The Workshop on Cloud Computing (WCC 2023) is an international forum for both researchers and industry practitioners to exchange the fundamental advances in the state of the art and practice of cloud computing, identify emerging research topics and define the future of cloud computing. The workshop will be held in conjunction with the IEEE 35th International Symposium on Computer Architecture and High Performance Computing (SBAC-PAD 2023) from October 17th to 20th, 2023, in Porto Alegre - RS, Brazil.




Important dates (Anywhere on Earth)


Paper deadline EXTENDED: August 25th, 2023 September 11th, 2023

Author notification: September 15th, 2023 September 29th, 2023

Camera-ready submission: September 29th, 2023 October 6th, 2023

Workshop Date: October 17th



Workshop Organization

Márcio Castro (UFSC)
Philippe O. A. Navaux (UFRGS)



Keynote Speaker

Horacio González-Vélez

Horacio González-Vélez

Title: Bridging the Resource Chasm: Sustainable Structured Parallelism for HPC and Cloud Applications

Abstract: In the ever-evolving landscape of cloud computing and high-performance applications, this talk delves into the critical juncture of HPC and cloud, with special emphasis on key challenges such as Power Consumption, Speed and Energy of Data Movement, Fault Tolerance, and Billion-Way Parallelism. This keynote explores the intersection of cloud computing and high-performance computing from a programmability perspective, shedding light on how they can harmonise to propel us into the next era of sustainability. The discussion will delve into the challenges and opportunities that arise when pushing the boundaries of programmability and performance in the cloud, particularly in the context of Power, Data Movement, Fault Tolerance, and Billion-Way Parallelism. It will address strategies for optimising resources to meet the demanding requirements of high-performance applications, including those in fields such as scientific research and data-intensive workloads, emphasising the importance of programmability, sustainability, energy efficiency, and cost-effectiveness.

Short Bio: Professor Horacio González-Vélez is a distinguished computational scientist, academic leader, and the Founding Head of The Cloud Competency Centre at the National College of Ireland. With a career spanning academia and industry, he has a proven track record of driving innovation and research excellence. His contributions to the field of parallel and distributed computing are internationally recognised. He is the coordinator of the DIGITAL4Business project, a ground-breaking 20-million Euro initiative aimed at fostering digital transformation and upskilling in Europe. His expertise extends to building partnerships with industry, including advisory board membership at ICT Skillnet, responsible for advancing ICT competitiveness, productivity, and innovation of businesses in Ireland. He is a senior member of the ACM. Further details can be gathered from his LinkedIn and and ORCiD profiles.




Program

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Topics of interest (but are not limited to)

  • High performance computing in the cloud
  • Computational resources, storage and network virtualization
  • Cloud capacity planning
  • Cloud services models and frameworks
  • Cloud system design with FPGAs, GPUs and/or APUs
  • Cryptography in the Cloud
  • Energy, cost, efficiency, and security in the Cloud
  • Fog computing
  • Green data centers
  • IoT cloud architectures and models
  • Blockchain cloud services
  • Management in edge computing
  • Modeling and performance evaluation
  • Networking technologies network virtualization, software-defined networking
  • Operational, economic and business cloud models
  • Privacy protection in Cloud platforms
  • Resilience, fault-tolerance, disaster recovery
  • Resource provisioning, monitoring, management and maintenance
  • Scalability, performance, and Cloud elasticity
  • Virtual desktops
  • Virtual Machines (VMs), containers, unikernels, and microservices



Submission guidelines

The workshop will receive submission of research papers and will carry out a single-blind peer review process to select high-quality papers to be presented in the workshop. Paper submissions must be in English, have from 6 up to 8 pages (including references), and follow the IEEE conference manuscript formatting guidelines for double-column text using a single-spaced 10-point font on 8.5 × 11-inch pages. Templates are available from http://www. ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html. To be published in the conference proceedings and to be eligible for publication at the IEEE Xplore, one of the authors must register at the full rate and present his/her work at the conference.

Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wcc2023




Program Committee

  • Bruno Schulze (LNCC), Brazil
  • César De Rose (PUCRS), Brazil
  • Claude Tadonki (ENSMP), France
  • Dalvan Griebler (PUCRS), Brazil
  • Edson Borin (Unicamp), Brazil
  • Laércio Pilla (CNRS), France
  • Lucas Schnorr (UFRGS), Brazil
  • Luciana Arantes (Sorbonne University), France
  • Luciano Gaspary (UFRGS), Brazil
  • Lúcia Drummond (UFF), Brazil
  • Marco Vieira (UC), Portugal
  • Matthias Diener (UIUC), EUA
  • Mayo Rafael (CIEMAT), Spain
  • Pierre Sens (UPS), France
  • Rodrigo Righi (Unisinos), Brazil
  • Thais Batista (UFRN), Brazil
  • Tiago Ferreto (PUCRS), Brazil