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

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-AT-scitevents.org
Web: http://www.closer.scitevents.org