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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_823150_PKKV_BWRF_KMSJ_HPLV Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable *** Final Call for Posters & Demos and Doctoral Symposium *** 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: 7 September, 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). TOPICS OF INTEREST =B7 Formal Modeling and analysis of Cloud Computing =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 All accepted contributions (Posters & Demos and Doctoral Symposim) will appear in the UCC 2015 Conference Proceedings. The proceedings will be published by the IEEE Computer Society and will be made available online through the IEEE Digital Library. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES FOR POSTERS & DEMOS Authors are invited to submit original unpublished research posters and demos to the UCC 2015 conference. The submission areas of interest include but are not limited to the topics listed above. Authors are required to submit a 2-page short paper describing the poster/demo content, research, relevance and importance to the cloud computing community. If accepted, these 2-page short papers will be published in the proceedings of the conference. Participants will be able to display the poster and showcase the demo during the conference. Authors are invited to submit their contributions electronically through EasyChair: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=3Ducc2015posters The authors of accepted posters will be given a 3-minutes time slot to present their work, following the three minutes thesis (3MT) style, at the UCC 2015 Poster Session. The authors will also present their posters and discuss their research with the conference attendees and visitors in the poster exhibition session. The recommended poster size is A0 (33.1 x 46.8 in, portrait). The best poster will receive a best poster award based on evaluation rating from the Award/Review Committee. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES FOR DOCTORAL SYMPOSIUM The aim of the Doctoral Symposium of UCC 2015 is to provide PhD students at all stages of their research a supportive environment to discuss their research proposal, practices and methods, and to promote networking and collaboration.The Doctoral Symposium is an opportunity for students to obtain helpful feedback of their research from leading academics and practitioners in cloud computing technology. PhD Students are invited to submit new contributions describing their research. The submission areas of interest include but are not limited to the topics listed above. Submissions will be assessed by at least three members of the Program Committee. They will be evaluated on the basis of their relevance to the UCC conference series, research potential, and the quality and rigour of the research methods described. All contributions must be in IEEE double-column format, available for downl= oad: https://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.ht= ml and should describe, in English, original work that has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. PDF versions of papers should be submitted electronically via EasyChair, using the link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=3Ducc20150 We solicit three categories of contributions: =B7 Doctoral Research Papers, maximum 6 pages =B7 Extended Research Abstracts, maximum 4 pages =B7 Posters Presentations, maximum 2 pages. IMPORTANT DATES =B7 All types of submissions due: 7 September, 2015 (extended deadline!) =B7 Notification of Acceptance for all types of submission: 18 September, 2= 015 =B7 Camera-Ready version due for all types of submission: 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/Demos Chair =B7 Khalid Elgazzar, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada PhD Symposium Chair =B7 Kenneth Johnson, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand Cloud Challenge 2015 Chairs =B7 Sandra Gesing, University of Notre Dame, USA =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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*** Final Call for Posters &= Demos and Doctoral Symposium ***

8th IEEE/ACM International Con= ference on Utility and Cloud
Computing (UCC 2015)

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

http://cyprusconferences.org/ucc2015

**= * EXTENDED DEADLINE: 7 September, 2015 ***


CONTEXT AND SCOPE

Cloud Computing delivers computatio= nal resources on-demand as services
that are commoditized and delivered = analogous to traditional utilities such as
electricity, gas, water and t= elephony. Cloud service offerings for compute,
storage and communication= resources as well as for hosted software and data
are growing at a trem= endous rate, and it is essential to understand how to
effectively transf= orm these services into Utilities that provide value to both
users and p= roviders. There is also increasing interest from commercial
providers to= offer business and revenue models around the services they
offer. Under= standing how these models could be used to provide utility for
users, in= termediary brokers (aggregators) and providers is also an area of
active= research. UCC is the premier IEEE/ACM conference covering all areas
rel= ated to Cloud Computing as a Utility and provides an international forumfor leading researchers and practitioners in this important and growing fi= eld.
UCC 2015, to be held in Cyprus, will happen as Cloud providers worl= dwide
add new services and increase Cloud utility at an accelerated pace= , and Cloud
service users explore new usage modes.

This will be t= he 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).


