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[message_box title=”” color=”blue”]Download<\/a>\u00a0the UCC 2015 Call for Workshops.[\/message_box]<\/p>\n

Cloud Computing promises to deliver computational resources on demand as\u00a0services that are commoditised and delivered as in traditional utilities such\u00a0as electricity, gas, water and telephony. Utility with Cloud services can\u00a0already be achieved for compute, storage and communication resources but also\u00a0for hosted software and data. UCC is the premier IEEE\/ACM conference covering\u00a0all areas related to Cloud Computing as a Utility. There is also increasing\u00a0interest from commercial providers to offer business and revenue models around\u00a0the services they offer. Understanding how these models could be used to\u00a0provide utility for both users, intermediary brokers (aggregators) and\u00a0providers will also be of interest for this conference.<\/p>\n

This will be the 8th UCC in a successful conference series. Previous events\u00a0were held in Shanghai, China (Cloud 2009), Melbourne, Australia (Cloud 2010 &\u00a0UCC 2011), Chennai, India (UCC 2010), Chicago, USA (UCC 2012), Dresden,\u00a0Germany (UCC 2013) and London, UK (UCC 2014). UCC 2015 happens while cloud\u00a0providers worldwide add new services and increase utility at an accelerated\u00a0pace and is therefore of high relevance for both academic and industrial\u00a0research.<\/p>\n

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:<\/h4>\n

\u2022 Big Data and Analytics
\n\u2022 Principles and theoretical foundations of Utility Computing, including\u00a0pricing and service models
\n\u2022 Policy languages and Programming models
\n\u2022 Utility driven model and mechanisms for Cloud federations
\n\u2022 Autonomic techniques for Clouds and Cloud applications
\n\u2022 Utility-driven platforms for Clouds
\n\u2022 Architectural models to achieve Utility in Clouds
\n\u2022 Designs and deployment models for Clouds: private, public, hybrid, federated,\u00a0aggregated
\n\u2022 Cloud Computing middleware, stacks, tools, delivery networks and services at\u00a0all layers (XaaS)
\n\u2022 Virtualization and containerization technologies and other enablers
\n\u2022 Economic models and scenarios of use
\n\u2022 Scalability and resource management: brokering, scheduling, capacity\u00a0planning, parallelism and elasticity, as well as marketplaces
\n\u2022 Cloud management: autonomic, adaptive, self-*, SLAs, performance models and\u00a0monitoring
\n\u2022 Applications: games, social networks, scientific computing (e-science) and\u00a0business, and personal data analytics
\n\u2022 Mobile and energy-efficient use of Clouds
\n\u2022 Beyond technology: Cloud business and legal implications, such as security,\u00a0privacy, trust and jurisdiction especially in Utility contexts<\/p>\n

Important Dates<\/span><\/h4>\n
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  • Workshop Proposals Due: 8 May, 2015<\/li>\n
  • Notification of Acceptance: 22 May, 2015<\/li>\n
  • URL of Workshop: 5 June, 2015<\/li>\n
  • Camera-ready & Registration: 21 September, 2015<\/li>\n
  • Workshops: 7-10 December, 2015<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    Format<\/span><\/h4>\n

    Proposals should be submitted in PDF Format<\/p>\n

    Submission<\/h4>\n

    Workshop proposals and any enquiries should be sent by e-mail to the workshops\u00a0chairs<\/p>\n

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    \u0130lkay Alt\u0131nta\u015f <altintas@sdsc.edu>
    \nJosef Spillner <josef.spillner@tu-dresden.de><\/p>\n

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    Proposal Requirements<\/h4>\n

    Proposals for workshops should be no more than 2 pages in length. This should\u00a0contain the following information.<\/p>\n

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    1. Title and brief technical description of the workshop, specifying the goals\u00a0and the technical issues that will be the focus of the workshop.<\/li>\n
    2. A brief description of why and to whom the workshop is of interest.<\/li>\n
    3. A list of related workshops or similar events held in the last 3 years, or\u00a0to be held in 2015.<\/li>\n
    4. The names and contact information (web page, email address) of the proposed\u00a0technical program committee. This committee should consist of at least 10\u00a0people knowledgeable about the technical issues to be addressed and preferably\u00a0not more than two members of the same institution. Ideally, there should also\u00a0be two organizers from distinct institutions.<\/li>\n
    5. A description of the qualifications of the organizers (who would be the\u00a0Workshop Chairs) with respect to organizing this workshop. This can include\u00a0papers published in the proposed topic area, previous workshop organization,\u00a0and other relevant information.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

       <\/p>\n

      Responsibilities<\/h4>\n

      Workshop chair(s) will be responsible for the following:<\/p>\n

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      1. Producing a web page and a \u201cCall for Papers\/Participation\u201d for their\u00a0workshop. The URL should be sent to the UCC Workshops chairs. The call must\u00a0make it clear that the workshop is open to all members of the Cloud, Big Data,\u00a0Grid and Cluster Computing community. It should mention that at least one\u00a0author of each accepted submission must attend the workshop and that all\u00a0workshop participants must pay the UCC 2015 workshop day registration fee or\u00a0the conference fee. The CfP should make it clear that the registration of at\u00a0least one author requires the full (non-student, non-workshop) rate.<\/li>\n
      2. Ensure that all workshop papers are a maximum of 6 pages in length (in IEEE\u00a0format). It is the responsibility of the workshop organizers to ensure that\u00a0this page limit has been adhered to. Additional pages may be purchased (in some\u00a0circumstances) subject to approval by the proceedings chair.<\/li>\n
      3. Provide a brief description of the workshop for the conference web page and\u00a0program.<\/li>\n
      4. Selecting the participants and the format of the workshop. The publication\u00a0of proceedings will be by the IEEE in the same volume as the main conference.\u00a0The acceptance notification (by workshop chairs) therefore should be the same\u00a0as \u201cconference paper acceptance\u201d notification (i.e. the dates should be the\u00a0same). All other details can be up to workshop organizers to set.<\/li>\n
      5. Advertising the workshop beyond the conference web page.<\/li>\n
      6. Assistance in producing a camera-ready version of the workshop proceedings.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

         <\/p>\n

        Important Notes<\/h4>\n
          \n
        1. If the workshop is too small (i.e. does not attract enough submissions) the\u00a0UCC 2015 Organizing Committee may decide to merge that workshop with another.\u00a0So we encourage workshop organizers to attract a large community. In extreme\u00a0situations we may also cancel workshops if there are not enough submissions.<\/li>\n
        2. Workshop organizers must ensure that suitable quality measures have been\u00a0taken to ensure that the accepted papers are of high quality. All papers must\u00a0be reviewed by an International Technical Program Committee with a minimum of 3\u00a0reviews per paper. The workshop organizers should also try to observe an\u00a0acceptance rate that is no higher than 50%.<\/li>\n
        3. Unless indicated on the UCC website, there will be no travel support and\u00a0no registration discounts for authors and organizers.<\/li>\n
        4. Workshops are not automatically endorsed by IEEE or ACM and should not use\u00a0the names of these organisations in their titles.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

           <\/p>\n

          The UCC 2015 Conference Organizing Committee will be responsible for the following:<\/p>\n

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          • Providing a link to a workshop’s local page.<\/li>\n
          • Providing logistics support and a meeting place for the workshop.<\/li>\n
          • In conjunction with the organizers, determining the workshop date and time.<\/li>\n
          • Providing copies of the workshop proceedings to attendees.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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