Complex Self-Adaptive and Self-Organising Systems

Software Engineering Challenges: of Complex Self-Adaptive and Self-Organising Systems

Prof. A. Taleb-Bendiab

Much research is already in progress revisiting cybernetic principles, control theory, AI-based planning, machine learning, and/or reflection middleware with the aim of enabling the predicated and desirable autonomic systems’ capabilities of self-management, self-healing, self-tuning and self-protection. However, autonomic software design and their engineering remain poorly understood. In particular, further research is required to investigate technical challenges related to, for instance: autonomic software models and architecture, tools and techniques to support the design, modelling, analysis and evolution of autonomic software including their programming, control and interaction models with human and/or other non-autonomic computing systems (legacy) require further investigation.

Professor A. Taleb-Bendiab

Prof. A. Taleb-Bendiab is a Professor of Computer Science and Head of Research at the School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, UK. His research group focuses on distributed software engineering with the overall aim to investigate the fundamental requirements and the development of generic frameworks and/or associated formal modelling and development of self-adaptive software.  Central to its objectives, the group aims at narrowing the gap between the theory and practice of high-assurance, dependable and evolving software, and facilitating their introduction and deployment in business environments.

This constitutes a major research direction in the School and underpins research effort in middleware for networked appliances, sensor and actuator networks and security. The group has a number of EPSRC funding projects with others under development. The Group has (01) Professor, (02) Principal lecturers, (07) senior lecturers, (02) research assistants and (14) PhD research students.

Prof. Taleb-Bendiab has a well developed collaborative track record with UK private and public sector organisations and international companies including;  (i) High-Assurance E-Health Middleware and software services for NHS Dental Services (UK NHS funded project). (ii) Taiwan Telecom Ltd 2001 – 2004): Distributed software engineering training and consultancy related to National Taiwanese E-government platform and software services.

He is a member of the UK research Council Peer Review College, research project reviewer for the UK and Dutch Research Councils, and a member of conference/workshop Technical and/or Organising Programme Committees including: (i) Self-Organization and Cybernetics for Informatics, IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society. (ii) ICAS 2006, [TPC member] -- 2nd IEEE International Conference on Autonomic and Autonomous Systems, July 19-21, 2006. (iii) NetObject 2006 [advisory Board member]. (iv) 1^st International IEEE CONSUMER COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING CONFERENCE, "Consumer Networking: Closing the Digital Divide", Las Vegas, Nevada USA, January 5-8, 2005, CCNC 2006. (v) Ease 2006 [TPC member], IEEE International Conference. (vi) SAACS’06 [Co-Chair, TCP and Sessions Chair], IEEE International Conference. (vii) SOAS'06 [TPC member] – IEEE International Conference on Self-Organization and Autonomic Systems in Computing and Communications (SOAS’2006). Full details can be found at http://www.cms.livjm.ac.uk/taleb/Events/index.html.

He has published widely in the area of software engineering, grid computing and autonomic computing and has a number of awards including: the Best Innovative Paper at the IEEE International Conference on Self-Organising and Self-Adaptive Systems, 2005.