[hpc-announce] CFP *DEADLINE EXTENDED*: 11th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC 2018), December 17-20, 2018 in Zurich, Switzerland

[Christopher Hauser]

11th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing 
(UCC 2018), December 17-20, 2018 in Zurich, Switzerland

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DEADLINE EXTENSION: 15 August, 2018

For the main conference (August 15 **extended**) and for workshops (from 
July 15th till September 1st, depending on the workshop)
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Do not miss the opportunity for discussing a full week of cloud and big 
data advances in central Europe at the end of the year on the 11th 
IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC 
2018)! The confernence would take place December 17-20, 2018 in Zurich, 
Switzerland (http://ucc-conference.org/).

IMPORTANT DATES
* 15 August, 2018 (*extended*) is a deadline for:
   - Main conference paper submissions
   - Tutorial proposals
   - Cloud Challenge proposals
   - Doctoral Research Papers
* Poster submissions due: 01 September, 2018
* Workshop submissions due: from July 15 till September 1, 2018 
(depending on the workshop)
* Notification of acceptance for main papers: 15 September, 2018
* Camera ready papers due: 08 October, 2018
* Early and author registration deadline: 08 October, 2018
* Conference: 17-20 December 2018

CONTEXT AND SCOPE
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 
field. UCC 2018, to be held in Zurich, Switzerland, reflects the need to 
bring academics and industrial researchers together to discuss how to 
improve existing services and how to bring new applications into the cloud.

UCC 2018 will have a co-located 5th International Conference on Big Data 
Computing, Applications and Technologies (BDCAT 2018, 
http://bdcat-conference.org/), an embedded Cloud Challenge and a 
subsequent Serverless Symposium.

WORKSHOPS
Please find a full list of workshops at 
http://ucc-conference.org/workshops.html

TOPICS OF INTEREST
UCC Conference topics of interest include but are not limited to:
* Architectural models to achieve Utility in Clouds
* Cloud business and legal implications beyond technology
* Cloud Computing middleware, stacks, tools, delivery networks and 
services at all layers (XaaS)
* Cloud large-scale foundations for Big Data, IoT, and real-time analytics
* Cloud management: autonomic, adaptive, self-*, SLAs, and monitoring
* Cloud-native application design and engineering
* Cloud, Fog and edge/mobile devices management, hierarchy models, and 
business models
* Designs and deployment models for Clouds: private, public, hybrid, 
federated, aggregated
* Economic and business models of Clouds and services
* HPC and the Cloud
* Innovative cloud applications and experiences
* Integration of Cloud systems with edge and IoT devices
* Mobile and energy-efficient use of Clouds
* Networking for clouds and data centres
* Performance analysis and modeling of cloud systems and applications
* Policy languages and programming models
* Principles and theoretical foundations of Utility Computing
* Resource management and scalability: brokering, scheduling, capacity 
planning, and elasticity
* Security, trust and privacy in Clouds
* Utility-driven platforms for Clouds
* Utility-driven models and mechanisms for interclouds / federations
* Virtualization, containerization, composition, orchestration and other 
enablers

CALL FOR PAPERS
[http://ucc-conference.org/pages/ucc-2018-call-for-papers.html]

Authors are invited to submit original unpublished research manuscripts 
that demonstrate current research in all areas of Cloud and Utility as 
well as Big Data 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 and commercial deployments.

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. The proceedings will be published by 
the IEEE Computer Society and will be made available online through the 
IEEE Digital Library, as well as through the ACM Digital Library.

Authors should submit the manuscript in PDF format. All manuscripts will 
be reviewed and will be judged on correctness, originality, technical 
strength, rigour in analysis, quality of results, quality of 
presentation, and interest and relevance to the conference attendees. 
Papers conforming to the above guidelines can be submitted through the 
UCC 2018 paper submission system: 
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ucc2018

Submitted papers must represent original unpublished research that is 
not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Further 
details on the publication instructions and registration information 
will be published on the UCC website.

We invite you to visit the Call for Papers page for more information: 
http://ucc-conference.org/pages/ucc-2018-call-for-papers.html

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