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The IBM Cloud Academy,</b></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b><br>
IBM Centers for Advanced Studies and</b></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
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Georgia State University <br>
invite you to the</b></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><font color="#0082bf" size="6" face="Times New Roman"><b><br>
2<sup>nd</sup> International IBM Cloud Academy Conference</b></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
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ICA CON 2014</b></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b><br>
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</b></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">ICA CON 2014, the 2<sup>nd</sup> International IBM Cloud Academy Conference, will provide an exciting opportunity for educators and researchers to share ideas and experiences in cloud computing. The conference
is open to both K-12 and higher education institutions already implementing cloud technologies and services, or considering doing so.</font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font>
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<font size="3" face="Times New Roman">We invite submission of papers and posters on the use of cloud computing for educational and research purposes. Of particular interest will be submissions featuring original research or experience reports that address how
the transition to cloud computing is helping to transform education. The latter is intended to facilitate the sharing of best practices with real-world examples illustrating improvements in quality, outcomes, lessons learned and return-on-investment.
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<div class="ajT"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>February 21, 2014</b></font></div>
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Deadline - short papers (approx. 2 pages)/poster descriptions due </font></div>
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<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>March 14, 2014</b><br>
Acceptance notification to authors/presenters of papers/posters for conference </font>
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<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>April 14, 2014</b> <br>
Full papers due for preliminary proceedings </font></p>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>May 8-9, 2014</b> <br>
ICA CON 2014 in Atlanta, GA </font></p>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>Review Procedure</b> </font></p>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">All submissions will be peer reviewed by appropriate domain experts among those listed on the Program Reviewers Committee. The reviewers know that the ICA CON 2014 conference aims to produce innovative as well as quality
work, and that authors of selected papers / presentations will be selected and invited to have work published in
</font><font size="3">special issues of the </font><a href="http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalCODE=ijcc" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" size="3"><u>International Journal of Cloud Computing / IJCC</u></font></a><font size="3"> and
</font><a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1532-0634" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" size="3"><u>Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience</u></font></a><font size="3">.</font>
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<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>Submission Format</b> </font></p>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Paper and poster submissions should follow the guidelines below:
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<li><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">For paper submissions, provide an initial short paper (extended abstract) up to 2 pages in length; final conference paper submissions should not exceed 10 pages (selected IJCC submissions can be longer)
</font></li><li><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">For poster submissions, provide an abstract up to 2 paragraphs in length</font>
</li><li><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Anonymized (remove author names and affiliations) for the review process.
</font></li><li><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">To facilitate the subsequent publication of selected manuscripts, we suggest you check with the guidelines used by the International Journal of Cloud Computing at the outset:
</font><a href="http://www.ibm.com/links/?prompt=1&url=http://www.inderscience.com/mapper.php?id=31" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Times New Roman"><u>Submissions guidelines</u></font></a><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> (</font><a href="http://www.inderscience.com/mapper.php?id=31" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Times New Roman"><u>http://www.inderscience.com/
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<font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Submission implies willingness of at least one author to register and present at the conference.
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<div class="im"><font size="3"><b>General Chairs:</b> <br>
Andy Rindos (IBM) <br>
Yi Pan (GSU) </font>
<p><font size="3"><b>Program Chairs:</b> <br>
Anu Bourgeois (GSU) <br>
Alisha D. Malloy (NCCU) <br>
Juan Pablo Napoli (IBM) <br>
Yannis Viniotis (NC State) <br>
Yelena Yesha (UMBC) </font></p>
<p><font size="3"><b>Steering Committee:</b> <br>
Geoffrey Fox (Indiana U) <br>
Yaser Jararweh (Jordan University of Science and Technology)<br>
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<p><strong><font color="#ff0000">For more information, contact conference general co-chairs
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</font><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Times New Roman"><strong>Andy Rindos (</strong></font><a href="mailto:rindos@us.ibm.com" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Times New Roman"><u><span class="il"><strong>rindos@us.ibm.com</strong></span></u></font></a><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Times New Roman"><strong>)
or Yi Pan (</strong></font><a href="mailto:yipan@gsu.edu" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Times New Roman"><u><strong>yipan@gsu.edu</strong></u></font></a><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Times New Roman"><strong>)</strong>
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