The 1st DISCOLI workshop on DIStributed COLlective Intelligence is co-located with the 42nd IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS 2022) that will take place in Bologna, Italy, 10-13 July 2022. Recent technological and scientific trends are promoting a vision where intelligence is more and more distributed and collective. Indeed, as computing and communication technologies are becoming increasingly pervasive, and complexity of systems is growing in terms of scale, heterogeneity, and interaction, hence the focus tends to shift from the intelligence of individual devices or agents to the collective intelligence (CI) emerging from a dynamic collection of diverse devices. Such intelligence would allow systems to address complex problems through proper coordination (e.g., cooperation or competition), to self-organise to promote functionality under changing environments, and to improve decision-making capabilities. The workshop aims to provide a forum where researchers and practitioners can share and discuss fundamental concepts, models, and techniques for studying and implementing collectively intelligent distributed systems. Accordingly, it welcomes original research work providing ideas and technical contributions for promoting scientific discussion and practical adoption of CI mechanisms in engineered systems. As such, the workshop also welcomes cross-disciplinary contributions (e.g., extracting computational mechanisms from natural systems exhibiting forms of CI) and contributions from related research areas like coordination (the study of interaction), multi-agent systems (MAS), socio-technical systems, organisational paradigms, Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks (WSANs), the Internet of Things (IoT), crowd computing, and swarm robotics. The topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following: Algorithms for self-adaptive/self-organizing system behaviour Algorithms of artificial collective intelligence (e.g., multi-agent reinforcement learning) Techniques for task-specific collective intelligence Extraction of collective knowledge in Internet of Things systems Collaborations of humans and artificial agents in socio-technical systems Formal models for computational collective intelligence Design and verification of emergent properties in distributed systems Coordination models and languages Programming languages for distributed CI systems Languages for multi-tier programming or macro-programming CI for distributed wearable computing systems Techniques for crowd computing systems and applications Applications of distributed CI for smart environments (e.g., smart cities, smart buildings) Tools for programming and simulation of multi-agent systems

1. 1st DISCOLI Workshop on
Distributed Collective Intelligence
Introduction to the workshop
Roberto Casadei1
, Franco Zambonelli2
1
ALMA MATER STUDIORUM–Università di Bologna, Cesena, Italy
2
Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy
July 9, 2022
Co-located with ICDCS 2022
https://discoli-workshop.github.io/2022/

2. Welcome to the DISCOLI workshop!
The workshop on distributed collective intelligence
goal: foster discussion and collaboration within the multi-disciplinary community of
researchers on
∠ collective intelligence (CI)
∠ swarm intelligence (SI)
∠ distributed artificial intelligence (DAI)
∠ collective adaptive systems (CAS)
∠ (large-scale) multi-agent systems (MASs)
motivation: understanding, modelling, and engineering forthcoming large-scale and
distributed cyber-physical systems
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3. Related events and communities
7th eCAS Workshop on Engineering Collective Adaptive Systems (eCAS 2022)
https://ecas-workshop.github.io/2022/
Co-located with the 3rd IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing and
Self-Organizing Systems (ACSOS 2022) that will take place virtually, 19-23 September
2022.
Rigorous Engineering of Collective Adaptive Systems (REoCAS 2022)
Track of the 11th International Symposium On Leveraging Applications of Formal
Methods, Verification and Validation (ISoLA 2022) that will take place in Rhodes (Grece),
24-28 October 2022.
10th International Workshop on Engineering Multi-Agent Systems (EMAS 2022
Co-located with the International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent
Systems (AAMAS 2022)
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4. DISCOLI 2022: data
1st edition!
9 submissions
∠ 5 full papers
∠ 4 wip papers
at least 3 reviews per paper
5 accepted papers (3 full, 2 wip)
→ acceptance rate: 0.56 (ICDCS recommends below 50%)
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5. DISCOLI 2022: program
KEYNOTE (Dr. Antonio Bucchiarone, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento, Italy)
Workshop Session (15’ presentation + 5’ Q&A)
Martin Wirsing, Xiyue Sun, Fabian R. Pieroth, Kyrill Schmid, and Lenz Belzner. On
Learning Stable Cooperation in the Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma with Paid Incentives
COFFEE BREAK (10:30–11:00)
Gianluca Aguzzi, Roberto Casadei, and Mirko Viroli. Machine Learning for Aggregate
Computing: a Research Roadmap
Christian Kröher, Lea Gerling, and Klaus Schmid. Combining Distributed and Central
Control for Self-Adaptive Systems of Systems
Junqi Zhang, Yehao Lu, and Mengchu Zhou. Solving Source Location Problems with
Particle Swarm Optimizer and Height Information
Sebastian Schmid and Andreas Harth. Decentralized Self-Adaption With Epidemic
Algorithms for Agent-Based Transportation
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6. Keynote
Title: All Together Now: Collective Intelligence for Computer-Supported
Collective Action
Abstract: In this talk I present a new methodological paradigm and software platform for
developing citizen-oriented social computing applications. The platform is based on the idea of
“Collective Intelligence as a Service” and provides the enablers for developing radically
innovative tools for computational sustainability and computer-supported collective action in
smart communities (e.g. Smart cities). This vision is illustrated with some implemented and
experimented applications in different domains (i.e., Sustainable Mobility) and open a set of
research directions and challenges.
Bio: Antonio Bucchiarone is currently a Senior Researcher at the
Motivational Digital Systems (MoDiS) research unit of the Bruno
Kessler Foundation (FBK) in Trento, Italy. His research activity is
focused principally on many aspects of the Software Engineering
for Adaptive Socio-Technical Systems. In the last 12 years, he
has investigated advanced methodologies and techniques sup-
porting the definition, development, and management of dis-
tributed systems that operate in dynamic environments, where
being adaptable is a key intrinsic characteristic.
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