CASE-2013 Workshop
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1st International workshop on Cloud Computing Applications and SEcurity (CASE-2013)
In conjunction with the 4th International Conference on Information and Communication Systems. April 23-25, 2012, Irbid, Jordan

IMPORTANT DATES
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Full Paper Submission: Feb. 5th, 2013 (Extended)
Notification of Decision: March. 1st,2013
Registration and Camera-Ready: March. 15th, 2013


Journal Special Issue
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Special Issue for selected papers in CASE-2013 will be published in the International Journal of Cloud Applications and Computing (IJCAC)

GENERAL INFORMATION
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Cloud computing promise a full paradigm shift in the High Performance computing systems. The 1st International workshop on Cloud Computing Applications and SEcurity (CASE-2013) is a forum for scientists, researchers, students, and practitioners to present their latest research results, ideas, developments, and applications in the area of Cloud computing. We are mainly interested in receiving state of the art work on different aspect of cloud computing such as application and security management.


TOPICS
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Researchers are encouraged to submit original research contributions in all major areas, which include, but not limited to:
Applications of Cloud Computing
Big Data in the Cloud
Cloud Computing Systems Architecture
Cloud Computing Networking
Mobile Cloud Computing
Cloud Computing Security and Privacy
Cloud Computing Cryptography
Reliability, Performance and Fault-Tolerance in Cloud Computing Systems
Scientific computing in the cloud
Emerging Issues in Cloud Computing
Green Cloud computing


Workshop and program Chairs
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Andy Rindos (Chair), IBM Research, USA.
Yaser Jararweh, JUST, Jordan

Steering Committee
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Ian Foster (Chair), University of Chicago and ANL, USA
Rajkumar Buyya, University of Melbourne, Australia
Wolfgang Gentzsch, Germany
Albert Zomaya, The University of Sydney, Australia
Ioan Raicu,Illinois Institute of Technology,USA
Jianwu Wang, University of California, San Diego, USA
Shadi Aljawarneh, Isra University, Jordan


INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS
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Prospective authors are invited to submit full papers of up to 6 pages, strictly following the ACM SIG Proceedings Templates available at http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates

Submitted papers will be peer-reviewed and prospective authors are expected to present their papers at the conference. The papers that are accepted and presented at the conference will appear in conference proceedings, in the ACM Digital Library (pending approval) and in DBLP.
Please submit your paper in PDF format via the electronic submission system available in EasyChair:
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icics13

Prospective authors are expected to present their papers at the conference. Extended version of selected papers will be published in the International Journal of Cloud Applications and Computing (IJCAC)

Please send any inquiry on CASE 2013 to yaser@email.arizona.edu