Subject: 2013 International Conference on Cloud Computing and Big Data(CloudCom-Asia) (FuZhou, China, December 16-19, 2013) ========================================================== We apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement. Please disseminate this CFP in any lists you subscribed and among your colleagues/students. We also take this chance to invite you (or anyone from your research group) to contribute papers to this conference. Thanks in advance. ========================================================== International Conference on Cloud Computing and Big Data(CloudCom-Asia) 2013 http://asia2013.cloudcom.org/ FUZHOU LAKESIDE HOTEL, FuZhou ,China, December 16-19, 2013 1. Sponsors 2. Important Dates 3. Topics 4. Keynote Speakers 5. Special Issues 6. Workshops 7. Submission & Publication ============ 1. Sponsors: ============ Sponsored by: Fuzhou University University of Stavanger Fujian Normal University Nanjing University of Post & Telcom Chung Hua University IEEE Computer Society Cloud Computing Association IEEE Cloud Computing Initiative TSCGCC, IEEE Communications Society IEEE Cloud Computing Initiative Fuzhou City Government =================== 2. Important Dates: =================== Submission: Sept. 25, 2013 Notification: Oct. 11, 2013 Camera-ready: Oct. 25, 2013 Author registration: Oct. 25, 2013 Workshop Proposals: June. 30, 2013 ========== 3. Topics: ========== 1. Architecture *Cloud Infrastructure as a Service *Cloud Platform as a Service *Cloud federation and hybrid cloud infrastructure *Programming models and systems/tools *Green data center *Networking technologies for data center *Cloud system design with FPGA, GPU, APU *Monitoring, management and maintenance *Economic and business models *Dynamic resource provisioning 2. MapReduce *Performance characterization and optimization *MapReduce on multi-core, GPU *MapReduce on hybrid distributed environments *MapReduce on opportunistic / heterogeneous computing systems *Extension of the MapReduce programming model *Debugging and simulation of MapReduce systems *Data-intensive applications using MapReduce *Optimized storage for MapReduce applications *Fault-tolerance & Self-* capabilities 3. Security and Privacy *Accountability *Audit in clouds *Authentication and authorization *Cryptographic primitives *Reliability and availability *Trust and credential management *Usability and security *Security and privacy in clouds *Legacy systems migration *Cloud Integrity and Binding Issues 4. Services and Applications *Cloud Service Composition *Query and discovery models for cloud services *Trust and Security in cloud services *Change management in cloud services *Organization models of cloud services *Innovative cloud applications and experiences *Business process and workflow management *Service-Oriented Architecture in clouds 5. Virtualization *Server, storage, network virtualization *Resource monitoring *Virtual desktop *Resilience, fault tolerance *Modeling and performance evaluation *Security aspects *Enabling disaster recovery, job migration *Energy efficient issues 6. HPC on Cloud *Load balancing for HPC clouds *Middleware framework for HPC clouds *Scalable scheduling for HPC clouds *HPC as a Service *Performance Modeling and Management *Programming models for HPC clouds *HPC cloud applications *Optimal cloud deployment for HPC 7. Big Data: *Machine learning *Data mining *Approximate and scalable statistical methods *Graph algorithms *Querying and search *Data Lifecycle Management for Big Data (sources, cleansing, federation, preservation, privacy, etc.) *Frameworks, tools and their composition *Storage and analytic architectures *Performance and debugging *Hardware optimizations for Big Data (multi-core, GPU, networking, etc.) *Data Flow management and scheduling ==================== 4. Keynote Speakers ==================== Academia: Prof. Chunming Rong, University of Stavanger (UiS), Norway Dr. Rajkumar Buyya , University of Melbourne, Australia Dr. Jie Li, University of Tsukuba, Japan Prof. Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Science and Technology(HUST), China ChoŠ\Li Wang, University of Hong Kong, China Industrial: Dr. Wu Chou (Global Head of Huawei IT Lab & Vice President & Chief IT Scientist, China) ================= 5. Special Issues ================= Best Paper Awards will be presented to high quality papers. Selected papers, after further extensions and revisions, will be published in special issues of the following prestigious journals Journal of Internet Technology (ISI Impact Factor = 0.448) International Journal of Cloud Computing (Scopus, EI) ============= 6. Workshops ============= IoT Cloud 2013 The 2nd International Workshop on Cloud Computing for Internet of Things Web:http://asia2013.cloudcom.org/iotcloud2013 Organizer:Geng Yang (yangg@njupt.edu.cn), Junwei Cao (jcao@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn), Xiaolong Xu (uxl@njupt.edu.cn) =========================== 7. Submission & Publication =========================== Manuscripts need to be prepared according to the IEEE CS format (Format Link) For regular papers, the page should be 6-8 pages. For short papers, the page should be 4-6 pages. For workshops, the page should be 6 pages. For poster and demo, the page limit will be 4 pages. All accepted papers will be published by IEEE CPS (EI).