INS 2011 - Special Issue on "Cloud Computing Service and Architecture Models"

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Deadline: March 31, 2011 | Date: October 15, 2011

Venue/Country: Call for Papers, U.S.A

Updated: 2011-03-21 10:23:15 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

Special Issue on "Cloud Computing Service and Architecture Models"

CfP URL: http://www.elsevierscitech.com/cfp/Elsevier-INS-CfP-SI-Cloud_Computing.pdf

Paper submission deadline: March 31, 2011

Impact Factor: 3.291 (Q1 in Computer Science, Information Systems),

Journal Citation Reports, Thomson Reuters

Cloud computing represents a new paradigm where computing resources

are being offered as services and accessed by others from anywhere in

the world via Internet. In this approach, the cloud is the single

point of access to the computing needs of the cloud users. The cloud

services are characterized by being fully managed by the provider,

being sold on demand, and being elastic as users can have as much of a

service as they need in a particular moment. This new approach

provides important benefits such as cost reduction, higher device and

location independence, higher reliability and scalability, improved

resource utilization, etc. However, there are several open issues that

still need to be addressed such as the loss of control over sensitive

data, the definition of new management and integration models or the

lack of standards.

This special issue of Information Sciences will present a set of

articles that cover recent research results on cloud computing. In

particular, it aims to present highly technical papers describing

novel cloud computing service and architecture models addressing any

of the following specific topics: security, privacy, and trust, mobile

users support and mobile clouds, (self-) management,

infrastructure-platform-application integration, and federation of and

internetworking between clouds.

This special issue is aimed at readers interested in recent and novel

cloud computing models providing a solution to key open problems

existing nowadays at the service and architecture levels.

About the issue

This special issue seeks original articles on the following specific

cloud computing topics:

- Security, Privacy, and Trust models

- Models for supporting mobility in the cloud and mobile clouds

- Fault-tolerance, reliability and consistency models

- Maintenance and (self-)management models

- Infrastructure-platform-application integration models

- Models for creating and managing federations of clouds and

internetworking between clouds (InterClouds)

Important dates

Paper submission: 31-03-2011

Acceptance notification: 31-07-2011

Final papers: 15-10-2011

Submission format

Papers will be evaluated based on their originality, presentation,

relevance and contribution to the field of cloud computing, as well as

their suitability to the special issue, and for their overall quality.

The submitted papers must be written in excellent English and describe

original research which has not been published nor currently under

review by other journals or conferences. Previously published

conference papers should be clearly identified by the authors (at the

submission stage) and an explanation should be provided how such

papers have been extended to be considered for this special issue.

Guest editors will make an initial determination of the suitability

and scope of all submissions. Papers that either lack originality,

clarity in presentation or fall outside the scope of the special issue

will not be sent for review and the authors will be promptly informed

in such cases.

Author guidelines and additional information

Author guidelines for preparation of manuscript can be found at

www.elsevier.com/locate/ins

For more information, please contact the Editor-in-Chief:

Witold Pedrycz

pedryczee.ualberta.ca

Or the corresponding guest editor:

Gregorio Martinez

gregorioum.es

Submission Guideline

All manuscripts and any supplementary material should be submitted

through Elsevier Editorial System (EES). The authors must select as

“Special Issue: Cloud Computing” when they reach the “Article Type”

step in the submission process. The EES website is located at:

http://ees.elsevier.com/ins/

Guide for Authors

This site will guide you stepwise through the creation and uploading

of you article. The guide for Authors can be found on the journal

homepage (www.elsevier.com/ins).

Guest Editors

Gregorio Martinez (corresponding guest editor)

University of Murcia

30.100 Murcia, Spain

gregorioum.es

Sherali Zeadally

University of the District of Columbia

Washington, DC, USA

szeadallyudc.edu

Han-Chieh Chao

National Ilan University

I-Lan, Taiwan

hccniu.edu.tw

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Gregorio Martinez, PhD

University of Murcia, Spain

http://webs.um.es/gregorio/