International Journal of Systems and Service-Oriented Engineering (IJSSOE)
Special Issue on Cloud Systems and Services
http://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-systems-service-oriented
    
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Important dates

    Sept 15, 2013 - Paper submission deadline
    Oct 15, 2013 - Notice of acceptance
    Nov 15, 2013 - Camera-ready copies due

“Cloud” is a common metaphor for an Internet accessible platform of shared hardware and software hidden from users for scalable service provision. The technical foundations of Cloud Computing include Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Virtualizations of hardware and software. Under Cloud Computing, IT-related capabilities are provided as services, accessible anywhere anytime without requiring detailed knowledge of the underlying technology. Thus, many mature technologies are used as components in Cloud Computing, but still there are many unresolved and open problems. In particular, how traditional information systems can be (re-)engineered and migrate to new cloud platforms is a key issue of its adoption. This leads to our workshop topic of “Cloud Information System Engineering” (CISE).

The creation, operation, and evolution of such research and practice raise concerns that range from high-level requirements and policy modeling through to the deployment of specific implementation technologies and paradigms, and involve a wide (and ever growing) range of methods, tools, and technologies. They also cover a broad spectrum of vertical domains, industry segments, and even government sectors.

This special issue intentionally seeks scientists, engineers, educators, industry people, policy makers, decision makers, and others who have insight, vision, and understanding of the big challenges in Cloud Systems and Services (CSS).

 
Topics

Topic of interest include but are not limited to the theoretical, technical, or empirical aspects of the following:

    Principles, theories, models, challenges, legal, and social issues related to the Cloud
    e-Business and Marketing on the Cloud
    Social network and content on the Cloud
    Data mining and knowledge management on the Cloud
    Cloud / grid middleware frameworks and configuration design
    Novel IS development methodology for cloud computing
    Enterprise IS and business process integration / distribution in the Cloud
    Data grid, ontologies and Semantic Web / Cloud
    Autonomic, intelligent, and agent computing in the Cloud
    Recommendation, personalization, operation, monitoring, scheduling, and auditing issues
    Trust, reputation, security, and privacy in the Cloud
    Virtual organizations, virtual communities, P2P, and value chains in the cloud
    Load balancing, fault tolerance, scalability, testing and reliability design
   

Submission

Submitted papers will be carefully evaluated based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition. All papers will be refereed by at least two members of the program committee. All submitted papers MUST be formatted according to the author guidelines provided by Springer and MUST NOT be longer than 12 pages. All workshop papers MUST be submitted electronically through the following website:

http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ijssoe2010
(choose the track on Cloud Systems and Services)


Special issue editors

    Dickson K. W. Chiu, Hong Kong, Editor-in-chief, IJSSOE (dicksonchiu@ieee.org)
    Ziawen Feng, Wuhan University, China
    Yi Zhuang, Zhejiang Gongshang University, China