Call for Papers

SCOPE

The International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science (CLOSER), focuses on the highly important area of Cloud Computing, inspired by some latest advances that concern the infrastructure, operations, and available services through the global network. Further, the conference considers as essential the link to Services Science, acknowledging the service-orientation in most current IT-driven collaborations. The conference is nevertheless not about the union of these two (already broad) fields, but about Cloud Computing where we are also interested in how Services Science can provide theory, methods and techniques to design, analyze, manage, market and study various aspects of Cloud Computing.

Emerging Enterprise Technologies are profoundly changing the way we think of IT - from economics and efficiency to process and usage models. Many organizations look to the "externalized" IT systems and services as a potential cost-savings advantage by moving internally hosted IT services to external providers. Other organizations view the "external" IT as potential disaster recovery systems or as on-demand capacity to boost business continuity and customer service levels. We need to take a closer look, discerning what emerging enterprise technologies are and how they can catalyze creativity and produce a competitive advantage. There is hence a new wave of interest in 'Externalization of IT' - anything as a service (including Software as a Service, Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service), On Demand delivery, outsourcing, edge cloud and so on. This emerging facilitation and way of utilizing services through IT is what we are referring to as Cloud Computing.

CONFERENCE AREAS

Each of these topic areas is expanded below but the sub-topics list is not exhaustive. Papers may address one or more of the listed sub-topics, although authors should not feel limited by them. Unlisted but related sub-topics are also acceptable, provided they fit in one of the following main topic areas:

AREA 1: CLOUD COMPUTING PARADIGMS AND PRACTICES

• Resource Management and Scheduling
• Cloud Risk, Challenges and Governance
• Sustainable and Energy-Efficient Cloud Computing
• Multi-Cloud Enablement and Interoperability
• Edge Cloud Orchestration
• Cloud Continuum
• Edge Cloud Network Management
• Edge Analytics and Real-Time Processing

AREA 2: CLOUD AI

• AI-enabled Edge Cloud
• AI Services and Tools
• Machine Learning for Cloud Computing
• Generative Cloud AI Applications
• AI-Powered Analytics and Decision Making
• Intelligent Automation in Cloud and Edge Systems
• Enhanced Customer Experience
• Ethical Guidelines

AREA 3: CLOUD SECURITY AND PRIVACY

• Cloud Network Security
• Data Privacy
• Security and Isolation in Lightweight Execution Environments
• Security, Privacy and Compliance Management
• Privacy, Security and Trust
• Identity and Access Management (IAM)
• Service Security and Reliability
• Privacy Policies: Privacy Assurance and Personalization Declaration

AREA 4: CLOUD COMPUTING ENABLING TECHNOLOGY

• Cloud Data Centers, Storage and Networking Technologies
• Virtualization and Lightweight Execution Environments
• Containers, Containerization and Enablement
• Container Composition and Orchestration
• Microservices and Service Mesh
• Multi-Cloud Solutions Enablement
• Cloud Quality and Performance
• Cloud Optimization and Automation
• Cloud Management and Operations
• High Performance Cloud Computing
• Observability: Monitoring, Quality of Service, and Service Level Agreements
• Function-as-a-Service and Serverless Computing

AREA 5: SERVICES, PLATFORMS AND APPLICATIONS

• Cloud Application Portability
• Service Monitoring and Control
• Service Performance Analytics and Simulation
• Service Management
• Service Platforms
• Development Methods for Cloud Applications
• Workflow Orchestration and Automation
• Cloud Application Design and Architectures
• Cloud Application Scalability, Availability and Resilience
• Cloud Application Monitoring and Performance Optimization
• Cloud Cost Analysis and Optimization
• Emerging Technologies in Cloud Applications: Digital Twins, Web 3.0
• Quantum Computing Integration

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

CLOSER 2026 will have several invited keynote speakers, who are internationally recognized experts in their areas. Their names are not yet confirmed.

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CLOSER Secretariat
Address: Avenida de S. Francisco Xavier, Lote 7 Cv. C
             2900-616 Setúbal - Portugal
Tel.: +351 265 520 185
Fax: +351 265 520 186
e-mail: closer.secretariat@insticc.org
Web: https://closer.scitevents.org

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