[Swift-user] CFP: 3rd Cloud Futures Workshop 2012: Hot Topics in Research and Education -- Berkeley CA

[Ioan Raicu]

*3rd Cloud Futures Workshop 2012*: Hot Topics in Research and Education

May 7--8, 2012 | Berkeley, California, United States

*Website:*http://research.microsoft.com/en-US/events/cloudfutures2012/

Cloud computing is an exciting platform for research and education. It 
has the potential to advance scientific and technological progress by 
making data and computing resources readily available at unprecedented 
economy of scale and nearly infinite scalability. To realize the full 
promise of cloud computing for research and education, however, we must 
think about the cloud as a holistic platform for creating new services, 
new experiences, and new methods to pursue research, teaching, and 
scholarly communication. This goal presents a broad range of interesting 
questions.

The Cloud Futures Workshop series brings together thought leaders from 
academia, industry, and government to discuss the role of cloud 
computing across a variety of research and educational areas. 
Presentations, posters and discussions will investigate how new 
programming techniques, software platforms, software engineering and 
methodology, and methods of research and teaching in the cloud may solve 
distinct challenges arising in diverse areas of society.

*General Co-Chairs*

Michaael J Franklin, University of California, Berkeley

Tony Hey, Microsoft Research

*Keynote speakers*

Joseph L Hellerstein, Manager, Big Science , Google Inc.

Yousef Khalidi, Distinguished Engineer, Microsoft Corporation

*Call for Abstracts and Participation*

This year, we are looking for extended abstracts on hot topics in cloud 
computing to be presented at the workshop---either as talks or posters. 
Abstracts should highlight how new techniques and methods of research in 
the cloud may solve distinct challenges arising in diverse areas, 
including computer science, engineering, earth sciences, healthcare, 
humanities, interactive games, life sciences, and social sciences. We 
encourage abstracts that describe practical experiences, experimental 
results, and vision papers. All papers will be peer-reviewed.

*Submission Instructions*

·Submit abstracts of five pages, including references.

·Your submission should include a bio (150 words maximum).

·Submit your abstracts through the online form 
<https://mail.microsoft.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=dnvrQ6rAd065TEvukSGfg1evauXAqs4ImhoW0OYeMkWA_utxcf4W8nIiM7al3R8qGfAQiC3gS70.&URL=https%3a%2f%2fcmt.research.microsoft.com%2fcloudfutures2012%2f>.

*Important Dates*

·Abstracts due: February 29, 2012

·Results available: March 23, 2012

·Workshop: May 7--8, 2012

*About the Workshop*

The Cloud Futures 2012 workshop is a joint venture between the Microsoft 
Research Connections, Azure Research Engagement, and Developer & 
Platform Evangelism Academic groups, and is in association with and 
co-supported by the University of California, Berkeley.

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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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Distributed Systems Laboratory, MCS/ANL
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