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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=NO-BOK link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Just a reminder that the deadline for paper submissions to EVACCS'11 (1st International Workshop on Evaluating Cloud Computing and Services) is extended to <b><span style='color:red'>March 31</span></b>. Please find the call for papers attached. Looking forward to seeing you in Beijing!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Workshop organizers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>================EVACCS 2011================ ================================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> 1st International Workshop on Evaluating Cloud Computing and Services (EVACCS'11)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><a href="http://www.enase.org/workshops.asp#EVACCS"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.enase.org/workshops.asp#EVACCS</span></a><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>============================================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>IMPORTANT DATES:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Regular Paper Submission: <b><span style='color:red'>March 31</span></b>, 2011 (<b><span style='color:red'>extended</span></b>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Authors Notification: April 19, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Final Paper Submission and Registration: April 29, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>============================================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>WORKSHOP THEMES:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>* Reviews and comparison of technologies, software development methods and deployment models for cloud computing and services;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>* Experiences from using technologies and software development methods for services and cloud computing;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>* Models for evaluating the above paradigms from various viewpoints;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>* Strategies and novel approaches for transition towards the above paradigms;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>* The implications for software architecture, quality of service, security and other aspects for applications that are to be deployed in the clouds,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>* Case studies and evidence or critical appraisals;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>* Value analysis, cost and performance analysis of clouds or services in the cloud;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>* Best practices and lessons learned;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>* Evaluating standardization activities around cloud computing;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>* Perspectives for future research based on experiences.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>******************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>ORGANIZERS:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>* Parastoo Mohagheghi, SINTEF and Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>* Muhammad Ali Babar, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>* Yanbo Han, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>******************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>PAPER SUBMISSION:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Submitted papers must present original, non-published work of high quality. Only papers in English will be accepted. All papers will be peer reviewed by the respective workshop's Program Committee members.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Please check our website for more information.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>******************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>PUBLICATION:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The accepted papers in all workshops will be published in a workshop proceedings book, under an ISBN reference and on CD-ROM.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>******************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>REGISTRATION INFORMATION:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the workshop.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>Best regards, Med vennlig hilsen</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:gray'>Parastoo Mohagheghi (Mrs.)</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>-----------------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>Ph.D., Research Scientist, SINTEF ICT</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>Tel: +47 22067497 (office), +47 97093931 (mobile)</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>Fax: +47 22067350<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>email: <a href="mailto:parastoo.mohagheghi@sintef.no"><span style='color:blue'>parastoo.mohagheghi@sintef.no</span></a></span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>