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                                                          size="4">The
                                                          7th IEEE
                                                          International
                                                          Workshop on
                                                          Cloud
                                                          Computing
                                                          Systems,
                                                          Networks, and
                                                          Applications
                                                          (CCSNA 2018)
                                                          in conjunction
                                                          with INFOCOM
                                                          2018</font><br>
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                                                          <br>
                                                          <div>​Link: <a
href="http://infocom2018.ieee-infocom.org/content/workshop-ccsna-cloud-computing-systems-networks-and-applications"
target="_blank">http://infocom2018.ieee-infoco<wbr>m.org/content/workshop-ccsna-c<wbr>loud-computing-systems-network<wbr>s-and-applications</a><br>
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                                                          <div><u><b>Call
                                                          for Papers:</b></u></div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p>Cloud
                                                          computing, as
                                                          well as
                                                          Cloud-inspired
                                                          business
                                                          models,
                                                          enables
                                                          on-demand
                                                          access to a
                                                          shared pool of
                                                          resources,
                                                          namely
                                                          computing,
                                                          storage,
                                                          networks,
                                                          services, and
                                                          applications.
                                                          With the
                                                          advent of
                                                          Cloud-based
                                                          systems, cloud
                                                          operators have
                                                          been aiming at
                                                          reliable,
                                                          secured,
                                                          privacy-preserving
                                                          and
                                                          cost-efficient
                                                          cloud design
                                                          and
                                                          management. As
                                                          the Cloud
                                                          infrastructure
                                                          aims at
                                                          offering
                                                          various IT
                                                          resources as
                                                          services,
                                                          requirements
                                                          of Cloud
                                                          applications
                                                          vary based on
                                                          the resources
                                                          which are
                                                          requested as
                                                          services.
                                                          Thus, the
                                                          resources may
                                                          refer to heavy
                                                          computation
                                                          resources,
                                                          massive
                                                          storage
                                                          resources, and
                                                          high-capacity
                                                          network
                                                          resources and
                                                          so on. The
                                                          heterogeneity
                                                          of cloud
                                                          applications
                                                          leads to the
                                                          challenge of
                                                          holistic
                                                          design of a
                                                          robust Cloud
                                                          system which
                                                          can oversee
                                                          and handle the
                                                          diverse needs
                                                          of numerous
                                                          types of
                                                          applications.
                                                          On the other
                                                          hand, these
                                                          challenges
                                                          enforce
                                                          cooperation of
                                                          various
                                                          players in the
                                                          Cloud system,
                                                          each of which
                                                          focuses on a
                                                          different
                                                          segment such
                                                          as network,
                                                          computing,
                                                          applications,
                                                          and systems.
                                                          The Seventh
                                                          International
                                                          Workshop on
                                                          Cloud
                                                          Computing
                                                          Systems,
                                                          Networks, and
                                                          Applications
                                                          (CCSNA-2018)
                                                          aims at the
                                                          crossroads
                                                          between
                                                          scientists,
                                                          researchers,
                                                          practitioners
                                                          and students
                                                          from diverse
                                                          domains in
                                                          Cloud
                                                          computing
                                                          research. The
                                                          Workshop aims
                                                          at attracting
                                                          contributions
                                                          of system and
                                                          network design
                                                          that can
                                                          support
                                                          existing and
                                                          future
                                                          applications
                                                          and services.</p>
                                                          <p><u><b>Important
                                                          Dates</b></u></p>
                                                          <p>Submission:
                                                          Dec. 30th,
                                                          2017<br>
                                                          Decisions:
                                                          Feb. 7th, 2018<br>
                                                          Camera ready:
                                                          Feb. 28th,
                                                          2018</p>
                                                          ​For
                                                          submission,
                                                          please go to
