[AISWorld] CfP Springer Computing Special Issue on Sustainable Computing Systems and Applications

[Cinzia Cappiello]

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Springer Computing Journal- Special Issue on Sustainable Computing Systems and Applications

 http://static.springer.com/sgw/documents/1494514/application/pdf/CfP_Sustainable+Computing+Systems+and+Applications.pdf

 
Guest editors

Danilo Ardagna, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

Cinzia Cappiello, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

 **Deadline: 1st September 2015**

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ICT and Green are two tightly related concepts. ICT systems in fact might support sustainability in different ways. On the one hand, the design of more efficient ICT systems can contribute in reducing the ICT energy consumption that is continuously increasing.  In some regions of the world (e.g., US and UK) the energy consumed by the data centers is close to 10% of the total energy consumed in the area by the country.  For example, Facebook data centers consumed overall 822 million of KWh in 2013 but the company is particularly committed to reduce its environmental impact and has implemented very energy efficient systems. The carbon intensity per person nowadays is 0.000311 MT of CO2, in other words, using Facebook for one year has about the same carbon impact as a making a medium cappuccino. On the other hand, ICT can be used to monitor the environmental impact of other systems (e.g., buildings, transportation) and to support green-aware decisions.

The purpose of this Special Issue is to select innovative contributions that deal with novel methodologies, approaches and solutions for designing Green ICT systems or Subject Coverage which show ICT innovative applications for building environmentally friendly and sustainable systems. 

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

•       Energy efficient software

•       Green business processes

•       Green Software metrics

•       Design of energy efficient data centers

•       Green monitoring and middleware for systems adaptation

•       Data centers energy storage and thermal control for energy efficiency

•       Performance optimization under power constraints

•       Green network design for high density data centers and cloud computing

•       Green/federated data centers powered by renewable energy systems

•       Software and services for sustainable environment

•       Using ICT to reduce carbon emissions

•       Smart transportation and manufacturing

•       Smart buildings and urban development

•       User studies and behavioral change enabled by computing and communication technologies

•       Power measurements and data from empirical studies of computer and communication infrastructure

•       Industrial experiences



Paper Submission

 Papers submitted to this special issue for possible publication must be original and must not be under consideration for publication in any other journal or conference. Previously published or accepted conference/workshop papers must contain at least 30% new material to be considered for the special issue (for workshop 50% new content is required). All papers are to be submitted by referring to http://www.springer.com/computer/journal/607. Please select “Special Issue” under Manuscript Category of your submission. All manuscripts must be prepared according to the journal publication guidelines which can also be found on its website provided above. Papers will be reviewed following the journal standard review process.  The paper page limit (strict) is 20 pages.  Paper that will not follow journal formatting will not be considered for review.




Important Dates

Submission: 1st September 2015

First Notification: 15th November 2015

Revision submission: 30th December 2015

Second notification: 15th February 2016

Final version submission: 20th March 2016

On line publication: March 2016

Publication: approx. December 2016





Cinzia Cappiello

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