-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] ICA CON 2014 [Deadline Approaching] : 2nd International IBM Cloud Academy Conference, May 8-9, 2014, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA Datum: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 20:39:00 +0200 Von: ICA CON 2014 icics_cfp@just.edu.jo Antwort an: icics_cfp@just.edu.jo An: aisworld@lists.aisnet.org
*CALL FOR PAPERS/POSTERS* *and REGISTRATION**
The IBM Cloud Academy,** IBM Centers for Advanced Studies and** Georgia State University invite you to the** 2^nd International IBM Cloud Academy Conference** ICA CON 2014** Thursday and Friday, May 8-9, 2014** * *Georgia State University Atlanta, GA 30302* * * *Conference website can be found at* *http://www.ibm.com/solutions/ education/cloudacademy/us/en/ cloud_academy_conference_2014. html* http://www.ibm.com/solutions/education/cloudacademy/us/en/cloud_academy_conference_2014.html
* *ICA CON 2014, the 2^nd International IBM Cloud Academy Conference, will provide an exciting opportunity for educators and researchers to share ideas and experiences in cloud computing. The conference is open to both K-12 and higher education institutions already implementing cloud technologies and services, or considering doing so.
We invite submission of papers and posters on the use of cloud computing for educational and research purposes. Of particular interest will be submissions featuring original research or experience reports that address how the transition to cloud computing is helping to transform education. The latter is intended to facilitate the sharing of best practices with real-world examples illustrating improvements in quality, outcomes, lessons learned and return-on-investment. ** *March 14, 2014*
Deadline - short papers (approx. 2 pages)/poster descriptions due
*March 28, 2014* Acceptance notification to authors/presenters of papers/posters for conference
*April 14, 2014* Full papers due for preliminary proceedings
*May 8-9, 2014* ICA CON 2014 in Atlanta, GA
*Review Procedure*
All submissions will be peer reviewed by appropriate domain experts among those listed on the Program Reviewers Committee. The reviewers know that the ICA CON 2014 conference aims to produce innovative as well as quality work, and that authors of selected papers / presentations will be selected and invited to have work published in special issues of the _International Journal of Cloud Computing / IJCC_ http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalCODE=ijccand _Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience_ http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/%28ISSN%291532-0634.
*Submission Format*
Paper and poster submissions should follow the guidelines below:
* For paper submissions, provide an initial short paper (extended abstract) up to 2 pages in length; final conference paper submissions should not exceed 10 pages (selected IJCC submissions can be longer) * For poster submissions, provide an abstract up to 2 paragraphs in length * Anonymized (remove author names and affiliations) for the review process. * To facilitate the subsequent publication of selected manuscripts, we suggest you check with the guidelines used by the International Journal of Cloud Computing at the outset: _Submissions guidelines_ http://www.ibm.com/links/?prompt=1&url=http://www.inderscience.com/mapper.php?id=31(_http://www.inderscience.com/ mapper.php?id=31_ http://www.inderscience.com/mapper.php?id=31)
Submission implies willingness of at least one author to register and present at the conference. * *______________________________ * * *General Chairs:* Andy Rindos (IBM) Yi Pan (GSU)
*Program Chairs:* Anu Bourgeois (GSU) Alisha D. Malloy (NCCU) Juan Pablo Napoli (IBM) Yannis Viniotis (NC State) Yelena Yesha (UMBC)
*Steering Committee:* Geoffrey Fox (Indiana U) Yaser Jararweh (Jordan University of Science and Technology) **
*For more information, contact conference general co-chairs * *Andy Rindos (*_*rindos@us.ibm.com*_ mailto:rindos@us.ibm.com*) or Yi Pan (*_*yipan@gsu.edu*_ mailto:yipan@gsu.edu*)*
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