MACE 2008 Programme

[ Overview ]
Monday, September 22nd
08:30 - 09:00

Manweek and MACE Opening

09:00 - 10:30

Keynote Address

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:40

Session A - Autonomic Networks, Experiences and Frameworks

12:40 - 14:00

Lunch Break

14:00 - 15:30

Ad-hoc Panel

15:40 - 16:00

Coffee Break

16:00 - 18:00

Session B - Strategies, Processes and Generation of Components

20:00

Social Event - Welcome Reception

Tuesday, September 23rd
09:00 - 10:30

Keynote Address

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:40

Session C - Self-* Capabilities

12:40 - 14:00

Lunch Break

14:00 – 15:40

Open Session

15:40 - 16:00

Coffee Break

16:00 – 18:00

Session D - Short Papers, Early Work and Applied Studies

20:00

Social Event - Conference Dinner



[ Monday Sessions ]
08:30 - 09:00

Manweek and MACE Opening
Room: Sylvilla

Spyros Denazis, Mark Burgess, Sven van der Meer
MACE 2008 TPC Co-Chairs

09:00 - 10:30

Keynote Address
Room: Sylvilla

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:40

Session A - Autonomic Networks, Experiences and Frameworks
Room: Damo
Chair Dave Lewis, TCD


Experiences with Application Development for Autonomic Networks
Karl-André Skevik, Matti Siekkinen, Vera Goebel, Thomas Plagemann
  University of Oslo, Norway


A Framework for In-Network Management in Heterogeneous Future Communication Networks
Christopher Foley1, Saistharan Balasubramaniam1, Eamonn Power1, Miguel Ponce de Leon1, Dmitri Botvich1, Dominique Dudkowski2, Giorgio Nunzi2, Chiara Mingardi2
  1Telecommunications Software & Systems Group, Waterford, Ireland
  2NEC Laboratories Europe, Network Research Division, Heidelberg, Germany

12:40 - 14:00

Lunch Break

14:00 - 15:30

Ad-hoc Panel
Room: Damo
Chair John Strassner, WIT

  • John will present opinions for the topic, and everyone in the audience is invited to be part of the panel!

15:40 - 16:00

Coffee Break

16:00 - 18:00

Session B - Strategies, Processes and Generation of Components
Room: Damo
Chair Sven van der Meer, WIT


Strategy-Trees: A Feedback Based Approach to Policy Management
Bradley Simmons, Hanan Lutfiyya
  The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada


Goal-oriented Autonomic Process Modeling and Execution for Next Generation Networks
Monique Calisti, Dominic Greenwood
  Whitestein Technologies AG, Zürich, Switzerland


Automated generation of Knowledge Plane Components for multimedia access networks
Steven Latré1, Pieter Simoens1, Wim Van de Meerssche1, Bart De Vleeschauwer1, Filip De Turck1, Bart Dhoedt1, Piet Demeester1, Steven Van den Berghe2, Edith Gilon - de Lumley2
  1Ghent University, Belgium
  2Alcatel-Lucent, Belgium

20:00

Social Event - Welcome Reception



[ Tuesday Sessions ]
09:00 - 10:30

Keynote Address
Room: Sylvilla

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:40

Session C - Self-* Capabilities
Room: Sylvilla
Chair Spyros Denazis, University of Patras


Model-Driven Adaptive Self-Healing for Autonomic Computing
Yan Liu, Jing Zhang, John Strassner
  Motorola Inc., United States


Self-organising Management Overlays for Future Internet Services
Lawrence Cheng1, Alex Galis1, Bertrand Mathieu2, Kerry Jean1, Roel Ocampo1, Lefteris Mamatas1, Javier Rubio-Loyola3, Joan Serrat3, Andreas Berl4, Hermann de Meer4, Steven Davy5, Zeinab Movahedi6, Laurent Lefevre7
  1University College London, United Kingdom
  2France Telecom
  3Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
  4University of Passau, Germany
  5Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland
  6University Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris VI, Paris, France
  7INRIA RESO, University of Lyon, France


Achieving Self-Management in a Distributed System of Autonomic BUT Social Entities
Nancy Samaan
  University of Ottawa, Canada

12:40 - 14:00

Lunch Break

14:00 – 15:40

Open Session
Room: Sylvilla
Chair Joel Fleck, HP and Sven van der Meer, WIT

15:40 - 16:00

Coffee Break

16:00 – 18:00

Session D - Short Papers, Early Work and Applied Studies
Room: Sylvilla
Chair Joel Fleck, HP


Towards an Information Model That Supports Service-Aware, Self-Managing Virtual Resources
Claire Fahy1, Steven Davy1, Zohra Boudjemil1, Sven van der Meer1, Javier Rubio Loyola2, Joan Serrat2, John Strassner3, Andreas Berl4, Hermann de Meer4, Daniel Macedo5
  1Telecommunications Software & Systems Group, Waterford, Ireland
  2Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
  3Motorola Labs, Chicago, United States
  4University of Passau, Passau, Germany
  5Laboratoire D'Informatique de Paris 6, Paris, France


A Domain-Specific Modelling Approach for Autonomic Network Management
Brian Pickering1, Miguel Fernández2, Antonio Castillo2, Erhan Mengusoglu1
  1IBM Hursley, United Kingdom
  2Telefónica Research & Development, Valladolid, Spain


Autonomic Provisioning Model for Digital Home Services
José A. Lozano1, Alfonso Castro1, Juan M. González1, Jorge E. López de Vergara2, Victor Villagrá3, Vicente Olmedo3
  1Telefónica I+D Madrid, Spain
  2Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
  3Universidad Politécinca de Madrid, Spain


SLA e-Negotiations, Enforcement and Management in an Autonomic Environment
Giannis Koumoutsos1, Spyros Denazis2, Kleanthis Thramboulidis1
  1University of Patras, Greece
  2Hitachi Europe, Greece

20:00

Social Event - Conference Dinner