CALL FOR PAPERS (CBDCom CFP 2018)

CALL FOR PAPERS

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The 4th IEEE International Conference on Cloud and Big Data Computing (CBDCom)
October 8-12, 2018
Guangzhou, China
http://www.smart-world.org/2018/cbdcom/


The IEEE International Conference on Cloud and Big Data Computing (CBDCom) is a premier conference covering all aspects of cloud computing and big data. IEEE CBDCom 2018 will be held in Guangzhou during October 8-12, 2018.
IEEE CBDCom 2018 encourages submissions that present fundamental insights and contributions to the fields of cloud and big data computing. This conference also covers the latest research achievements, novel data management systems, innovative applications of cloud computing and big data technologies, and experiences in applying recent research findings to real-world problems. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

- Cloud computing solutions and platforms
- Cloud data management and storage
- Cloud resource management and quality-of-service
- Cloud related virtualization technologies
- Big data algorithms, applications and services
- Big data cleansing, mining and analytics
- Big data processing and querying
- Big data visualization an education
- Cloud and big data for the Internet of Things (IoT)
- Government and industrial experiences for cloud and big data
- Green computing and networking for cloud and big data
- Software engineering for cloud computing and big data
- Cloud and big data intelligence
- Cloud and big data privacy and security

Submitted papers cannot be previously published nor under review by other conferences or journals. Submissions are not required to be double blind, i.e., authors can keep their names on the submitted papers.

IMPORTANT DATES
Workshop Proposal Due: Feb. 8, 2018
Paper Submission Deadline: Apr. 8, 2018
Author Notification Date: June 25, 2018
Camera-ready Deadline: Aug. 8, 2018


PAPER SUBMISSION
The main conference papers are limited to 8 pages long and must follow the IEEE proceedings format. They should be submitted as PDF via the conference¡¯s submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cbdcom2018.

PAPER PUBLICATION
Accepted conference papers will be published by IEEE (IEEE-DL and EI indexed). At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register and present their work at the conference; otherwise the paper will not be included in the proceedings. Best Paper Awards will be presented to high quality papers. Selected papers will be recommended to journal special issues. More details can be found via the website: http://www.smart-world.org/2018/cbdcom/.

WORKSHOPS and SPCIAL SESSIONS
IEEE CBDCom 2018 Organizing Committee invites proposals for workshops and special sessions to be associated with the conference. Accepted workshop papers will be included in the same IEEE CBDCom 2018 proceedings. For workshop and special session proposals, please contact: <pengli@u-aizu.ac.jp>


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
GENERAL CHAIRS
Georges Da Costa, lRIT, France
Jin Li, Guangzhou University, China
Yinglong Xia, Huawei Research America, USA

GENERAL EXECUTIVE CHAIR
Guojun Wang, Guangzhou University, China
Weishan Zhang, China Univ. of Petroleum, China

PROGRAM CHAIRS
Peng Li, The University of Aizu, Japan
Tom Guerout, LAAS-CNRS, France
Wenjun Jiang, Hunan University, China

WORKSHOP AND SPECIAL SESSION CHAIRS
Kun Wang, Nanjing Univ. of Posts and Tel., China
Wei Shi, Carleton University, Canada
Jorge Barbosa, FEUP, Portugal

PUBLICITY CHAIRS
Mir Sajjad Hussain, Sindh Agri. Univ., Pakistan
Zhi Liu, Shizuoka University, Japan
Feng Ye, University of Dayton, USA
Heng Qi, Dalian University of Technology, China
Entao Luo, Hunan University of Science and Engineering, China
Tuan Anh Trinh, BME, Hungary

STEERING COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Jianhua Ma, Hosei University, Japan
Huansheng Ning, Univ. Sci and Tech Beijing, China