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|Title=2nd International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science (CLOSER)
|Series=CLOSER
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|Field=Artificial intelligence
|Start date=2012/04/18
|End date=2012/04/21
|Homepage=www.closer.scitevents.org
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|City=Porto
|Country=Portugal
|Submission deadline=2011/11/23
|Paper deadline=2011/11/23
|Notification=2012/01/26
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Conference Name: 2nd International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science (CLOSER 2012)

Venue: Porto, Portugal


Event Date: 18-21 April, 2012

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The 2nd International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science, CLOSER 2012, focuses on the emerging area of Cloud Computing, inspired by some latest advances that concern the infrastructure, operations, and available services through the global network. Further, the conference considers as essential the link to Services Science, acknowledging the service-orientation in most current IT-driven collaborations. The conference is nevertheless not about the union of these two (already broad) fields, but about Cloud Computing where we are also interested in how Services Science can provide theory, methods and techniques to design, analyze, manage, market etc. Cloud Computing.

Emerging Enterprise Technologies are profoundly changing the way we think of IT - from economics and efficiency to process and usage models. Many organizations look to the “externalized” IT systems and services as a potential cost-savings advantage by moving internally hosted IT services to external providers. Other organizations view the “external” IT as potential disaster recovery systems or as on-demand capacity to boost business continuity and customer service levels. We need to take a closer look, discerning what emerging enterprise technologies are and how they can catalyze creativity and produce a competitive advantage. There is hence a new wave of interest in 'Externalization of IT' - anything as a service (including Software as a Service, Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service), On Demand delivery, outsourcing, and so on. This emerging facilitation and way of utilizing services through IT is what we are referring to as Cloud Computing.

The four perspectives in which we are addressing the area of Cloud Computing in this conference are: (i) Fundamentals of Cloud Computing; (ii) Services Science foundations for Cloud Computing; (iii) Cloud Computing platforms and applications; (iv) Cloud Computing enabling technology.

Conference Areas

Each of these topic areas is expanded below but the sub-topics list is not exhaustive. Papers may address one or more of the listed sub-topics, although authors should not feel limited by them. Unlisted but related sub-topics are also acceptable, provided they fit in one of the following main topic areas:

1. CLOUD COMPUTING FUNDAMENTALS
2. SERVICES SCIENCE FOUNDATION FOR CLOUD COMPUTING
3. CLOUD COMPUTING PLATFORMS AND APPLICATIONS
4. CLOUD COMPUTING ENABLING TECHNOLOGY


AREA 1: CLOUD COMPUTING FUNDAMENTALS

    Cloud Computing Architecture
    Cloud Standards
    Cloud Application Portability
    Cloud Interoperability
    Cloud Delivery Models
    Cloud Deployment Models: Public/Private/Hybrid Cloud
    Cloud Risk, Challenges, and Governance
    Business Cloud vs. Software Cloud

AREA 2: SERVICES SCIENCE FOUNDATION FOR CLOUD COMPUTING

    Semantic Web Technologies
    Web Services
    Service and Systems Design and QoS Network Security
    Service-Oriented Architecture
    Internet of Services
    Service Modeling and Specification
    Service Composition
    Service Discovery
    Service Monitoring and Control
    Business Services Realized by IT Services
    Service Innovation
    Service Operation
    Service Strategy
    Service Marketing and Management
    Information and Service Economy
    Human Beings in Service Systems
    Enterprise Architectures and Services

AREA 3: CLOUD COMPUTING PLATFORMS AND APPLICATIONS

    Mobility
    e-Banking
    Social Networks
    Cloud Middleware Frameworks
    Cloud Application Architectures
    Cloud Application Scalability and Availability
    SaaS, PaaS, IaaS
    COTS and Cloud
    Cloudsourcing
    Cloud Applications Performance and Monitoring
    Development Methods for Cloud Applications
    Economics (ROI, Costs, CAPEX/OPEX,…)
    Outsourced Production Environments
    Collective Intelligence/Crowd Computing
    Context-aware Computing and Peer to Peer Computing
    e-Business
    e-Governance
    e-Health
    e-Learning

AREA 4: CLOUD COMPUTING ENABLING TECHNOLOGY

    Troubleshooting and Best Practices
    Monitoring of Services, Quality of Service, Service Level Agreements
    Cloud Security
    Performance Development and Management
    Cloud Ilities (Scalability, Availability,Reliability)
    Load Balancing
    Autonomic Computing
    Virtualization Technologies
    Utility Computing vs. Cloud Computing
    Grid Computing vs. Cloud Computing
    Disaster Recovery

Important Dates

Conference Date: 18 - 21 April, 2012

Regular Paper Submission: November 23, 2011
Authors Notification (regular papers): January 26, 2012
Final Regular Paper Submission and Registration: February 15, 2012 

Secretariat

CLOSER Secretariat

Address: Av. D. Manuel I, 27A, 2º esq., 2910-595 Setubal - Portugal
Tel.: +351 265 100 033
Fax: +44 203 014 8638

e-mail: closer.secretariat@scitevents.org
Web: http://www.closer.scitevents.org
Acronym	CLOSER 2012 +
Camera ready due	February 15, 2012 +
End date	April 21, 2012 +
Event in series	CLOSER +
Event type	Conference +
Has coordinates	41° 8' 58", -8° 36' 39"Latitude: 41.14945 Longitude: -8.6107888888889 +
Has location city	Porto +
Has location country	Category:Portugal +
Homepage	http://www.closer.scitevents.org +
IsA	Event +
Logo	Closer.png +
Notification	January 26, 2012 +
Paper deadline	November 23, 2011 +
Start date	April 18, 2012 +
Submission deadline	November 23, 2011 +
Title	2nd International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science (CLOSER) +