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CFP: CloudCom 2019 (Cloud Computing Technology and Science), Dec. 2019, Sydney, Australia
by Jesson Butt 15 Jun '19

15 Jun '19

Call for papers: The 11th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science (CloudCom 2019) will be held in Sydney, Australia on 11-13 December 2019. Website: http://www.swinflow.org/confs/2019/cloudcom/ Key dates: Submission Deadline: August 10, 2019 (11:59pm UTC/GMT, firm) Notification: September 15, 2019 Final Manuscript Due: October 8, 2019 Submission site: http://www.swinflow.org/confs/2019/cloudcom/submission.htm Publication: Proceedings will be published by IEEE CS Press. Special issues: Distinguished papers will be selected for special issues in Information Sciences, Future Generation Computer Systems, Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience =========== Introduction CloudCom is the premier conference on Cloud Computing worldwide, attracting researchers, developers, users, students and practitioners from the fields of big data, systems architecture, services research, virtualization, security and privacy, high performance computing, always with an emphasis on how to build cloud computing platforms with real impact. The conference is co-sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), is steered by the Cloud Computing Association, and draws on the excellence of its world-class Program Committee and its participants. Topics of interest of CloudCom 2019 include, but are not limited to: - Architecture, Storage and Virtualization - Cloud Services and Applications - Security, Privacy and Trust - Edge Computing and Distributed Cloud (1) Track 1: Architecture, Storage and Virtualization Chairs: Luiz F. Bittencourt, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil / Ivona Brandic, TU-Wien, Austria - Intercloud architecture models - Virtual Machines (VMs), containers, unikernels and microservices - Cloud services delivery models, campus integration & “last mile” issues - Virtualization technology and enablers (network virtualization, software-defined networking) - Networking technologies - Cloud system design with FPGAs, GPUs, APUs - Storage & file systems - Scalability & performance - Resource provisioning, monitoring, management & maintenance - Operational, economic & business models - Green data centers - Computational resources, storage & network virtualization - Resource monitoring - Virtual desktops - Resilience, fault tolerance, disaster recovery - Modeling & performance evaluation - Disaster recovery - Energy efficiency (2) Track 2: Cloud Services and Applications Chairs: Laura Ricci, University of Pisa, Italy/ Beniamino Di Martino, Seconda Universita’ di Napoli, Italy - XaaS (everything as a service including IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS) - Cloud services models & frameworks - Service deployment and orchestration in the Cloud - Cloud service management - Cloud workflow management - Cloud services reference models & standardization - Cloud-powered services design - Cloud elasticity - Machine learning and systems interactions - Data management applications & services - Service for computing-intensive applications - Mining and analytics - Data-provisioning services - Cloud programming models, benchmarks, and tools - Cloud-based services & protocols - Fault-tolerance & availability of cloud services and applications - Application development and debugging tools - Business models & economics of cloud services (3) Track 3: Security, Privacy and Trust Chairs: Martin Gilje Jaatun, University of Stavanger, Norway /Barbara Carminati, Insubria, Italy - Accountability & audit - Authentication & authorization - Cloud integrity - Blockchain Cloud services - Cryptography in the Cloud - Hypervisor security - Identity management & security as a service - Prevention of data loss or leakage - Secure, interoperable identity management - Trust & credential management - Trust models for cloud services - Usable security Risk management in cloud computing environments - Privacy policy framework for clouds - Privacy-preserving data mining for clouds - Information sharing and data protection in the cloud - Cryptographic protocols against internal attacks in clouds - Privacy protection in cloud platforms - Energy/cost/efficiency of security in clouds (4) Track 4: Edge Computing and Distributed Cloud Chairs: Antonio Fernandez Anta, IMDEA, Spain / Sarunas Girdzijauskas, KTH, Sweden - Cloudlet-enabled applications - Distributed Cloud Infrastructure - Foundations and principles of distributed cloud computing - Architectural models, prototype implementations and applications - Cloud brokers and coordination across multiple resource managers - Interoperability and mobility - Software infrastructure for cloudlets - Dynamic resource, service and context management on edge computing - Fog Computing - IoT cloud architectures & models - Cloud-based context-aware IoT - Economics and pricing - Experience with and performance evaluation of existing deployments and measurements (public, private, hybrid, federated environments) (5) Short Papers, Posters, and Demo Submission Guidelines Submissions must include an abstract, keywords, the e-mail address of the corresponding author and should not exceed 8 pages for main conference, including tables and figures in IEEE CS format. The template files for LATEX or WORD can be downloaded here. All paper submissions must represent original and unpublished work. Each submission will be peer reviewed by at least three program committee members. Submission of a paper should be regarded as an undertaking that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will register for the conference and present the work. Submit your paper(s) in PDF file at the submission site: http://www.swinflow.org/confs/2019/cloudcom/submission.htm. Publications Accepted and presented papers will be included into the conference proceedings. Distinguished papers presented at the conference, after further revision, will be published in special issues of selected journals. General Chairs Albert Zomaya, The University of Sydney, Australia Rajkumar Buyya, The University of Melbourne, Australia Laurence Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Program Chairs Jinjun Chen, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Rajiv Rajan, Newcastle University, UK Workshops and Tutorials Chairs Xuyun Zhang, The University of Auckland, New Zealand Short Papers, Posters, and Demo Chair Muneeb Hassan, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Phd Consortium Chair Deepak Puthal, Newcastle University, UK Track 1: Architecture, Storage and Virtualization Luiz F. Bittencourt, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil Muhammad Usman, Federation University, Australia Track 2: Cloud Services and Applications Laura Ricci, University of Pisa, Italy James Zheng, Macquarie University, Australia Track 3: Security, Privacy and Trust Martin Gilje Jaatun, University of Stavanger, Norway Li Li, Monash University, Australia Track 4: Edge Computing and Distributed Cloud Sarunas Girdzijauskas, KTH, Sweden Xiao Liu, Deakin University, Australia

