CALL FOR PAPERS SOCC 2017
ACM Symposium on Cloud Computing
25th-27th September 2017
Santa Clara, California, USA

The annual ACM Symposium on Cloud Computing (SoCC’17) brings together
researchers, developers, users, and practitioners interested in cloud computing.
ACM SoCC’17 is the 8th edition of the premier conference on cloud computing;
it is the only conference co-sponsored by the ACM Special Interest Groups on
Management of Data (SIGMOD) and on Operating Systems (SIGOPS).
SoCC will be held in Silicon Valley, to foster connections between the academic
and industrial communities operating in the cloud space.
We solicit original contributions on all aspects of cloud computing. We particularly
encourage submissions on the research, development, practice, and experience
of cloud computing systems and data management. Specific topics of interest
include but are not limited to the following, when related to the cloud:

* Administration and Manageability
* Application, Analytics, Database as a Service
* Cross Datacenter Data management
* Data Services Architectures
* Data Markets
* Distributed and Parallel Query Processing
* Distributed Systems
* Energy Efficiency and Management
* Fault Tolerance, High Availability, and Reliability
* IoT Infrastructure
* Large Scale Cloud Applications
* Multi-Tenancy
* Networking and SDNs
* Platform for Services
* Privacy of Data and Computation
* Programming Models
* Provisioning and Metering
* Query Optimization
* Resource Management
* Scientific Data Management
* Security of Infrastructure and Services
* Service Level Agreements
* Storage Systems and New Technologies
* Transactional Models
* Virtualization, Containers, VMs

IMPORTANT DATES
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Abstract submission: 28 April 2017
Paper submission: 5 May 2017
Author notification: 18 July 2017
Conference dates: 25-27 September 2017

SUBMISSION CATEGORIES
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Authors can submit a paper in one of the following categories:

* Research Papers describe original research, where novelty is a
primary consideration.
* Experience Papers describe experiences with existing systems, where
lessons from the experience are a primary consideration.
* Vision Papers describe speculative but well-reasoned and thought-provoking
ideas, where insight is a primary consideration.

Submissions will be judged based on their originality, technical merit,
relevance, value to the community, and likelihood of producing interesting
discussions at the symposium. Submissions will be kept confidential until
accepted. Rejected submissions will be kept confidential permanently.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
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Submissions must be entered online at the following URL:
http://acmsocc.github.io/2017
Authors must submit original papers that are not being considered for
publication in other forums. Submissions cannot be accompanied by
nondisclosure, confidentiality, or similar agreements. Submissions must be in
PDF format using 10-point font on 12-point leading, Times-Roman or similar
typeface, letter-sized paper, double column, a text block of 6.5 inches wide
by 9 inches tall, with numbered pages. A LaTeX template is available at
http://acmsocc.github.io/2017/assets/template.tex but authors can use
other templates or editors that conform with the requirements.
Submissions can have up to 12 pages, including title, author
list, and abstract, but excluding references. After the author list, papers
should indicate the submission type (research, experience, vision). Papers
that violate these requirements will be rejected without reviews. Judicious
use of color is permitted, but the paper should print clearly in black and
white. Non-rejected papers will be shepherded, and final acceptance will be
conditional on the shepherd’s approval. Reviewing is single-blind, therefore
there is no requirement to conceal authors or organization identities.

POSTERS
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Details and deadlines for poster submissions will be available in the call for
posters. Papers accepted to the conference are automatically allowed to have
a poster.