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7th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC 2014)
December 8-11, 2014, London, UK
http://computing.derby.ac.uk/ucc2014/
Context and Scope
Cloud Computing promises to deliver computational resources on demand as services that are commoditised and delivered as in traditional utilities such as electricity, gas, water and telephony. Utility with Cloud services can already be achieved for compute, storage and communication resources but also for hosted software and data. UCC is the premier IEEE/ACM conference covering all areas related to Cloud Computing as a Utility. There is also increasing interest from commercial providers to offer business and revenue models around the services they offer. Understanding how these model could be used to provide utility for both users, intermediary brokers (aggregators) and providers will also be of interest for this conference.
This will be the 7th UCC in a successful conference series. Previous events were held in Shanghai, China (Cloud 2009), Melbourne, Australia (Cloud 2010 & UCC 2011), Chennai, India (UCC 2010), Chicago, USA (UCC 2012), and Dresden, Germany (UCC2013). UCC 2014 happens while cloud providers worldwide add new services and increase utility at an accelerated pace and is therefore of high relevance for both academic and industrial research.
Topics of interest include:
* Big Data and Analytics
* Principles and theoretical foundations of Utility Computing, including pricing and service models
* Policy languages and Programming models
* Architectural models to achieve Utility in Clouds
* Designs and deployment models for Clouds: private, public, hybrid, federated, aggregated
* Cloud Computing middleware, stacks, tools, delivery networks and services at all layers (XaaS)
* Virtualisation technologies and other enablers
* Economic models and scenarios of use
* Scalability and resource management: brokering, scheduling, capacity planning, parallelism and elasticity, as well as marketplaces
* Cloud management: autonomic, adaptive, self-*, SLAs, performance models and monitoring
* Applications: games, social networks, scientific computing (e-science) and business
* Mobile and energy-efficient use of Clouds
* Beyond technology: Cloud business and legal implications, such as security, privacy, trust and jurisdiction especially in Utility contextsImportant Dates
Paper Submissions Due: 18 July, 2014
Tutorial Proposals Due: 18 July, 2014
Cloud Challenge Proposals Due: 15th August, 2014
Notification of Acceptance:29 August, 2014
Early Registration Deadline:29 September, 2014
Paper Submission
Authors are invited to submit papers electronically through EasyChair(https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ucc2014) . Manuscripts may not exceed 8 letter size (8.5 x 11) pages including figures, tables and references using the IEEE format for conference proceedings (print area of 6-1/2 inches (16.51 cm) wide by 8-7/8 inches (22.51 cm) high, two-column format with a 3/8 inch (0.81 cm) space between them, single-spaced 10-point Times fully justified text). Submitted papers must represent original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines will be rejected without review and further action may be taken, including (but not limited to) notifications sent to the heads of the institutions of the authors and sponsors of the conference. The proceedings will be published by the IEEE Computer Society, USA, and will be made available online through the IEEE Digital Library.
Chairs and Committees
Conference Co-Chairs
Nikos Antonopoulos, University of Derby, UK (n.antonopoulos(a)derby.ac.uk)
Omer F. Rana, Cardiff University, UK (o.f.rana(a)cs.cardiff.ac.uk)
Programme Committee Co-Chairs
Shrideep Pallickara, Colorado State University, USA
Chunming Rong, University of Stavanger, Norway
Organising Chair
Ashiq Anjum, University of Derby, UK (a.anjum(a)derby.ac.uk)
Workshops Chair
Josef Spillner, TU Dresden, Germany
Publications Chairs
Rajkumar Buyya, University of Melbourne, Australia
Nik Bessis, University of Derby, UK
Lee Gillam, University of Surrey, UK
Workshops
We encourage high quality workshops from the community, which relate to one or more of the topics identified above. Individuals interested in organising a workshop are encouraged to consult the separate Call for Workshops.
Venue
UCC 2014 will take place in the Hilton London Paddington, in the centre of the lively capital of United Kingdom.
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The 9th International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured
Transactions (ICITST-2014)
Pending Technical Co-Sponsored by IEEE UK/RI Computer Chapter December 8-10,
2014
London, UK
www.icitst.org
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The ICITST-2014 encourages you to submit workshop or tutorial proposals.
All the accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings.
You can consider organising a workshop that is related to ICITST-2014 topics:
Topics of Interest
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* Internet Application and Technology
* Information Security
* Ubi/Cloud Computing
* Multimedia and Web Services
* Cloud Security
* Cyber warfare and Cyber Security
* Digital Forensics
* Infonomics and e-Technology
Important dates
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Workshop or Tutorial Proposal Submission: August 15, 2014
Notification of Workshop or Tutorial Acceptance: August 25, 2014
Submission requirements
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Submissions will be subject to double-blind reviewing.
The proposal must include:
1. The name of the workshop or tutorial.
2. A statement of goals for the workshop.
3. The names and addresses of the organisers.
4. The names of potential participants, such as program committee members.
5. A description of the plans for call for participation (e.g., call for
papers).
6. The expected number of attendees and the planned length of the workshop.
7. The topic of the workshop should be relevant to the main conference and
details of any previous workshops.
8. The URL of the workshop web site.
If you are interested in organising workshop or tutorial for the ICITST-2014,
please email your proposal
to workshop-tutorial(a)icitst.org
For further details, please visit http://www.icitst.org/Workshops.html
