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This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ----=BOUNDARY_721757_UILG_OSMX_JJSX_XUEQ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable *** Fifth Call for Papers *** 8th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC 2015) December 07-10, 2015, St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus http://cyprusconferences.org/ucc2015 *** EXTENDED DEADLINE: 17 July, 2015 *** CONTEXT AND SCOPE Cloud Computing delivers computational resources on-demand as services that are commoditized and delivered analogous to traditional utilities such= as electricity, gas, water and telephony. Cloud service offerings for compute, storage and communication resources as well as for hosted software and data are growing at a tremendous rate, and it is essential to understand how to effectively transform these services into Utilities that provide value to b= oth users and providers. There is also increasing interest from commercial providers to offer business and revenue models around the services they offer. Understanding how these models could be used to provide utility for users, intermediary brokers (aggregators) and providers is also an area of active research. UCC is the premier IEEE/ACM conference covering all areas related to Cloud Computing as a Utility and provides an international forum for leading researchers and practitioners in this important and growing fie= ld. UCC 2015, to be held in Cyprus, will happen as Cloud providers worldwide add new services and increase Cloud utility at an accelerated pace, and Clo= ud service users explore new usage modes. This will be the 8th UCC in a successful conference series. Previous events were held in Shanghai, China (Cloud 2009), Melbourne, Australia (Cloud 2010 & UCC 2011), Chennai, India (UCC 2010), Chicago, USA (UCC 2012), Dresden, Germany (UCC2013), and London, UK (UCC 2014). CALL FOR PAPERS Authors are invited to submit original unpublished research manuscripts that demonstrate current research in all areas of Cloud and Utility computing including design and analysis of distributed and centralized Cloud systems, data centre design and engineering, economic and market models for cloud systems, revenue and business models and their applications in scientific, engineering, and commercial deployment. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: =B7 Big Data and Analytics =B7 Principles and theoretical foundations of Utility Computing, including pricing and service models =B7 Policy languages and Programming models =B7 Utility driven model and mechanisms for Cloud federations =B7 Autonomic techniques for Clouds and Cloud applications =B7 Utility-driven platforms for Clouds =B7 Architectural models to achieve Utility in Clouds =B7 Designs and deployment models for Clouds: private, public, hybrid, federated, aggregated =B7 Cloud Computing middleware, stacks, tools, delivery networks and services at all layers (XaaS) =B7 Virtualization technologies and other enablers =B7 Economic models and scenarios of use =B7 Scalability and resource management: brokering, scheduling, capacity planning, parallelism and elasticity, as well as marketplaces =B7 Cloud management: autonomic, adaptive, self-*, SLAs, performance models and monitoring =B7 Applications: games, social networks, scientific computing (e-science) and business =B7 Mobile and energy-efficient use of Clouds =B7 Beyond technology: Cloud business and legal implications, such as security, privacy, trust and jurisdiction, especially in Utility contexts One or more best paper awards will be given for outstanding contributed papers. Further details as well as submission guidelines are available at t= he conference website and below. MANUSCRIPT GUIDELINES Submitted manuscripts should be structured as technical papers and may not exceed ten (10) single-spaced double-column pages using 10-point size font on 8.5x11 inch pages (IEEE conference style), including figures, tables, and references. Electronic submissions must be in the form of a readable PDF file. Manuscripts must be received by July 17, 2015 (extended!). All manuscripts will be reviewed by the Program Committee and evaluated on originality, relevance of the problem to the conference theme, technical strength, rigor in analysis, quality of results, and organization and clari= ty of presentation of the paper. Please use the following Easy Chair link to update your submission: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=3Ducc2015 . Submitted papers must represent original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines will be rejected without review and further acti= on may be taken, including (but not limited to) notifications sent to the head= s of the institutions of the authors and sponsors of the conference. Submissions received after the due date, exceeding length limit, or not appropriately structured may also not be considered. Authors may contact the Program Chairs at the email addressed below for further information or clarificatio= n. Notification of review decisions will be mailed by August 21, 2015. Camera -ready papers are due by September 21, 2015. Published proceedings will be available at the conference. At least one author of each paper must be registered for the conference in order for the paper to be published in the proceedings. There is NO student rate for the author who is responsible for registration for his/her publish= ed paper. If you have more than one accepted paper, you have to register for each one individually. There is no discount if you have two or more papers accepted. Presentation of an accepted paper at the conference is a requirement of publication. Any paper that is not presented at the conference will not be included in IEEE Xplore. SPECIAL ISSUES Selected papers from the conference will be invited to submit an extended version to the IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing. Papers will be selected based on their reviewers' scores and appropriateness to the journal's theme. All extended versions will undergo reviews and must represent original unpublished research work. Further details will be made available at the conference webpage. IMPORTANT DATES =B7 Paper submissions due: 17 July, 2015 (extended!) =B7 Notification of acceptance: 21 August, 2015 =B7 Camera ready papers due: 21 September, 2015 =B7 Early and author registration deadline: 21 September, 2015 COMMITTEES General Chairs =B7 Ashiq Anjum, University of Derby, UK =B7 George Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus Program Committee Chairs =B7 Manish Parashar, Rutgers University, USA (parashar AT rutgers.edu) =B7 Omer Rana, Cardiff University, UK (ranaof AT cardiff.ac.uk) Standards/Plug-fest Chair =B7 Alan Sill, Texas Tech, USA & Open Grid Forum Workshops Chairs =B7 Ilkay Altintas, SDSC, USA (altintas AT sdsc.edu) =B7 Josef Spillner, TU Dresden, Germany (josef.spillner AT tu-dresden.de) Tutorials Chairs =B7 Ewa Deelman, USC, USA (deelman AT isi.edu) =B7 Rafael Tolosana, Univ. of Zaragoza, Spain (rafaelt AT unizar.es) Posters Chair =B7 Khalid Elgazzar, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada PhD Symposium Chair =B7 Kenneth Johnson, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand Cloud Challenge 2015 Chair =B7 Ian Taylor, Cardiff University, UK Industry Chair =B7 Achilleas Achilleos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Proceedings Chairs =B7 Nick Antonopoulos, University of Derby, UK =B7 George Palis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Publicity Chair =B7 Georgia Kapitsaki, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Program Committee http://cyprusconferences.org/ucc2015/?page_id=3D281 -------------------------------------------------------------------- This is not SPAM. 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*** Fifth Call for Papers ***
8th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud
Comp= uting (UCC 2015)

