The 2013 International Symposium on Cloud Computing in Water and Environmental Engineering & Science (CloudWEES 2013)

As part of the 2013 EWRI/ASCE World Environmental & Water Resources Congress

May 19-23, 2013
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati Convention Center
Call For Papers and Participation (CFP)

You are cordially invited to participate in this international symposium held as part of the 2013 EWRI/ASCE World Environmental & Water Resources Congress.
Important Dates (tentative)

Abstract submission: September 3, 2012
Notification of acceptance: November 5, 2012
Camera-ready copies due: January 14, 2013
Symposium date: May 19-23, 2013
Aim and Scope

Cloud computing is making "computing as a fifth utility" a reality. Data, modeling, computing, storage and visualization can be delivered as services in the cloud. Cloud computing has the potential to transform the practice of water and environmental engineering & science by reducing cost and shortening time-to-solution, improving productivity, enabling innovative solution, and enhancing multidisciplinary collaboration. The symposium will include invited presentations by experts from academia, industry, and government as well as contributed paper presentations describing original work on the current state of research, applications and case studies using Cloud computing and technologies in water and environmental engineering & science. There will also be tutorial sessions, demos, posters, panel discussions, and exhibits. Symposium sponsorships are welcomed.
Topics of Interest

Session topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following:

Keynote topics (invited only) (cloud computing pioneers from research, industry and government agencies)
Cloud computing for environmental and water data management, storage and sharing
Cloud computing for environmental and water resources modeling (groundwater, surface water, and hydrological cycle coupling etc)
Cloud technologies for critical environmental and water and wastewater infrastructure simulation, optimization and operation
Use of Cloud technology in the water security field
Cloud computing for geospatial visual analytics and data-intensive science in environmental and water field
High performance computing in the Cloud for water and environmental problems
Performance evaluation and lessons learned using different clouds (public, private, community)
Requirements, cost-benefit and gap analysis of different cloud technologies
Cloud interoperability, security and standardization and their implications to the environment and water community
Novel usage of cloud computing to solve challenging environmental and water resource problems
Hybrid usage of cloud with desktop and client tools (e.g., smartphone and other mobile devices) in environmental and water resources problem solving
Cloud for collaboration and virtual organizations in the environmental and water resources field
Tutorials (invited or contributed)

Submission

Please submit papers through the EWRI Congress 2013 web site when it is available.
General Co-Chairs

Yong Liu, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois, USA
Rob Wallace, US Army Corps of Engineers
Program Co-Chairs

Zheng Wu, Bentley Systems, Incorporated, USA
Avi Ostfeld, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Publicity Co-Chairs

Tom Batroney, Hatch Mott McDonald
Yan Xu, Microsoft
Exhibits, Demos and sponsors Co-Chairs

Marcus Quigley, Geosyntec
Raghu Suribhatla, AMEC
Liaison with EWRI Congress

Walter Grayman, W.M. Grayman Consulting Engineer

About EWRI

The Environmental & Water Resources Institute (EWRI) is a specialty institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) aimed at the integration of the technical expertise and public policy into the planning, design, construction and operation of environmentally sound and sustainable infrastructure impacting air, land, and water resources. The symposium is being organized by the Task Committee on Cloud Computing and Technology in the Water and Environmental Field—a part of the EWRI Emerging and Innovative Technology Committee (EITC).
Contact Us

The symposium is being planned by the EWRI Emerging and Innovative Technology Committee. Questions can be addressed to cloudwees2013@ncsa.illinois.edu.