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<h1 align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:12pt 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:7.1pt;font-size:16pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:rgb(47,84,150)"><a name="m_9114417056549610042__Hlk510476315"><span lang="EN-CA">IBM ICACON </span></a><span lang="EN-CA">Undergraduate Student Paper
Competition 2018<span></span></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:7.1pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA">Sponsored
by: IBM ICACON<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:7.1pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA">
<a href="https://ura3.c.ism.ac.jp/icacon2018/index.html#student_para" rel="noreferrer" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" target="_blank">https://ura3.c.ism.ac.jp/icaco<wbr>n2018/index.html#student_para</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:7.1pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt">The 2018 IBM ICACON <i>Student Paper Competition</i> sponsored by IBM will
recognize outstanding papers in the field of Cloud Computing in Education
written by student(s). Selected papers will be considered for the competition
and must be presented at the 2018 IBM ICACON Conference at The Institute of
Statistical Mathematics, Tokyo, Japan. The paper will be judged based on the
technical content and presentation on the conference dates. Winners will
receive award certificates. The winning awards will be given at the 2018 IBM
ICACON conference awards event on conference dates, May 24-26, 2018.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-CA">Eligibility
Criteria:<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="m_9114417056549610042gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt">Short paper (up to 3 pages long) of undergraduate
student submission.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="m_9114417056549610042gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt">The student(s) must be the ‘first author’.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="m_9114417056549610042gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt">The submission can be a course projects, co-op/internship
findings, or research projects done at the academic institution.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="m_9114417056549610042gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt">The work should primarily done by the student(s)
under the supervision of an advisor or a faculty member.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="m_9114417056549610042gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt">If the work has received a supervision, then the advisor(s)
may appear as co-author on the paper.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="m_9114417056549610042gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt">The paper must be presented at the IBM ICACON Conference
in Tokyo, Japan between May 24-26, 2018.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="m_9114417056549610042gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt">The considered paper for competition expect to have a
student paper registration.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:7.1pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;text-indent:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-CA">Important Dates
and Guidelines:<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="m_9114417056549610042gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-CA">Submission
Deadline: <b><font color="#cc0000">April 15th, 2018</font></b><span></span></span></p>
<p class="m_9114417056549610042gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-CA">Notification
of Paper consideration: April 20, 2018 <span></span></span></p>
<p class="m_9114417056549610042gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-CA">Camera
Ready Paper Submission and Authors Registration Deadline: April 30, 2018 <span></span></span></p>
<p class="m_9114417056549610042gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;text-align:left;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-CA">Conference
Dates: May 24-26, 2018 </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;text-indent:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;text-indent:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt">Authors are expected to submit a well-formatted draft following a
flagship template like IEEE.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;text-indent:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;text-indent:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-CA">Submission:<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;text-indent:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt">Each paper must be submitted online: <a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icacon2018" target="_blank">https://easychair.org/<wbr>conferences/?conf=icacon2018</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;text-indent:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt">Note: Please indicate in the header of your paper the following:<span></span></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;text-indent:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt">“IBM ICACON 2018 Student Paper”<u><span></span></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;text-indent:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;text-indent:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-CA">Judging:<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;text-indent:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt">A group of academics / professionals will serve as judge. Scoring points
will be used to evaluate the merit, presentation skill, and technicality of the
work.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;text-indent:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;text-indent:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-CA">Winners:<br>
</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt">1st, 2nd and 3rd place
winners will receive award certificates.</span><b><span lang="EN-CA"><span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;text-indent:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;text-indent:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-CA">Topics of
Interest<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;text-indent:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(50,50,50)">A
range of topics relevant to <i><u>cloud computing</u></i> in education,
government and research are of interest, including (but not limited to) the
ones below.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(50,50,50);background:white"> </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;text-indent:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(50,50,50)">Institutional
Strategy and Organization Design for Cloud Computing<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(50,50,50)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(50,50,50)">Building the institution's future
infrastructure on a cloud<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(50,50,50)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(50,50,50)">Management and organization design
impacts by clouds<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(50,50,50)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(50,50,50)">Economic Models of, and Economic
Development through, Cloud Computing<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(50,50,50)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(50,50,50)">Financial impact and benefits of
cloud computing<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(50,50,50)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(50,50,50)">Roadmap for adoption, integration and
transition to cloud computing<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;text-indent:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(50,50,50)">Data
Management and Analytics on the Cloud<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(50,50,50)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(50,50,50)">Computing through cloud<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(50,50,50)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(50,50,50)">Business Intelligence for education
and research purposes using cloud computing<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(50,50,50)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(50,50,50)">Analytics and predictive analytics in
cloud environments<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(50,50,50)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(50,50,50)">Big Data in clouds<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(50,50,50)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(50,50,50)">Storage management and clouds<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;text-indent:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(50,50,50)">User
Productivity with Cloud Computing<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(50,50,50)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(50,50,50)">Collaboration using cloud computing<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(50,50,50)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(50,50,50)">Enhancing accessibility through cloud
services<span></span></span></p>
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education and research<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;text-indent:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(50,50,50)">Cloud
Computing Implementation Strategies<span></span></span></b></p>
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computing<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(50,50,50)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(50,50,50)">Integration and workflow of cloud
services<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(50,50,50)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(50,50,50)">Impact on IT Infrastructure
Management with cloud computing<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(50,50,50)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(50,50,50)">IT Service and Relationship
Management (Business and IT)<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(50,50,50)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(50,50,50)">Software development services with
cloud computing<span></span></span></p>
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Computing in the Cloud<span></span></span></b></p>
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computing<span></span></span></p>
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computing<span></span></span></p>
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Impact of Cloud Computing<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(50,50,50)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(50,50,50)">Impact on learning and teaching with
cloud computing<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(50,50,50)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(50,50,50)">Delivering educational resources via
a cloud<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(50,50,50)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(50,50,50)">New and Innovative Pedagogical
Approaches with cloud<span></span></span></p>
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Engineering (SSME)<span></span></span></p>
</div><div><div class="m_9114417056549610042gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0000ff"><i>Best Regards</i></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0000ff"><i>Moayad Aloqaily, PhD</i></font></div></div></div></div></div>
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