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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>======================================================================================================<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Call for Submissions <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Special issue of Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems (SUSCOM) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> on Software Engineering Aspects of Green Computing <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:.5in'>* provided by Elsevier *<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:.5in'><a href="http://green-se.net/segc/suscom/">http://green-se.net/segc/suscom/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>======================================================================================================<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Despite that ICT hardware is becoming increasingly efficient, the ICT sector outgrows the efficiency gains. “Green Computing” emphasizes the need for reducing the environmental impacts of ICT solutions by reducing the need for resources, especially energy, during its life cycle. Among others, green computing can be achieved in software and by software. While greening by software aims at saving resources by the help of software, greening in software aims at reducing the environmental impact caused by the software itself. Besides saving energy and aiming for efficiency, green computing is a complex trade-off between efficiently using required resource and keeping the environmental impact low. This has consequences for architectural decisions. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Green-ness in the software is an emerging quality attribute that must be taken into the account in each phase of the software development process at each level of the ICT system from the application level via middle-ware to operating system and hardware. Achieving green-ness by software requires methods and techniques that support finding, implementing, and measuring software solutions that make infrastructure smarter, virtualize processes, contribute to dematerialization or new solutions like smart grids. Typical examples are applications that help to reduce energy consumption in facility management, in production, mobility, and in embedded systems. The analysis of all factors that have an environmental impact and the search for the optimal trade-off therefore has to be included in software development methods. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Authors are invited to submit original papers representing their idea and achievements in green computing in and by software and discuss/focus on the software engineering aspects. Submissions are encouraged, but not limited, to the following topics: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>•<b>Greenness in Software</b>: which dedicated software engineering methods and tools are required during the software development process to model, analyze and minimize the ecologic impact/environmental impact including the energy consumption of software systems? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>o Requirement elicitation phase:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span>Methods and tools to elicit and model greenness requirements<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span>Methods and tools to identify and analyze the trade-offs among the functional requirements, greenness requirements themselves and other quality attributes<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>o Architectural design phase:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span>Methods and tools to model greenness attributes of software architecture<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span>Methods and tools to analyze the trade-offs among the functional requirements, greenness attributes themselves and other quality attributes<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span>Metrics to evaluate the greenness of software architecture<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span>Methods and tools to trace greenness attributes to the greenness requirements<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span>Dedicated architectural patterns to achieve green software<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span>Refactoring methods for the purpose of energy saving <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>o Implementation phase:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span> (Domain-specific) languages to implement greener software<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span>Compilation methods to achieve greener software<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span>IDE support to guide programmers in implementing greener software<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span>Refactoring methods to make legacy software greener<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span>Methods and tools to measure the greenness of implementations<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span>Methods and tools to assess the trade-offs between the functionality, the greenness and other quality attributes<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>o Testing phase:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span>Metrics, methods and tools to generate test scenarios to assess the greenness of software<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span>Energy profiling techniques<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>o Operational Phase<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span>Methods and tools to monitor the greenness attributes<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span>Methods and tools to dynamically adapt the software to fulfil its greenness attributes, e.g. energy aware computing methods<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span>Methods and tools to profile energy consumption and to carbon foot printing<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span>applications that help to reduce energy consumption in facility management, in production, mobility, and in embedded systems<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• <b>Greenness by software</b>: which dedicated software engineering methods and tools are required to model, analyze and minimize the ecologic/environmental impact of industrial solutions by means of software?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>o Industrial case studies such as smart home, smart cities, smart embedded systems and lessons learnt from software engineering perspective<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>o Methods and tools to make software solutions dynamically adaptive in their greenness attributes<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>o Methods and tools to measure the effect of green-ness by software<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>o Methods and tools to make hardware greener by the use of software<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>o Application software for smart control of eco-friendly buildings, thermo-control of data centers, climate monitoring<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Submission Details:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>General information for submitting papers to SUSCOM can be found at <a href="http://ees.elsevier.com/suscom/">http://ees.elsevier.com/suscom/</a> (please note the “Guide for Authors” link). Submissions to this Special Issue (SI) should be made using Elsevier’s editorial system at the journal website (<a href="http://ees.elsevier.com/suscom/">http://ees.elsevier.com/suscom/</a>, under the “submit paper” link). Please make sure to select the “SI: SEAGC” option for the type of the paper during the submission process. All submissions must be original and may not be under review by another publication. A submission based on one or more papers that appeared elsewhere has to comprise major value-added extensions over what appeared previously (at least 30% new material). Authors are requested to attach to the submitted paper their relevant, previously published articles and a summary document explaining the enhancements made in the journal version. All submitted papers will be peer reviewed using the normal standards of SUSCOM. By submitting a paper to this issue, the authors agree to review one paper (if asked) within the time frame of the SI. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Important Dates:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Manuscript due date: January 30, 2014 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• First decision notification: April 15, 2014<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Tentative publication schedule: Last quarter of 2014<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Special Issue Editors:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Somayeh Malakuti (primary contact)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Technical University of Dresden, Germany <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Email: <a href="mailto:somayeh.malakuti@tu-dresden.de">somayeh.malakuti@tu-dresden.de</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Wolfgang Lohmann <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Empa - Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Switzerland<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Email: <a href="mailto:wolfgang.lohmann@gmail.com">wolfgang.lohmann@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Mehmet Aksit <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>University of Twente, The Netherlands<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Email: <a href="mailto:m.aksit@utwente.nl">m.aksit@utwente.nl</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>