CLOSER 2012

CLOSER 2012
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2nd International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science (CLOSER)
Event in series	CLOSER
Dates	2012/04/18 (iCal) - 2012/04/21
Homepage:	www.closer.scitevents.org
Location
Location:	Porto, Portugal
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Important dates
Papers:	2011/11/23
Submissions:	2011/11/23
Notification:	2012/01/26
Camera ready due:	2012/02/15
Table of Contents

Conference Name: 2nd International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science (CLOSER 2012)

Venue: Porto, Portugal

Event Date: 18-21 April, 2012

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The 2nd International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science, CLOSER 2012, focuses on the emerging area of Cloud Computing, inspired by some latest advances that concern the infrastructure, operations, and available services through the global network. Further, the conference considers as essential the link to Services Science, acknowledging the service-orientation in most current IT-driven collaborations. The conference is nevertheless not about the union of these two (already broad) fields, but about Cloud Computing where we are also interested in how Services Science can provide theory, methods and techniques to design, analyze, manage, market etc. Cloud Computing.

Emerging Enterprise Technologies are profoundly changing the way we think of IT - from economics and efficiency to process and usage models. Many organizations look to the “externalized” IT systems and services as a potential cost-savings advantage by moving internally hosted IT services to external providers. Other organizations view the “external” IT as potential disaster recovery systems or as on-demand capacity to boost business continuity and customer service levels. We need to take a closer look, discerning what emerging enterprise technologies are and how they can catalyze creativity and produce a competitive advantage. There is hence a new wave of interest in 'Externalization of IT' - anything as a service (including Software as a Service, Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service), On Demand delivery, outsourcing, and so on. This emerging facilitation and way of utilizing services through IT is what we are referring to as Cloud Computing.

The four perspectives in which we are addressing the area of Cloud Computing in this conference are: (i) Fundamentals of Cloud Computing; (ii) Services Science foundations for Cloud Computing; (iii) Cloud Computing platforms and applications; (iv) Cloud Computing enabling technology.

Conference Areas

Each of these topic areas is expanded below but the sub-topics list is not exhaustive. Papers may address one or more of the listed sub-topics, although authors should not feel limited by them. Unlisted but related sub-topics are also acceptable, provided they fit in one of the following main topic areas:

1. CLOUD COMPUTING FUNDAMENTALS 2. SERVICES SCIENCE FOUNDATION FOR CLOUD COMPUTING 3. CLOUD COMPUTING PLATFORMS AND APPLICATIONS 4. CLOUD COMPUTING ENABLING TECHNOLOGY

AREA 1: CLOUD COMPUTING FUNDAMENTALS

   Cloud Computing Architecture
   Cloud Standards
   Cloud Application Portability
   Cloud Interoperability
   Cloud Delivery Models
   Cloud Deployment Models: Public/Private/Hybrid Cloud
   Cloud Risk, Challenges, and Governance
   Business Cloud vs. Software Cloud

AREA 2: SERVICES SCIENCE FOUNDATION FOR CLOUD COMPUTING

   Semantic Web Technologies
   Web Services
   Service and Systems Design and QoS Network Security
   Service-Oriented Architecture
   Internet of Services
   Service Modeling and Specification
   Service Composition
   Service Discovery
   Service Monitoring and Control
   Business Services Realized by IT Services
   Service Innovation
   Service Operation
   Service Strategy
   Service Marketing and Management
   Information and Service Economy
   Human Beings in Service Systems
   Enterprise Architectures and Services

AREA 3: CLOUD COMPUTING PLATFORMS AND APPLICATIONS

   Mobility
   e-Banking
   Social Networks
   Cloud Middleware Frameworks
   Cloud Application Architectures
   Cloud Application Scalability and Availability
   SaaS, PaaS, IaaS
   COTS and Cloud
   Cloudsourcing
   Cloud Applications Performance and Monitoring
   Development Methods for Cloud Applications
   Economics (ROI, Costs, CAPEX/OPEX,…)
   Outsourced Production Environments
   Collective Intelligence/Crowd Computing
   Context-aware Computing and Peer to Peer Computing
   e-Business
   e-Governance
   e-Health
   e-Learning

AREA 4: CLOUD COMPUTING ENABLING TECHNOLOGY

   Troubleshooting and Best Practices
   Monitoring of Services, Quality of Service, Service Level Agreements
   Cloud Security
   Performance Development and Management
   Cloud Ilities (Scalability, Availability,Reliability)
   Load Balancing
   Autonomic Computing
   Virtualization Technologies
   Utility Computing vs. Cloud Computing
   Grid Computing vs. Cloud Computing
   Disaster Recovery

Important Dates

Conference Date: 18 - 21 April, 2012

Regular Paper Submission: November 23, 2011 Authors Notification (regular papers): January 26, 2012 Final Regular Paper Submission and Registration: February 15, 2012

Secretariat

CLOSER Secretariat

Address: Av. D. Manuel I, 27A, 2º esq., 2910-595 Setubal - Portugal Tel.: +351 265 100 033 Fax: +44 203 014 8638

e-mail: closer.secretariat@scitevents.org Web: http://www.closer.scitevents.org