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Sustainable Places 2019 (5-7 June, Cagliari): Event Success!
by Sustainable Places 2019 Organising Committee 12 Jun '19

12 Jun '19

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CNSM 2019 - Less than one week before deadline: June 15th, 2019
by Mohamed-Faten.Zhani＠etsmtl.ca 11 Jun '19

11 Jun '19

[Apologies for cross and multiple postings] ******************************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS - CNSM 2019 15th International Conference on Network and Service Management 21-25 October 2019, Halifax, Canada Paper Submission Deadline: 15 June 2019 (extended) http://www.cnsm-conf.org/2019/ ******************************************************************** The 15th International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM) is inviting authors to submit original contributions in the network and service management research area. CNSM 2019 is a selective single-track conference, covering all aspects of the management of networks and services, pervasive systems, enterprises, and cloud computing environments. CNSM 2019 will focus on the theme "Embracing the New Wave of AI". The core track is accompanied by a series of workshops and poster sessions. Papers accepted and presented at CNSM 2019 will be published open access on the conference Web site (with IFIP copyright). Authors of selected papers accepted for publication in the CNSM 2019 proceedings will be invited to submit an extended version of their paper to the IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: Network Management - Software-defined networks - Virtual networks - Overlay networks - Wireless networks and cellular networks - Sensor networks - Internet of Things networks - Information-centric networks - Enterprise networks and campus networks - Data center networks - Optical networks - IP networks - Home networks - Access networks - SCADA networks and distributed control systems - Smart cities and smart grids Management Paradigms - Centralized management - Distributed management - Hierarchical management - Federated management - Autonomic and cognitive management - Policy-based management - Pro-active management - Energy-aware management - Quality of experience-centric management Service Management - Cloud computing services - Content delivery services - Multimedia services - Internet connectivity and Internet access - Internet of Things services - Security services - Context-aware services - Information technology services Business Management - Economic aspects - Multi-stakeholder aspects - Service level agreements - Lifecycle aspects - Process and workflow aspects - Legal perspective - Regulatory perspective - Privacy aspects Functional Areas - Deployment management - Fault management - Configuration management - Accounting management - Performance management - Security management Management Technologies - Network function virtualization - Software-defined networking - Orchestration - Cloud computing and cloud storage - Communication protocols - Middleware - Data models, information models semantic models - Operations support systems and business support systems - Information visualization Methods - Mathematical optimization - Control theory - Probability theory, stochastic processes, and queuing theory - Machine learning, artificial intelligence - Evolutionary algorithms - Economic theory and game theory - Mathematical logic and automated reasoning - Data mining and (big) data analysis - Monitoring and measurements - Computer simulation experiments - Prototype implementation and testbed experimentation - Field trials -------------------------------------------------------------------- SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Authors are invited to submit original contributions that have not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. Papers should be prepared using the IEEE 2-column conference style and are limited to 8 pages excluding references (full papers) or 4 pages excluding references (short papers). They have to be submitted electronically in PDF format through EDAS. Papers exceeding page limits, multiple submissions, and self-plagiarized papers will be rejected without further review. All other papers will sustain a thorough single-blind review process, followed by a rebuttal phase. -------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES Paper Submission : June 15, 2019 (extended) Acceptance Notification: August 5, 2019 Camera Ready due : August 30, 2019 Conference : October 21-25, 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ORGANIZING COMMITTEE General Chair Hanan Lutfiyya, University of Western Ontario, Canada Yixin Diao, PebblePost, USA Technical Program Co-Chairs Nur Zincir-Heywood, Dalhousie University, Canada Remi Badonnel, Telecom Nancy, France Steering Committee Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo, Canada Marcus Brunner, Swisscom, Switzerland Prosper Chemouil, Orange Labs, France James Hong, POSTECH, Korea Deep Medhi, University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA Aiko Pras, University of Twente, The Netherlands Doug Zuckerman, Applied Communication Sciences, USA

