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<div><span style="font-size: 15px;"></span><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; background-color: transparent;">Dear colleague, </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">we would like to invite you to submit your paper to the </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">2020 IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD 2020) </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">https://conferences.computer.org/cloud/2020/</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">that will be held in Beijing, China, on July 7-11, 2020. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">We apology if you got multiple copies of it.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">Best regards,</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">Shangguang Wang and Claudio Ardagna</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">on behalf of CLOUD 2020 Organizing Committee</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">==================================================</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">2020 IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD 2020)</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">July 7-11, 2020 - Beijing, China</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">Website: https://conferences.computer.org/cloud/2020/</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">Submission: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieeecloud2020</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">==================================================</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;"><b>Important Dates</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">* Early paper submissions due: December 2, 2019</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">* Review comments to authors of early submission papers: January 17, 2020</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">* Normal paper submission due: February 13, 2020 (5:00 am, UTC)</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">* Final notification to authors: April 6, 2020</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">* Camera ready manuscripts due: April 20, 2020S</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;"><b>Context and Scope</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">IEEE CLOUD is a flagship conference focusing on innovative cloud computing across all "as a service" categories, including Network, Infrastructure, Platform, </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">Software, and Function. IEEE CLOUD 2020 invites original papers addressing all aspects of cloud computing technology, systems, applications, and business innovations. Technical topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">Cloud as a Service</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">* IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">* Function as a Service</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">* Network as a Service</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">* Storage as a Service</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">* Everything as a Service</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">Cloud Infrastructure</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">* Cloud Computing System & Architectures</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">* Edge Computing System & Architectures</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">* Cloud-centric Network Architectures</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">* Storage & Data Architectures</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">* Hybrid-clouds & Multi-clouds Integration</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">Cloud Applications</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">* Large Scale Cloud Applications</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">* Terminal-Edge-Cloud Applications</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">* 5G/6G Enhanced Edge/Cloud Applications</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">* Social & Mobile Cloud Applications</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">* Innovative Cloud Applications</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">Cloud Management and Operations</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">* Distributed & Parallel Query Processing</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">* Resource, Energy & Data Management</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">* Cloud Metering & Monitoring</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">* Containers & Serverless Computing</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">* SDN, NFV, & Data Center Network</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">* Cloud Service Adaptation & Automation</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">* Cloud Federation & Service Composition</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">Cloud Trustworthiness</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">* Access Control, Authorization, & Authentication</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">* Assurance, Audit, Certification, Compliance</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">* Fault Tolerance, High Availability, & Reliability</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">* Cryptographic Algorithms and Protocols</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">* Cloud Security and Privacy</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">* Trusted Cloud Environments</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;"><b>Manuscript Guidelines and Submission</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; background-color: transparent;">Language: English</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">Paper size and format: US Letter; Two-column format in the IEEE style</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">Page limit: Up to eight pages for peer review for regular papers; Up to three pages for a "work in progress" paper</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">Abstract Length: 1500 characters for a regular paper, and 500 characters for "work in progress" papers</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">Number of Keywords: between five to eight keywords for each paper</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">File format: Limit the size of a single PDF file to be 6MB</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">Note: Authors of the accepted regular papers will have available up to 10 pages for the final version of papers.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;"><b>Anonymous Submissions</b>: All conferences implement a double-blind reviewing process. Author names and affiliations should not appear in the paper. The authors should make a reasonable effort not to reveal their identities of institutional affiliations in the text, figures, photos, links, or other data that is contained in the paper. Authors' prior work should be preferably referred to in the third person; if this is not feasible, the references should be blinded. Submissions that violate these requirements will be rejected without review. The list of authors cannot be changed after the acceptance decision is made unless approved by the Program Chairs.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">All submitted manuscripts will be peer-reviewed by the program committee. Accepted papers with confirmed registration and committed presentation will appear in the conference proceedings published by the IEEE Computer Society Press. Each conference/congress will publicly announce the winners of its Best Paper Award, and Best Student Paper Award. The authors of selected papers will be encouraged to submit extended and enhanced versions of their papers to the IEEE Transactions on Services Computing (TSC) and other suitable journals.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">Submitted Regular and Workshop Papers will be limited to 8 (IEEE Proceedings style) pages and REQUIRED to be formatted using the IEEE Proceedings template. Submitted Work-In-Progress Papers will be limited to 3 (IEEE Proceedings style) pages. Unformatted papers and papers beyond the page limit may not be reviewed.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">Please submit your paper at EasyChair.org: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieeecloud2020</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">Please visit website at https://conferences.computer.org/cloud/2020/cfp/ for more information.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;"><b>Organization</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">General Chairs:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">Latifur Khan, University of Texas at Dallas</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">Gang Huang, Peking University</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">Program Chairs:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">Claudio Ardagna, University of Milan</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">Shangguang Wang, Beijing University of Posts & Telecommunications</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">Technical Program Committee</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">https://conferences.computer.org/cloud/2020/committee/</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">=============================================</span></div><div style="font-size: 15px;"><br></div></div>
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