NordiCloud 2013: 2nd Nordic Symposium on Cloud Computing and Internet Technologies
2-3 September 2013
Oslo, Norway
http://nordicloud.net

Cloud computing is an emerging computing paradigm, which promises to be a major driver of business innovation by exploiting the technological advances of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS). Like in other areas of the world, Nordic countries have established several initiatives and networks to promote cloud computing research and education. An increasing number of companies from Nordic and Baltic regions have also started offering different types of cloud services.

Given the increasing relevance of cloud computing, Nordic and Baltic countries will greatly benefit from a network of excellence which aims to strengthen the local and international collaboration for achieving much-needed advances in both technical and socio-technical aspects of cloud computing. This will provide an excellent opportunity to harness the growing cloud computing knowledge and expertise to build an eco-system of cloud computing competency in Nordic and Baltic regions.

The Nordic Symposium on Cloud Computing and Internet Technologies (NordiCloud) will provide a forum for enhancing collaboration between industrial and academic communities from Nordic and Baltic countries in the area of cloud computing and Internet technologies. The symposium will also provide a bridge between cloud computing researchers and practitioners from Nordic and Baltic countries as well as other areas of the world. The target audience of the symposium is researchers and practitioners working on cloud computing or related research areas who are interested in identifying, developing or building upon existing synergies. The symposium will enable exchanging ideas and experiences as well as discussing emerging research trends which could be of importance in the context of future projects.

*IMPORTANT DATES*

Submissions due (extended): 17 June 2013
Notification: 22 July 2013
Camera-ready paper due: 8 August 2013
Symposium: 2-3 September 2013

*SUBMISSIONS*

NordiCloud seeks contributions on any topic related to cloud computing and Internet technologies, including:
- Software engineering paradigms for cloud computing
- Programming paradigms for cloud computing
- Deployment and provisioning of cloud-based systems
- Monitoring and adaptation of cloud-based systems
- Evaluation of cloud-based systems
- Energy efficiency of cloud-based systems
- Mobile cloud computing
- Cloud-enabled Internet of Things
- Security and privacy in cloud computing
- Legal and social issues in cloud computing
- Economic and business perspectives on cloud computing
- Training and education programmes on cloud computing

NordiCloud seeks four types of papers for the peer-reviewed track:
- Full research papers and industrial experience reports (6-8 pages)
- Position papers (4-5 pages)
- Poster papers (1-2 pages)
- Abstract-only, for research project presentation

All contributions must be original, not published, accepted or submitted for publication elsewhere.
All papers will undergo a rigorous peer review process by three PC members, and will be selected based on originality, quality, soundness, and relevance.
All papers must conform to the ACM SIGs proceedings format and guidelines: http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates
All papers should be submitted via the EasyChair submission system: https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=nordicloud2013

*ORGANISING COMMITTEE*

General Chair:
Arnor Solberg, SINTEF, Norway

Programme Chairs:
Muhammad Ali Babar, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Marlon Dumas, University of Tartu, Estonia

Publicity Chair:
Alessandro Rossini, SINTEF, Norway

*PROGRAMME COMMITTEE*

Ajith Abraham, MIR Labs, USA
Åke Edlund, KTH/CSC/PDC, Sweden
Klaus Marius Hansen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Marite Kirikova, Riga Technical University, Latvia
Peep Küngas, University of Tartu, Estonia
Peter Kunszt, SystemsX.ch, Switzerland
Lars Lundberg, BTH, Sweden
Tomi Männistö, University of Helsinki, Finland
Mihhail Matskin, KTH, Sweden
Tommi Mikkonen, Tampere University of Technology, Finland
Parastoo Mohagheghi, NTNU, Norway
Dana Petcu, Western University of Timisoara, Romania
Ivan Porres, Åbo University, Finland
Sébastien Mosser, Université Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Polytech Nice-Sophia, France
Juan M. Murillo, University of Extremadura, Spain
Boris Novikov, St-Petersburg University, Russia
Eila Ovaska, VTT, Finland
Jakob Illeborg Pagter, Alexandra Institute, Denmark
Romain Rouvoy, INRIA Lille-Nord Europe, France
Sherif Sakr, National ICT Australia
Satish Srirama, University of Tartu, Estonia
Sasu Tarkoma, University of Helsinki, Finland
Johan Tordsson, Umeå University, Sweden