                                                          EDAS link: <u><a
href="https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=24218&track=88097"
                                                          target="_blank"><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,205)">https://edas.info/newPap<wbr>er.php?c=24218&track=88097</span></a></u></div>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <div>​<br>
                                                          <b><u>Organizing
                                                          Committee</u><b><br>
                                                          </b></b></div>
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                                                          <div><b>General
                                                          Chairs
                                                          <div
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class="gmail_default">​:​</div>
                                                          </b>
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                                                          <p>Chuan Heng
                                                          Foh
                                                          (University of
                                                          Surrey, UK)<br>
                                                          Yaser Jararweh
                                                          (Jordan
                                                          University of
                                                          Science and
                                                          Technology,
                                                          Jordan)</p>
                                                          <p><b>TPC
                                                          Chairs</b><b>​:​</b></p>
                                                          Xiong Luo
                                                          (University of
                                                          Science and
                                                          Technology
                                                          Beijing,
                                                          China)<br>
                                                          Brij Gupta
                                                          (National
                                                          Institute of
                                                          Technology
                                                          Kurukshetra,
                                                          India)<br>
                                                          Kuan-Ching Li
                                                          <div
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class="gmail_default">​(​Providence University, Taiwan)​ </div>
                                                          <p><b>Publicity
                                                          Chairs</b><b>​:​</b></p>
                                                          Gregorio
                                                          Martinez Perez
                                                          (University of
                                                          Murcia, Spain)<br>
                                                          Jenq-Haur Wang
                                                          (National
                                                          Taipei
                                                          University of
                                                          Technology,
                                                          Taiwan)<br>
                                                          Dharma P.
                                                          Agrawal
                                                          (University of
                                                          Cincinnati
                                                          <div
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class="gmail_default">​, USA​)<br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          Mohammad
                                                          Alsmirat
                                                          (Jordan
                                                          University of
                                                          Science and
                                                          Technology,
                                                          Jordan)<br>
                                                          Shingo
                                                          Yamaguchi
                                                          (Yamaguchi
                                                          University,
                                                          Japan)</div>
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                                                          </b></div>
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                                                          and Panel
                                                          Chair</b>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline"
class="gmail_default"><b>​:​</b></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline"
class="gmail_default"><b><br>
                                                          </b></div>
                                                          <br>
                                                          William Liu
                                                          <div
                                                          style="color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline"
class="gmail_default">​(​</div>
                                                          Auckland
                                                          University of
                                                          Technology,
                                                          New Zealand)​
                                                          <br>
                                                          Abdallah
                                                          Khreishah 
                                                          <div
                                                          style="color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline"
class="gmail_default">​(New Jersey Institute of Technology, NJ, USA)</div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline"
class="gmail_default"><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline"
class="gmail_default"><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          </div>
                                                          </div>
                                                          </div>
                                                          ​<b>Steering
                                                          Committee:</b></div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>Chuan
                                                          Heng Foh
                                                          (University of
                                                          Surrey, UK)</div>
                                                          <div>Elhadj
                                                          Benkhelifa
                                                          (Staffordshire
                                                          University,
                                                          UK)​</div>
                                                          <div>Jinsong
                                                          Wu
                                                          (Universidad
                                                          de Chile,
                                                          Chile)<br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>Periklis
                                                          Chatzimisios
                                                          (Alexander TEI
                                                          of
                                                          Thessaloniki,
                                                          Greece)<br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>Yaser
                                                          Jararweh
                                                          (Jordan
                                                          University of
                                                          Science and
                                                          Technology,
                                                          Jordan)<br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>Song Guo
                                                          (<span>The
                                                          Hong Kong
                                                          Polytechnic
                                                          University, </span><span>Hong
                                                          Kong</span>)<br>
                                                          </div>
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                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>​
                                                          <div><span
                                                          style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font
                                                          size="2">Best
                                                          Regards,</font></span></div>
                                                          <div><span
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                                                          size="2">--<br>
                                                          </font></span></div>
                                                          <div><span
                                                          style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font
                                                          size="2">CCSNA
                                                          Publicity
                                                          Chairs</font></span></div>
                                                          ​<br>
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