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CNSM 2019 - Less than two weeks before deadline: June 15th, 2019
by Mohamed-Faten.Zhani＠etsmtl.ca 03 Jun '19

03 Jun '19

[Apologies for cross and multiple postings] ******************************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS - CNSM 2019 15th International Conference on Network and Service Management 21-25 October 2019, Halifax, Canada Paper Submission Deadline: 15 June 2019 (extended) http://www.cnsm-conf.org/2019/ ******************************************************************** The 15th International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM) is inviting authors to submit original contributions in the network and service management research area. CNSM 2019 is a selective single-track conference, covering all aspects of the management of networks and services, pervasive systems, enterprises, and cloud computing environments. CNSM 2019 will focus on the theme "Embracing the New Wave of AI". The core track is accompanied by a series of workshops and poster sessions. Papers accepted and presented at CNSM 2019 will be published open access on the conference Web site (with IFIP copyright). Authors of selected papers accepted for publication in the CNSM 2019 proceedings will be invited to submit an extended version of their paper to the IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: Network Management - Software-defined networks - Virtual networks - Overlay networks - Wireless networks and cellular networks - Sensor networks - Internet of Things networks - Information-centric networks - Enterprise networks and campus networks - Data center networks - Optical networks - IP networks - Home networks - Access networks - SCADA networks and distributed control systems - Smart cities and smart grids Management Paradigms - Centralized management - Distributed management - Hierarchical management - Federated management - Autonomic and cognitive management - Policy-based management - Pro-active management - Energy-aware management - Quality of experience-centric management Service Management - Cloud computing services - Content delivery services - Multimedia services - Internet connectivity and Internet access - Internet of Things services - Security services - Context-aware services - Information technology services Business Management - Economic aspects - Multi-stakeholder aspects - Service level agreements - Lifecycle aspects - Process and workflow aspects - Legal perspective - Regulatory perspective - Privacy aspects Functional Areas - Deployment management - Fault management - Configuration management - Accounting management - Performance management - Security management Management Technologies - Network function virtualization - Software-defined networking - Orchestration - Cloud computing and cloud storage - Communication protocols - Middleware - Data models, information models semantic models - Operations support systems and business support systems - Information visualization Methods - Mathematical optimization - Control theory - Probability theory, stochastic processes, and queuing theory - Machine learning, artificial intelligence - Evolutionary algorithms - Economic theory and game theory - Mathematical logic and automated reasoning - Data mining and (big) data analysis - Monitoring and measurements - Computer simulation experiments - Prototype implementation and testbed experimentation - Field trials -------------------------------------------------------------------- SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Authors are invited to submit original contributions that have not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. Papers should be prepared using the IEEE 2-column conference style and are limited to 8 pages excluding references (full papers) or 4 pages excluding references (short papers). They have to be submitted electronically in PDF format through EDAS. Papers exceeding page limits, multiple submissions, and self-plagiarized papers will be rejected without further review. All other papers will sustain a thorough single-blind review process, followed by a rebuttal phase. -------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES Paper Submission : June 15, 2019 (extended) Acceptance Notification: August 5, 2019 Camera Ready due : August 30, 2019 Conference : October 21-25, 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ORGANIZING COMMITTEE General Chair Hanan Lutfiyya, University of Western Ontario, Canada Yixin Diao, PebblePost, USA Technical Program Co-Chairs Nur Zincir-Heywood, Dalhousie University, Canada Remi Badonnel, Telecom Nancy, France Steering Committee Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo, Canada Marcus Brunner, Swisscom, Switzerland Prosper Chemouil, Orange Labs, France James Hong, POSTECH, Korea Deep Medhi, University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA Aiko Pras, University of Twente, The Netherlands Doug Zuckerman, Applied Communication Sciences, USA

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