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<span class="style1"> *** Call for Extended Abstracts *** </span>
<span class="style1"> The 3rd Workshop on Cloud Computing and its Applications (CCA) 2011</span>
<span class="style1"> In conjunction with GlobusWorld 2011, April 12th-13th, Argonne, Illinois</span>
<span class="style1"> <a href="http://www.cca11.org/">http://www.cca11.org/</a> </span>
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</span><span class="style1">Dramatic growth in data and equally rapid decline in the cost of highly </span>
<span class="style1">integrated clusters has spurred the emergence of the data center as the platform </span>
<span class="style1">of choice for a growing class of data-intensive applications. To encourage </span>
<span class="style1">conversations between those developing applications, algorithms, software, and </span>
<span class="style1">hardware for such "cloud" platforms, we are convening the third workshop on Cloud </span>
<span class="style1">Computing and Its Applications (CCA11).</span>
<span class="style1">CCA11 will provide reception and poster session on April 12th (Call for Extended </span>
<span class="style1">Abstract - due March 15th), as well as a full day of distinguished invited talks </span>
<span class="style1">on April 13th on cloud computing, data intensive scalable computing, and related </span>
<span class="style1">topics. CCA11 will be held at Argonne National Laboratory (Bldg. 240 Conference </span>
<span class="style1">Center) in Argonne Illinois, just 25 miles west of Chicago, Illinois. </span>
<span class="style1">TENTATIVE PROGRAM</span>
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</span><span class="style1">The tentative program for CCA11 is (the latest updates can be found at </span>
<span class="style1"><a href="http://cca11.org/agenda/">http://cca11.org/agenda/</a>):</span>
<span class="style1">Tuesday, April 12</span>
<span class="style1">5:00pm - 7:00pm Reception and Posters</span>
<span class="style1">Wednesday, April 13</span>
<span class="style1">8:15a - 9:00a Continental Breakfast</span>
<span class="style1">9:00a - 10:00a Keynote</span>
<span class="style1">10:30a - 12:00p Session 1 - Data Center and Cloud Networking</span>
<span class="style1">-Data Center Networks</span>
<span class="style1">-Steven Carter, Cisco Virtual Networks</span>
<span class="style1">1:00p - 2:30p Session 2 - Cloud Software</span>
<span class="style1">-An Introduction to Open Stack</span>
<span class="style1">-Ian Foster, ANL and Univ. of Chicago, Globus Online</span>
<span class="style1">-Best CCA11 Poster Talk</span>
<span class="style1">3:00p - 4:30p Session 3 - Cloud Applications</span>
<span class="style1">-Matt Arrott, UCSD, Ocean Observatories Initiative</span>
<span class="style1">-Alex Szalay, John Hopkins University, Simulation and Large Data</span>
<span class="style1">-Robert Grossman, University of Chicago, Open Science Data Cloud</span>
<span class="style1">4:30p - 5:30p Panel and Discussion</span>
<span class="style1">EXTENDED ABSTRACT TOPICS</span>
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</span><span class="style1"> * compute and storage cloud architectures and implementations</span>
<span class="style1"> * map-reduce and its generalizations</span>
<span class="style1"> * programming models and tools</span>
<span class="style1"> * novel data-intensive computing applications</span>
<span class="style1"> * data intensive scalable computing</span>
<span class="style1"> * distributed data intensive computing</span>
<span class="style1"> * content distribution systems for large data</span>
<span class="style1"> * data management within and across data centers</span>
<span class="style1"> * models, frameworks and systems for cloud security</span>
<span class="style1">IMPORTANT DATES</span>
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</span><span class="style1">Extended Abstract submission: March 15th, 2011</span>
<span class="style1">Acceptance notification: March 22nd, 2011</span>
<span class="style1">Final extended abstracts due: April 1st, 2011</span>
<span class="style1">Workshop date: April 12th-13th, 2011</span>
<span class="style1">EXTENDED ABSTRACT SUBMISSION</span>
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</span><span class="style1">Authors are invited to submit extended abstracts of not more than 2 pages of </span>
<span class="style1">double column text using single spaced 10 point size on 8.5 x 11 inch pages </span>
<span class="style1">(including all text, figures, and references); please use the ACM 8.5 x 11 </span>
<span class="style1">manuscript templates from </span>
<span class="style1"><a href="http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates">http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates</a>. A 150 word abstract </span>
<span class="style1">and the final 2 page extended abstract (PDF format) must be submitted online at </span>
<span class="style1"><a href="https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/CCA2011/">https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/CCA2011/</a> before the deadline of March 15th, </span>
<span class="style1">2011 at 11:59PM PST. The extended abstracts will be reviewed, and accepted </span>
<span class="style1">abstracts will be published online at the CCA11 website (<a href="http://www.cca11.org/">http://www.cca11.org/</a>). </span>
<span class="style1">Notifications of the paper decisions will be sent out by March 22nd, 2011. </span>
<span class="style1">Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and </span>
<span class="style1">present the abstract in the poster session on April 12, 2011. One extended </span>
<span class="style1">abstract will be chosen for a 30-minute presentation slot in the final program, </span>
<span class="style1">which consists of invited leading researchers in Cloud Computing. For more </span>
<span class="style1">information about the poster session, please visit <a href="http://www.cca11.org/">http://www.cca11.org/</a>, or send </span>
<span class="style1">questions to Ioan Raicu (<a href="mailto:iraicu@cs.iit.edu">iraicu@cs.iit.edu</a>). </span>
<span class="style1">WORKSHOP CHAIRS</span>
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</span><span class="style1">* Ian Foster, University of Chicago & Argonne National Laboratory</span>
<span class="style1">* Bob Grossman, University of Chicago</span></pre>
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Ioan Raicu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)
Guest Research Faculty, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
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Data-Intensive Distributed Systems Laboratory, CS/IIT
Distributed Systems Laboratory, MCS/ANL
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