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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">[Apologies
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"></p><div></div><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The
Fourth International Workshop on Mobile Cloud Computing systems,
Management, and Security (MCSMS-2018) </span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://emergingtechnet.org/MCSMS2018/" target="_blank">http://emergingtechnet.org/MCS<wbr>MS2018/</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">in
conjunction with <br>
<a href="http://emergingtechnet.org/FMEC2018/index.php" target="_blank">The Third International
Conference on Fog and Mobile Edge Computing (FMEC 2018)</a> <br>
<br>
Barcelona, Spain. April 23-26, 2018</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Call
for Papers:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">With
a Mobile Cloud Computing (MCC) market value of US$9.5 billion in 2014 and with
more than 1 trillion cloud-ready devices in the next four years, MCC is
considered as one of today's hottest new technologies in both academia and
industry. MCC integrates different major technologies such as smart devices
technologies (phones, tablets, watches, …etc), cloud services, big data, and
cloud computing in one platform that services the end users. Despite the rapid
growth of MCC, many issues are still challenging and need to be addressed.
These challenges are related to the underlying networks, cloud services,
security, the required Quality of Service, the availability of services, the
needed user data management, and many others. The International Workshop on Mobile
Cloud Computing systems, Management, and Security (MCSMS) is introduced as a
forum for scientists, researchers, students, and practitioners to present their
latest research results, ideas, and developments in the area of Mobile Cloud
Computing that addresses the aforementioned challenges. MCSMS 2018 workshop
aims to investigate the opportunities and requirements for Mobile Cloud
Computing, as well as Fog and Edge Computing domains. The objective of
MCSMS2018 is to provide a forum for scientists, engineers, and researchers to
discuss their research and results on all aspects of Mobile Cloud Computing
(MCC) as well as Fog and Mobile Edge Computing (FMEC). Researchers are
encouraged to submit original research contributions in all major areas, which
include, but not limited to:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Mobile Cloud
Computing Systems.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Mobile Cloud
Computing Security and Privacy Issues.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Mobile Cloud
Computing Pricing and billing models.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Mobile Cloud
Computing support for VANETS and MANETS</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Cloudlet
based computing</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Lightweight
authentication mechanisms in Mobile Cloud Computing architecture.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Access
Control models in Mobile Cloud Computing.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">*
Identification of incentives for FMEC service providers.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* The future
perspective for Mobile Cloud Computing: Challenges and Open Issues.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Mobile Cloud
Computing Quality of Service (QoS) improvements techniques.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Mobile Cloud
Computing architecture features and evolution.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Mobile Cloud
Computing Networking and Communication considerations</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Mobile Cloud
Computing Software development platform and enabled new applications</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Mobile Cloud
Computing Power Efficiency for resources and networking</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Mobile Cloud
Computing Availability and Quality of Service.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Security and
privacy of mobile cloud computing</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Mobile Cloud
Computing Resource Management, Optimization, and Migration</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Mobile Cloud
Computing Support for Multimedia Communication and Game Computing</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Mobile Cloud
Computing Support for Big Data Management</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Mobile Cloud
Computing intrusion detection systems</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Security of
pricing and billing for mobile cloud computing services</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Security of
mobile, peer-to-peer and pervasive services in clouds</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Security of
mobile commerce and mobile Internet of Things</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Security of
mobile social networks</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Security and
privacy in smartphone devices</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Security and
privacy in social applications and networks</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Security of
Mobile, peer-to-peer and pervasive services in clouds</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Network
virtualization and cloud-based radio access networks<span style="color:black"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Important
Dates:</span></u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Submission
Date: January 6th. 2018 <br>
Notification to Authors: February 20th, 2018<br>
Camera Ready Submission: March 5th, 2018</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Instructions
for Authors</span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Prospective authors are invited to submit full papers of up to 6
pages, strictly following the IEEE Proceedings Templates. 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 conference proceedings and will be submitted for IEEE. At least
one author of each accepted submission must attend the workshop and that every
workshop participant must register and present the paper. Please submit your
paper in PDF format via the electronic submission system.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><br></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Organizing Committee:</span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><br></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">General Co-Chairs:<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>
* Andy Rindos, IBM research, USA.<br>
* Syed Hassan Ahmed, University of Central Florida, USA (<a href="mailto:sh.ahmed@ieee.org" target="_blank">sh.ahmed@ieee.org</a>). <br>
<br>
<span>Technical
Program Co-Chairs: </span><br>
* Hideaki Nii, IIJ Innovation Institute Inc., Japan <br>
* Houbing Song, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA. <br>
<br>
<span>Steering
Committee: </span><br>
* Elhadj Benkhelifa, Staffordshire University, UK. <a href="mailto:e.benkhelifa@staffs.ac.uk" target="_blank">e.benkhelifa@staffs.ac.uk</a> <br>
* Periklis Chatzimisios, Alexander TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece <br>
* Lo'ai Tawalbeh, UCSB, USA <br>
* Shingo Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi University, Japan <br>
* Paolo Bellavista, University of Bologna, Italy <br>
* Danda Rawat, Howard University, USA. <br>
<br>
<span>Publication
Co-Chairs: </span><br>
* B.B. Gupta, National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, India <br>
* Mohammad Alsmirat, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan. <br>
<br>
<span>Publicity
Chair: </span><br>
* Qussai M. Yaseen, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan <br>
<br>
<span>Invited
Speaker and Panel Co-Chairs </span><br>
* Houbing Song, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA. <br>
<br>
<span>TPC
Members:</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">TBA</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><br><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal"></span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Please
send any inquiry on MCSMS to </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Syed Hassan Ahmed (<a href="mailto:sh.ahmed@ieee.org" target="_blank">sh.ahmed@ieee.org</a>)</span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"></span></b></p>
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