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The Second International Workshop on<br>
Energy Consumption and Reliability of Storage Systems<br>
(ERSS 2012)<br>
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Held in conjunction with the<br>
International Green Computing Conference - IGCC 2012<br>
June 5, 2012, San Jose, California, USA<br>
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<a href="http://research.cs.vt.edu/dssl/wer/" target="_blank">http://research.cs.vt.edu/dssl/wer/</a><br>
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<br>IMPORTANT DATES<br>
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* Submission deadline: <u><b>April 9, 2012, 11:59 PDT</b></u> <u><b>(extended)</b></u><br>
* Author Notification: April 23, 2012<br>
* Camera-ready deadline: May 7, 2012</div><br>
CALL FOR PAPERS<br>
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Large-scale computing infrastructures make unprecedented demands on<br>
information storage capacity, performance, energy consumption,<br>
reliability, and manageability. The increasing use of computers for<br>
saving valuable data imposes stringent energy consumption and<br>
reliability constraints on storage systems. As the disk capacity<br>
improves, advanced techniques are being employed to proactively conserve<br>
energy while improving the reliability of the storage systems.<br>
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To this end, the Workshop on Energy Consumption and Reliability of<br>
Storage Systems is being organized to bring together researchers and<br>
practitioners to explore the challenges, opportunities, and approaches<br>
of energy-aware and reliable storage systems. This workshop focuses on<br>
the data storage problems and emerging solutions found in large-scale<br>
scientific and enterprise computing environments, with special attention<br>
to the issues concerning energy consumption and reliability of the<br>
storage systems.<br>
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SUBMISSIONS<br>
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We solicit papers on all aspects of energy efficient and reliable<br>
storage systems. The topics include (but are not limited to):<br>
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* Cloud storage system.<br>
* Cluster and data center storage system.<br>
* Energy efficient storage system.<br>
* Reliable storage system.<br>
* Algorithms for energy and reliability-aware storage.<br>
* Models for collective optimization of energy and reliability.<br>
* Monitoring tools for energy and/or reliability-aware storage.<br>
* Experiences with real storage systems concerning energy and reliability.<br>
* Reliability and energy efficiency in mobile storage systems.<br>
* Factors affecting energy and/or reliability.<br>
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The workshop invites authors to submit papers describing original,<br>
unpublished, work in all areas of energy consumption and reliability<br>
storage systems that is not concurrently under review elsewhere. All<br>
submissions will be reviewed by the Program Committee.<br>
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The papers should not exceed five single-spaced pages (IEEE Computer<br>
Society Proceedings Manuscripts style: two columns, 11-point fonts, IEEE<br>
8.5 x 11 inch) including everything, e.g., abstract, research<br>
description, figures, tables, and references.<br>
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Each paper will be refereed by independent reviewers. Submission is a<br>
definite commitment for at least one of the authors to register to<br>
attend IGCC (workshops are included) and present the paper if it is<br>
accepted.<br>
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The workshop proceedings will be published by the IEEE Computer Society<br>
along with the IGCC conference proceedings.<br>
<br> WORKSHOP CHAIRS<br>
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Xenia Mountrouidou, Jacksonville University<br>
Ali R. Butt, Virginia Tech<br>
Chris Gniady, University of Arizona<br>
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PROGRAM COMMITTEE<br>
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Jichuan Chang, HP Labs<br>
Canturk Isci, IBM TJ Watson<br>
Yung-Hsiang Lu, Purdue University<br>
Prasenjit Sarkar, IBM Almaden Research<br>
Peter J. Varman, Rice U.<br>
Tao Xie, San Diego State U.<br>
Yifeng Zhu, U. Maine<br>
Mustafa Uysal, Vmware<br>
Dean Hildebrand, IBM Almaden Research<br>
Nitin Agrawal, NEC Labs<br>
Wes Felter, IBM Austin Research<br>
Sriram Sankar, Microsoft<br>
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STEERING COMMITTEE<br>
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Sudhanva Gurumurthi, U. Virginia<br>
Jun Wang, U. Central Florida<br>
Hari Cadambi, NEC Labs<br>
Anand Sivasubramaniam, Penn State<br>
Canturk Isci, IBM TJ Watson<br>
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WEBSITE<br>
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<a href="http://research.cs.vt.edu/dssl/wer/" target="_blank">http://research.cs.vt.edu/dssl/wer/</a><br>
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CONTACT<br>
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If you have any questions, please contact us:<br>
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Xenia Mountrouidou xmountr at <a href="http://ju.edu/" target="_blank">ju.edu</a>, or<br>
Ali R. Butt butta at <a href="http://cs.vt.edu/" target="_blank">cs.vt.edu</a>, or<br>
Chris Gniady gniady at <a href="http://cs.arizona.edu/" target="_blank">cs.arizona.edu</a></div></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div>Best regards,<br><br>Xenia Mountrouidou<br>Visiting Assistant Professor<br>Jacksonville University,<br>
Department of Computing Sciences </div>
<div><a href="http://www.xeniamountrouidou.net/" target="_blank">http://www.xeniamountrouidou.net/</a></div><br>