IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD) is a flagship conference focusing on innovative cloud computing techniques delivered across all “as a service” categories, including modeling, developing, publishing, monitoring, managing, delivering Everything-as-a-Service (XaaS) in the context of various types of cloud environments (e.g., data-center cloud, cloud-edge, and hybrid multi-clouds).

IEEE CLOUD 2021 invites original papers addressing all aspects of cloud computing technology, systems, applications, and business innovations. Refereed paper reviews will be organized per the research tracks listed below. One special paper award will be provisioned for every special track.

[Special Track] AI in Cloud Software Engineering and Operations
(Organized jointly with the inaugural Symposium on AI in Cloud Software Engineering and Operations)
Observability with AI
Anomaly detection
Fault localization and root cause analysis
Predictive and proactive service management
Process optimization
Automation for remediation and mitigation
Security and compliance
AI for energy efficiency of cloud operations
Continuous improvement for AI-powered cloud services
[Special Track] Cloud Edge
Edge computing architectures, systems, and applications
Seamless terminal-edge-cloud computing
Edge computing for 5G/6G
Edge computing for different application domains such as industrial automation, smart transportation, and social applications
AI and ML at the edge and in the cloud
[Special Track] Cloud HPC (High Performance Computing)
(Organized jointly with the inaugural Symposium on Cloud HPC)
HPC workflows using hybrid cloud and supercomputer configurations
Use of cloud-native infrastructure (such as Kubernetes, containers, etc.) to solve significant scientific problems
Fighting COVID-19 with the cloud and HPC
Using advanced AI methods in the cloud for improving science and business outcomes

[Special Track] Cloud Programming
Cloud programming models and abstractions (e.g., serverless computing)
Cloud programming languages
Programming libraries/frameworks (e.g., Ray)

Cloud as a Service
Infrastructure/Network/Storage as a Service (IaaS/Network-aaS/Storage-aaS)
Platform/Function as a Service (PaaS/FaaS)
Software/Process as a Service (SaaS/Process-aaS)
Everything as a Service (XaaS)

Infrastructures, Systems, and Architectures
Containers, microservices, and serverless computing
Storage & data architectures
Cloud-centric network architectures and data center network
Software-defined network (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV)
Hybrid-clouds & multi-clouds integration

Cloud Operations Management
Cloud metering & monitoring
Resource, configuration, energy, and data management
Cloud service adaptation, automation, and composition
Cloud federation and multi-cloud management
Distributed & parallel query processing
AI and ML for cloud operations management

Trust, Security, and Privacy
Assurance, audit, certification, compliance
Fault tolerance, high availability & reliability
Cryptographic algorithms and protocols
Cloud security and privacy
Trustworthy cloud environments


MANUSCRIPT GUIDELINES AND SUBMISSION INFORMATION
Please download the paper template in WORD, LaTeX or Overleaf.

Language: English
Paper size and format: US Letter; Two-column format in the IEEE style
Page limit:

Every full paper submission can include up to 10 pages for the main text (including all text, footnotes, figures, tables and appendices) with additional pages for appropriate references.
Up to three pages for “Work-in-Progress” paper submission (including main text and references).
Please note that the above page limit will be applied without exception. Papers violating the page limit will regretfully be desk rejected.
Abstract Length: 1500 characters for a regular paper, and 500 characters for "work in progress" papers
Number of Keywords: between five to eight keywords for each paper
File format: Limit the size of a single PDF file to be 6MB

Anonymous Submissions: All conferences under IEEE SERVICES 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.
All submitted manuscripts will be peer-reviewed by at least three members of the program committee. Accepted papers with confirmed registration and committed presentation will appear in the conference proceedings published by the IEEE Computer Society Press. Recipients of "Best Paper", "Best Student Paper", and special paper awards will be presented with award certificates and cash prizes in the to-be-recorded Awards session of the conference. 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.

Submitted Regular and Work-in-Progress papers are REQUIRED to be formatted using the IEEE Proceedings template. Unformatted papers and papers beyond the page limit will not be reviewed.

SUBMISSION LINK
Please submit your CLOUD paper at EasyChair.org: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieeecloud2021

IMPORTANT DATES (AT 5:00AM UTC)
Optional early paper submission: March 1, 2021
Improvement suggestions to early papers: April 1, 2021
Normal paper submission: April 15, 2021
Rebuttal phase: June 1 - 7, 2021
Final notification to authors: June 17, 2021
Camera-ready paper and registration due: July 1, 2021

REVIEW POLICY
IEEE Policy and professional ethics require that referees treat the contents of papers under review as privileged information not to be disclosed to others before publication. It is expected that no one with access to a paper under review will make any inappropriate use of the special knowledge, which that access provides. Contents of abstracts submitted to conference program committees should be regarded as privileged as well, and handled in the same manner. The Conference Publications Chair shall ensure that referees adhere to this practice.

Organizers of IEEE conferences are expected to provide an appropriate forum for the oral presentation and discussion of all accepted papers. An author, in offering a paper for presentation at an IEEE conference, or accepting an invitation to present a paper, is expected to be present at the meeting to deliver the paper. In the event that circumstances unknown at the time of submission of a paper preclude its presentation by an author, the program chair should be informed on time, and appropriate substitute arrangements should be made. In some cases it may help reduce no-shows for the Conference to require advance registration together with the submission of the final manuscript.

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ABOUT THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ON SERVICES COMPUTING
Founded in 2003, IEEE Computer Society’s Technical Committee on Services Computing (TCSVC) is a multidisciplinary group whose purpose is to advance and coordinate work in the field of Services Computing carried out throughout the IEEE in scientific, engineering, standard, literary and educational areas. IEEE TCSVC membership details are available at http://tab.computer.org/tcsvc/

CONTACT INFORMATION
Please read the FAQ before emailing CFP inquiries to: ieeecs DOT cloud AT gmail DOT com.