[Caml-list] CFP: SPCLOUD2012 Madrid July 2012

[Caml-list] CFP: SPCLOUD2012 Madrid July 2012

[Gaetan Hains]

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*Dear colleagues,
Could you please broadcast this call for papers on your mailing lists. We
feel it is directly relevant to your research community and would welcome
its contributions to the workshop.
With best regards
Gaétan Hains, Université Paris-Est, France
Youry Khmelevsky, Okanagan College, BC, Canada

Chers collègues,
Auriez-vous la gentillesse de diffuser ce appel à communications sur vos
listes de diffusion ? Nous croyons qu'il est directement pertinent pour
votre communauté de chercheurs et serions heureux de recevoir ses
contributions à ce domaine.
Bien cordialement
Gaétan Hains, Université Paris-Est, France
Youry Khmelevsky, Okanagan College, BC, Canada*
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Gaétan Hains, Professor of Computer Science
Université Paris-Est & EXQIM SAS Paris
+33 (0)1 45 17 65 95  gaetan.hains@u-pec.fr

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Second International Workshop on 
Security and Performance in Cloud Computing
(SPCLOUD 2012)
http://www.spcloud.org/

CALL FOR PAPERS

Part of
The International Conference on High Performance Computing & Simulation (HPCS 2012) 
In Cooperation with the ACM, IEEE, IFIP

July 2 – 6, 2012
Madrid, Spain

(Paper Submission Deadline: 25 January, 2012)
 http://hpcs2012.cisedu.info/

SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES
Cloud computing systems open a new perspective on almost every aspect of computing.  Some security issues raised by cloud computing are alleviated by virtualization but the performance overheads should be balanced against this advantage.  Dynamic scalability or “elasticity” will help generalize high-performance computing and very large data sets in applications.   But the actual gains in performance depend heavily on the predictability of physical and virtualized resources.  Consequently, the balancing of performance against security and the adaptation of HPC or VLDB techniques to cloud computing are of strategic importance and will have long-lasting scientific impact.  

The second SPCLOUD workshop will bring together researchers and IT practitioners to present new results and ongoing work on the themes of security and performance in the cloud.  

The Workshop topics include (but are not limited to) the following:
Reliability and Security of Cloud Environments
Monitoring for Cloud-Based Applications
Cryptography and Crypto-Protocols for Cloud Computing Systems
Parallel Computing With Cloud-Based Systems
Very Large Databases In The Cloud:  Transactions, Backup, Security, Scalability
Security and Virtualization
Risk Management in Cloud Computing Environments
Usability and Human Centered Security for Clouds
Trusted Data Sharing and Shared Technology Issues
Untrusted Cloud Servers and Networks
Privacy Protection in Cloud Platforms and Operations
Autonomic Security in Cloud Computing
Intercloud Security Issues and Considerations
Insecure Interfaces and APIs
Insiders Threats
Security Models for New Services
Services Hijacking
Interoperable Identity Management
Information Hiding in Cloud Computing
Forensics in the Clouds
Cloud Infrastructure Security
Use of cloud systems for scalable high-performance computing
Performance overhead of virtualization
Monitoring of cloud systems, alerts for resource consumption.

SPCLOUD welcomes submission of papers describing:
Experimental work to measure existing systems and applications
Industrial experience relevant to the Workshop’s themes
Theoretical work on specific new models
Software and hardware platforms from the angle of security and performance 
Short papers describing ongoing work. 

Submitted papers should highlight their application or relevance for cloud computing. 

PAPER SUBMISSIONS
Submitted papers must not have been published or simultaneously submitted elsewhere.  Submission should include a cover page with authors' names, affiliation addresses, fax numbers, phone numbers, and email addresses.  Please, indicate clearly the corresponding author and include up to 6 keywords from the above list of topics and an abstract of no more than 450 words.  The full manuscript should be at most 7 pages using the two-column IEEE format.  Additional pages will be charged at additional fee.  Please include page numbers on all preliminary submissions to make it easier for reviewers to provide helpful comments.  
Submit a PDF copy of your full manuscript via email to the Workshop organizers at gaetan.hains@u-pec.fr and khmelevsky@acm.org.  

Only PDF files will be accepted.  Each paper will receive a minimum of three reviews.  Papers will be selected based on their originality, relevance, technical clarity and presentation.  Authors of accepted papers must guarantee that their papers will be registered and presented at the workshop.  Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings which will be made available at the time of the meeting.  If you have any questions about paper submission or the Workshop, please contact the organizers.  

IMPORTANT DATES
Paper Submissions: ------------------------------------------- January 25, 2012
Acceptance Notification: ------------------------------------- March 14, 2012
Camera Ready Papers and Registration Due: ----------- April 11, 2012
Conference Dates:  --------------------------------------------- July 2-6, 2012

WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS
Prof. Gaétan Hains
LACL, Université de Paris-Est
61 avenue du Général de Gaulle 94000 Créteil, France
Phone: +33 (0)145 17 65 95
Fax:      +33 (0)145 17 66 01
Email:  gaetan.hains@u-pec.fr 
Prof. Youry Khmelevsky 
Computer Science Department
Okanagan College,  Kelowna BC,  V1Y 4X8 Canada
Phone:  +1 250 762-5445 ext. 4741
Fax:      +1 250 862-5632
Email: khmelevsky@acm.org 

International Program Committee:  
All submitted papers will be rigorously reviewed by the workshop technical program committee members following similar criteria used in HPCS 2012.  Programme committee members: 
Mostafa Bamha, LIFO - Université d'Orléans, France
Radu Calinescu, Aston University, UK
Cécile Germain-Renaud, Université Paris-Sud, France
Gaétan Hains, LACL - Université Paris-Est, France
Youry Khmelevsky, Okanagan College, British Columbia, Canada
Ramon Lawrence, University of British Columbia - Okanagan, BC, Canada
Christian Toinard, LIFO, ENSI-Bourges, France
Vasyliy Ustimenko, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (UMCS), Poland
Ali Yazici, Atilim University, Ankara, Turkey

For information or questions about final camera-ready papers, the conference location, registration, paper formatting, etc., please consult the Conference’s web site at URL: http://hpcs11.cisedu.info/  or contact one of the Conference's organizers.  If you have any questions about the HPCS 2012 conference paper submission, please contact Conference Program Chair:  Waleed W. Smari, Voice: +1 (937) 681-0098, Email: smari@arys.org.