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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b>CLOUD SERVICE BROKERAGE - TOWARDS THE MULTI-CLOUD ECOSYSTEM<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>===========================================================<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>The 2nd International Workshop on Cloud Service Brokerage (CSB 2014).<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Co-located with the <b>3rd European Conference on Service-Oriented and <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Cloud Computing</b> (<b>ESOCC 2014</b>), Manchester, UK, 2-4 September, 2014.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>CALL FOR PAPERS<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The workshop series on Cloud Service Brokerage is the premier workshop <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>focusing on enabling technology for realising the multi-cloud ecosystem, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>in which cloud service brokers will play a pivotal role in supporting <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>cloud service providers and consumers. CSB 2014 is the second workshop <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>in the series, co-hosted by the EU FP7 projects Broker@Cloud and PaaSage, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>and will be held at ESOCC 2014 in Manchester. It focuses on enabling <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>technology for the multi-cloud ecosystem. The first CSB 2013 workshop <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>was held in conjunction with ICSOC 2013 in Berlin, and focused on <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>methods and mechanisms for cloud service brokerage.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>CSB 2014 Workshop Website: http://csb2014.modelbased.net/<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>ESOCC 2014 Conference Website: http://esocc2014.cs.manchester.ac.uk/<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Broker@Cloud Project Website: http://www.broker-cloud.eu/<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>PaaSage Project Website: http://www.paasage.eu/<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>BACKGROUND<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This workshop looks to a future in which a multi-cloud ecosystem exists, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>within which many cloud providers and consumers interact to create, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>discover, negotiate and use software services. Supporting this ecosystem <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>are cloud brokers, whose role is to bring together providers and consumers, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>by offering service portals with added value for all parties. A central <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>feature of the broker’s role will be to assist with software service <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>generation (from abstract models to platform-specific deployments), <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>multi-cloud translation (model-driven adaptation and deployment of services)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>and assure quality control (governance; functional testing and monitoring),<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>service continuity (failure prevention and recovery; service substitution) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>and market competition (arbitrage; service optimization; service <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>customization).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>To promote the creation of this kind of ecosystem, it is necessary to <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>develop common standards, service models, methods and mechanisms that will<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>operate across a wide variety of platforms and infrastructure, and across <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>disparate service protocols, which currently include: WSDL/SOAP-based <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>services, RESTful services and Rich Client/AJAX applications.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>TOPICS OF INTEREST<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We solicit original research papers covering the following topics of <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>interest: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Abstract service models – current service description languages are only <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>up to the task of describing the service interface; what is needed are <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>abstract models to describe the complete behaviour and performance of <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>services, such that model-translation algorithms can generate equivalent <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>services on different platforms.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Model-driven generation – current software services are designed in <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>vendor-specific ways that prevent them being ported onto different platforms;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>what is needed are sets of translation algorithms for converting abstract <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>service models into platform-specific applications, or sets of equivalent <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>applications deployed across multi-clouds.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Service behaviour certification – current quality control is mostly achieved<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>by in-house developer-based testing; what is needed is a means of determining<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>whether alternative services are equivalent, certified by generating standard <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>test sets from functional specifications of services, and grounding these for <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>each of the service protocol technologies described above;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Service performance monitoring – current service monitoring technology is <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>limited to SLAs for response-times and availability of end-points; what is <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>needed is a more sophisticated data fusion approach, such as complex event <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>processing, with trend prediction, supporting service optimisation and <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>substitution.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Service optimization – current service platforms offer single-vendor services<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>with failover substitution, or manual selection from several providers; what <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>is needed is a means of offering multi-vendor services on a competitive basis,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>with automatic arbitrage between different providers, to support constrained<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>optimization of cloud performance.