(SPCLOUD 2016)
The 4th International Workshop on Security, Privacy and Performance in Cloud Computing
Innsbruck, Austria
CALL FOR PAPERS
As part of
The International Conference on High Performance Computing & Simulation (HPCS 2016)
http://hpcs2016.cisedu.info or http://cisedu.us/rp/hpcs16
July 18 – July 22, 2016
Submission Deadline: April 14, 2016 - Extended
Submissions could be for full papers, short papers, poster papers, or posters
SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES
Cloud computing is transforming the way large-scale computation is performed. Dynamic scalability or “elasticity” provided by the cloud make high-performance computing accessible to everyone. However, cloud computing introduces new challenges with respect to security and privacy. Although virtualization addresses some of these concerns, it has a significant impact on performance: the actual gains in performance depend heavily on the predictability of physical and virtualized resources. Consequently, the balancing of performance against security and the adaptation of HPC or VLDB techniques to cloud computing are of strategic importance and will have long-lasting scientific impact.
The 6th SPCLOUD workshop brings together researchers and IT practitioners, to present new results and ongoing work on the themes of security, privacy, and performance in the cloud.
The SPCLOUD Workshop topics include (but are not limited to) the following:
Secure Mobile Clouds
Reliability and Security of Cloud Environments
Monitoring for Cloud-Based Applications
Cryptography and Crypto-Protocols for Cloud Computing Systems
Parallel Computing With Cloud-Based Systems
Very Large Databases In The Cloud: Transactions, Backup, Security, Scalability
Security and Virtualization
Risk Management in Cloud Computing Environments
Usability and Human Centered Security for Clouds
Trusted Data Sharing and Shared Technology Issues
Untrusted Cloud Servers and Networks
Privacy Protection in Cloud Platforms and Operations
Autonomic Security in Cloud Computing
Intercloud Security Issues and Considerations
Insecure Interfaces and APIs
Insiders Threats
Security Models for New Services
Services Hijacking
Interoperable Identity Management
Information Hiding in Cloud Computing
Forensics in the Clouds
Cloud Infrastructure Security
Use of Cloud Systems for Scalable High-performance Computing
Performance Overhead of Virtualization
Monitoring of Cloud Systems, Alerts for Resource Consumption
Identification and Privacy in Clouds
Secure Mobile Clouds and Privacy Management
SPCLOUD welcomes submission of papers describing:
Experimental work to measure existing systems and applications
Industrial experience relevant to the Workshop’s themes
Theoretical work on specific new models
Software and hardware platforms from the angle of security and performance
Short papers describing ongoing work.
Submitted papers should highlight their application or relevance for cloud computing.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS:
You are invited to submit original and unpublished research works on above and other topics related to security, privacy, and performance issues in cloud computing. Submitted papers must not have been published or simultaneously submitted elsewhere. For Regular papers, please submit a PDF copy of your full manuscript, not to exceed 8 double-column formatted pages per template, and include up to 6 keywords and an abstract of no more than 400 words. Additional pages will be charged additional fee. Submission should include a cover page with authors' names, affiliation addresses, fax numbers, phone numbers, and all authors email addresses. Please, indicate clearly the corresponding author(s) although all authors are equally responsible for the manuscript. Short papers (up to 4 pages), poster papers and posters (please refer to http://hpcs2016.cisedu.info/1-call-for-papers/call-for-posters for posters submission details) will also be considered. Please specify the type of submission you have. Please include page numbers on all preliminary submissions to make it easier for reviewers to provide helpful comments.
Submit a PDF copy of your full manuscript to the Workshop paper submission EasyChair site at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=spcloud2016. Acknowledgement will be sent within 48 hours of submission.
Only PDF files will be accepted, uploaded to the submission link above. Each paper will receive a minimum of three reviews. Papers will be selected based on their originality, relevance, significance, technical clarity and presentation, and references. Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper, if accepted. At least one of the authors of each accepted paper will have to register and attend the HPCS 2016 conference to present the paper at the Workshop.
PROCEEDINGS
Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings which will be made available at the time of the meeting. Instructions for final manuscript format and requirements will be posted on the HPCS 2016 Conference web site. It is our intent to have the proceedings formally published in hard and soft copies and be available at the time of the conference. The proceedings is projected to be included in the IEEE Digital Library and indexed in major indexing services accordingly.
SPECIAL ISSUE
Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their work for a special issue in an ISI Journal (the last special issue is going to be published in the Journal of Computer Security (JCS) – IoS Press).
If you have any questions about paper submission or the workshop, please contact the workshop organizers.
IMPORTANT DATES
Paper Submissions: ---------------------------------------- April 14, 2016 - Extended
Acceptance Notification: ---------------------------------- April 28, 2016
Camera Ready Papers and Registration Due by: ------- May 21, 2016 - Extended
Conference Dates: ---------------------------------------- July 18 -22, 2016
WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS
Alessio Merlo
Computer Security Lab (CSecLab)
Department of Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics, and System Engineering
University of Genoa
Viale F. Causa, 13,
I-16145 Genova, Italy
Phone: +39 010 343 2344
Fax: +39 010 353 2948
Email: alessio.merlo@unige.it
Mauro Migliardi
DEI - University of Padua
Via Gradenigo, 6/B, I-35131, Padova, Italy
Phone: +39 328 1003221
Email: mauro.migliardi@unipd.it
Luca Spalazzi
Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione
Università Politecnica delle Marche
Via Brecce Bianche
I-60131 Ancona, ITALY, EU
Phone: +39 071 2204829
Fax: +39 071 2204474
Email: spalazzi@dii.univpm.it
International Program Committee*:
All submitted papers will be rigorously reviewed by the workshop technical program committee members following similar criteria used in HPCS 2016 and will be published as part of the HPCS 2016 Proceedings.
Sherenaz Al Haj Baddar, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
Ezio Bartocci, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
Mathieu Blanc, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA), France
Matthias Buchler, Boston University, Massachusetts, USA
Roberto Carbone, Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK), IRST, Trento, Italy
Valentina Casola, University of Naples, Federico II, Italy
Aniello Castiglione, University of Salerno, Italy
LucaCompagna, SAP Research Center Sophia Antipolis, France
Gabriele Costa, University of Genoa, Italy
Jorge Cuellar, Siemens, Germany
Paolo Gasti, New York Institute of Technology, New York, USA
Johann Großschädl, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Dieter Hutter, DFKI GmbH, Germany
Martin G. Jaatun, SINTEF ICT, Norway
Rafal Kozik, Institute of Telecommunications, UTP Bydgoszcz, Poland
Jean-Francois Lalande, LIFO, Universite d'Orleans, France
Gabriele Oligeri, University of Roma Tre, Italy
Jose A. Onieva, Universidad de Málaga, Spain
Davide Schipani, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Toshihiro Yamauchi, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
For information or questions about Conference's paper submission, tutorials, posters, workshops, special sessions, exhibits, demos, panels and forums organization, doctoral colloquium, and any other information about the conference location, registration, paper formatting, etc., please consult the Conference’s web site at URL: http://hpcs2016.cisedu.info/ or http://cisedu.us/rp/hpcs16 or contact one of the Conference's organizers.