December 07-10, 2015, St. Raphael Resort, Limassol,= Cyprus

http://cypr= usconferences.org/ucc2015

*** EXTENDED DEADLINE: 17 July= , 2015 ***


CONTEXT AND SCOPE=

Cloud Computing delivers computational resources on-demand as servi= ces
that are commoditized and delivered analogous to traditional utiliti= es such as
electricity, gas, water and telephony. Cloud service offering= s for compute,
storage and communication resources as well as for hosted= software and data
are growing at a tremendous rate, and it is essential= to understand how to
effectively transform these services into Utilitie= s that provide value to both
users and providers. There is also increasi= ng interest from commercial
providers to offer business and revenue mode= ls around the services they
offer. Understanding how these models could = be used to provide utility for
users, intermediary brokers (aggregators)= and providers is also an area of
active research. UCC is the premier IE= EE/ACM conference covering all areas
related to Cloud Computing as a Uti= lity and provides an international forum
for leading researchers and pra= ctitioners in this important and growing field.
UCC 2015, to be held in = Cyprus, will happen as Cloud providers worldwide
add new services and in= crease Cloud utility at an accelerated pace, and Cloud
service users exp= lore new usage modes.

This will be the 8th UCC in a successful confe= rence series. Previous events
were held in Shanghai, China (Cloud 2009),= Melbourne, Australia (Cloud 2010
& UCC 2011), Chennai, India (UCC 2= 010), Chicago, USA (UCC 2012), Dresden,
Germany (UCC2013), and London, U= K (UCC 2014).


CALL FOR PAPERS

Authors are invited to subm= it original unpublished research manuscripts that
demonstrate current re= search in all areas of Cloud and Utility computing
including design and = analysis of distributed and centralized Cloud systems,
data centre desig= n and engineering, economic and market models for cloud
systems, revenue= and business models and their applications in scientific,
engineering, = and commercial deployment.

Topics of interest include but are not li= mited to:

• Big Data and Analytics

• Principles and= theoretical foundations of Utility Computing, including
pricing and = service models

• Policy languages and Programming models
• Utility driven model and mechanisms for Cloud federations

&#= 149; Autonomic techniques for Clouds and Cloud applications

• U= tility-driven platforms for Clouds

• Architectural models to ac= hieve Utility in Clouds

• Designs and deployment models for Clo= uds: private, public, hybrid,
federated, aggregated

• Clo= ud Computing middleware, stacks, tools, delivery networks and
servic= es at all layers (XaaS)

• Virtualization technologies and other= enablers

• Economic models and scenarios of use

• = Scalability and resource management: brokering, scheduling, capacity
= planning, parallelism and elasticity, as well as marketplaces

•= Cloud management: autonomic, adaptive, self-*, SLAs, performance
mod= els and monitoring

• Applications: games, social networks, scie= ntific computing (e-science)
and business

• Mobile and en= ergy-efficient use of Clouds

• Beyond technology: Cloud busines= s and legal implications, such as
security, privacy, trust and jurisd= iction, especially in Utility contexts

One or more best paper awards= will be given for outstanding contributed
papers. Further details as we= ll as submission guidelines are available at the
conference website and = below.


