A Report on First Workshop on Learning-Aided Adaptive Systems

Enterprises today have transformed from standalone entities into interconnected systems of systems while having to function in a dynamic and uncertain environment. Uncertainty originates from several factors such as changing needs and behaviours of diverse stakeholders, occurrence of external events and advent of new technologies. This creates a need for software systems to adapt dynamically in response to change, posing a series of technological challenges. Software systems of the future need to be specifically architected to learn from interactions with their environment, recommend and evaluate adaptations as well as automatically realize the adaptations in code so as to enable enterprises to continue meeting their objectives and stay relevant. This workshop aims to bring together eminent researchers and practitioners to deliberate upon learning-based approaches to solve critical problems in industry and society.