ins 2011 - Special Issue on "Cloud Computing Service and Architecture Models"

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Special Issue on "Cloud Computing Service and Architecture Models"

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Paper submission deadline: March 31, 2011

Impact Factor: 3.291 (Q1 in Computer Science, Information Systems),
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Cloud computing represents a new paradigm where computing resources
are being offered as services and accessed by others from anywhere in
the world via Internet. In this approach, the cloud is the single
point of access to the computing needs of the cloud users. The cloud
services are characterized by being fully managed by the provider,
being sold on demand, and being elastic as users can have as much of a
service as they need in a particular moment. This new approach
provides important benefits such as cost reduction, higher device and
location independence, higher reliability and scalability, improved
resource utilization, etc. However, there are several open issues that
still need to be addressed such as the loss of control over sensitive
data, the definition of new management and integration models or the
lack of standards.

This special issue of Information Sciences will present a set of
articles that cover recent research results on cloud computing. In
particular, it aims to present highly technical papers describing
novel cloud computing service and architecture models addressing any
of the following specific topics: security, privacy, and trust, mobile
users support and mobile clouds, (self-) management,
infrastructure-platform-application integration, and federation of and
internetworking between clouds.

This special issue is aimed at readers interested in recent and novel
cloud computing models providing a solution to key open problems
existing nowadays at the service and architecture levels.

About the issue

This special issue seeks original articles on the following specific
cloud computing topics:

- Security, Privacy, and Trust models
- Models for supporting mobility in the cloud and mobile clouds
- Fault-tolerance, reliability and consistency models
- Maintenance and (self-)management models
- Infrastructure-platform-application integration models
- Models for creating and managing federations of clouds and
internetworking between clouds (InterClouds)

Important dates

Paper submission: 31-03-2011
Acceptance notification: 31-07-2011
Final papers: 15-10-2011

Submission format

Papers will be evaluated based on their originality, presentation,
relevance and contribution to the field of cloud computing, as well as
their suitability to the special issue, and for their overall quality.
The submitted papers must be written in excellent English and describe
original research which has not been published nor currently under
review by other journals or conferences. Previously published
conference papers should be clearly identified by the authors (at the
submission stage) and an explanation should be provided how such
papers have been extended to be considered for this special issue.
Guest editors will make an initial determination of the suitability
and scope of all submissions. Papers that either lack originality,
clarity in presentation or fall outside the scope of the special issue
will not be sent for review and the authors will be promptly informed
in such cases.

Author guidelines and additional information

Author guidelines for preparation of manuscript can be found at
www.elsevier.com/locate/ins

For more information, please contact the Editor-in-Chief:
Witold Pedrycz
pedrycz-AT-ee.ualberta.ca

Or the corresponding guest editor:
Gregorio Martinez
gregorio-AT-um.es

Submission Guideline

All manuscripts and any supplementary material should be submitted
through Elsevier Editorial System (EES). The authors must select as
“Special Issue: Cloud Computing” when they reach the “Article Type”
step in the submission process. The EES website is located at:
http://ees.elsevier.com/ins/

Guide for Authors

This site will guide you stepwise through the creation and uploading
of you article. The guide for Authors can be found on the journal
homepage (www.elsevier.com/ins).

Guest Editors

Gregorio Martinez (corresponding guest editor)
University of Murcia
30.100 Murcia, Spain
gregorio-AT-um.es

Sherali Zeadally
University of the District of Columbia
Washington, DC, USA
szeadally-AT-udc.edu

Han-Chieh Chao
National Ilan University
I-Lan, Taiwan
hcc-AT-niu.edu.tw

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Gregorio Martinez, PhD
University of Murcia, Spain
http://webs.um.es/gregorio/