CALL FOR PAPERS
We are pleased to invite you to submit original contributions to SDS 2017 via the official submission system at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sds2017. This can include, technical and experimental, theoretical, conceptual, or a survey. All submissions will be peer-reviewed on the basis of relevance, originality, importance and clarity.

Submissions Guidelines and Proceedings

Manuscripts should be prepared in 10-point font using the IEEE 8.5" x 11" two-column format. All papers should be in PDF format, and submitted electronically at Paper Submission Link. A full paper must not exceed the stated length (including all figures, tables and references). Submitted papers must present original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines may be rejected without review. Also submissions received after the due date, exceeding length limit, or not appropriately structured may also not be considered. Authors may contact the Program Chair for further information or clarification.

All submissions are peer-reviewed by at least three reviewers. Accepted papers will appear in the SDS Proceedings, and be published by the IEEE Computer Society Conference Publishing Services and be submitted to IEEE Xplore for inclusion.

Submitted papers must include original work, and must not be under consideration for another conference or journal. Submission of regular papers must not exceed 6 pages and must follow the IEEE paper format. Please include up to 7 keywords, complete postal and e-mail address, and fax and phone numbers of the corresponding author. Authors of accepted papers are expected to present their work at the conference. Submitted papers that are deemed of good quality but that could not be accepted as regular papers will be accepted as short papers. Length of short papers

Submission System

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sds2017

Journal Special Issues

Selected papers from the will be invited to submit an extended version to the following journal.

* The Journal of Supercomputing (IF: 1.08) - Springer
* Cluster Computing Journal (IF: 1.5) - Springer

Papers will be selected based on their reviewers’ scores and appropriateness to the Journal’s theme. All extended versions will undergo reviews and must represent original unpublished research work. Further details will be made available at a later stage.

Co-located workshops:

The 4th International Symposium on Internet of Things: Systems, Management and Security.

http://emergingtechnet.org/IOT SMS2017/index.html(http://emergingtechnet.org/IOTSMS2017/index.html)

​The Third International Workshop on Mobile Cloud Computing systems, Management, and Security (MCSMS-2017)

http://emergingtechnet.org/MCS MS2017/(http://emergingtechnet.org/MCSMS2017/)

The First international workshop on Software Defined Networks and Network Function Virtualization​ (SDN-NFV)

http://emergingtechnet.org/SDN -NFV2017/(http://emergingtechnet.org/SDN-NFV2017/)