The first IEEE International Conference on Cloud Networking (IEEE CloudNet 2012) will be held in Paris, France, in November 2012.
Cloud Networking has emerged as a promising direction for cost-efficient and reliable service
delivery across data communication networks. The dynamic location of service facilities and the
virtualization of hardware and software elements are stressing the communication network and
protocols, especially when data-centers are interconnected through the Internet. Although the
"computing" aspects of Cloud technologies have been largely investigated, lower attention has
been devoted to the "networking" and communications aspects. The 2012 IEEE Int. Conference on Cloud Networking (IEEE CloudNet 2012)
precisely addresses these aspects.

Conference topics include (but are not limited to):

- Data Center Network Management, Reliability, Optimization
- Distributed Data Center Architectures
- Internet Routing of Cloud data
- Ethernet Routing: TRILL, Shortest Path Bridging, L2LSP, OpenFlow
- Virtual Ethernet Bridging, Data Center Bridging
- Cloud Traffic Characterization and Measurements
- Intra-Cloud and Inter-Cloud Networking
- Cloud Traffic Engineering and Control-Plane Architectures
- Security, Privacy, Confidentiality in Cloud networking
- Network on the fly, Virtual Control, Virtual Radio, Isolation
- Virtualization of Wireless Equipment
- Green Cloud Networking
- Unified User and Machine Mobility Management
- Mobile Cloud Networking, Follow-Me-Cloud
- Storage Area Networks, Optical Interconnect, Fiber Channel
- Content and Service Distribution

Supporting IEEE Communications Society Technical Committees:

- Cloud Communications and Networking Ad-Hoc TC
- Communications Software TC (TCCS)
- Computer Communications TC (TCCC)
- Green Communications & Computing Technical SubCommittee (TSCGCC)
- Information Infrastructure and Networking (TCIIN)
- Internet TC (ITC)
- Network Operations and Management TC (CNOM)
Keynote Speakers
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Radia Perlman, Intel Labs
Title: "Cloud Fabric: Myths, Missteps, and Mysteries"

Charlie Kaufman, Microsoft Azure
Title: "Cloud Network Security: Challenges and Opportunities"

Tarik Taleb, NEC Europe
Title: "Mobile Cloud Networking: Why and How?"

more TBA


Paper submission
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Authors are invited to submit technical papers presenting original, unpublished research, not currently under review elsewhere. All submissions should be written in English with a maximum length of 5 single-spaced, double-column pages and should follow IEEE paper templates. Papers can exceed the page limit with a maximum of 3 extra pages, which (if accepted) will be subject to an extra fee (75E per page). Papers are to be submitted electronically on the EDAS web site by the deadline indicated below. Papers submitted after this deadline will be discarded without review. Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings published by the IEEE in IEEEexplore.


Important dates
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- Title and abstract registration: June 15, 2012
- Full paper submission: June 20, 2012
- Paper acceptance notification: September 17, 2012
- Final camera-ready paper: October 15, 2012

Best papers will be considered for fast-track publication in the Annals of Telecommunications (Springer, ISI-indexed).


Venue
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The conference will be located in the Jussieu campus of the University Pierre and Marie Curie,
in the Latin quarter in the very center of Paris, France.


Organizing committee
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General Co-Chairs:
Guy Pujolle, UPMC, France
Raouf Boutaba, U. Waterloo, Canada

Program Co-Chairs:
Marcus Brunner, NEC Lab EU, Germany
Stefano Secci, UPMC, France

Technical Program Committee:
Abdelhamid Mellouk, UPEC, France
Andrzej Duda, Grenoble INP-Ensimag, France
Antonio Cianfrani, U. Rome I - La Sapienza, Italy
Bijan Jabbari, GMU, USA
Brice Augustin, UPEC, France
Clarissa Marquezan, UFRGS, Brazil
Chunming Qiao, SUNY Buffalo, USA
Deep Medhi, U. Missouri - Kansas City, USA
Djamal Zeghlache, Telecom SudParis, France
Dijiang Huang, Arizona State University, USA
Emmanuel Dotaro, Thales Communications, France
Fabian Schneider, NEC, Germany
George Michailidis, U. Michigan, USA
Guy Pujolle, UPMC, France
Harry Skianis, U. Aegean, Greece
Honggang Zhang, U. Zhejiang, China
Jaime Lloret Mauri, UPV, Spain
James Hong, POSTECH, Korea
Jinsong Wu, Bell Laboratories, China
Jose M. Alcaraz Calero, HP labs, UK
Kaiqi Xiong, Rochester Institute University, USA
Kaliappa Ravindan, CUNY, USA
Kamel Haddadou, Gandi, France
Kenichi Ogaki, KDDI labs, Japan
Kui Ren, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA
Kun Yang, U. Essex, UK
Kurt Tutschku, U. Vienna, Austria
Luis Henrique Costa, UFRJ, Brazil
Luis Miguel Contreras, Telefonica I+D, Spain
Manel Bourguiba, U. Paris-Sud, France
Martin Vigoureux, Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, France
Massimo Tornatore, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Nadjib Ait-Saadi, UPEC, France
Omar Cherkaoui, UQAM, Canada
Otto Duarte, UFRJ, Brazil
Pascal Gallard, Non Stop Systems, France
Piotr Cholda, AGH, Poland
Raouf Boutaba, U. Waterloo, Canada
Riccardo Raheli, U. Parma, Italy
Stefano Giordano, U. Pisa, Italy
Thierry Coupaye, Orange labs, France
Thomas Magedanz, Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany
Tiffany Jing Li, U. Lehigh, USA
Tobias Hossfeld, U. Wurzburg, Germany
Victor Lopez, Telefonica I+D, Spain
Xavier Masip-Bruin, UPC, Spain
Xiaoming Fu, U. Goettingen, Germany
Yacine Ghamri-Doudane, ENSIEE, France
Wolfgang Kellerer, DOCOMO Euro-Labs, Germany

Demos and Tutorials Co-Chairs
Jean-Louis Rougier, Telecom ParisTech, France
Stefano Giordano, U. Pisa, Italy

Awards Co-Chairs
Brigitte Kervella, UPMC, France
Khaled Boussetta, U. Paris XIII, France
Mai Trang Nguyen, UPMC, France

Publicity Co-Chairs:
Manel Bourguiba, U. Paris-Sud, France
Aziza Lounis, UPMC, France

Local Arrangements Chair:
Aziza Lounis, UPMC, France

More info at:
http://phare.lip6.fr/cloudnet12