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The 4th Industrial Revolution and emerging Societal Automation initiatives deeply rooted in advances in Electronics, Communication, and Computer Science has been heralded by numerous visionary initiatives sponsored and advanced by industry, private consortia, and governments alike, all over the industrialized world – to mention smart factories, smart grid, smart homes, smart buildings, smart highways, smart transportation systems, urban automation, etc. The household names of the Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems provide conceptual and architectural frameworks for those initiatives. The functional and technical scope of those initiatives is broad. Various application domains intersect at the crossroads of the initiatives. Vision is necessary to carve the image of the initiatives, but insufficient for their realization. At the root of the success in implementing and deploying visions is technology. Technology is a tangible “realization” of solutions, which arise from innovative thinking. Specific technological solutions and arising engineering infrastructure to be blended around the adopted architectural framework need sophisticated software tools underpinned by solid formal methodologies to assist in and guide through the design, validation, testing, deployment, and monitoring phases of the system life-cycle. Technology and arising solutions are fast penetrating practically all areas and facets of our life; from pocket and wearable automation, to robotic companions, to home and building automation, to energy and transportation systems, to city/urban automation. In future: space colonies. Societal Automation, as this rapidly expanding human-centered technology penetration of our life can be called, has many aims: to make human-made engineering systems intuitive and safe in use; to strive to improve quality of our life; to provide comfortable and safe living habitat without degrading the surrounding natural environment to mention some - in addition to fulfilling other geo-engineering requirements and societal needs. Themes of Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems and applications are well represented in the body of articles and papers published in journals and presented at conferences. However, the presented ideas and actual developments are far from disruptive. The heralded over ten years ago a rapid evolution of man-made engineering systems drawing from the IoT and CPS paradigms never eventuated. This situation is acutely reflected in the unwillingness of the Venture Capital and Private Equity firms to fund small incremental developments which offer little prospects for major return on investment. It becomes increasingly clear that the lack of architectural and technological frameworks to base future developments on leads to this stalemate. It is also evident the vision of what is to be achieved is not in place and clear. The concept of Cities of the Future, for instance, offers a potential to stimulate research and development in diverse areas of engineering and computer sciences in the framework of Societal Automation. There are many other areas, such as Web, human companion or merging humans and machines to mention some. Cities of the Future, which are, most likely, going to be designed from scratch to a specification - at least the kernel of the urban ecosystem – are examples of ultra complex large scale systems. Uncharted waters for the engineering, economic, and social sciences. This type of systems are expected to require entirely new engineering perspective and approaches as well as technologies and tools for their conception, design, validation, orchestration, monitoring, control, assessment, and growth. Technology development tends to be expensive. Funding is typically provided by public and private sectors. The motivations may differ. Public good, or profit. Irrespective, investors need to know the cost of development. Private sector, in addition to the profit projections, considers a range of issues before committing. That may include likelihood of the success and arising from that loss, likelihood of others developing disruptive technologies making further investment problematic, and also monetary value of the developed technology in various time frames to mention some. The second edition of the Conference on Societal Automation will attempt to look in a holistic way at the Societal Automation domain in order to try to determine what solutions, technologies, architectural frameworks, and design tools are going to be needed in the design, development and deployment of future human-centered life-quality improving solutions and systems such as Cities of the Future, as well as economic aspects of innovation and technology development. |
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Solicited PapersResearch papers reporting on new developments in technological sciences. Industry and development papers reporting on actual developments of technology, products, systems and solutions. Tutorial and survey papers. Work-in-progress papers. In addition, SA'2020 solicits special session proposals to stimulate in-depth discussions in special areas relevant to the conference theme. Please consult the conference web page for more details. Conference FormatThe conference will comprise multi-track sessions for regular papers, to present significant and novel research results with a prospect for a tangible impact on the research area and potential implementations; work-in-progress (WIP) sessions; panel discussions on the state-of-the-art and emerging trends, involving leading experts from industry and academia; and public discussion sessions moderated by leading experts in the field of societal automation systems. Submission of PapersThe SA'2020 conference is seeking the following types of submissions: Research Papers (Regular and Special Sessions)Up to 8 double-column pages, but no less then 5 pages. Additional 2 pages will be allowed at a fee for the final manuscripts of the accepted papers. Research papers will be presented in 20 minutes time slots. Accepted Research papers will be published in the conference proceedings and submitted to IEEE eXplore program for inclusion in the Digital Library. Work-in-Progress (WIP) PapersThe Work-in-Progress papers describe research that has not yet produced the results required for a regular paper, but due to its novelty and potential impact deserves to be shared with the community at an early stage. Accepted WIP papers will be published in the conference proceedings and submitted to IEEE eXplore program for inclusion in the Digital Library. Up to 4 double-column pages. Additional 2 pages will be allowed at a fee for the final manuscripts of the accepted papers. Authors will be asked to give a short presentation in an oral session and to prepare an A0 size poster for the discussion forum that will be held after the oral session. Posters will be on display for the wholeday of the paper presentation. Industry Practice PapersThe Industry Practice papers are intended to report on results arising from industry activities with an impact on research, technology development and technology deployment. Actual case studies demonstrating use of new solutions, approaches, and technologies - underpinned by theoretical considerations - are welcome. Up to 8 double-column pages, but no less then 4 pages. Additional 2 pages will be allowed at a fee for the final manuscripts of the accepted papers. The Industry Practice papers will be presented in 20 minutes time slots. Accepted Industry Practice papers will be published in the conference proceedings and submitted to IEEE eXplore program for inclusion in the Digital Library. Disruptive Ideas PapersThe Disruptive Ideas Papers category is intended to provide an opportunity to present emerging forward-looking and radical innovative ideas applicable to diverse areas of engineering and computer sciences with a prospect for establishing new research directions or stimulating existing ones, leading to major scientific advances and/or leading to new types of systems and disruptive technologies. Radical forward-looking ideas embedded in the visions of the societal automation ecosystem of the future are strongly encouraged. The ideas are encouraged to be presented, as far as possible, using some kind of formal notation - preferably already cast in semi-formal (or formal) specification models. Models should be at a minimum validated conceptually, or if the development stage permits, by using mathematical formalism for gross functional or/and quantitative properties at an appropriate abstraction level. Authors of selected Disruptive Ideas papers will be invited to contribute that material, after further development, to an edited book published after the conference. Up to 8 double-column pages, but no less then 4 pages. The papers will be presented in 30 minutes time slots. |
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SA 2020 : 2nd International Conference on Societal Automation will take place in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. It’s a 3 days event starting on Sep 09, 2020 (Wednesday) and will be winded up on Sep 11, 2020 (Friday). SA 2020 falls under the following areas: COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOCIETAL AUTOMATION, TECHNOLOGICAL SINGULARITY, SYSTEM ENGINEERING, etc. Submissions for this Conference can be made by Apr 12, 2020. Authors can expect the result of submission by May 31, 2020. Upon acceptance, authors should submit the final version of the manuscript on or before Jun 30, 2020 to the official website of the Conference. Please check the official event website for possible changes before you make any travelling arrangements. Generally, events are strict with their deadlines. It is advisable to check the official website for all the deadlines. Other Details of the SA 2020
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