NEW: Extended submission deadline: October 31, 2008

Opportunities and challenges for realizing highly complex, efficient and dependable business and control systems have been steadily increasing, driven by the continuous growth in the power, sophistication, intelligence, adaptiveness, and openness of technologies applied in computing, communication, and control systems. Dynamically changing social and economic situations demand the next-generation of systems to be based on adaptive and reusable technologies and applications. Autonomous Decentralized Systems (ADS) concepts and technologies are well researched in the past sixteen years to address these challenges. The past eight successful symposia on ADS were held in 1993 (Japan), 1995 (USA), 1997 ( Germany), 1999 (Japan), 2001 (USA), 2003 ( Italy), 2005 (China) and 2007 (USA). While ISADS 2009 will primarily focus on advancements and innovations in ADS concept, technologies, and applications related to networked embedded systems, other topics, listed below, are also encouraged. The ISADS 2009 Technical Program Committee invites papers, workshop proposals and panel proposals on the topics of the Symposium that will foster interactions among researchers and practitioners in computer, communication, management and control as applied to networked embedded systems and other related fields from academia, industry and government. The topics in ISADS 2009 will include, but are not be limited to:

• Computer and communication architectures
• Autonomous and decentralized services, including service architecture, protocols, and collaboration
• Distributed and collaborative development, test and maintenance, and development infrastructure of
• high-quality software systems
• Ad-hoc networks and sensor networks
• Advanced network infrastructures and internetworking
• Assurance, fault tolerance and on-line expansion
• Autonomic computing systems
• Emergent control and robotic systems
• Heterogeneous distributed information / control systems
• Mobile agent /computer-supported cooperative works
• Model driven development
• Modeling and simulation of autonomous services and service-oriented application composition
• Object management architecture, design patterns, application frameworks
• Service-oriented architecture, design patterns, and application frameworks
• Web services and Web-based application composition
• Novel applications, including e-business, e-commerce and e-government; telecommunications; information service systems; manufacturing systems; real-time event management; office automation; traffic and transportation control; supply chains; environmental/emergency protection; networked health and medical systems; intelligent home control; embedded systems for automotive and avionics applications

Information for Authors

Papers should describe original work and be 20 double-spaced pages (5,000 words) or less in length. Papers should include: title, authors, affiliations, 150-word abstract and list of keywords. Please identify the contact author clearly, including name, position, mailing address, telephone and fax numbers, and email address. At least one of the authors of each accepted paper must register and present the paper at ISADS'2009. Authors must submit their manuscripts electronically following the instructions at the ISADS'2009 web site at: http://www.ece.upatras.gr/isads2009/

Information for Workshop and Panel Organizers

Important Dates

June 15, 2008:	Workshop proposals are due.
July 31, 2008:	Acceptance notification for workshop proposals.
October 31, 2008:	All papers and panel proposals are due.
December 15 December 19, 2008:	Authors and panel organizers notified of acceptance.
January 15, 2009:	Camera-ready copies of accepted papers and panelist position papers.