Call for Book Chapters
Sustainable Cloud and Energy Services: Principles and Practice


Editor

Wilson Rivera, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez

Publisher

Springer International Publishing AG

Theme

Cloud computing services provide an efficient approach for connecting infrastructures. Moreover, it might support sustainability in different ways. For example, the design of more efficient cloud services can contribute in reducing the energy consumption and environmental impact. The chapters in this book will address conceptual principles and illustrate the latest achievements and development updates concerning sustainable cloud and energy services. This book will serve as a useful reference for advance undergraduate students, graduate students and practitioners interested in the design, implementation and deployment of sustainable cloud based energy services. The book might be of interest for professionals in the areas of power engineering, computer science, social science, and environmental science and engineering.

Possible topics of the chapters include:

• Cloud computing services and sustainability
• Monitoring, modeling and analysis of cloud resources and services
• Energy-aware design in sustainable cloud computing
• Energy-awareness and sustainability metrics and measurements
• Security and privacy in sustainable cloud computing
• Energy-efficient resource management in cloud computing
• Energy aware programming models
• Big data analytics in cloud and energy services
• Sensing, monitoring, control, and management of energy systems
• Designing and management of multi-grids and smart grids
• Middleware for energy-efficient computing
• Modelling, control, and architectures for renewable energy generation resources
• Privacy and security in energy-aware platforms
• Adaptive approaches to manage energy consumption
• Virtualization and smart deployment of applications
• Social acceptance models for sustainable infrastructure

Deadlines

• Abstract submission: February 1, 2017
• Chapter submission: February 28, 2017
• Review notification: March 20, 2017
• Final chapter submission: April 20, 2017


Submission Guidelines

Please visit the Manuscript Preparation Guidelines on springer.com for information about manuscript formats. If excerpts from copyrighted works (including websites) such as illustrations, tables, animations, or text quotations are included in your manuscript, please obtain permission from the copyright holder (usually the original publisher) for both the print and online format.

Abstracts and chapter contributions can be submitted directly via email to:
wilson.riveragallego@upr.edu