[AISWorld] Call for Authors to Contribute Chapters to a New Encyclopedia on Cloud Computing

San Murugesan san at computer.org
Mon May 13 21:06:59 EDT 2013


The *Encyclopedia on Cloud Computing* will provide IT professional,
educators, researchers and students a comprehensive compendium of cloud
computing knowledge  – concepts, principles, architecture, technology,
security, privacy and regulatory compliance, applications, adoption,
business, social, and legal aspects.  This unique publication will address
questions related to technological trends and developments, research
opportunities, best practices, standards, and cloud adoption that
stakeholders might have in the context of development, operation,
management and use of clouds. It will also examine cloud computing’s impact
now and in the future.  The Encyclopedia on Cloud Computing will be
published by a highly reputed international publisher and edited by us.

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*We invite expressions of interest from authors from academia and industry
willing to contribute a chapter on any one of the following remaining topics
* of the new Encyclopedia on Cloud Computing.



·         Cloud Services in the Market: An Overview

·         Cloud Services by Google

·         Cloud Services by Microsoft

·         Cloud Services by Others

·         Cloud-Based Development Environments (PaaS)

·         Personal Clouds

·         Cloud Architecture  (including) Cloud Reference Framework

·         Server Virtualization

·         Storage Virtualization

·         I/O and Network Virtualization

·         Virtualization Software: An Overview and Comparison

·         Private Clouds: Design and Development

·         Cloud Networks

·         Cloud Aggregation (and brokering)

·         Cloud Standards

·         Cloud Portability

·         Cloud Security: Issues and Concerns

·         Ensuring Privacy in Clouds

·         Fault-Tolerant Clouds

·         Cloud Simulation and Testbed

·         Enterprise Cloud Computing Strategy and Policy

·         Cloud Governance

·         Cloud Data Management

·         Cloud Migration (including hybrid clouds)

·         Identity and Access Management

·         IAM Standards:  OAuth

·         Cloud Service Level Agreement (SLA)

·         Legal Aspects of Cloud (cloud regulations)

·         Managing Cloud Failures (Business Continuity, Data recovery)

·         Cloud Auditing and Certification

·         Cloud Economics

·         Business Applications of Clouds

·         Healthcare Applications of Clouds

·         Scientific Applications of Clouds

·         Personal Applications of Clouds

·         High Performance, Large User Applications in Clouds

·         Big Data and Clouds

·         Memory-Intensive Applications in Clouds

·         Impact of Cloud on IT Professionals and IT Industry

·         Cloud Education and Training (includes cloud skill set)



Each chapter (about 15 book pages) should provide a comprehensive overview
on the topic covering all related aspects and be tutorial in nature as it
is targeted at a range of audience. A chapter can be co-authored.



If you are interested to contribute a chapter to this quality publication
on cloud computing, please send us expressions of interest (to
CloudComputingEncyclopedia at gmail.com) indicating your topic (chosen from
the list above) and providing a brief summary, an outline of the chapter
coverage, and a short biography of the author(s) by *25th May 2013*. You
may also please pass on this Call to those who might be interested to
contribute a chapter. If you have any queries please let us know.



Best regards,

 San Murugesan, BRITE Professional Services and University of Western
Sydney, Australia. san1 at internode.net

Irena Bojanova, University of Maryland University College, USA.
ibojanova at umuc.edu

 Editors, Encyclopedia on Cloud Computing.
CloudComputingEncyclopedia at gmail.com

*Disclaimer: This is our independent scholarly work. It is not connected to
our other cloud computing related activities with professional
associations/societies or other entities.
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