[hpc-announce] Call for Papers: IEEE SC2 2019 (Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Nov. 18-21, 2019) (Early submission due - May 30, 2019)

[C.-H. Hsu]

The 9th IEEE International Symposium on Cloud and Service Computing
Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Nov. 18-21, 2019
http://www.cs.ccu.edu.tw/~conference/sc2-2019/

Dear Colleagues:

We cordially invite you to share your latest research results related to big data analytics and intelligence at the IEEE SC2 2019 conference.  

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CALL FOR PAPERS
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The 'Cloud' is a natural evolution of distributed computing and the widespread adaption of virtualization and Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). Services computing is a new cross-discipline subject that covers the science and technology needed to bridge the gap between business services and IT services. In cloud computing, IT-related capabilities and resources are provided as services, via the Internet and on-demand, accessible without requiring detailed knowledge of the underlying technology.

SC2 2019 is an important forum for researchers and industry practitioners to exchange information regarding advancements in the state of art and practice of IT-driven cloud computing technologies and services, as well as to identify emerging research topics and define the future directions of cloud and services computing.

IEEE SC2 2019 welcomes paper submissions on innovative work from researchers in academia industry and government describing original research work in Big Data. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version (with at least 30% new material) for review and publication in special issues of international journals.

IEEE SC2 2019 will be held on Nov. 18-21, 2019, co-located with IEEE DataCom 2019, IEEE SOCA 2019 and IOV 2019, in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

- Cloud architecture
- Cloud OS, middleware, and toolkits
- Fog / Edge computing
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies and Contracts
- Cloud storage architecture
- Big data infrastructure, systems, methodologies, and applications
- Virtualization techniques
- Resource provision, monitoring, and scheduling
- Privacy and access control for cloud computing
- Performance evaluation and modeling measurement for cloud computing
- Programming models for building cloud applications
- Networking in cloud computing
- Security, privacy and trustworthy in clouds
- Security, privacy and trustworthy for service oriented architectures and systems
- Energy efficient hardware and software solutions
- High availability and reliability
- Large scale cloud applications
- Internet/web computing and data mining
- Volunteer and utility computing
- Green and pervasive computing
- Service oriented architecture
- Discovery of services and data in cloud computing infrastructures
- Foundations of services computing
- Services-centric business models
- Business process integration and management

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PUBLICATION HIGHLIGHTS
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IEEE CS proceedings, indexed by 
 - IEEE Xplore
 - Scopus
 - Compendex EI
 - ACM Digital Library
 - DBLP
 - Google Scholar

Extended version of the selected papers will be invited for publication in prestigious international journals.

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IMPORTANT DATES
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Tutorial/Workshop/Special Session Proposal Due: April 30, 2019

Research Article (early track):
Paper Submission
May 30, 2019
Author Notification
June 15, 2019

Research Article (regular track):
Paper Submission
July 20, 2019
Author Notification
August 31, 2019

Poster/Special Session:
Paper Submission
September 10, 2019
Author Notification
September 26, 2019

Registration Due:
October 10, 2019

Camera ready submission:
October 20, 2019

Official Invitation Letter will be issued upon completion of registration

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PAPER FORMAT AND SUBMISSION
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Authors are invited to submit their original research work that has not previously been submitted or published in any other venue. Papers should be prepared in IEEE CS format and submitted via The EasyChair system.

IEEE formatting information:
http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html

- Proposals for organizing tutorials, workshops and special sessions need to be submitted to the Workshops Chair of the conference. A proposal should include title, theme, scope and main presenters/organizers.

- Research paper (8 pages) should explore a specific technology problem and propose a complete solution to it, with experimental results. 

- Works-in-Progess (WIP) (6 pages) papers are expected to present either work currently in progress or less developed but highly innovative ideas. 

- Demo/Poster papers (4 pages) must describe working systems and be related to SC2. These systems may be innovative prototype implementations or mature systems that use related technology.  Papers/proposals need to be submitted to the Demo/Poster Chair.

- Workshop and Special Session papers need to be submitted to the corresponding workshops and special sessions Chairs. 

All accepted papers in the main tracks, workshops, special sessions and demos/posters will be published in an IEEE Computer Society proceedings. Extended versions of selected excellent papers will be considered for publication in special issues of prestige journals (SCI/EI indexed).

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BEST PAPER AWARDS
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The award committee will select Best Paper/Poster Award(s) and present the winners with an actual frame Award Certificate at the conference banquet.

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ORGANIZING COMMITTEES
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GENERAL CHAIRS
Pangfeng Liu, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Patrick C. K. Hung, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada

PROGRAM CHAIRS
Chao-Tung Yang, Tunghai University, Taiwan
Zibin Zheng, Sun Yat-Sen University, China

Workshop Chairs
Zhikui Chen, Dalian University of Technology, China

Demo & Poster Chair
Wen-Hua Liao, Tatung University, Taiwan

Publication Chair
Li-Hsing Yen, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

Award Chair
Yu-Shang Chang, National Taipei University, Taiwan

Publicity Chair
Mianxiong Dong, Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan
Yuri Demchenko, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Richard Lomotey, Penn State University, USA
Sheng-Lung Peng, National Dong Hua University, Taiwan

Advisory Committee
Anna Kobusinska, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
Shu Tao, IBM Research, USA
Shangguang Wang, BUPT, China
Lizhe Wang, China University of Geosciences, China
Saeid Abolfazli, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Pascal Bouvry, Univ. of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Keqin Li, State University of New York, USA
Ren-Hung Hwang, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan
Daqing Zhang, Institute Mines-Télécom/Télécom SudParis, France
Chung-Nan Lee, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan
Michael Sheng, Macquarie University, Australia
Hong Shen, University of Adelaide, Australia

Steering Committee
Hamid Arabnia, The University of Georgia, USA
Rajkumar Buyya, University of Melbourne, Australia
Chung-Ta King, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
Robert Hsu, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan
H. J. Siegel, Colorado State University, USA
Philip Yu, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Christophe Cérin, Université Paris 13, France
Omer Rana, Cardiff university, UK