ACSOS 2023
Mon 25 - Fri 29 September 2023 Toronto, Canada
VenueSecond Student Centre, York University
Room nameConvention Centre (C2)
Floor2
Room InformationNo extra information available
Program

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Tue 26 Sep

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09:00 - 09:30
09:00
30m
Opening Ceremony
Main Track

11:30 - 12:30
Session 1: Cloud Computing and ScalabilityMain Track at Convention Centre (C2)
Chair(s): Christian Becker University of Stuttgart
11:30
12m
Paper
μOpt: An Efficient Optimal Autoscaler for Microservice ApplicationsBest Paper CandidateKarsten Schwan Best Paper Award
Main Track
Emilio Incerto , Roberto Pizziol IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Mirco Tribastone IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy
11:42
12m
Paper
Energy Efficient Scheduling for Serverless Systems
Main Track
Michail Tsenos , Aristotelis Peri , Vana Kalogeraki Athens University of Economics and Business
11:54
8m
Short-paper
Prediction-driven resource provisioning for serverless container runtimes
Main Track
Dimitrios Tomaras , Michail Tsenos , Vana Kalogeraki Athens University of Economics and Business
12:02
28m
Q&A and Panel Discussion
Main Track

14:00 - 15:00
D&I SessionDiversity & Inclusion at Convention Centre (C2)
Chair(s): Sedef Akinli Kocak Vector Institute for AI, Mohammadreza Rasolroveicy York University
14:00
5m
Opening Remarks from D&I Chairs
Diversity & Inclusion

14:05
10m
Talk
Visa Hurdles and Travel Bans: Is There Anything We Can Do?
Diversity & Inclusion
Payam Zahadat IT University of Copenhagen
14:15
10m
Talk
AI Education for Under Representative Groups
Diversity & Inclusion
Shingai Manjengwa AI Education, ChainML
14:25
10m
Q&A
Diversity & Inclusion

14:35
25m
Interactive Session with ACSOS Community
Diversity & Inclusion

15:30 - 17:00
Session 2: Learning and Multi-Agent SystemsMain Track at Convention Centre (C2)
Chair(s): Ada Diaconescu LTCI Lab, Telecom Paris, Institute Politechnqie de Paris
15:30
12m
Paper
Field-informed Reinforcement Learning of Collective Tasks with Graph Neural Networks
Main Track
Gianluca Aguzzi Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Mirko Viroli Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Lukas Esterle Aarhus University
15:42
12m
Paper
Online ML Self-adaptation in Face of Traps
Main Track
Michal Töpfer Charles University, Frantisek Plasil , Tomas Bures Charles University, Czech Republic, Petr Hnětynka Charles University, Martin Kruliš Charles University, Danny Weyns KU Leuven
15:54
8m
Short-paper
CoverNav: Cover Following Navigation Planning in Unstructured Outdoor Environment with Deep Reinforcement Learning
Main Track
16:02
8m
Short-paper
Evolving Preprocessing Pipelines for Industrial Imaging with Cartesian Genetic Programming
Main Track
Andreas Margraf Fraunhofer IGCV, Henning Cui , Anthony Stein University of Hohenheim, Jörg Hähner Universität Augsburg
16:10
50m
Q&A and Panel Discussion
Main Track

17:00 - 18:30
ACSOS Expert Panel: Leveraging Generative AI to Build Adaptive SystemsACSOS Expert Panel at Convention Centre (C2)
Chair(s): Kirstie Bellman Topcy House Consulting, Hausi Müller University of Victoria
17:00
15m
Talk
Kirstie Bellman, Topcy House Consulting, USA
ACSOS Expert Panel
Kirstie Bellman Topcy House Consulting
17:15
15m
Talk
Professor Jeremy Pitt, Imperial College, UK
ACSOS Expert Panel
Jeremy Pitt Imperial College London
17:30
15m
Talk
Ian Watts, IBM Canada, Canada
ACSOS Expert Panel
Ian Watts IBM Canada
17:45
15m
Talk
Hausi Müller, University of Victoria, Canada
ACSOS Expert Panel
Hausi Müller University of Victoria
18:00
30m
Interactive Discussion
ACSOS Expert Panel

