The 3rd International Workshop on Software Aging and Rejuvenation (WoSAR 2011)

The 3rd International Workshop on Software Aging and Rejuvenation Program

Opening, Thursday Dec. 1 at 11:00am - 11:05am


Keynote Talk 1, Thursday Dec. 1 at 11:05am - 11:35am

  • REJUVENATING AND PROLONGING THE LIFE OF OPERATING SYSTEM KERNELS
    Kenji Kono

Plenary Talk: Thursday Dec. 1 at 11:35am - 12:00am

  • SOFTWARE AGING AND REJUVENATION: WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE ARE GOING
    Domenico Cotroneo, Roberto Natella, Roberto Pietrantuono and Stefano Russo

Session #1: Theory, Thursday Dec. 1 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm

  1. UNDERSTANDING BOHR-MANDEL BUGS THROUGH ODC TRIGGERS AND A CASE STUDY WITH EMPIRICAL ESTIMATIONS OF THEIR FIELD PROPORTION
    Ram Chillarege
  2. A POMDP FORMULATION OF MULTISTEP FAILURE MODEL WITH SOFTWARE REJUVENATION
    Hiroyuki Okamura and Tadashi Dohi
  3. APPLYING PARTIAL AND FULL REJUVENATION IN DIFFERENT DEGRADATION LEVELS
    Vasilis Koutras and Agapios Platis
  4. JOB COMPLETION TIME ON A VIRTUALIZED SERVER SUBJECT TO SOFTWARE AGING AND REJUVENATION
    Fumio Machida, Victor Nicola and Kishor Trivedi
  5. A COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF SOFTWARE REJUVENATION STRATEGIES
    Javier Alonso, Rivalino Matias, Elder Vicente, Ana Maria and Kishor S. Trivedi
  6. MULTI-GRANULARITY SOFTWARE REJUVENATION POLICY BASED ON CONTINUOUS TIME MARKOV CHAIN
    Gaorong Ning, Kishor Trivedi and Kai-Yuan Cai

Session #2: Practice, Thursday Dec. 1 at 3:30pm - 5:06pm

  1. SOFTWARE REJUVENATION IN EUCALYPTUS CLOUD COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE: A METHOD BASED ON TIME SERIES FORECASTING AND MULTIPLE THRESHOLDS
    Jean Araujo, Rubens Matos, Paulo Maciel, Francisco Vieira, Rivalino Matias and Kishor S. Trivedi
  2. CAN LINUX BE REJUVENATED WITHOUT REBOOTS?
    Takeshi Yoshimura, Hiroshi Yamada and Kenji Kono
  3. PERFORMANCE MODELING OF APACHE WEB SERVER AFFECTED BY AGING
    Jing Zhao and Kishor Trivedi

Discussion, Thursday Dec. 1 at 5:06pm - 5:25pm


Closing, Thursday Dec. 1 at 5:25pm - 5:30pm





Due to the many requests, the WoSAR'11 deadlines have been extended. Please, see below the new (firm) deadlines.

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After more than sixteen 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 2011, this workshop aims to provide an unique 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.

CfP has updated on September 5, 2011.

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

Full paper submission (firm): 09/16/2011
Research paper notification: 09/23/2011
Submission of camera-ready copy: 09/28/2011

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 submit an extended version of their papers in a Special Issue of the ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies in Computing Systems (jetc.acm.org).

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

Papers must be written in English and be formatted according to the IEEE authoring guidelines[1]. Full papers should not exceed the size limit of six pages IEEE style. Paper submission will be done electronically through the EasyChair Conference System[2]. Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper, if accepted.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Dr. Kenji Kono

Title:Rejuvenating and Prolonging the Life of Operating System Kernels

Abstract: Although operating systems (OSes) are crucial to achieving high availability of computer systems, modern OSes are far from bug-free. Rebooting the OS is simple, powerful, and sometimes the only remedy for kernel failures. Once we accept reboot-based recovery as a fact of life, we should try to ensure that the downtime caused by reboots is as short as possible. In this talk, ``phase-based'' reboot is introduced that shortens the downtime caused by reboot-based recovery. The key idea is to divide a boot sequence into phases. The phase-based reboot reuses a system state in the previous boot if the next boot reproduces the same state. In this talk, a new concept called ``life-prolonging'' is also introduced. Life-prolonging is a technique to mask a failure temporarily in the kernel. The simplest implementation of life-prolonging is the Linux BUG_ON macro. The validity of this simplest implementation is investigated in the talk.

