenedetti Granville, UFRGS, Brazil (granville@inf.ufrgs.br)