[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP]

==============================================================================

The 2nd IEEE International Conference on JointCloud Computing (JCC 2021)

August 23-26, 2021, Online

http://jointcloud.cloud/Cfp

==============================================================================

CALL FOR PAPERS

Cloud Computing technologies have become the backbone of modern IT 
infrastructures. Businesses usually adopt a multi-hybrid cloud strategy to 
achieve optimized portfolios of cloud services provided by different vendors 
and avoid single vendor lock-in. Meanwhile, this strategy brings technical 
challenges and complexities to build, manage and operate multi-hybrid clouds. 
JointCloud is used to refer to but not limited to Hybrid-Cloud, Inter-Cloud, 
Multi-Cloud, Cloud Federation, Cross-Cloud and Cloud Service Broker (CSB) etc. 
The IEEE JCC 2021 aims to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners 
to exchange innovative ideas, latest research results, and practical 
experiences and lessons learned around JointCloud. The conference will be 
co-located with IEEE SOSE 2021, IEEE BigDataService 2021, IEEE MobileCloud 
2021, IEEE DAPPCON 2021 and IEEE AI TEST 2021. IEEE JCC 2021 will consist of 
main tracks and special tracks. All accepted papers will be included in the 
conference proceedings which will be published by the IEEE CPS. Selected 
papers will be invited for extension and published in selected journals 
(SCI-Index).

TOPICS OF INTEREST INCLUDE (BUT NOT LIMITED TO)

Theories and Foundations of JointCloud
-    Foundational theories and technologies
-    Standards, protocols, and specifications
-    Models and algorithms

Architecture and Technologies of JointCloud
-    Architecture and platforms
-    Resource, energy and data management technologies
-    Interoperation and integration technologies
-    Development methods and tools
-    Quality evaluation and assurance technologies
-    Reliability and availability technologies
-    Open-source technologies and practices
-    Migration and transformation of workloads

Management and Operation of Joint Cloud
-    Models, algorithms, and technologies for management and operation
-    Performance, Reliability and availability technologies
-    Experiences, practices and case studies

Economics, Experiences and Practices of JointCloud
-    Economics and optimization techniques in application
-    Experiences and case studies
-    Real-world and large-scale practices

SPECIAL TRACKS

Special Track on Software Defined JointCloud
-    Methodologies and theories
-    Enabling technologies and implementations
-    Experiences, practices, and case studies

Special Track on Compliance, Security and Privacy
-    Models, algorithms, standard and protocols on compliance, security and 
     privacy
-    Practical technologies and implementations on compliance, security and 
     privacy

Special Track on Fog, Edge, and Mobile Edge Computing
-    Modeling, managing and monitoring services and applications in Fog, 
     Edge, and MEC
-    Resource allocation and data management in highly heterogeneous and 
     distributed Fog, Edge, and MEC infrastructures   

PAPER SUBMISSION

All submissions should follow the IEEE Double Column Format. Each submission 
of full papers can have up to 8 pages, while the submission of short, demo or 
industry papers is limited up to 4 pages. Short, demo or industry papers are 
the works that make significant contributions, but are still in progress, or 
works of smaller scale that can be reported briefly. If the submission is 
accepted for publication, up to 2 over-length pages may be purchased for the 
final camera-ready version. Submissions should NOT be blinded for review. The 
submission Web page for IEEE JCC 2021 is 
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jcc2021.  

PAPER PUBLICATION

All accepted and presented papers will be published by IEEE and will be 
indexed by EI Compendex. Selected papers will be invited for extension and 
published in journals (SCI-Index).

IMPORTANT DATES

Workshop/Tutorial proposals: Apr. 10 2021

Abstract submission: Apr. 24 2021

Full paper submission: May 1 2021

Paper Notification: Jun. 20 2021

Final Paper and Registration: Jul. 15 2021

Conference: Aug. 23-26 2021

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

General Chairs
-    Huaimin Wang, National University of Defense Technology, China
-    Jie Xu, University of Leeds, United Kingdom

Program Chairs
-    Fanjing Meng, IBM Research, China
-    Monica Vitali, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Publicity Chair
-    Giovanni Meroni, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Finance Chairs
-    Hong Zhu, Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom

Web Chair
-    Yaoqi Zhong, National University of Defense Technology, China