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@scitevents.org Web: http://www.closer.scitevents.org