The IEEE International Symposium on Network Computing and Applications is seeking articles concerning fundamental research and practical experience reports. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Theory of Network Computing
High Speed Networks/Protocols and Middleware
RoutingMechanisms
Overlay Networks/Peer-to-Peer Systems
System Area Networks (SAN)/Clusters
Performance Modeling/Quality of Services (QoS) Issues
Web Caching and Switching
NetworkSecurity
Dependable Wide, Local, and System Area Networks
Intrusion-Tolerant Systems
Scalable and Dependable Servers and Data Centers
Middleware for Dependable Network Computing
Self * (configuring, healing, optimizing, protecting, organizing, aware)
Platforms for Network Computing
Network Protocol Verification and Validation
Autonomic Network Computing
Seamless and virtual capabilities for achieving dynamic configuration, self-healing and non-stop operations
Software Define Networks (SDN)
Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)
Cloud Computing: Optimizing the Cloud (path, communication, applications)
Autonomic Cloud Computing: Secure Cloud Applications and Platforms, Ensuring Site and Application Availability
Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks (MANET)
Sensor Networks
Programming Environments for Distributed Systems
e-Commerce
Practical Experiences and Prototypes
Energy-efficient computation and communication
Mobile CrowdSensing



Workshops
The IEEE International Symposium on Network Computing and Applications is organizing the following workshops
Adaptive Cloud Computing (ACC)
Dynamically forming virtual organizations
Adaptive infrastructure for cloud computing
Dynamic reconfiguration in the presence of anomalies in the cloud & infrastructures
Security protocols in the cloud infrastructure
Homomorphic encryption

Interconnection Networks for Multicore Chips (INMC)
Networked-Driven Multicore Chips
Interconnection networks: fault tolerance, scalability and performance analysis
Caching and virtualization in on-chip networks for MultiCore chips
Low power on-chip networks for Multicore chips



Manuscript Submission

Manuscript templates are available here.
Submission Requirements
Submitted manuscripts must not have been previously published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere and must be cleared for publication in the NCA Proceedings, which will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press.
The manuscript must be written in English.
The manuscript must not exceed 8 pages for NCA papers or 4 pages for workshop papers.
Manuscript templates are available at www.ieee-nca.org. Follow the Manuscript Submission link.
The submission must be in PDF format.
Please, select the event to which you want to submit a manuscript:

Main Symposium
NCA14
Workshops
Adaptive Cloud & Grid Computing (ACGC)
Interconnectioin Networks for Multicore Chips (INMC)


Best Papers The IEEE NCA2014 Program Committee will select Best Paper and Best Student Paper. The first author of the Best Student Paper must be a PhD student.
Important Dates
Papers Due: Tuesday, 10 June 2014 (extended)
Authors Notified: Tuesday, 24 June 2014
Advanced Registration: Friday, 4 July 2014
Camera Ready Papers Due: Tuesday, 8 July 2014
Hotel Reservation Deadline for the Conference Rate Tuesday, 22 July 2014
Conference Start: Thursday, 21 August 2014
Conference End: Saturday, 23 August 2014