[hpc-announce] [Call for Papers][Energies]: Special Issue "Cloud Computing Systems and Energy Efficient Utilization"

[Alexey Lastovetsky]

Energies Special Issue Information
(
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/energies/special_issues/cloud_computing_energy_efficient
)

Dear Colleagues,

In the current digital era, computing is prevalent, and the level of
penetration of computing in society, industry, economy, science, and
engineering will only increase. Therefore, the energy involved in
computing—which was not considered a big issue in the past—is becoming a
grand technological challenge. The proportion of total energy consumption
represented by ICT is rapidly increasing. By 2030, it is predicted to
consume around 50% of all the generated electricity, according to some
prognoses. This situation is not sustainable, and extraordinary efforts are
needed to increase energy efficiency in ICT.

Cloud computing systems have demonstrated exponential growth over the last
decade and quickly become the dominant computing infrastructure. By the end
of 2020, two-thirds of enterprise infrastructure will be cloud-based;
additionally, 82% of the workload will reside in the cloud
(https://techjury.net/stats-about/cloud-computing/). Therefore, any
improvements in the energy efficiency of cloud systems will also improve the
global energy efficiency of computing.

This Special Issue invites submissions addressing all aspects of energy
efficiency in cloud computing systems at all levels. Manuscripts reporting
accurate application-level power and energy predictive models, and energy
measurement methods and tools are particularly welcome. Methods on the
optimization of multiple objectives are also welcome but must include energy
consumption as one of the primary objectives.

Alexey Lastovetsky
Guest Editor

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Keywords
energy of computing
cloud computing
energy efficient computing
energy predictive models
measurement of energy of computing
Published Papers
This special issue is now open for submission.