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Subject: [computational.science] CFP: International Journal of Cloud Computing (IJCC)
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:46:02 -0500
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International Journal of Cloud Computing  (IJCC)
ISSN (Online): 2043-9997  -  ISSN (Print): 2043-9989

http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalCODE=ijcc

Published in 4 issues per year  (View Subscription Price)

Click to download IJCC leaflet

Cloud computing refers to computing with a pool of virtualized computer resources and is driven by economics of scale. A cloud can host a variety of different workloads, and allow workloads to be deployed and scaled-out quickly on-demand by rapid provisioning of virtual machines or physical machines. A cloud supports redundant, self-recovering, highly scalable programming models and allows workloads to recover from many unavoidable hardware/software failures. A cloud also monitors resource use in real time to enable rebalancing of allocations when needed. The idea is to move desktop computing to a service-oriented platform using server clusters and huge databases at datacenters. Cloud computing leverages its low cost and simplicity that benefits both users and the providers through providing cost-effective services and pay-per-use pricing model. In cloud computing, everything including software, platform, and infrastructure is as a service.

Cloud computing makes data truly mobile and a user can simply access a chosen cloud with any internet-accessible device. Cloud computing overlaps some of the concepts of cluster, distributed, grid, service, ubiquitous, utility and virtual computing; however it has emerged from these computing domains and now has its own meaning. In cloud computing, a user does not care much what is in the cloud or what goes on there apart from being able to receive service from it. Cloud computing is now associated with a higher level abstraction of the cloud. Instead of there being application software, routers and servers, there are now services. The underlying hardware and software of networking is of course still there but there are now higher level service capabilities available to build applications. Hidden behind the services are data and computer resources.

There have been many cloud computing platforms built so far including Google Cloud, IBM BlueCloud and Amazon Elastic Cloud. Programming models for cloud computing have been developed including MapReduce by Google and Hadoop by Yahoo group. Using these cloud computing models and toolsets, IT-related capabilities are provided as services, accessible without requiring detailed knowledge of the underlying technology. Of course, many mature technologies are used as components in cloud computing, but there are still many unresolved and open problems due to its unique characteristics which are different from distributed computing, cluster computing, grid computing, utility computing and service computing.

IJCC addresses the most innovative developments, research issues and solutions in cloud computing and its related technologies.

 Go Top  Objectives

The objectives of IJCC are to develop, promote and coordinate the development and practice of cloud computing. IJCC aims to help professionals working in the field, academic educators and policy-makers to contribute, to disseminate knowledge, and to learn from each other's work. The international dimension is emphasised in order to overcome cultural and national barriers and to meet the needs of accelerating technological change and changes in the global economy. IJCC is an outstanding outlet that can shape a significant body of research in the field of cloud computing and in which results can be shared across institutions, governments, researchers and students, and also industry.

 Go Top  Readership

IJCC provides a vehicle to help professionals, academics, researchers, graduate students, and managers, working in the field of cloud computing and its related areas such as virtual computing and grid computing, to disseminate information and to learn from each other’s work.

 Go Top  Contents

IJCC publishes original and review papers, technical reports, and case studies. Contribution may be by submission or invitation, and suggestions and proposals for special issues devoted to important topics in cloud computing are welcome.

 Go Top  Subject Coverage

Although the possible set of topics is large and we encourage submission on any area within the scope of cloud computing, the following areas are particularly suitable (but not exhaustive):

 Go Top  Specific Notes for Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.

All papers are refereed through a double blind process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Submission of Papers web-page.

To submit a paper, please go to Submissions of Papers

All papers must be submitted online. If you experience any problems submitting your paper online, please contact submissions@inderscience.com, describing the exact problem you experience. Please include in your email the title of the Journal.


 Go Top  Editors and Members of the Editorial Board

Editor in Chief

Prof. Yi Pan
Georgia State University
Department of Computer Science
34 Peachtree Street, Suite 1450
Atlanta, GA 30302-4110
USA
pan@cs.gsu.edu

Editorial Board Members

Prof. Rajkumar BuyyaRa
The University of Melbourne
Grid Computing and Distributed Systems (GRIDS) Laboratory
Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering
ICT Building, 111, Barry Street, Carlton
Melbourne VIC 3053
AUSTRALIA

Prof. Jiannong CaoJi
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Department of Computing
PQ816, Mong Man Wai Building
Hung Hom, Kowloon
HONG KONG

Prof. Ernesto DamianiEr
University of Milan
Department of Information Technology
Via Bramante 65
Milan
ITALY

Dr. Jack DongarraJa
Distinguished Professor, Innovative Computing Laboratory
University of Tennessee Knoxville
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS)
1122 Volunteer Blvd
Knoxville TN 37996-3450
USA

Prof. Geoffrey Charles FoxGe
Indiana University
School of Informatics and Computing
Bloomington, IN 47408
USA

Prof. Andrzej M. GoscinskiAn
Professor of Computing
Deakin University
School of Information Technology
Geelong, Victoria 3217
AUSTRALIA

Dr. Bob GrossmanBo
University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Mathematics, Statistics, & Computer Science
Mail Code 249
851 S. Morgan Street
Chicago, IL 60607
USA

Mr. Shigeru HosonoSh
NEC Corporation
Service Platforms Research Laboratories
NEC Igarashi Building 11-5, Shibaura 2-chome
Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8557
JAPAN

Dr. Xuedong HuangXu
Microsoft Research
One Microsoft Way
Redmond WA 98052
USA

Prof. Kai HwangKa
University of Southern California
Department of Electrical Engineering – Systems
3740 McClintock Ave., EEB 212
Los Angeles CA 90089-2562
USA

Dr. Craig A. LeeCr
President, Open Grid Forum; Senior Scientist, High Performance Computing
The Aerospace Corporation
M1-102
2310 East El Segundo Blvd.
El Segundo, CA 90245
USA

Prof. Deyi LiDe
National Natural Science Foundation
83 Shuang Qing Road
Beijing, 100085
CHINA

Prof. Prabhat K. MahantiPr
University of New Brunswick
Department of Computer Science and Applied Statistics (CSAS)
100 Tucker Park Road
Saint John, N.B. E2L 4L5
CANADA

Dr. Judy QiuJu
Indiana University
Pervasive Technology Institute
Bloomington, IN 47408
USA

Dr. Andy RindosAn
IBM Corporation
P O Box 12195
Dept W4DA/Bldg 503/Office N237
3039 Cornwallis Rd.
Research Triangle Park NC 27709-2195
USA

Prof. Chunming RongCh
University of Stavanger
Center of IP-Based Services Innovation
N-4036 Stavanger
NORWAY

Prof. Kwang Mong SimKw
Gwangju Institute of Science & Technology
Multiagent & Cloud Computing Laboratory
Department of Information & Communications
261 Cheomdan-gwario
Buk-gu, Gwangju 500-712
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Prof. Dr. Wolf ZimmermannWo
Universität Halle Wittenberg
Institut of Computer Science
Von-Seckendorff-Platz 1
06120 Halle (Saale)
GERMANY

Prof. Albert ZomayaAl
University of Sydney
School of Information Technologies
Building J12
Sydney NSW 2006