IEEE NCA 2015 Call for Papers

Symposium

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 Defined Networking (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.
PAPER PAGE LIMIT:

Regular Papers: 8 pages, including all figures, tables, and references.
Short Papers: 4 pages, including all figures, tables, and references.
PURCHASING EXTRA PAGES:
Regular Papers: Up to 2 extra pages may be purchased at $100 (US dollars) per extra page.
Short Papers: Up to 1 extra pages may be purchased at $100 (US dollars) per extra page.
Please, select the event to which you want to submit a manuscript:

Main Symposium
NCA15
Workshops
Adaptive Cloud & Grid Computing (ACGC)
Interconnectioin Networks for Multicore Chips (INMC)


Best Papers The IEEE NCA2015 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: 18 July 2015 (FIRM)
Authors Notified: 30 July 2015
Author and Advanced Registration: 14 August 2015
Camera Ready Papers: 14 August 2015
Hotel Reservation Deadline for the Conference Rate: 22 August 2015
Conference Start: 28 September 2015
Conference End: 30 September 2015