[Storage-research-list] IEEE NAS 2012 Call For Paper

[Lei Tian]

We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this CFP.

Dear Colleague:

This is to inform you that the 7th IEEE International Conference on
Networking, Architecture, and Storage (NAS 2012) calls for paper
submissions.

A full CFP can be found below.

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IEEE NAS 2012
Dates: June 28-30
Xiamen, Fujian, China

CALL FOR PAPERS

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The 7th IEEE International Conference on Networking, Architecture, and
Storage (NAS 2012)
http://www.nas-conference.org/
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Overview
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The 7th IEEE International Conference on Networking, Architecture, and
Storage (NAS 2012) will be held from June 28 - 30, 2012 at Xiamen,
Fujian, China. It will serve as an international forum to bring
together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to
discuss cutting-edge research on networking, high-performance computer
architecture, and parallel and distributed data storage technologies.
NAS 2012 will expose participants to the most recent developments in
the interdisciplinary areas.

NAS has been successfully held in Dalian in 2011(NAS'11), Macau in
2010(NAS'10), Zhang Jia Jie in 2009 (NAS'09), Chongqing in 2008
(NAS'08), Guilin in 2007 (NAS'07), and Shenyang in 2006 (NAS'06).


Important Dates (Tentative)
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Submission Deadline: February 24th, 2012
Notification of acceptance: April 15th, 2012
Camera-ready Paper: May 5th, 2012
Conference: June 28-30, 2012


Topics
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The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
*Network security and privacy
*Virtual and overlay networks
*Network applications and services
*Ad hoc and sensor networks
*Networks and protocols
*Network architectures
*Processor architectures
*Cache and memory systems
*Parallel computer architectures
*Impact of technology on architecture
*Power-efficient architectures and techniques
*Storage management
*Storage performance and scalability
*File systems, object-based storage, and block storage
*Energy-aware storage
*Architecture and applications of solid state disks
*Performance evaluation

Submission Guidelines
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NAS 2012 invites authors to submit original and unpublished work. All
papers submitted to this conference will be peer-reviewed in a
single-blind manner and accepted on the basis of their scientific
merit and relevance to the conference topics. All accepted papers will
appear in the proceedings and they will be included in the IEEE
digital library and indexed by EI.

Awards
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There will be one award for the best paper in each of the three tracks
(networking, architecture, and storage). The awards will be chosen by
the program committee and will be awarded to the paper with the
highest overall quality in each of the three categories.