GECON solicits contributions that are interdisciplinary, combining business and economic aspects with engineering and computer-science related themes. Contributions to this conference can include extensions to existing technologies, successful deployment of technologies, economic analyses, analysis of technology adoption, and theoretical models. We welcome papers that combine micro- and macro-economic principles with resource management strategies in computer science and engineering. Case studies that demonstrate practical use of economic strategies and their benefits (and limitations) are particularly encouraged. The purpose of this event is to gather original work and build a strong multidisciplinary community in this increasingly important area of a future information and knowledge economy. General topics of interest at GECON 2015 include:


Analysis of software industry and cloud computing industry
Market mechanisms, auctions models, and bidding languages
Decision support for providers, service selection, and procurement
Revenue and energy-aware resource management
Pricing schemes and revenue models
Capacity planning
Resource allocation and scheduling
Automated trading and bidding support tools
Incentive design and strategic behavior
Development of sustainable infrastructures
Desktop grids, volunteer computing and crowd-sourcing
Economic modeling of networks, systems, software, and data
Business models and strategies
Service value chains and value networks
Metering, accounting, and billing
Negotiation, enforcement and monitoring of Service Level Agreements
Trust, reputation, security, and risk management
Performance monitoring and prediction
Reports and analysis on operational markets and testbeds
Techno-economic analysis
Standardization and legal aspects
Cost modeling, cost-benefit analysis, game theory
Smart electricity grids
Social network systems
IaaS, SaaS, PaaS
Services Science
Technology acceptance models
Benefits to small and medium-sized enterprises