The 4th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science <br />
(IEEE CloudCom 2012)<br />
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The Grand Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan, December 03-06, 2012<br />
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http://2012.cloudcom.org<br />
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1. Sponsors<br />
2. Important Dates<br />
3. Topics<br />
4. Keynote Speakers<br />
5. Special Issues<br />
6. Workshops<br />
7. Panels and Tutorials<br />
8. Submission & Publication<br />
9. Best Paper Awards<br />
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1. Sponsors: <br />
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Organized by <br />
National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan<br />
Chung Hua University, Taiwan<br />
National Center for High-Performance Computing, Taiwan<br />
Tunghai University, Taiwan<br />
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Sponsored by:<br />
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)<br />
IEEE Computer Society<br />
IEEE Technical Commitee on Scalable Computing<br />
IEEE Cloud Computing Initiative<br />
Taiwan Association of Cloud Computing<br />
National Science Council (Taiwan)<br />
Taipei City Government<br />
OpenGrid Forum<br />
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2. Important Dates:<br />
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Abstract Submission (obligatory): July 13, 2012<br />
Full Submission: July 27, 2012<br />
Notification: Sep. 7, 2012<br />
Camera-ready & Author registration: Sep. 28, 2012<br />
Poster and Demo: Sep. 10, 2012<br />
Poster and Demo Notification: Sep. 20, 2012<br />
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3. Topics:<br />
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1. Architecture<br />
*Cloud Infrastructure as a Service<br />
*Cloud Platform as a Service <br />
*Cloud federation and hybrid cloud infrastructure<br />
*Programming models and systems/tools<br />
*Green data center<br />
*Networking technologies for data center<br />
*Cloud system design with FPGA, GPU, APU<br />
*Monitoring, management and maintenance<br />
*Economic and business models <br />
*Dynamic resource provisioning<br />
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2. MapReduce<br />
*Performance characterization and optimization<br />
*MapReduce on multi-core, GPU<br />
*MapReduce on hybrid distributed environments<br />
*MapReduce on opportunistic / heterogeneous computing systems<br />
*Extension of the MapReduce programming model<br />
*Debugging and simulation of MapReduce systems<br />
*Data-intensive applications using MapReduce<br />
*Optimized storage for MapReduce applications<br />
*Fault-tolerance & Self-* capabilities<br />
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3. Security and Privacy<br />
*Accountability<br />
*Audit in clouds<br />
*Authentication and authorization<br />
*Cryptographic primitives<br />
*Reliability and availability<br />
*Trust and credential management<br />
*Usability and security<br />
*Security and privacy in clouds<br />
*Legacy systems migration<br />
*Cloud Integrity and Binding Issues<br />
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4. Services and Applications<br />
*Cloud Service Composition <br />
*Query and discovery models for cloud services <br />
*Trust and Security in cloud services <br />
*Change management in cloud services <br />
*Organization models of cloud services<br />
*Innovative cloud applications and experiences<br />
*Business process and workflow management<br />
*Service-Oriented Architecture in clouds<br />
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5. Virtualization<br />
*Server, storage, network virtualization <br />
*Resource monitoring <br />
*Virtual desktop<br />
*Resilience, fault tolerance<br />
*Modeling and performance evaluation<br />
*Security aspects<br />
*Enabling disaster recovery, job migration<br />
*Energy efficient issues<br />
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6. HPC on Cloud<br />
*Load balancing for HPC clouds<br />
*Middleware framework for HPC clouds<br />
*Scalable scheduling for HPC clouds<br />
*HPC as a Service<br />
*Performance Modeling and Management<br />
*Programming models for HPC clouds<br />
*HPC cloud applications<br />
*Optimal cloud deployment for HPC<br />
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4. Keynote Speakers<br />
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Academia/Government:<br />
Dr. San-Cheng Chang, Executive Yuan, Republic of China (Taiwan)<br />
Prof. Sanjay Ranka, University of Florida, USA<br />
Prof. Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China<br />
Prof. Amr El-Abbadi, University of California Santa Barbara, USA<br />
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Industrial:<br />
Dr. Siani Pearson (HP Cloud & Security Research Lab, UK)<br />
Dr. Mazin Yousif (Shell, USA)<br />
Dr. Joe Baguley (VMware, UK) (Pending)<br />
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5. Special Issues<br />
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Best Paper Awards will be presented to high quality papers. <br />
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Selected papers, after further extensions and revisions, will be published in special issues of the following prestigious journals<br />
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Future Generation Computer Systems (Elsevier) (ISI Impact Factor = 2.365)<br />
International Journal of Communication Systems (Wiley) (ISI Impact Factor = 0.229)<br />
Journal of Systems Architecture (Elsevier) (ISI Impact Factor = 0.768)<br />
Automated Software Engineering (Springer) (ISI Impact Factor = 0.806)<br />
Journal of Internet Technology (ISI Impact Factor = 0.448)<br />
Information System Frontier (Springer) (ISI Impact Factor = 1.596)<br />
International Journal of Grid and High-Performance Computing (Scopus, EI)<br />
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6. Workshops<br />
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The following workshops will be organized in conjunction with the IEEE CloudCom-2012.<br />
Proceedings of CloudCom 2012 Workshops will be also published by IEEE CS Press (IEEE-DL & EI indexed)<br />
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- The 2012 International Workshop on Cloud Computing for Simulations<br />
- The 2012 International Workshop on Cloud Computing for Research Collaborations<br />
- The 1st International Workshop on Cloud Computing for Internet of Things<br />
- The 2nd International Workshop on Network Infrastructure Services as part of Cloud Computing<br />
- The 2012 International Workshop on GPU Computing in Clouds<br />
- The 2012 International Workshop on Cloud Computing for Bioinformatics and Its Applications<br />
- The 2012 International Workshop on Data Analytics and Mining in the Cloud<br />
- The 2012 Internatinal Workshop on IT Service Management in Distributed Computing<br />
- The 2012 International Workshop on SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) Architecture and Engineering<br />
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For details of workshops, please visit http://grid.chu.edu.tw/cloudcom2012/workshops.html <br />
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7. Panels and Tutorials<br />
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The following panels/tutorials will be organized in conjunction with the IEEE CloudCom-2012.<br />
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- Standards and Interoperability (S. L. Diamond, Chair of the IEEE Cloud Computing Initiative)<br />
- MapReduce/Hadoop Tutorial (Viraj Bhat, Principal Technical, Yahoo! Inc., USA)<br />
- Tutorial on Hadoop (Yahoo!)<br />
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For details in organizing a Panel / Tutorial with CloudCom, please contact <br />
Panels and Tutorials Chair, Prof. Sartaj Sahni (sahni@cise.ufl.edu)<br />
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8. Submission & Publication<br />
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Papers need to be prepared according to the IEEE CS format, and submitted in PDF format via the EasyChair system<br />
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https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=ieeecloudcom2012<br />
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Accepted conference papers will be published by IEEE CS Press (IEEE-DL & EI indexed). <br />
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9. Best Paper Awards<br />
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Best Paper Awards will be presented to high quality papers. Selected papers, after further extensions and revisions, <br />
will be published in special issues of prestigious journals associated with this conference.<br />
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