[agents] CfP for the 5th International IBM Cloud Academy Conference (ICACON 2017), May 24-26, in Wroclaw, Poland
Mohammad Alsmirat
msmirat at gmail.com
Sun Jan 29 13:17:14 EST 2017
*HOLD THE DATE! and*
* CALL FOR PAPERS*
* The IBM Cloud Academy,*
* IBM Centers for Advanced Studies and*
* Wroclaw University of Science and Technology invite you to the*
* 5**th** International IBM Cloud Academy Conference*
* ICA CON 2017*
* Wednesday through Friday, May 24-26, 2017*
* at the *
*Wroclaw University of Science and Technology (Wroclaw, Poland)*
* Conference website: *
*http://www.ibm.com/solutions/education/cloudacademy/us/en/cloud_academy_conference_2017.html*
<http://www.ibm.com/solutions/education/cloudacademy/us/en/cloud_academy_conference_2017.html>
* Best papers will be published in a special issue of the**International
Journal of Cloud Computing, and the Journal of Organization Design, **as
well as a dedicated**Springer monograph*
* For more information, contact *
* Andy Rindos (**rindos at us.ibm.com* <rindos at us.ibm.com>*) and/or Czesław
Smutnicki (**czeslaw.smutnicki at pwr.edu.pl* <czeslaw.smutnicki at pwr.edu.pl>
*)*
ICA CON 2017, the 5th International IBM Cloud Academy Conference, will
provide an exciting opportunity for educators, researchers, and practioners
to share ideas and experiences in cloud computing and their impacts. The
conference is open to K-12 and higher education institutions already or
considering implementing cloud technologies and services.
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
a special edition of the International Journal of Cloud Computing (IJCC)
*(http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalCODE=ijcc)*
<http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalCODE=ijcc>,
and the Journal
of Organization Design(*http://www.jorgdesign.net/)*
<http://www.jorgdesign.net/>, as well as a dedicated Springer monograph.
ICA CON 2017 will be an excellent venue for presenting original work,
exchanging new ideas, embracing cloud technologies, sharing results,
business impacts, and experiences, and networking with other leading
institutions and businesses that are already implementing cloud solutions.
* Call for Papers*
We invite submission of papers / presentations or 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 Organization Design for Cloud Computing
- Building the institution's future infrastructure on a cloud
- Management and organization design impacts by clouds
- Value chain redesign, culture change and skill shift 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
- Cognitive computing through cloud
- Business Intelligence for education and research purposes using
cloud computing
- Analytics and predictive analytics in cloud environments
- Big Data in clouds
- Storage management and 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
- 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)
- 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 / presentations proposals 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.
* Important dates*
* February 28, 2017*
Extended Abstract Submission Deadline
* March 31, 2017*
Notification of Paper Acceptance
* April 30, 2017*
Camera Ready Paper Submission and Authors Registration Deadline
* May 24-26, 2017*
Conference Dates
* Review Procedure*
All submissions will be peer reviewed by appropriate domain experts
among those listed on the Program Committee. The reviewers know that the
ICA CON 2017 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 a special issue of the International
Journal of Cloud Computing (IJCC)
*(http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalCODE=ijcc)*
<http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalCODE=ijcc>,
and the Journal
of Organization Design (*http://www.jorgdesign.net/)*
<http://www.jorgdesign.net/>, as well as a dedicated Springer monograph.
