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CALL FOR PAPERS
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2nd International workshop on Cloud Computing Applications and SEcurity (CASE-2014)
In conjunction with the 5th International Conference on Information and Communication Systems (iCICS-2014). April 1-3, 2014, Irbid, Jordan

All accepted and presented papers will be published in the IEEEXplore and in IEEE digital library.

http://www.icics.info/icics2014/inner/CASE1Sec2014.htm

IMPORTANT DATES
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Full Paper Submission: Dec. 15th, 2013
Notification of Decision: Jan. 15th,2014

Registration and Camera-Ready: March. 1st, 2013

Journal Special Issue
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Special Issue for selected papers in CASE-2014 will be published in the International Journal of Cloud Applications and Computing (IJCAC)

GENERAL INFORMATION
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Cloud computing promise a full paradigm shift in the High Performance computing systems. The 1st International workshop on Cloud Computing Applications and SEcurity (CASE-2014) is a forum for scientists, researchers, students, and practitioners to present their latest research results, ideas, developments, and applications in the area of Cloud computing. We are mainly interested in receiving state of the art work on different aspect of cloud computing such as application and security management.

TOPICS
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Researchers are encouraged to submit original research contributions in all major areas, which include, but not limited to:

Applications of Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing Systems Architecture

Cloud Computing Networking

Mobile Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing Security and Privacy

Cloud Computing Cryptography

Reliability, Performance and Fault-Tolerance in Cloud Computing Systems

Scientific computing in the cloud

Emerging Issues in Cloud Computing

Green Cloud computing

Big data and Social Networking concepts and applications

Cloud Computing for Big Data and Social Networks

Emerging technologies in Big Data and Social Networking

Management Issues of Social Network Big Data

Security challenges in Big Data and Social networks

Social Network and Big Data Analytics

Open Source tools for Big Data

Green Computing for Big Data

Network Infrastructure for Social Networking and Big Data

Social Networks Monitoring Tools As a Service

Big Data and the Internet of Things

Mobile Cloud networks and Big Data

Social network data analysis tools and services on the Cloud

Workshop and program Chairs
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Andy Rindos (Chair), IBM Research, USA.
Yaser Jararweh, JUST, Jordan

Steering Committee
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Ian Foster (Chair), University of Chicago and ANL, USA
Rajkumar Buyya, University of Melbourne, Australia
Wolfgang Gentzsch, Germany
Albert Zomaya, The University of Sydney,Australia

Jianwu Wang, University of California, San Diego, USA
Ioan Raicu, Illinois Institute of Technology,USA
Shadi Aljawarneh, Isra University, Jordan
Michael Behrendt, IBM, Germany

INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS
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Prospective authors are invited to submit full papers following the guidelines
posted on the main conference website http://www.icics.info/icics2014/ .
Submitted papers will be peer-reviewed and prospective authors are expected to
present their papers at the conference. The papers that are accepted and presented
at the conference will appear in CD proceedings. All accepted and presented papers will be published in the IEEEXplore and in IEEE digital library
Best paper and best student paper will be selected by peer reviews and will be announced during the social event at the conference.

Prospective authors are expected to present their papers at the conference. Extended version of selected papers will be published in the International Journal of Cloud Applications and Computing (IJCAC)

Please send any inquiry on CASE 2014 to yijararweh@just.edu.jo