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<p align="center"><font color="#000040" size="4"><strong>2nd IEEE International Workshop on Software Defined Systems
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<p align="center"><font color="#000040"><strong>in conjunction with</strong></font></p>
<p align="center"><strong><font color="#000040" size="4">2015 IEEE International Conference on Cloud Engineering (IC2E 2015)
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09-13 March 2015, Tempe, AZ, USA</font></strong> </p>
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<p> <a href="http://www.staffs.ac.uk/personal/engineering_and_technology/eb26/SDS-2015/default.php">http://www.staffs.ac.uk/personal/engineering_and_technology/eb26/SDS-2015/default.php</a></p>
<strong> </strong><strong><font color="#000040">Call for papers</font></strong>
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<p>Next generation cloud systems will require a paradigm shift in how they are constructed and managed. Conventional control and management platforms are facing considerable challenges regarding flexibility, dependability and security that next generation systems
will require. The cloud computing paradigm has gone part of the way towards alleviating some of the problems associated with resource allocation, utilization and managements (e.g., via elasticity). However, many of the elements of a well-designed cloud environment
remain “stiff” and hard to modify and adapt in an integrated fashion. This includes underlying networking topologies, many aspects of the user control over IaaS, PaaS or SaaS layers when such is needed, construction of XaaS services, provenance and meta-data
collection, and so on. In many situations the problem may be because service abstraction is inadequate. Software Defined Systems (SDS) are systems that have added software components which help abstract actual IT equipment and other layers. One classical example,
of course, are hypervisors. Such separation provides a great opportunity for system administrators to more easily construct and managing their systems through flexible software layers. Software Defined Systems include Software Defined Networking (SDN), Software
Defined Storage, Software Defined Servers (Virtualization), Software Defined Datacenters (SDD), Software Defined Security (SDSec), and ultimately Software Defined Clouds (SDCloud) to name a few possibilities. Individual solutions and seamless integration of
these abstractions remains in many respects a challenge. After the high success of the previous edition (SDS'2014), The second International workshop on Software Defined Systems (SDS'2015) will continue to be a forum for scientists, researchers, students,
and practitioners to present their latest research results, ideas, and developments in the area of software defined systems – both components and their integration - and by implication advancement of next generation clouds.</p>
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<strong><font color="#000040">Topics of interest </font><br>
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Researchers are encouraged to submit original research contributions in all major areas, whichinclude, but not limited to:</p>
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<p><strong><font color="#000040">Important Dates : <a id="Link1" href="http://www.staffs.ac.uk/personal/engineering_and_technology/eb26/SDS-2015/default.php#" name="_dates">
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<p><strong>Paper Submission:</strong> December 01, 2014<br>
<strong>Author's Notification:</strong> January 3, 2015<br>
<strong>Camera-ready paper submission :</strong> January 17, 2015</p>
<p><strong><font color="#000040">Papers Submissions Guidelines:</font></strong><br>
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<p>Manuscripts should be prepared in 10-point font using the IEEE 8.5" x 11" two-column format. All papers should be in PDF format, and submitted electronically at
<a id="Link1" href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sds20150" name="_submission">
Paper Submission Link</a>.A full paper should not exceed 6 pages (including all figures, tables and references).A paper submitted to SDS 2015 cannot be under review for any other conference or journal during the entire time it is considered for SDS 2015. All
submissions are peer-reviewed by at least three reviewers. Accepted papers will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Conference Publishing Services.</p>
<p>Accepted papers will be invited to submit extended versions to the Special Issue of the International Journal of Grid and High Performance Computing (IJGHPC).
<a id="Link1" href="http://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-grid-high-performance/1105" name="_submission">
IJGHPC Link</a> </p>
<p><strong><font color="#000040">General co-Chairs: </font></strong></p>
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<li>Yaser Jararweh, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan. </li><li>Mladen Vouk, N.C. State University, USA. </li></ul>
<p><strong><font color="#000040">Technical Program co-Chairs: </font></strong></p>
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<li>Andy Rindos, IBM research, USA. </li><li>Elhadj Benkhelifa, Staffordshire University, UK. </li><li>Yojiro UO, IIJ Innovation Institute Inc., Japan. </li></ul>
<p><strong><font color="#000040">Invited Speaker and Panel co-Chairs: </font></strong></p>
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<li>Abdullah Khreishah, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA. </li><li>Mahmoud Al-Ayyoub, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan </li></ul>
<p><strong><font color="#000040">Publication Co-Chairs: </font></strong></p>
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<li>Haythem Bany Salameh, Yarmouk University, Jordan </li><li>Hideaki Nii, IIJ Innovation Institute Inc., Japan. </li></ul>
<p><strong><font color="#000040">Publicity Chair: </font></strong></p>
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<li>Al-Sakib Khan Pathan, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Malaysia.
</li><li>Lo'ai Tawalbah, Umm AlQura, University, KSA </li></ul>
<p>Please send any inquiry on SDS 2015 to <u><font color="#0066cc"><a href="mailto:yijararweh@just.edu.jo" target="_blank">yijararweh@just.edu.jo</a></font></u> and <a href="mailto:vouk@csc.ncsu.edu" target="_blank">vouk@csc.ncsu.edu</a>
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<p>SDS 2014: <a href="http://www.staffs.ac.uk/personal/engineering_and_technology/eb26/SDS-2014/">
http://www.staffs.ac.uk/personal/engineering_and_technology/eb26/SDS-2014/</a></p>
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