CFP: 3rd International IBM Cloud Academy Conference ICACON 2015, May 20-22, 2015, Budapest, Hungary

[AICCSA 2016]

CALL FOR PAPERS/POSTERS

and REGISTRATION

The IBM Cloud Academy,
IBM Centers for Advanced Studies and
Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME)
invite you to the
3rd  International IBM Cloud Academy Conference
ICA CON 2015
Wednesday through Friday, May 20-22, 2015
at Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME)
Budapest, Hungary

Conference website can be found at
http://www.ibm.com/solutions/    education/cloudacademy/us/en/   
cloud_academy_conference_2015.   
html<http://www.ibm.com/solutions/education/cloudacademy/us/en/cloud_a...
or
http://icacon2015.inf.mit.bme.    hu/<http://icacon2015.inf.mit.bme.hu/>

Paper extended abstracts/poster abstracts can be submitted at
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icacon2015
And please to be sure to register at
http://icacon2015.inf.mit.bme.   
hu/registration-information/<http://icacon2015.inf.mit.bme.hu/registration-information/>
Best papers will be published in a special issue of the International Journal of Cloud
Computing
For more information, contact conference general co-chairs
Andy Rindos ([e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>) or Andras Pataricza
([e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>)



ICA CON 2015, the 3rd International IBM Cloud Academy Conference, will provide an exciting
opportunity for educators and researchers to share ideas and experiences in cloud
computing. The conference is open to both K-12 and higher education institutions already
implementing cloud technologies and services, or considering doing so.

The program will include invited keynotes, technical papers, position papers, workshops
and a technology showcase. The technical papers portion of the conference program will
feature experience reports and original research papers. The technology showcase will
feature poster presentations and demonstrations on cloud computing research or
implementations in progress. Selected papers from conference proceedings will be published
as special issues of the International Journal of Cloud Computing /
IJCC<http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalCODE=ijcc> .

ICA CON 2015 will be an excellent venue for presenting original work, exchanging new
ideas, embracing cloud technologies, sharing results and experiences, and networking with
other leading institutions who are already implementing cloud solutions.

Call for Papers

We invite submission of papers and posters on the use of cloud computing for educational
and research purposes. Of particular interest will be submissions featuring original
research or experience reports that address how the transition to cloud computing is
helping to transform education. The latter is intended to facilitate the sharing of best
practices with real-world examples illustrating improvements in quality, outcomes, lessons
learned and return-on-investment.

A range of topics relevant to cloud computing in education and research will be
considered. Here are some areas to show the range of interests and possibilities:

Institutional Strategy and Planning for Cloud Computing

     *   Building the institution's future infrastructure on a cloud
     *   Culture change challenges in transitioning to cloud computing
     *   Economic Models of, and Economic Development through, Cloud Computing
     *   Financial impact and benefits of cloud computing
     *   Roadmap for adoption, integration and transition to cloud computing
Data Management and Analytics on the Cloud
     *   Business Intelligence for education and research purposes using cloud computing
     *   Natural language processing, analytics and predictive analytics in cloud
environments
     *   Big Data in clouds
     *   Storage management and clouds
     *   Mobile and Internet of Things (IoT) support in clouds
User Productivity with Cloud Computing
     *   Collaboration using cloud computing
     *   Enhancing accessibility through cloud services
     *   Workloads and Use Cases of cloud for education and research
Cloud Computing Implementation Strategies
     *   Building Green Data Centers
     *   Data Center migration to cloud computing
     *   Energy Management Considerations
     *   Integration and workflow of cloud services
     *   Impact on IT Infrastructure Management with cloud computing
     *   IT Service and Relationship Management (Business and IT)
     *   Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Software as
a Service (SaaS)
     *   Software development services with cloud computing
Research Computing in the Cloud
     *   High Performance Computing and cloud computing
     *   Research computing models using cloud computing
Pedagogical Impact of Cloud Computing
     *   Impact on learning and teaching with cloud computing
     *   Delivering educational resources via a cloud
     *   New and Innovative Pedagogical Approaches with cloud
     *   Service Sciences, Management and Engineering (SSME)
Standards and Open Source Strategies for Cloud Computing
     *   Innovations in IP (especially as relates to Open Source)
     *   Open standards for cloud computing
Systems Management in a Cloud Computing Environment
     *   Service level agreements and clouds
     *   Security, identity, trust and privacy on clouds
     *   Software licensing in education for cloud computing


Papers/posters on the implementation and research issues associated with various
commercial or open source virtualization technologies, management and security policies
and user applications are also encouraged, as there is presently significant interest in
these areas within the academy community.

A separate workshop on cloud computing and delivered services is being organized for
Wednesday, May 20.