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Service governance – current services and platforms are developed following<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>in-house software processes; what is needed are explicit standards and methods<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>for governing the whole service lifecycle, ensuring common quality standards <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>and interfaces, supporting convergent service development and service <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>customisation.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This list is not exhaustive; other topics relevant to the Consumer, Provider <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>and Broker roles (NIST cloud role definitions) will be considered. Please <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>note that service security is out of scope, being a matter for the Auditor <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>role. Please note also that only design-time adaptation will be considered, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>since another ESOCC workshop will be devoted to run-time adaptation issues.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>IMPORTANT DATES<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Paper submission: <b>30 May 2014</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Reviews completed: <b>30 June 2014</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Camera-ready copy: <b>15 July 2014</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>SUBMISSION PROCESS<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Authors are invited to submit original, previously unpublished research papers<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>written in English. We invite (i) full research papers up to 12 pages in <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>length; and (ii) short vision, or position papers up to 6 pages, both including<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>all references and figures, on a topic within the remit of the workshop.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>All submissions must be prepared in the Springer LNCS format. The Springer <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>formatting guidelines are available at: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>All submissions will be peer-reviewed by members of the international program <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>committee. Paper acceptance will be based on originality, significance, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>technical soundness, and clarity of presentation. Please submit papers in PDF<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>via EasyChair, following instructions to be published on the CSB 2014 website:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> http://csb2014.modelbased.net/<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We anticipate a 50% acceptance rate after reviewing has been completed. Accepted<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>full papers will be allowed up to 15 pages; and short vision/position papers up <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>to 8 pages. At least one author of each accepted paper must register and <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>participate in the workshop. Please see details to be published on the ESOCC <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>website: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> http://esocc2014.cs.manchester.ac.uk/<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It is anticipated that publication will be in the Springer CCIS series <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(Communications in Computer and Information Science), in proceedings shared <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>jointly with other ESOCC workshops and the PhD symposium.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>WORKSHOP ORGANISATION<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>ESOCC 2014 Organisation: Workshop Chairs<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Guadalupe Ortiz, University of Cádiz, Spain<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Cuong Tran, The University of Manchester, UK<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>CSB 2014 Workshop: Organising Chairs<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Iraklis Paraskakis, SEERC, Thessaloniki, Greece<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Anthony Simons, University of Sheffield, UK<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Alessandro Rossini, SINTEF, Oslo, Norway<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Jens Jensen, STFC, Didcot, Oxfordshire, UK<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>CSB 2014 Workshop: Programme Committee<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Gregoris Mentzas, ICCS NTUA, Athens<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Symeon Veloudis, SEERC, Thessaloniki<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Kleanthis Mokios, SEERC, Thessaloniki<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Yiannis Verignadis, ICCS NTUA, Athens<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Raluca Lefticaru, University of Sheffield<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Brice Morin, SINTEF, Oslo, Norway<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Franck Fleurey, SINTEF, Oslo, Norway<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Andreas Friesen, SAP, Karlsruhe, Germany<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Antonia Schwichtenberg, CAS Software, Karlsruhe, Germany<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Volker Kuttruff, CAS Software, Karlsruhe, Germany<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Panagiotis Gouvas, SingularLogic, Athens, Greece<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Christian Pérez, INRIA, Lyon, France<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Nikos Parlavantzas, INRIA/IRISA, Rennes, France<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Jorg Domaschka, University of Ulm, Germany<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Lutz Schubert, University of Ulm, Germany<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Craig Sheridan, Flexiant, Edinburgh, UK<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Anthony Sulistio, HLRS, Stuttgart, Germany<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>----------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Rustem Dautov<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Research Associate<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>South-East European Research Centre (SEERC)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>The University of Sheffield, International Faculty - City College<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>24 Proxenou Koromila, 54622 Thessaloniki, Greece<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tel: +(30) 2310 253 477<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fax: +(30) 2310 234 205<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mob: +(30) 6945 069 303<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Email: <a href="mailto:rdautov@seerc.org"><span style='color:windowtext'>rdautov@seerc.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Web: <a href="http://www.seerc.org/"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.seerc.org/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>