Original submissions of research papers on a diverse range of topics are sought, particularly those identifying new research directions. The topics of the interest for the conference include, but are not limited to:

Cloud and data centers
Virtualization, auto-scaling, provisioning, and scheduling
Data-intensive computing (big data) and data analytics
Stream Processing
Machine learning
Mobile and pervasive systems and services
Internet-of-Things, smart cities
Fog, Edge computing
Cyber-physical and Real-time systems
Energy and power-aware techniques
Event-based, publish/subscribe, and peer-to-peer solutions
Networking, network function virtualization, software-defined networking
Multimedia Systems
Fault tolerance and Consistency
Blockchains
Security and privacy
Monitoring, resource management and analysis
Middleware Design principles
Programming abstractions and paradigms for middleware
Reconfigurable, adaptable, and reflective approaches
Reviews of middleware paradigms, e.g., object models, aspect orientation, etc.
Methodologies and tools for design, implementation, verification, and evaluation