Submitted by Gul Agha
http://www.cloudbus.org/ucc2012/
The 5th IEEE/ACM International Conference on
Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC 2012)
November 5-8, 2012
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Cloud Computing promises to deliver computational resources on demand as a
service that are commoditized and delivered as in traditional utilities such as
electricity, gas and water. UCC is the premier IEEE/ACM conference covering all
areas related to Cloud Computing as a Utility. Submissions are invited to UCC
2012. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

- Pricing and Service Models for Utility Computing
- Cloud Computing Architectures and Middleware
- Cloud Programming Models, Languages and Frameworks
- Virtualization Technologies
- Formal Methods for Utility and Cloud Computing
- Cloud Management: Autonomic, Self-*, and Adaptive.
- Energy Efficient Clouds
- Mobile Clouds
- Service Level Agreements
- Private, Public and Hybrid Clouds
- Scalability and Reliability in Cloud Services
- Security, Privacy, Trust and Jurisdiction
- Interoperability and Standardization for Federated Clouds
- Cloud Stack (*aaS): Infrastructure, Platform, Software as a Service
- Resource Management: Brokering, Scheduling, Capacity Planning and Elasticity
- Performance Models and Monitoring
- Case Studies and Applications including Games, Social Networks, Scientific
Computing, and Business Intelligence

Important Dates:
May 4: Workshop and Tutorial Proposals Due
July 9, 2012: Regular Paper Submissions Due
August 10, 2012: Notification of acceptance or rejection of papers
August 24, 2012: Posters and Demos Submissions Due
September 7, 2012: Camera Ready versions due
November 5-8, 2012: Symposium

PAPER SUBMISSION
Authors are invited to submit papers electronically through EasyChair.
Manuscripts may not exceed 8 pages for regular papers, and 2 pages for posters
and demos, including figures, tables and references using the IEEE format for
conference proceedings. Submitted papers must represent original unpublished
research that is not currently under review for any other conference or
journal. Papers not following these guidelines will be rejected without review
and further action may be taken, including (but not limited to) notifications
sent to the heads of the institutions of the authors and sponsors of the
conference. The proceedings will be published by the IEEE Computer Society,
USA, and will be made available online through the IEEE Digital Library.

Submission details and conference information posted at

http://www.cloudbus.org/ucc2012.

Conference Chair:
Gul Agha (University of Illinios at Urbana-Champaign)
Program Co-Chairs:
Carlos Varela (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Manish Parashar, Rutgers University
Workshops and Tutorials Chair:
Shrideep Pallickara, Colorado State Univ.