CLOUD AS A SERVICE

• Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
• Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Cloud Foundry
• Software as a Service (SaaS)
• Storage as a Service
• Network as a Service
• Information as a Service
• Function as a Service (FaaS)

CLOUD APPLICATIONS

• Large Scale Cloud Application
• Innovative Cloud Applications and Experiences
• Social, and Mobile Clouds
• Mobile Services

CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE

• Cloud Computing Architectures
• Storage ad Data Architectures
• Distributed and Cloud Networking
• Infrastructure Technologies
• Public, Private, and Hybrid Clouds
• Comparison between, and Integration of, High Performance Computing and Clouds

CLOUD MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS

• Cloud Composition, Federation, Bridging, and Bursting
• Cloud Migration
• Hybrid Cloud Integration
• Compliance Management in Cloud
• Green and Energy Management of Cloud Computing
• Cloud Configuration and Capacity Management
• Cloud Workload Profiling and Deployment Control
• Self-service Cloud Portal, Dashboard, and Analytics
• Cloud Metering and Monitoring
• Service Management Automation
• Serverless Computing

CLOUD SECURITY

• Cloud Security
• Data Privacy
• Cloud Privacy
• Security as a service

BLOCKCHAIN

• Theory of Blockchain Privacy and Security
• Consensus Algorithms
• Crosschain Interoperability
• Ledger Query Capabilities
• Smart Contract Execution
• Novel Applications
• Traceability and Auditing
• Blockchain Network Architectures
• Blockchain Network Protocols
• Performance Optimization and Evaluation
• Blockchain as a Service
• Blockchain Application as a Service
• Blockchain and IoT

PERFORMANCE, SCALABILITY, AND RELIABILITY

• Performance of cloud systems and applications
• Cloud Availability and Reliability

SYSTEMS SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE

• Virtualization and Composition
• Cloud Provisioning Orchestration
• Architecture Support for Cloud Computing, including ASICs and FPGAs
• Event-Driven Architectures

DATA ANALYTICS IN CLOUD

• Analytics Applications
• Scientific Computing and Data Management
• Big data Management and Analytics
• Storage, Data, and Analytics Clouds

SOFTWARE ENGENEERING PRACTICE FOR CLOUD

• Cloud Solution Design Patterns
• Cloud Programming Models
• Cloud Development Tools
• Service Life Cycle Manageme
• Autonomic Business Process and Workflow Management in Clouds
• Cloud Modeling
• Research on Cloud Software
• User Experience Design

CLOUD ECONOMICS

• Cloud Strategy for Enterprise Business Transformation
• Cloud Service Level Agreement (SLAs)
• Economic and Business Model of Clouds and Cloud Services
• ROI Analysis
• Cloud Quality Management
• Cloud Computing Consulting
• Cloud Cost and Pricing

IN ADDITION TO THE MAIN TRACK, 12 WORKSHOPS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED:

• Workshop 1: Cloud Infrastructure
• Workshop 2: Clouds for Science and Engineering
• Workshop 3: Cloud Security and Privacy
• Workshop 4: Cloud Performance and Reliability
• Workshop 5: Cloud and Serverless Systems
• Workshop 6: Cloud for Hyperscale and HPC Big Data Computing
• Workshop 7: Cloud and Big Data Analytics
• Workshop 8: Cloud Economics
• Workshop 9: Cloud and the Edge
• Workshop 10: Cloud and Blockchain
• Workshop 11: Cloud Management and Operations
• Workshop 12: Cloud Software Engineering