MANUSCRIPT GUIDELINES

Submitted manuscripts shou= ld be structured as technical papers and
may not exceed ten (1= 0) single-spaced double-column pages using
10-point size font on 8.5x11= inch pages (IEEE conference style), including
figures, tables, and refe= rences.

Electronic submissions must be in the form of a readable PDF= file.
Manuscripts must be received by July 17, 2015 (exte= nded!). All
manuscripts will be reviewed by the Program Committee and ev= aluated on
originality, relevance of the problem to the conference theme= , technical
strength, rigor in analysis, quality of results, and organiz= ation and clarity
of presentation of the paper.

Please use the fo= llowing Easy Chair link to update your submission:
https://easychair.org/conferences/= ?conf=3Ducc2015 .

Submitted papers must represent original unpub= lished research that is not
currently under review for any other confere= nce or journal. Papers not
following these guidelines will be rejected w= ithout review and further action
may be taken, including (but not limite= d to) notifications sent to the heads of
the institutions of the authors= and sponsors of the conference. Submissions
received after the due date= , exceeding length limit, or not appropriately
structured may also not b= e considered. Authors may contact the Program
Chairs at the email addres= sed below for further information or clarification.
Notification of revi= ew decisions will be mailed by August 21, 2015. Camera
-ready papers are= due by September 21, 2015. Published proceedings will
be available at t= he conference.

At least one author of each paper must be registered = for the conference in
order for the paper to be published in the proceed= ings. There is NO student
rate for the author who is responsible for reg= istration for his/her published
paper. If you have more than one accepte= d paper, you have to register for
each one individually. There is no dis= count if you have two or more papers
accepted. Presentation of an accept= ed paper at the conference is a
requirement of publication. Any paper th= at is not presented at the
conference will not be included in IEEE Xplo= re.


SPECIAL ISSUES

Selected papers from the conference wi= ll be invited to submit an extended
version to the IEEE Transactions on = Cloud Computing. Papers will be selected
based on their reviewers' score= s and appropriateness to the journal's theme.
All extended versions will= undergo reviews and must represent original
unpublished research work. = Further details will be made available at the
conference webpage.

IMPORTANT DATES

• Paper submissions due: 17 July, 2015 (ex= tended!)
• Notification of acceptance: 21 August, 2015
• Ca= mera ready papers due: 21 September, 2015

• Early and author r= egistration deadline: 21 September, 2015


COMMITTEES

Gener= al Chairs

• Ashiq Anjum, University of Derby, UK
• Geor= ge Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus

Program Committee Chairs
• Manish Parashar, Rutgers University, USA (parashar AT rutgers.edu)=
• Omer Rana, Cardiff University, UK (ranaof AT cardiff.ac.uk)
<= br>Standards/Plug-fest Chair

• Alan Sill, Texas Tech, USA &= Open Grid Forum

Workshops Chairs

• Ilkay Altintas, SDSC= , USA (altintas AT sdsc.edu)
• Josef Spillner, TU Dresden, Germany = (josef.spillner AT tu-dresden.de)

Tutorials Chairs

• Ewa= Deelman, USC, USA (deelman AT isi.edu)
• Rafael Tolosana, Univ. of= Zaragoza, Spain (rafaelt AT unizar.es)

Posters Chair

• = Khalid Elgazzar, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada

PhD Symposium = Chair

• Kenneth Johnson, Auckland University of Technology, Ne= w Zealand

Cloud Challenge 2015 Chair

• Ian Taylor, Cardi= ff University, UK

Industry Chair

• Achilleas Achilleos, = University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Proceedings Chairs

• Nick A= ntonopoulos, University of Derby, UK
• George Palis, University of = Cyprus, Cyprus

Publicity Chair

• Georgia Kapitsaki, Univ= ersity of Cyprus, Cyprus

Program Committee

http://cyprusconferences.org/= ucc2015/?page_id=3D281

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