Wed 27 Sep

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11:00 - 12:30
Doctoral Symposium Plenary SessionDoctoral Symposium at Convention Centre (C2)
11:00
10m
Doctoral symposium paper
A Road Toward Reflective Normative Agents
Doctoral Symposium
Nathan Lloyd Ontario Tech University
11:10
10m
Doctoral symposium paper
Exploring the Potential of Self-Organizing Applications in Energy Networks
Doctoral Symposium
Kristina Wogatai University of Klagenfurt
11:20
10m
Doctoral symposium paper
Investigation of fundamental algorithms for cooperative exploration of mobile agents in search and rescue scenarios
Doctoral Symposium
11:30
10m
Doctoral symposium paper
Leveraging Large Language Models for Auto-remediation in Microservices Architecture
Doctoral Symposium
Komal Sarda York University
11:50
10m
Doctoral symposium paper
Swarm Control Approach Combining Leader and Predator Agents
Doctoral Symposium
Aiyi Li Osaka University
12:00
10m
Doctoral symposium paper
Towards an Uncertainty-aware Decision Engine for Proactive Self-Protecting Software
Doctoral Symposium
12:10
10m
Doctoral symposium paper
Towards Performance Management of Large-Scale Microservices Applications
Doctoral Symposium
Gagan Somashekar Stony Brook University
14:00 - 15:00
Session 3: Learning and Self-OrganisationMain Track at Convention Centre (C2)
Chair(s): Chloe Barnes Aston University
14:00
12m
Paper
Learning Stigmergic Communication for Self-organising Coordination
Main Track
Stefano Mariani University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Franco Zambonelli University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
14:12
12m
Paper
Theta-Learning: An Algorithm for the Self-Organisation of Collective Self-Governance
Main Track
Asimina Mertzani , Jeremy Pitt Imperial College London, Josiah Ober
14:24
8m
Short-paper
Radii of Emergent Patterns in Swarmalator Systems
Main Track
Udo Schilcher Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Christoph Wilhelm Rauter Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Christian Bettstetter Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt
14:32
28m
Q&A and Panel Discussion
Main Track

15:30 - 16:30
ACSOS In PracticeACSOS In Practice at Convention Centre (C2)
Chair(s): David King Air Force Institute of Technology
15:30
60m
Panel
In Practice Panel
ACSOS In Practice
André Antunes de Sá Kayhan Space, Brian Kempa NASA Ames Research Center, Sven Brueckner RationalSwarms, LLC
16:30 - 17:30
Session 4: Self-Organisation and EmergenceMain Track / Artifacts at Convention Centre (C2)
Chair(s): Jeremy Pitt Imperial College London
16:30
12m
Paper
Towards the decentralized coordination of multiple self-adaptive systemsBest Paper CandidateBest Student Paper Award
Main Track
Paul-Andrei Dragan , Andreas Metzger University of Duisburg-Essen, Klaus Pohl Duisburg-Essen
16:42
12m
Paper
Self-Organisation Programming: A Functional Reactive Macro Approach
Main Track
Roberto Casadei University of Bologna, Italy, Francesco Dente , Gianluca Aguzzi Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Danilo Pianini University of Bologna, Mirko Viroli Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
16:54
8m
Paper
SMOTEC: An Edge Computing Testbed for Adaptive Smart Mobility Experimentation
Artifacts
Zeinab Nezami University of Leeds, UK, Evangelos Pournaras University of Leeds, Amir Borzouie University of Leeds, UK, Jie Xu University of Leeds
17:02
28m
Q&A and Panel Discussion
Main Track

Thu 28 Sep

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09:00 - 10:30
Joint Keynote SaSSO and ASMECC (Session 1)Workshops at Convention Centre (C2)
09:00
15m
Welcome and Introduction - SaSSO
Workshops
Peter Lewis Ontario Tech University, Jeremy Pitt Imperial College London, Ada Diaconescu LTCI Lab, Telecom Paris, Institute Politechnqie de Paris
09:15
75m
Keynote
Feedback Loops, Black Boxes, and Self-Reflexivity: Tracing Cybernetics’ Cultural Lineage and Ecological Implications
Workshops
Heather Love University of Waterloo
10:30 - 12:30
SaSSO Session 2: SustainabilityWorkshops at Convention Centre (C2)
11:00
20m
Paper
Sustainable Self-Organisation of Socio-Techno-Ecological Systems
Workshops
Asimina Mertzani , Jeremy Pitt Imperial College London
11:20
20m
Paper
The Sustainable Foraging Problem
Workshops
Aishwaryaprajna University of Exeter, Peter Lewis Ontario Tech University
11:40
15m
Paper
Sustainable AI & Agricultural Technologies
Workshops
Stefan Sarkadi King's College London , Ionut Moraru , Louise Manning
11:55
35m
Panel Discussion
Workshops

14:00 - 15:00
SaSSO Session 3: ScalabilityWorkshops at Convention Centre (C2)
14:00
15m
Paper
Interoperable AI for Self-Organisation
Workshops
Stefan Sarkadi King's College London , Fabien Gandon Inria
14:15
20m
Paper
Hierarchy beyond top-down control: the architecture of self-organised social systems
Workshops
Louisa Jane Di Felice Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Ada Diaconescu LTCI Lab, Telecom Paris, Institute Politechnqie de Paris
14:35
25m
Panel Discussion
Workshops

Fri 29 Sep

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09:00 - 10:30
09:00
90m
Keynote
Engineering Trustworthy AI Systems
Main Track
Foutse Khomh Polytechnique Montréal
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11:45 - 12:30
ACSOS Town Hall & Research Topics WorkshopMain Track at Convention Centre (C2)
11:45
45m
ACSOS Town Hall & Research Topics Workshop
Main Track

16:30 - 17:30
Closing Ceremony and AwardsMain Track at Convention Centre (C2)
16:30
60m
Closing Ceremony and Awards
Main Track

Tue 26 Sep

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Wed 27 Sep

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