Dear OGF WG members and group participants,

OGF is willing to sponsor group meetings and tutorials at the UCC and BDCAT conferences mentioned below.

Please let us know if you would like to have a meeting room or to propose a tutorial on an OGF product at this meeting.

Alan

Alan Sill, Ph.D

Senior Director, High Performance Computing Center

Co-Director, NSF Center for Cloud and Autonomic Computing

Adjunct Professor of Physics, Texas Tech University

President, Open Grid Forum

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: Alan Sill, Texas Tech University Office: Drane 159, MS 4-1167 :
: e-mail: Alan.Sill@ttu.edu ph. 806-834-5940 fax 806-834-4358 :
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Join us in beautiful Austin, Texas Dec. 5-8, 2017

The Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC) and co-located Big Data Computing Applications and Technology (BDCAT) have built up a world-wide reputation as the premier event focused on real-world application of advanced academic concepts in large-scale distributed computing. Join us for this exciting event!

Submission deadlines approaching!

Submit your proposals for associated events, industry and research panel topics, invited speakers, and paper submissions to the main UCC and BDCAT conferences and to the associated topical workshops and tutorialsat the links below. Deadlines are approaching soon!

Book your lodging now to be sure of a room at the conference venue. Take a virtual tour of the conference venue to see more of the facility. Note that lodging is highly sought after in Austin at this time of year, so book your lodging now to be assured of conference rates!

The Conferences

UCC is the premier IEEE/ACM conference covering all areas related to utility computing, cloud computing services, and other forms of advanced distributed computing. UCC provides an international forum for leading researchers and practitioners in this important and growing multidisciplinary area.
http://ucc-conference.org

The 4th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Big Data Computing, Applications and Technologies (BDCAT 2017) aims to provide a timely, informative platform for researchers from both academia and industry to present new discoveries in the broad area of big data computing and applications.
http://bdcat-conference.org

Associated Workshops, Tutorials, and Events

The following workshops and associated events have been accepted and the call for workshops is now closed. Please visit the workshop web pages listed below for further information. Proposals for tutorials will be accepted until July 31, 2017 and accepted tutorials will be announced by August 27, 2107.

CCSTIM: International Workshop on Cloud Computing Security Threats, Intelligence, and Mitigation
Workshop contact: Simon Parkinson (ccstim17(at)easychair.org)
Submission Link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ccstim17
CloudAM: The 6th International Workshop on Clouds and (eScience) Applications Management.
Workshop contact: Luiz Fernando Bittencourt (bit(at)ic.unicamp.br)
Submission Link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cloudam2017
DAAC: The 1st International Industry/University Workshop on Data-center Automation, Analytics, and Control.
Workshop contacts: Dong Dai (dong.dai(at)ttu.edu), Jerry Perez (jerry.perez(at)ttu.edu)
Submission Link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=daac2017
GDDC: 1st International Workshop on Game Development and Design in the Cloud.
Workshop contact: Minsi Chen (M.Chen(at)derby.ac.uk).
Submission Link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iwgddc2017
HDCC: The 1st International Workshop on Heterogeneous, Distributed Cloud Computing.
Workshop contact: Seán Murphy (murp(at)zhaw.ch)
Submission Link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hdcc17
RTDPCC: The 3rd International Symposium on Real-time Data Processing for Cloud Computing.
Workshop contacts: Xiaojun Zhai (x.zhai(at)derby.ac.uk), Faycal Bensaali (f.bensaali(at)qu.edu.qa, Lu Liu (l.liu(at)derby.ac.uk)
Submission Link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rtdpcc2017ii
SCCTSA: The 4th International Workshop on Smart City Clouds: Technologies, Systems and Applications.
Workshop contact: Zaheer Khan (zaheer2.khan(at)uwe.ac.uk)
Submission Link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=scctsa2017
SD3C: The 3rd International Workshop on Sustainable Data Centers and Cloud Computing.
Workshop contacts: Luca Chiaraviglio (luca.chiaraviglio(at)gmail.com), George Koutitas (george.koutitas(at)gmail.com)
Submission Link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sd3c2017
UCIoT: International Workshop on Utility Clouds for the Internet of Things
Workshop contacts: Louie Qin (Yongrui.Qin (at) hud.ac.uk), Richard Hill (R.Hill (at) hud.ac.uk)
Submission Link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=uciot2017

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Expert Panelists

Keynotes and expert panels cover topics from academics and industry.

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Awards & Opportunities

Students, industry members, keynote speakers and researchers interact with each other through sessions, tutorials and workshops, best poster and paper awards.

Tour of TACC

A social opportunity including a tour of the resources at the Texas Advanced Computing Center will be arranged for a limited number of conference participants.

See you in Austin Dec. 5-8, 2017!