[ecoop-info] CfP: Distributed Cloud Computing

[Stefan Schmid]

CALL FOR PAPERS (Deadline extended by one week!)

 

Workshop on

Distributed Cloud Computing (DCC)

 

https://sites.google.com/site/dcc2013workshop/

 

held in Dresden, Germany

December 9-12

 

co-located with 6th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud

Computing (UCC)

 

 

DATES

 

Submissions due: 28 July 2013

 

Notification of acceptance: 10 September 2013

 

Camera-ready papers due: 27 September 2013

 

WORKSHOP GOAL

 

The workshop is interdisciplinary and touches both distributed systems as

well as networking and cloud computing. It is intended as a forum where

people with different backgrounds can learn from their respective field and

expertise. We want to attract both industry relevant papers as well as
papers

from academic researchers working on the foundations of the distributed

cloud.

 

DCC 2013 accepts high-quality papers related to the distributed cloud which

fall into at least one of the following categories:

 

- Novel ideas on how to design and operate/manage the distributed cloud

 

- Principles and foundations of distributed cloud computing; algorithmic

solutions (resource management, scheduling, embedding, elasticity,
brokering)

 

- Architectural models, prototype implementations and applications (content

distribution, games, social networks, scientific computing, business)

 

- Virtualization technology and enablers (network virtualization,

software-defined networking)

 

- Experience with existing deployments and measurements (private, public,

hybrid, federated, aggregated clouds)

 

- Service and resource specification, languages, and formal verification

 

- Economic, robustness, and energy aspects of the distributed cloud (e.g.,

pricing and service models)

 

 

SYNOPSIS

 

Most of the focus in public cloud computing technology over the last 10
years

has been on deploying massive, centralized data centers with thousands or

hundreds of thousands of servers. The data centers are typically replicated

with a few instances on a continent wide scale in semi-autonomous zones.
This

model has proven quite successful in economically scaling cloud service, but

it has some drawbacks. Failure of a zone can lead to service dropout for

tenants if the tenants do not replicate their services across zones. Some

applications may need finer grained control over network latency than is

provided by a connection to a large centralized data center, or may benefit

from being able to specify location as a parameter in their deployment.

Nontechnical issues, such as the availability of real estate, power, and

bandwidth for a large mega data center, also enter into consideration.

 

Another model that may be useful in many cases is to have many micro or even

nano data centers, interconnected by medium to high bandwidth links, and the

ability to manage these data centers and interconnecting links as if they

were one larger data center. This distributed cloud model is perhaps a
better

match for private enterprise clouds, which tend to be smaller than the
large,

public mega data centers, and it also has attractions for public clouds run

by telcom carriers which have facilities in geographically diverse
locations,

with power, cooling, and bandwidth already available. It is attractive for

mobile operators as well, since it provides a platform on which applications

can be deployed and easily managed that could benefit from a tighter
coupling

to the wireless access network. The two models are not mutually exclusive:

for instance a public cloud operator with many large data centers
distributed

internationally could manage its network of data centers like a distributed

cloud. The distinguishing characteristic from federated clouds is that the

component data centers are more integrated, especially with respect to

authentication and authorization, so that the computation, storage, and

networking resources are as tightly managed as if they were in a single
large

data center.

 

SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION

 

Submissions are single-blind and should not exceed 6 pages in length (in
IEEE

format). For an accepted paper, at least one author must attend the workshop

(all participants must pay the UCC 2013 workshop and conference fee).

 

Submissions will be handled by EasyChair.

 

The DCC 2013 workshop proceedings will be published as part of the UCC 2013

proceedings volume.

 

 

CHAIRS

 

James Kempf, Ericsson Research, San Francisco, USA

 

Stefan Schmid, Telekom Innovation Laboratories (T-Labs) & TU Berlin, Germany

 

 

TPC

 

Chen Avin, Ben Gurion Uni, Israel

 

Raouf Boutaba, Uni Waterloo, Canada

 

David Breitgand, IBM Research Haifa, Israel

 

Marco Canini, T-Labs & TU Berlin, Germany

 

Yvonne Coady, Uni Victoria, Canada

 

Paolo Costa, Microsoft Research Cambridge & Imperial College, United Kingdom

 

György Dán, KTH, Sweden

 

Xiaoming Fu, Uni Goettingen, Germany

 

Pan Hui, HKUST, Hong Kong

 

Holger Karl, Uni Paderborn, Germany

 

Wolfgang Kellerer, TU Munich, Germany

 

Hermann de Meer, Uni Passau, Germany

 

Ruben S. Montero, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

 

Joerg Ott, Aalto Uni, Finland

 

Djamel F. H. Sadok, UFPE, Brazil

 

Arunabha Sen, Arizona State University, USA

 

Srini Seetharaman, T-Labs Silicon Valley, USA

 

Azimeh Sefidcon, Ericsson Research, Sweden

 

Puneet Sharma, HP Labs Palo Alto, USA

 

Upendra Sharma, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, USA

 

Soren Telfer, AT&T Palo Alto, USA

 

Benoit Tremblay, Ericsson Research, Canada

 

Christian Tschudin, Uni Basel, Switzerland

 

VENUE:

 

DCC 2013 will take place in the Dorint Hotel Dresden, in the center of the

lively capital of Saxony. Dresden offers much more than the historic center

with its opera house, the 'Semperoper', and the ‘Frauenkirche’ church.
Dotted

along the approximately 30 km long stretch of the Elbe River which runs

through the city, you will find many treasures: castles, villas, vineyards,

historic funiculars, and steamboats that are up to 130 years old. During the

conference week, the 579th annual Striezelmarkt will welcome all conference

participants for a unique artisanal and culinary experience.

 

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