SCOPE OF THE DSOM WORKSHOP

Ambient Networks are a new vision to provide accessibility and distributed services through the dynamic composition of networks. The wide adoption of packet switched networking technologies and the fast growing wireless networking infrastructures in public as well as in private spaces allow systems to choose how to obtain connectivity. Systems may also dynamically form new networks and the devices or the whole network may be mobile. Furthermore, many ambient networks will be in private spaces, owned and "operated" by non technical users (home networks). The heterogeneity of the services and resources participating in ambient networks and the dynamics associated with the composition of networks poses new management challenges.

Ambient networks and services cannot be managed in the classic way. Instead, management of ambient networks must become an invisible and integrated part of a highly automated and adaptive control plane. Autonomic and self-management approaches therefore are of key importance. Important and challenging questions related to security, privacy, trust, and isolation in ambient networks need to be answered. In addition, questions related to the interface between managed and self-managed networks need to be addressed. Papers addressing these research questions are especially welcome.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

• Self-management and self-configuration
• Management of Home Networks
• Autonomic Management of Networks and Services
• Inter-domain Management
• Context-driven Management
• Adaptive Management Services and Applications
• Control Theoretic Management Approaches
• Distributed and Decentralized Management
• Security, Privacy, Trust, and Isolation
• Composable Management Systems
• Performance and QoS Management
• Fault Management and Fault Tolerance
• Policy-based Management and Service Level Agreements
• Monitoring, Event, and Fault Handling
• Configuration, Accounting, Billing
• Management Architectures and Information Models
• Standardized Frameworks, Models, and Programming Interfaces
• Implementation, Instrumentation, and Experience