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The IBM Cloud Academy and
 IBM Centers for Advanced Studies (RTP, Chicago, Heritage Corridor, Florida)  
invite you to the
1st  International IBM Cloud Academy Conference
ICA CON 2012
Thursday and Friday, April 19-20, 2012
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
at the IBM Employee Activity and Fitness Center
Building 400, Cornwallis Drive
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

Conference website: http://www.ibm.com/solutions/education/cloudacademy/us/en/cloud_academy_conference.html

If you plan to attend, please register at:
http://www.ibm.com/solutions/education/cloudacademy/us/en/cloud_academy_conference_4.html
We are currently accepting submissions for papers and poster presentations at:
http://www.ibm.com/solutions/education/cloudacademy/us/en/cloud_academy_conference_2.html
Best papers will be published in a special issue of the International Journal of Cloud Computing

For more information, contact conference co-chairs Andy Rindos (rindos@us.ibm.com) or Chris Bernbrock (cwbernbr@us.ibm.com)
 

ICA CON 2012, the 1st 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.
The program will include invited keynotes, technical papers, position papers, workshops and a technology showcase. The technical papers portion of the conference program will feature experience reports and original research papers. The technology showcase will feature poster presentations and demonstrations on cloud computing research or implementations in progress. Selected papers from conference proceedings will be published as a special edition of the International Journal of Cloud Computing IJCC http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalCODE=ijcc

ICA CON 2012 will be an excellent venue for presenting original work, exchanging new ideas, embracing cloud technologies, sharing results and experiences, and networking with other leading institutions who are already implementing cloud solutions.

Call for Papers
We invite submission of papers / presentations or 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.
A range of topics relevant to cloud computing in education and research will be considered. Here are some areas to show the range of interests and possibilities:
Institutional Strategy and Planning for Cloud Computing
Building the institution's future infrastructure on a cloud
Culture change challenges in transitioning to cloud computing
Economic Models of, and Economic Development through, Cloud Computing
Financial impact and benefits of cloud computing
Roadmap for adoption, integration and transition to cloud computing
Data Management and Analytics on the Cloud
Business Intelligence for education and research purposes using cloud computing
Analytics and predictive analytics in cloud environments
Big Data in clouds
Storage management and clouds
User Productivity with Cloud Computing
Collaboration using cloud computing
Enhancing accessibility through cloud services
Workloads and Use Cases of cloud for education and research
Cloud Computing Implementation Strategies
Building Green Data Centers
Data Center migration to cloud computing
Energy Management Considerations
Integration and workflow of cloud services
Impact on IT Infrastructure Management with cloud computing
IT Service and Relationship Management (Business and IT)
Service Oriented Architecture and cloud computing
Software development services with cloud computing
Research Computing in the Cloud
High Performance Computing and cloud computing
Research computing models using cloud computing
Pedagogical Impact of Cloud Computing
Impact on learning and teaching with cloud computing
Delivering educational resources via a cloud
New and Innovative Pedagogical Approaches with cloud
Service Sciences, Management and Engineering (SSME)
Standards and Open Source Strategies for Cloud Computing
Innovations in IP (especially as relates to Open Source)
Open standards for cloud computing
Systems Management in a Cloud Computing Environment
Service level agreements and clouds
Security, identity, trust and privacy on clouds
Software licensing in education for cloud computing

For more information, contact conference co-chairs Andy Rindos (rindos@us.ibm.com) or Chris Bernbrock (cwbernbr@us.ibm.com)

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Location:
IBM Employee Activity and Fitness Center,
Building 400, Cornwallis Drive,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709

Sincerely,

Paul Kontogiorgis
IT Services Curriculum Program Director
SSME Advocate
773-290-2745
email: paulkont@us.ibm.com