Important dates

December 10, 2014
Call for papers/posters; website open for submissions

March 6, 2015
Deadline - short papers (approx. 2 pages)/poster descriptions due

March 27, 2015
Acceptance notification to authors/presenters of papers/posters for conference

April 25, 2015
Full papers due for preliminary proceedings

May 20-22, 2015
ICA CON 2015 in Budapest, Hungary

Review Procedure

All submissions will be peer reviewed by appropriate domain experts among those listed on
the Program Reviewers Committee. The reviewers know that the ICA CON 2015 conference aims
to produce innovative as well as quality work, and that authors of selected papers /
presentations will be selected and invited to have work published in special issues of the
International Journal of Cloud Computing /
IJCC<http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalCODE=ijcc>;.

Submission Format

Paper and poster submissions should follow the guidelines below:

     *   For paper submissions, provide an initial short paper (extended abstract) up to 2
pages in length; final conference paper submissions should not exceed 10 pages (selected
IJCC submissions can be longer)
     *   For poster submissions, provide an abstract up to 2 paragraphs in length
     *   Anonymized (remove author names and affiliations) for the review process.
     *   To facilitate the subsequent publication of selected manuscripts, we suggest you
check with the guidelines used by the International Journal of Cloud Computing at the
outset: Submissions
guidelines<http://www.ibm.com/links/?prompt=1&url=http://www.inder...
(http://www.    inderscience.com/mapper.php?   
id=31<http://www.inderscience.com/mapper.php?id=31>)
Submission implies willingness of at least one author to register and present at the
conference.

For more information, contact conference general co-chairs Andy Rindos
([e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>) or Andras Pataricza
([e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>)
______________________________    ______________________________    __________
General Chairs:
Andy Rindos (IBM)
Andras Pataricza (BME)

Program Chairs:
Imre Kocsis (BME)
Zsolt Kocsis (IBM)
Alisha Malloy (NCCU)
Diem Ho (IBM)
Yi Pan (GSU)

Steering Committee Chair:
Yaser Jararweh (JUST)

Proceedings Chair:
Alisha Malloy (NCCU)

Organizational Chair:
Nikol Biro (BME)

Program / Reviewers Committee:
Amy Apon (Clemson)
Shivnath Babu (Duke)
Michel Bezy (CMU)
Bob Brookshire (U of SC)
Larry Burton (Greensboro College)
Anu Chirinos (FIU)
Rada Chirkova (NC State)
Michael Devetsikiotis (NC State)
Mac Devine (IBM SoftLayer)
Prasun Dewan (UNC)
Michael Fern (UNC)
Mark Gardner (VA Tech)
Robert Geist (Clemson)
Clay Gloster (NCA&T)
László Gönczy (BME)
Donna Grant (NCCU)
Jerzy Greblicki  (Wroclaw Polytechnic)
Adam Grzech (Wroclaw Polytechnic)
Feng Gu (College of Staten Island)
Sándor Guba (BME)
Milt Halem (UMBC)
Jason Hallstrom (Clemson)
Charaf Hassan (BME)
Jieyue He (Southeast U)
Selena He (Kennesaw State)
Kevin Jeffay (UNC)
Shouling Ji (GSU)
Anupam Joshi (UMBC)
Karuna Joshi (UMBC)
Hamid Krim (Clemson)
Eileen Theresa Kraemer (Clemson)
Richard Lucic (Duke)
Bence Kővári (BME)
Feng Luo (Clemson)
Mirco Marchetti (UNIMORE)
Jim Martin (Clemson)
Weidong Mao (Georgia Gwinnett College)
John McGregor (Clemson)
Marianne Murphy (Miami U)
Ken Nguyen (Clayton State U)
Harry Perros (NC State)
Mike Reiter (UNC)
Tibor Remzső (BME)
Mark Rosso (NCCU)
Masoud Sadjadi (FIU)
Henry Schaffer (NC State)
Cameron Seay (NCA&T)
Mihail Sichitiu (NC State)
Ben Smith (IBM)
Czeslaw Smutnicki (Wroclaw Polytechnic)
Pawel Swiatek (Wroclaw Polytechnic)
Nasseh Tabrizi (ECU)
Imre Szeberényi (BME)
Kishor Trivedi (Duke)
Bart Vashaw (IBM Research)
Yannis Viniotis (NC State)
Branislov Vlahovic (NCCU)
Mladen Vouk (NC State)
Laurie Williams (NC State)
Meeta Yadav (IBM)
Yaacov Yesha (UMBC)
Yelena Yesha (UMBC)
Wei Zhong (U of SC)

Best regards.

Andy Rindos

Head, RTP Center for Advanced Studies (CAS)
Manager, Emerging Technology Institute (ETI)
University Relations for IBM NC
email: [e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>

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