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SwarmAware 2025 - Workshop on Trustworthy, Decentralized Computing at the Intelligent Edge
SwarmAware 2025 is a workshop of SRDS 2025, the 44th International Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems.
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- Scope & Call for Papers
- Important Dates
- Submission Guidelines
- Organizing Committee
- Program Committee
Scope & Call for Papers
Today’s data-centric distributed systems are evolving into large-scale, highly dynamic swarms of autonomous devices and services that span the IoT–edge–cloud continuum. From resource-constrained sensors with intermittent connectivity to powerful, stable data centers, these hybrid environments pose new challenges for dependability, correctness, security, privacy, and real-time operation—especially in safety-critical and industrial domains. Swarm applications must therefore support decentralized coordination and dynamic orchestration, tolerate and recover from faults, self-heal, predict and detect failures, and adaptively manage resources, all while enabling distributed data storage, processing, and AI/ML acceleration. Our workshop will bring together researchers and practitioners to tackle these challenges head-on. We invite contributions on both practical and theoretical approaches for designing, implementing, verifying, and operating dependable, secure, and decentralized systems in modern computing ecosystems. By co-locating with SRDS 2025, we underscore our shared commitment to advancing dependability, correctness, and security in swarm-based distributed systems. This workshop is organized in the context of the Horizon Europe Swarm projects P2CODE, TaRDIS, and OASEES.
Topics of interest
The SwarmAware workshop will convene interdisciplinary communities to address foundational and practical challenges in building such systems. Topics include, but are not limited to:
- Decentralized coordination and consensus mechanisms
- Fault tolerance, recovery, and self-healing in swarm systems
- Real-time guarantees and resource management at the edge
- Federated, privacy-preserving, and explainable AI for swarms
- Swarm-based decision support and context-aware orchestration
- Secure and resilient distributed computing for cyber-physical systems
- Verification and formal methods for dependable swarms
- Interoperability and semantics in heterogeneous swarm environments
- Human-in-the-loop and neurosymbolic models for swarm control
- AI adaptability in telecom, 5G/6G, and large-scale network infrastructures
- Edge-AI Optical Circuits for Decentralized Broadband Access Networks
- Edge-AI applications in healthcare and bioengineering (e.g., diagnostics, monitoring, personalized care)
- Edge AI models in medical robotics and biosensor coordination
- Data engineering architectures and pipelines for decentralized learning and analytics
- Workflow orchestration and compliance in health-critical data processing systems
- Scalable swarm intelligence frameworks for smart cities, mobility, and industrial automation
- Trustworthy swarm-based monitoring and resource coordination across heterogeneous infrastructures
- Swarm-enabled decision support systems for high-stakes AI applications in domains such as algorithmic hiring, digital voting, and risk-based rankings
Important Dates
| Deadline | Date |
|---|---|
| Paper Submission | 11 July 2025 |
| Notification to Authors | 25 July 2025 |
| Camera‑ready Deadline | 31 July 2025 |
| Workshop | 29 September 2025 |
Submission Guidelines
Categories of Papers
Main workshop
- Full Papers: 5–10 pages (excluding references), double-blind, original research.
Open Floor Session (SwarmAware Agora)
- Talk Proposals, Swarm Demos & Live Prototypes: 1-page abstract with speaker background, context, and links to related work or prior talks. It is encouraged the submissions from projects or teams that wish to showcase live demonstrations of swarm-aware systems and tools. These demos will be featured during the SwarmAware Agora session, offering a hands-on opportunity to engage with cutting-edge prototypes and experimental platforms.
- Posters: 1–2 page extended abstract describing the idea, concept, or European project, along with initial or ongoing results.
Publication Policy
Accepted full papers will be published under the same conditions as the main SRDS conference proceedings. Please note that talk abstracts and Posters submitted solely for presentation purposes will not be published but will be featured in a dedicated talk or poster session during the workshop.
Submission Link
EasyChair submission link https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=swarmaware2025
Organizing Committee
| Name | Affiliation | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Vrettos Moulos | Arηs Group – ARHS (part of Accenture), Greece | |
| Carla Ferreira | NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal | |
| Akis Kourtis | NCSR Demokritos, Greece |
Program Committee
- João Leitão (NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal)
- Miloš Simić (University of Novi Sad, Serbia)
- George Xilouris (National Centre of Scientific Research “Demokritos”, Greece)
- Giorgia Azzurra Marson (NEC Laboratories Europe, Switzerland)
- George Alexandridis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece)
- Wouter Tavernier (imec, Belgium)
- Achilleas Marinakis (OTE Group, Greece)
- George Kousiouris (Harokopio University of Athens, Greece)
- George Manias (Tilburg University, Netherlands)
- Kristina Livitckaia (CERTH, Greece)
- Shahab Heshmati Alamdari (Aalborg University, Denmark)
- Alexandros Nizamis (CERTH, Greece)
- Anna Gatzioura (UPF, Spain)
- Efstathios Skarlatos (KEMEA, Greece)
- Fatouros (Alpha Tensor, UK)
- Dimitrios Klonidis (Ubitech, Greece)
- Christos Angelopoulos (NVIDIA, USA)
- Ilias Spais (AEGIS, Germany)
- Andreas Menychtas (UNIPI, Greece)
- Jordi Arjona Aroca (ITI, Spain)
- Androniki Tzomaka (Special Secretariat of Foresight, Hellenic Republic, Greece)
- Panagiotis Groumas (ICCS, Greece)
- Dimitrios Liapis (UBS , Switzerland)
- Dimitris Kalavrouziotis (NVIDIA, Greece)
- Matteo Falsetta (GFT, Italy)
- Christos Kouloumentas (Optagon Photonics, Greece)
- Enrique Areizaga Sanchez (TECNALIA, Spain)
Workshop Schedule
The full agenda of the SwarmAware Workshop, including session times, paper presentations, invited talks, and interactive activities, will be published shortly. Participants are kindly invited to revisit this section for the official schedule as the event date approaches.
Logistics & Venue
Comprehensive information regarding the venue, travel arrangements, accommodation options, and registration procedures is available on the official website of the 44th International Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems (SRDS 2025): https://srds-conference.org/. Participants are kindly advised to refer to the conference website for the most up-to-date logistical details pertaining to the event in Porto, Portugal.
Sponsoring Projects & Acknowledgements
The SwarmAware Workshop is supported by the European Union through funding from the Horizon Europe research and innovation programme. This initiative is organized in collaboration with the Horizon Europe projects P2CODE, TaRDIS, and OASEES, which contribute to the advancement of dependable, decentralized, and intelligent edge computing systems.