Important dates
* Submission deadline:  Jun. 1st, 2009
* Author notification:         Sept. 1st, 2009
* Camera-ready manuscript:  Oct. 1st, 2009
* Author registration:   Oct. 1st, 2009

For more info: cloudcom<at>sislab.no

http://www.CloudCom.org

Organized by the Beijing Jiaotong University
Co-organized by Huazhong University of Science and Technology and
Sun Yat-sen University.
Sponsored by the IEEE Task Force on Autonomic & Trusted Computing
In Cooperation with IEEE Technical Committee on Scalable Computing (TCSC) and IEEE Computer Society

* About CloudCom 2009

"Cloud" is a common metaphor for an Internet accessible infrastructure (e.g. data storage and computing hardware) which is hidden from users. Cloud Computing makes data truly mobile and a user can simply access a chosen cloud with any internet accessible device. In Cloud Computing, IT-related capabilities are provided as services, accessible 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. This conference aims to bring together researchers who work on cloud computing and related technologies. Topics include but are not limited to:

* Cloud/Grid architecture
* Load balancing
* Optimal deploy configuration
* Consistency models
* Virtualization technologies
* Middleware frameworks
* Software as a Service (SaaS)
* Hardware as a Service (HaaS)
* Data grid & Semantic web
* Web services
* Security and Risk
* Fault tolerance and reliability
* Auditing, monitoring and scheduling
* Utility computing
* High-performance computing
* Peer to peer computing

Accepted papers will be published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series (EI and ISTP indexed). After the conference, extended and revised versions of distinguished papers will be invited for possible publication in a special issue of the Journal of Computer Science and Technology (SCI-indexed)(pending).

* ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

* General Chairs
Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Yun Liu, Beijing Jiaotong University, China

* Program Chairs
Martin Gilje Jaatun, SINTEF, Norway
Gansen Zhao, Sun Yat-sen University, China

* Program Vice Chairs
Franck Cappello, INRIA, France
Geoffrey Fox, Indiana University, USA
Thomas Hardjono, MIT, USA
Ho-fung Leung, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Günther Pernul, University of Regensburg, Germany
Omer F. Rana, Cardiff University, UK
Waleed Smari, University of Dayton, USA
Luca Spalazzi, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
Yun Yang, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Yan ZHANG, Simula Research Laboratory, Norway

* Award Chair
David A. Bader, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA (Chair)

* Steering Committee
Chunming Rong, University of Stavanger, Norway
Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Frode Eika Sandnes, Oslo University College, Norway

* Advisory Committee
Mark Musen, Stanford University, USA
Victor Leung, University of British Columbia, Canada
Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada
Jianhua Ma, Hosei University, Japan
Benxiong Huang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Chung-Ming Huang, National Chung Kung University, Taiwan, ROC
Jong Hyuk Park, Kyungnam University, Korea

* Organizing Committee
Yong Li, Beijing Jiaotong University, China (Chair)
Yanning Zhang, Beijing Jiaotong University, China
Dan Tao, Beijing Jiaotong University, China
Liang Yan, University of Stavanger, Norway

* Web Administration Chairs
Jie Lian, Beijing Jiaotong University, China
Qing Liu, Beijing Jiaotong University, China

* Publicity Chair
Paul Van Binst, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

* Publication Chair
Wei Sun, Sun Yat-sen University, China

* European Liaison Chair
Erik Hjelmås, Gjøvik University College, Norway

* American Liaison Chair
Naixue Xiong, Georgia State University, USA

* Asia Liaison Chair
Robert Hsu, Chung Hua University, Taiwan, ROC

* Oceania Liaison Chair
Oliver Sinnen, University of Auckland, New Zealand