Bio: Kenji Kono received the BSc degree in 1993, MSc degree in 1995, and PhD degree in 2000, all in computer science from the University of Tokyo. He is an associate professor of the Department of Information and Computer Science at Keio University. His research interests include operating systems, systems software, and software dependablity. He is a member of the IEEE/CS, ACM and USENIX.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Honorary General Co-Chairs:

Kishor S. Trivedi, Duke University, USA
Tadashi Dohi, Hiroshima University, Japan

General Co-Chairs:

Alberto Avritzer, Siemens, USA
Kai-Yuan Cai, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China

Program Committee Co-Chairs:

Katinka Wolter, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Rivalino Matias Jr., Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil

Publication Co-Chairs:

Kenichi Kourai, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
Paulo R. M. Maciel, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil
Stefano Russo, Universita' di Napoli Federico II, Italy

Finance Co-Chairs:

Fumio Machida, NEC Corporation, Japan
Michael Grottke, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Kalyan Vaidyanathan, Oracle Corporation, USA

Publicity Co-Chairs:

Hiroyuki Okamura, Hiroshima University, Japan
Javier Alonso, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain
Larry Bernstein, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA

Workshop Operations:

Hiroyuki Okamura, Hiroshima University, Japan
Hiroshi Yamada, Keio University, Japan
Mitsuhiro Kimura, Hosei University, Japan

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

(under construction)

Larry Bernstein, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA
Andrea Bobbio, Universita' del Piemonte Orientale, Italy
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, Federal University of Uberlândia, 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.
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[1] http://www.computer.org/portal/web/cscps/formatting
[2] https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wosar11





pdfcfp ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies in Computing Systems (JETC)

Special Issue on Software Aging and Rejuvenation

General Information:
The 2011 IEEE Third International Workshop on Software Aging and Rejuvenation (WoSAR 2011), to be held in conjunction with The 22nd IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2011), November 29-December 2, 2011, Hiroshima, Japan, will provide a forum for researchers and practitioners to present their work on theoretical and experimental aspects of the software aging phenomenon as well as its mitigation via software rejuvenation techniques. Advances in this emerging technology will lead to fundamental breakthroughs in the design of operating systems, telecommunication systems, networks, and embedded software. Paper submissions highlighting original research are invited for a special issue of ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies in Computing Systems (JETC) on software aging and rejuvenation. This is an open solicitation that invites papers based on presentations at WoSAR 2011, the Research Paper Track at ISSRE 2011, other related conferences, as well as work that has not yet been presented at conferences. Papers published previously in conference proceedings must include at least 30% new material. We will accept a limited number of research papers in this special issue. A small number of high-quality papers that cannot be accommodated in the special issue will recommended for publication in subsequent regular issues of JETC. Topics of interest include (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
  • Test strategies focused on aging-related faults
  • Novel applications for software rejuvenation
  • Aging-oriented reliability growth models
  • Control of software aging effects
  • Software aging metrics


    • Submission Information:
    All manuscripts submitted to JETC must comply with the journal's Guide for Authors. Please refer to http://jetc.acm.org/. All manuscripts and any supplementary material should be submitted via the ACM JETC website at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jtec. Please follow the submission instructions given on this site and select the article type as "Software Aging and Rejuvenation". Please indicate on the cover page and in the cover letter to the Editor-in-Chief that this submission is intended for the special issue on software aging and rejuvenation. If a paper contains material previously published at a conference or workshop (e.g., ISSRE 2011 and WoSAR 2011), authors are required to cite the previous paper. Copies of the earlier publication(s) should be provided as part of the submission. In addition, authors are requested to explain in a cover letter in what way the new submission provides substantial novel contributions beyond the previously published work.

    Important Dates:
    March 1, 2012: Submission deadline
    June 1, 2012: Notification of decisions for the first round of reviews
    August 1, 2012: Revisions due (response to 1st round of review)
    October 1, 2012: Notification of decisions for the second round of reviews
    December 1, 2012: Minor revision due (if necessary)
    December 31, 2012: Final notification of decisions
    February 1, 2012: Production files due
    May 2013: Publication in Issue 2, 2013

    Guest Editors:
  • Alberto Avritzer, Siemens Corporate Research, USA
  • Tadashi Dohi, Hiroshima University, Japan
  • Kishor Trivedi, Duke University, USA

    • Contact Information:
    Tadashi Dohi (Guest Editor)
    Professor, Department of Information Engineering, Hiroshima University, Japan
    E-mail: dohi@rel.hiroshima-u.ac.jp
    Fax: +81 82 422 7025

    Krishnendu Chakrabarty (Editor-in-Chief)
    Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Duke University
    Durham, NC 27708, USA
    E-mail: krish@ee.duke.edu