TOPICS OF INTEREST=

· Formal Modeling and analysis of Cloud Computing

&mi= ddot; Big Data and Analytics

· Principles and theoretical fou= ndations of Utility Computing, including
pricing and service models
· Policy languages and Programming models

· Util= ity driven model and mechanisms for Cloud federations

· Auton= omic techniques for Clouds and Cloud applications

· Utility-d= riven platforms for Clouds

· Architectural models to achieve = Utility in Clouds

· Designs and deployment models for Clouds:= private, public, hybrid,
federated, aggregated

· Cloud= Computing middleware, stacks, tools, delivery networks and
services= at all layers (XaaS)

· Virtualization technologies and other= enablers

· Economic models and scenarios of use

&midd= ot; Scalability and resource management: brokering, scheduling, capacity planning, parallelism and elasticity, as well as marketplaces

&m= iddot; Cloud management: autonomic, adaptive, self-*, SLAs, performance
= models and monitoring

· Applications: games, social networ= ks, scientific computing (e-science)
and business

· Mob= ile and energy-efficient use of Clouds

· Beyond technology: C= loud business and legal implications, such as
security, privacy, trus= t and jurisdiction, especially in Utility contexts

All accepted cont= ributions (Posters & Demos and Doctoral Symposim) will
appear in the= UCC 2015 Conference Proceedings. The proceedings will be
published by t= he IEEE Computer Society and will be made available online
through the I= EEE Digital Library.


SUBMISSION GUIDELINES FOR POSTERS & DEM= OS

Authors are invited to submit original unpublished research poste= rs and
demos to the UCC 2015 conference. The submission areas of interes= t
include but are not limited to the topics listed above.

Authors= are required to submit a 2-page short paper describing the
poster/demo = content, research, relevance and importance to the cloud
computing commu= nity. If accepted, these 2-page short papers will be
published in the pr= oceedings of the conference. Participants will be able to
display the po= ster and showcase the demo during the conference. Authors
are invited to= submit their contributions electronically through EasyChair:

https://= www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=3Ducc2015posters

The authors= of accepted posters will be given a 3-minutes time slot to
present thei= r work, following the three minutes thesis (3MT) style, at the
UCC 2015 = Poster Session. The authors will also present their posters and
discuss = their research with the conference attendees and visitors in the
poster = exhibition session. The recommended poster size is A0
(33.1 x 46.8 in, p= ortrait).

The best poster will receive a best poster award based on = evaluation rating
from the Award/Review Committee.


SUBMISSION= GUIDELINES FOR DOCTORAL SYMPOSIUM

The aim of the Doctoral Symposium= of UCC 2015 is to provide PhD
students at all stages of their research = a supportive environment to
discuss their research proposal, practices a= nd methods, and to promote
networking and collaboration.The Doctoral Sym= posium is an opportunity
for students to obtain helpful feedback of thei= r research from leading
academics and practitioners in cloud computing t= echnology.

PhD Students are invited to submit new contributions desc= ribing their
research. The submission areas of interest include but are = not limited to
the topics listed above.

Submissions will be asses= sed by at least three members of the Program
Committee. They will be eva= luated on the basis of their relevance to the
UCC conference series, res= earch potential, and the quality and rigour of
the research methods desc= ribed.

All contributions must be in IEEE double-column format, avail= able for download:

https://www.ieee.org/conferences_e= vents/conferences/publishing/templates.html

and should describe,= in English, original work that has not been published
or submitted for = publication elsewhere. PDF versions of papers should be
submitted electr= onically via EasyChair, using the link:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf= =3Ducc20150

We solicit three categories of contributions:
· Doctoral Research Papers, maximum 6 pages
· Extended Re= search Abstracts, maximum 4 pages
· Posters Presentations, maximu= m 2 pages.


IMPORTANT DATES

· All types of submissi= ons due: 7 September, 2015 (extended deadline!)
· Notification of= Acceptance for all types of submission: 18 September, 2015
· Cam= era-Ready version due for all types of submission: 21 September, 2015

COMMITTEES

General Chairs

· Ashiq Anjum, Univers= ity of Derby, UK
· George Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus
<= br>Program Committee Chairs

· Manish Parashar, Rutgers Univer= sity, USA (parashar AT rutgers.edu)
· Omer Rana, Cardiff Universi= ty, UK (ranaof AT cardiff.ac.uk)

Standards/Plug-fest Chair

&m= iddot; Alan Sill, Texas Tech, USA & Open Grid Forum

Workshops Ch= airs

· Ilkay Altintas, SDSC, USA (altintas AT sdsc.edu)
&m= iddot; 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/Demos Chair

· Khalid Elgazzar, Que= en's University, Kingston, Canada

PhD Symposium Chair

·= ; Kenneth Johnson, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

C= loud Challenge 2015 Chairs

· Sandra Gesing, University of Not= re Dame, USA
· Ian Taylor, Cardiff University, UK

Industry= Chair

· Achilleas Achilleos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Proceedings Chairs

· Nick Antonopoulos, University of De= rby, UK
· George Palis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Publi= city Chair

· Georgia Kapitsaki, University of Cyprus, Cyprus<= br>
Program Committee

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