[hpc-announce] CALL FOR PAPERS Future Generation Computer Systems - Special Issue on Cloud Continuum

[Jean Luca Bez]

CALL FOR PAPERS Future Generation Computer Systems Special Issue
Special Issue on Cloud Continuum

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MOTIVATION AND SCOPE

Cloud computing has become a common commodity with many different
providers and solutions. Several new architectural models are being
developed and applied to ensure scalability, quality of service, and
resilience. The models focus both on the providers, optimizing the use
of their infrastructure, and on the users' side, optimizing the
response times and/or costs. This scenario is becoming more complex
with the possibility of having computing power close to the users on
edge/fog models. A denomination to encompass all this complexity is
Cloud Continuum.

There are already some conferences that have the Cloud Continuum in
their call-for-papers. However, only some of them have explicitly
focused on the applications. We aim to attract a broader range of
papers, from software engineering to High-Performance Computing
applications. All of them will be discussed in the Cloud Continuum
scenario.

The following list includes some of the major topics for this special issue.

    Energy Efficiency
    AI-powered Services
    Security
    IoT Applications
    Architectural Models
    Serverless Computing
    Elasticity
    Storage Virtualization
    Sustainable Models
    Programming Models
    QoS for Applications
    Optimization and Performance Issues
    Communication Protocols
    Big Data
    High-Performance Computing Applications
    Innovative Cloud Applications and Experiences
    Availability and Reliability
    Microservices
    New Models (e.g.,  spot instances)
    Frameworks and APIs
    HPC as a Service

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GUEST EDITORS

Alfredo Goldman
University of São Paulo, Brazil
gold at ime.usp.br

Eduardo Guerra
University of Bolzano, Italy
eduardo.guerra at unibz.it

Jean Luca Bez
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
jlbez at lbl.gov

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IMPORTANT DATES

Submission deadline May 20, 2025
Final deadline for acceptance is February 15th, 2026.

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MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

The FGCS’s submission system (Editorial Manager®) will be open for
submissions to our Special Issue from April 15, 2025. When submitting
your manuscript, please select the article type VSI: Continuum.

All manuscripts must conform to the Guide for Authors
(https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/future-generation-computer-systems/publish/guide-for-authors__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!atLPKZIDE1hkKLcS1QySCsVvigBUwg4AutuqrS_PgAwYdkH4yMgLlqe7QyvAJTrH_pbTwWdosAumAt8utPCdgg$ ).
Papers previously published in a conference must have at least 40% new
content. The page limit for this special issue is 18 pages.