CALL FOR PAPERS Cluster Computing, SPRINGER

http://www.springer.com/computer/communication+networks/journal/10586

Special Issue on

“Data Intensive Software Tools and Applications”

26th IEEE AINA-2012 CONFERENCE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications

Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Fukuoka, Japan, March 26-29, 2012                                                                                        http://www.aina-conference.org/2012/

GUEST EDITORS Fatos Xhafa, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain Lonard Barolli, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan Makoto Takizawa, Seikei University, Japan SCOPE The  amount  of  data  generated  nowadays  grows  at  a  very  high  rate  and  has  reached  to  the  size   of   Exabyte,   fast   approaching   to   a   few   Zettabytes   in   2012   year.   Such   large   amount   of  data   is   posing   real   challenges   to   efficient   parallel   processing   of   data   across   networks   of  computers.   Applications   from   different   fields   rely   on  massive   data   to   provide   services   to  users  and  therefore  the  efficient  and  scalable  processing  are  a  must  for  such  applications.      This   special   issue   seeks   high   quality   research   contributions   from   the   field   of   massive  processing   and   data   intensive   applications   aiming   to   efficiently   manage   and   process   vast  amounts  of  data.  Main  topics  include  but  are  not  limited  to:    

• Programming  models  for  parallel  processing  in  data  intensive  applications    • Architectures  and  scalable  platforms  for  data  intensive  applications  • Cloud  computing-­‐based  data  intensive  applications  • Efficiency,  availability,  and  scalability  issues  in  data  intensive  applications.    • Emerging  data-­‐intensive  applications  from  data  mining,  enterprise  analytics,  business  

intelligence,  autonomic  computing,  wireless  networking,  finance,  optimization,  etc.  

IMPORTANT DATES

• Invitation  to  authors  of  selected  papers:  25th  April  2012    • Submission  of  extended  papers  due  to  the  journal:  25th  June  2012    • First  round  review  Results:  15th  August  2012    • Revised  papers  due  for  submission:  31st  September  2012    • Second  round  review  results  :  30th  October  2012  • Final  version  of  accepted  papers/sources  due  to  the  journal:    15th  December  2012  

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

The  authors  should  prepare  their  manuscript  following  the  formatting  guidelines  that  can  be  found  at   Instructions   for   Authors   (LaTex   typesetting   is   strongly   suggested   for   manuscript   edition).   All      manuscripts       should   be   submitted   online   at   http://www.editorialmanager.com/clus   the   authors  should   select   "SI:  Data   Intensive  Apps"  when   they   reach   the   “Article   Type”   step   in   the   submission  process.  For  further  questions  or   inquiries,  please  contact  the  corresponding  Guest  Editor  Prof  Fatos  Xhafa  (see  contact  details  below).    

  CONTACT Fatos  Xhafa  Corresponding  Guest  Editor  Technical  University  of  Catalonia,  Spain  Email:  fatos  at  lsi.upc.edu  Universitat  Politècnica  de  Catalunya,  BarcelonaTech,  Campus  Nord,  Ed.  Omega  C/Jordi  Girona  1-­‐3  08034  Barcelona,  SPAIN