Seventh International Symposium on Self Stabilizing Systems (SSS 2005)Call for Papers SSS is the core conference on all things self-stabilizing. Self-Stabilization is the property of a system, component, process or object to right itself no matter how severely its state variables, including memory, message buffers, and registers, are corrupted. Self-stabilization is most interesting for distributed and concurrent systems, because local detection of a faulty condition is problematic. At previous workshops and symposia on the topic (1989, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003) influential research has been presented covering such topics as algorithmic techniques, formal methodologies, model theoretic questions, and compositionality. Beyond the theory, self-stabilization is a guiding principle in many network protocols (in fact, a number of Internet and LAN protocols are self-stabilizing or very nearly so). Recent applied research has succeeded in demonstrated self-stabilizing file systems and in implementing protocols for routing, reprogramming, and synchronizing nodes in sensor networks. These examples show how the principles of self-stabilization can be used to implement lightweight solutions to the problems of fault tolerance in practical systems. This year, our theme is to further expand the scope of the conference to include less traditional topics, that both weaken and enhance the area of self-stabilization. Numerous examples of interesting and promising fault tolerance are appearing in major conferences that are not self-stabilizing by the classical definition, yet in a restricted sense appeal to the essence of this topic. At the same time, researchers have been combining classical self-stabilization with other properties of fault tolerance and behavior constraints, notably to improve efficiency and system adaptivity. We invite researchers contributing to such new directions as distributed, forward recovery using principles of convergence; foundational papers on autonomic recovery; case studies showing how self-organizing behavior is used to tolerate unanticipated dynamic events; experimental studies of tuning self-stabilization; and implementation results on platforms (sensor networks, component-based systems, etc) where advantages of self-stabilization are conspicuous. The Symposium invites papers on all aspects of self-stabilization, from theoretical contributions to experiences on applying principles of self-stabilization to practical systems. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
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