Second International Workshop on Software Aging and Rejuvenation (WoSAR)

Workshop Programme

After more than fifteen years of research work in software aging and rejuvenation (SAR), this is the international event to bring together researchers and practitioners involved with the theoretical and experimental aspects of software aging and rejuvenation. As a satellite event of the premier symposium, ISSRE 2010, this workshop aims to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss the state of the art and the new challenges in software aging and rejuvenation research, as well as providing a unique opportunity for establishing collaborations among several research groups interested in this research field.

Topics of Interest

This call is an invitation to all researchers and practitioners with an interest about the following topics (but not limited to):

Modeling and characterization of the software aging phenomenon
Experimental and empirical software aging detection techniques
Modeling, analysis and implementation of rejuvenation scheduling
Design, implementation, and evaluation of rejuvenation mechanisms
Reports on the application of software monitoring and rejuvenation to large industrial systems
Prediction models for mean time to aging-related failures
Test strategies focused on aging-related faults
Novel applications for software rejuvenation
Aging-oriented reliability growth models
Control of software aging effects
Analysis of real case studies
Software aging metrics

Important Dates

Abstract registration: Sep/20/2010
Full paper submission (firm): Sep/30/2010
Research paper notification: Oct/11/2010
Submission of camera-ready copy: Oct/15/2010

Paper Submission

Authors from academia, industry and government are invited to submit high quality unpublished research work describing the results of theoretical and experimental SAR research. After rigorous review, all the accepted papers will be included in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. Authors of selected high quality papers will be invited to publish an extended version of their papers in the Performance Evaluation Journal (ISSN: 0166-5316).

Submission Instructions

Papers must be written in English and be formatted according to the IEEE authoring guidelines. Full papers should not exceed the size limit of six pages IEEE style. Paper submission will be done electronically through the EasyChair Conference System. Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper, if accepted.

Organizing Committee

General Co-Chairs:
Alberto Avritzer, Siemens, USA
Tadashi Dohi, Hiroshima University, Japan

Publication Co-Chairs:
Michael Grottke, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

Paulo R. M. Maciel, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil

Stefano Russo, Universita' di Napoli Federico II, Italy

Publicity Co-Chairs:
Rivalino Matias Jr., Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil
Katinka Wolter, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Finance Co-Chairs:
Fumio Machida, NEC Corporation, Japan
Kalyan Vaidyanathan, Oracle Corporation, USA

Program Committee Co-Chairs:
Luis Silva, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Katerina Goseva-Popstojanova, West Virginia University, USA

Larry Bernstein, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA

Workshop Operations:
Hiroyuki Okamura, Hiroshima University, Japan (Submission Site Manager)
Kenichi Kourai, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan (Bulletin Board Management)

Program Committee (under construction)

Larry Bernstein, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA
Kai-Yuan Cai, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China
Michael Grottke, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Rick Harper, IBM Research, USA
Yun Liu, Boeing, USA
Fumio Machida, NEC Corporation, Japan
Paulo Maciel, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil
Miroslaw Malek, Humboldt-Universitaet zu, Berlin
Rivalino Matias Jr., Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil
Hiroyuki Okamura, Hiroshima University, Japan
Agapios Platis, University of the Aegean, Grece
DongSeong Kim, Duke University, USA
Kenichi Kourai, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
Stefano Russo, Universita' di Napoli Federico II, Italy
Kishor Trivedi, Duke University, USA
Kalyan Vaidyanathan, Oracle Corporation, USA
Katinka Wolter, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Previous Context/history of the Workshop

Since research on software aging and rejuvenation started in 1995, new results have been presented at major conferences like FTC, DSN, PRDC, WOSP, and ISSRE. Especially ISSRE proved a great venue for discussing the latest research, because many of its participants are interested in the topic, or even actively researching it. The First International Workshop on Software Aging and Rejuvenation (WoSAR), which took place as a satellite event of ISSRE 2008, was the first international event dedicated to bringing together researchers and practitioners involved with the theoretical and experimental aspects of software aging and rejuvenation. With around 30 participants, 3 keynote talks, and presentations of 10 regular papers, WoSAR 2008 was very successful. A special issue on “Software Dependability” of the Journal of Systems and Software, featuring extended versions of papers presented at WoSAR 2008, is about to be published by Elsevier.