CAS 2011 - 2nd International Workshop on Cloud Applications and Security (CAS11)

2nd International Workshop on Cloud Applications and Security (CAS11) in conjunction with the IEEE 6th International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured Transactions (ICITST - 2011)

December 11-14, 2011, Abu Dhabi, UAE


CAS11 - http://www.edgehill.ac.uk/cas
ICITST-2011 http://www.icitst.org/

Sponsored by IEEE UK/RI Communications Chapter , Infonomics Society, SAP Global and World Scientific, BCS Middle East Section;


Workshop Goal

The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to discuss and advance the state of the art in the development and security of applications utilising Cloud Computing. CAS'10 workshop will provide researchers the opportunity for presenting novel ideas in a less formal and possibly more focused way than the conference itself. It offers a good opportunity for young researchers to present their work and to obtain feedback from an interested community.

Original papers are invited on all relevant topics of Cloud Computing but papers on or related to the topics listed below are particularly welcome.


Workshop Topics

* Cloud applications
* Cloud technology
* Security issues in Cloud
* Legal issues in cloud
* New standards of security and privacy for Cloud application
* Tools and techniques for developing and managing applications in cloud
* New architectures and design methods for developing cloud services
* QoS in Cloud
* Legacy systems in cloud
* Benefits of cloud
* Green utilization of resources in Cloud
* Application of cloud in private and public sectors/ case studies



All the Accepted papers will appear in the proceedings published by IEEE and fully indexed by IEEE Xplore and modified version of selected papers will be published in special issues peer reviewed journals


Important Dates

Paper Submission Date Aug 26, 2011
Notification of Paper Acceptance Sept 30, 2011
Camera Ready Paper Due Oct 14, 2011
Early Registration Deadline Oct 14, 2011
Late Registration Deadline Nov 15, 2011
Conference Dates Dec 11 - 14, 2011

Paper Submission instructions

Full paper should not exceed 6 pages (including all figures, tables, and references). Additional pages cost 25 per page with a maximum of 2 pages.

Paper formatting and submission instructions are available at ICITST -2010 Paper Submission page (URL: http://www.icitst.org/Paper%20Submission.html)

Information on registration, workshop venue and travelling is available at ICITST -10 website http://www.icitst.org/Home.htm


Workshop Chairs

Ella Pereira, Edge Hill University, UK
Michael MacKay, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Mark Anderson, Edge Hill University, UK

Programme Committee

John Haggerty, University of Salford, UK
Andreas Schmietendorf, Otto-von-Guericke-Universitt, Germany
Teh-Sheng Huang, ChungHwa Telecom, Taiwan
Rubem Pereira, LJMU, UK
Denis Reilly, LJMU, UK
Paul Fergus, LJMU, UK
Nagwa Badr, Ain Shams, Egypt
Besim Mustafa, Edge Hill University, UK
Laeeq Ahmed, N-W.F.P University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan
Irfan Awan, University of Bradford, UK
Geyong Min, University of Bradford, UK
Nigel Thomas, Newcastle University, UK
Anne James, Coventry University, UK



For further information regarding the workshop and paper submission, please visit the workshop website http://www.edgehill.ac.uk/cas or contact Workshop Chairs Pereirae-AT-edgehill.ac.uk or M.I.Mackay-AT-ljmu.ac.uk