*Submission Format*
Submissions should follow the guidelines below:
- Initial extended abstract up to 2 pages; conference paper submissions
should not exceed 10 pages (selected IJCC submissions can be longer)
- 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: (
*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 **Andy Rindos (**rindos at us.ibm.com*
<rindos at us.ibm.com>*) and/or Czesław Smutnicki (*
*czeslaw.smutnicki at pwr.edu.pl* <czeslaw.smutnicki at pwr.edu.pl>*)*
______________________________________________________________________
* General Co-Chairs:*
Andy Rindos (IBM)
Cezary Madryas (Wroclaw U)
* Steering Committee:*
Andras Pataricza (BME)
Diem Ho (IBM)
Imre Kocsis (BME)
Yaser Jararweh (JUST)
Yi Pan (GSU)
Andrzej Kucharski (Wroclaw U)
Czeslaw Smutnicki (Wroclaw U)
* Program Committee Co-Chairs:*
Yaser Jararweh (JUST)
Ryszard Klempous (Wroclaw U)
Jan Nikodem (Wroclaw U)
* Proceedings Chair:*
Ewa Szlachcic (Wroclaw U)
* Local Chairs:*
Mariusz Ochla (IBM)
Jerzy Kotowski (Wroclaw U)
*Publicity Chairs:*
Mohammad Alsmirat (JUST)
Zilong Ye (Cal State)
* Technical Committee*
Amy Apon (Clemson)
Carmen Paz Suarez Araujo (ULPGC)
Theodor Borangiu (U Politehnica Bucharest)
Wojciech Bozejko (WUST)
Greg Byrd (NCSU)
Jose Joaquin Canadas (UAL)
Zenon Chaczko (UTS)
Jeff Chase (Duke)
Jean Marie Chesneaux (UPMC)
Kostas Christidis (IBM)
Mike Devetsikiotis (UNM)
Pat Dreher (MIT)
Andrzej Dziedzic (WUST)
Teodo Gotszalk (WUST)
Jerzy Greblicki (WUST)
Milt Halem (UMBC)
Lap Huynh (IBM)
Anupam Joshi (UMBC)
Karuna Joshi (UMBC)
Grzegorz Jozwiak (WUST)
Miroslaw Kutylowski (WUST)
Marin Litoiu (York U)
Richard Lucic (Duke)
Gerhana Markova (IBM)
Jim Martin (Clemson)
Young Oh (IBM)
Jacek Oko (WUST)
Cezary Orlowski (WSB Gdansk)
Ferderico Pigni (GEM)
Ewaryst Rafajlowicz (WUST)
Jerzy Rosenblit (U AZ)
Cameron Seay (NCAT)
Ewa Skubalska-Rafajlowicz (WUST)
Przemyslaw Sliwinski (WUST)
Ben Smith (IBM)
Haiying Shen (UVA)
Mihail Sichitiu (NCSU)
Alexander Sorokin (IBM)
Kamil Staniec (WUST)
Nasseh Tabrizzi (ECU)
Kishor Trivedi (Duke)
Yannis Viniotis (NCSU)
Krzysztof Walkowiak (WUST)
Yingwei Wang (UPEI)
Michal Wozniak (WUST)
Yaacov Yesha (UMBC)
Yelena Yesha (UMBC)
Xianqing Yu (IBM)
Rafal Zdunek (WUST)
Ryszard Zieliński (WUST)
______________________________________________________________________
* Location: *
* Wroclaw University of Science and Technology*
Wroclaw University of Science and Technology (WUST) is the successor of
the German University Königliche Technische Hochschule Breslau, and has
been operating as WUST since 1945 (when it inherited many faculty from Lvov
Polytechnic). Today it is the largest premier technology university in
Poland, with 33,000 students, 2,000 professors and 16 faculties.
The University currently collaborates with academic and industrial
partners from 49 countries. It houses 859 education laboratories, 112
research laboratories and 12 accredited laboratories, while hosting 192
student scientific associations and 32 cultural programs. As a result of
its strong research agenda and industrial partnerships and internships,
WUST received 758 patents over the last five years - with its students
highly sought after by technology companies around the world.
*Wroclaw, Poland*
Wroclaw is the fourth largest city in Poland and the largest one in the
western part of the country, with an area of 293 km2 (113 mi2) and a
population of over 630,000. It consists of 12 islands connected by 117
bridges, situated on the Oder River and four of its tributaries: Œlêza,
Opawa, Bystrzyca and Widawa. As the largest city in Lower Silesia, it is
that region's administrative, economic and cultural capital.
The city is over a thousand years old, and the heritage of the past
combines gracefully with the modernity of a world business center. Some of
the city's historical sites include: *Wrocław Cathedral*
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wroc%C5%82aw_Cathedral>, built originally
in the mid 10th century, and located in *Ostrów Tumski (Cathedral
Island),*
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostr%C3%B3w_Tumski_in_Wroc%C5%82aw> the
oldest part of the city and formerly an island between the branches of the
Oder River; the 13th century Main Market Square that features the Old Town
Hall, *St. Elisabeth's Church*
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Elisabeth%27s_Church,_Wroc%C5%82aw> and
the Salt Square (now a flower market); *St. Mary Magdalene Church*
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Mary_Magdalene_Church_%28Wroc%C5%82aw%29>
(also
built in the 13th century); and *Centennial Hall*
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial_Hall>, designated a*World
Heritage Site* <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Heritage_Site> by
*UNESCO* <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO> in 2006.
In 2016, Wroclaw was designated as the European Capital of Culture and
the World Book Capital. The city will also host the World Games 2017 (July
20-30, 2017).
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