url: =Two-Aggregator Topology Optimization using Multiple Paths in Data Center Networks (Abstract)\nSoham Das , The Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611 USA e-mail: (fsdas, sahnig @cise.ufl.edu)\nFault Tolerant Stencil Computation on Cloud-based GPU Spot Instances (Abstract)\nJun Zhou , School of Computing, National University of Singapore (e-mail: zhoujun@comp.nus.edu.sg).\nFast Phrase Search for Encrypted Cloud Storage (Abstract)\nHoi Ting Poon , Department of Computer Science, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (e-mail: hoiting.poon@ryerson.ca)\nComment on ``Highly Efficient Linear Regression Outsourcing to a Cloud" (Abstract)\nZhengjun Cao , Department of Mathematics, Shanghai University, Shangda Road 99, Shanghai 200444, China (e-mail: caozhj@shu.edu.cn).\nCross-Layer Multi-Cloud Real-Time Application QoS Monitoring and Benchmarking As-a-Service Framework (Abstract)\nKhalid Alhamazani , Khalid Alhamazani is with the the CSIRO Digital Productivity, Building 108 North Road, Acton-2601, Australia (e-mail: ktal130@cse.unsw.edu.au).\nA Multi-layered Scheme for Distributed Simulations on the Cloud Environment (Abstract)\nShichao Guan , Shichao Guan is with the PARADISE Research Laboratory - School of Information Technology and Engineering University of Ottawa, Canada. (email: sguan049@uottawa.ca)\nQuality-assured Secured Load Sharing in Mobile Cloud Networking Environment (Abstract)\nSnigdha Das , Snigdha Das is with the School of Information Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India. (email: snigdhadas@sit.iitkgp.ernet.in)\nPhase–Reconfigurable Shuffle Optimization for Hadoop MapReduce (Abstract)\nJihe Wang , Jihe Wang is with the Computer Science College, Sichuan University, Chengdu, SC 610064, China.(Email: wangjihe46@gmail.com)\nSplitting Large Medical Data Sets based on Normal Distribution in Cloud Environment (Abstract)\nHaolan Zhang , Hao Lan Zhang is with the Center for SCDM, NIT, Zhejiang University, China, currently visiting Dept. of Computer and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne, Australia (E-mail: haolan.zhang@nit.zju.edu.cn)\nWisdom as a Service for Mental Health Care (Abstract)\nJianhui Chen , Jianhui Chen is with the Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084,China. (email: chenjianhui@bjut.edu.cn)\nZhijiang Wan , Jianhui Chen is with the Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084,China. (email: chenjianhui@bjut.edu.cn)\nEstimation of the Available Bandwidth in Inter-Cloud Links for Task Scheduling in Hybrid Clouds (Abstract)\nThiago A. L. Genez , Thiago A.L. Genez is with Institute of Computing, University of Campinas (UNICAMP) Av. Albert Einstein, 1251, 13083-852, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil.(email:thiagogenez@ic.unicamp.br)\nMicroaggregation Sorting Framework for K-Anonymity Statistical Disclosure Control in Cloud Computing (Abstract)\nEnamul Kabir , Md Enamul Kabir is with School of Agricultural, Computational and Environmental Sciences, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD 4350, Australia.(email:kabir@usq.edu.au)\nCost-aware Multi Data-Center Bulk Transfers in the Cloud from a Customer-Side Perspective (Abstract)\nJose Garcia-Dorado , Jose Luis Garcıa-Dorado is with the Department of Electronics and Communications Technology, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain.(Email: jl.garcia@uam.es)\nCross-cloud MapReduce for Big Data (Abstract)\nPeng Li , Peng Li is with the School of Computer Science and Engineering, The University of Aizu, Japan.(Email: lipengcs@gmail.com)\nAdaptive Network Coded Clouds: High Speed Downloads and Cost-Effective Version Control (Abstract)\nMarton Sipos , Marton Sipos is with the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary.(Email: sipos.marton@aut.bme.hu)\nParallel RMCLP Classification Algorithm and Its Application on the Medical Data (Abstract)\nZhiquan Qi , Zhiquan Qi is with the Research Center on Fictitious Economy and Data Science, and with Key Laboratory of Big Data Mining and Knowledge management, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.(Email: qizhquan@foxmail.com)\nHybrid Consensus Pruning of Ensemble Classifiers for Big Data Malware Detection (Abstract)\nJamel Abawajy , Jemal Abawajy is with the School of Information Technology, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Hwy, Melbourne 3125, Australia.(Email: jemal@deakin.edu.au)\nCloud Colonography: Distributed Medical Testbed over Cloud (Abstract)\nYuichi Motai , Yuichi Motai is with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284.(Email: ymotai@vcu.edu)\nInter-Datacenter Scheduling of Large Data Flows (Abstract)\nReuven Cohen , Reuven Cohen is with the Department of Computer Science Technion–Israel Institute of Technology Haifa 32000, Israel.(Email: rcohen@cs.technion.ac.il)\nOptimal Data Center Scheduling for Quality of Service Management in Sensor-cloud (Abstract)\nSubarna Chatterjee , Subarna Chatterjee is with the School of Information Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India.(Email: chatterjeesubarna@yahoo.com)\nSDN-based Multi-Class QoS Guarantee in Inter-Data Center Communications (Abstract)\nJason Wang , Jason Min Wang is with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.(Email: jasonwangm@cse.ust.hk)\nScientific Workflow Partitioning and Data Flow Optimization in Hybrid Clouds (Abstract)\nRubing Duan , Rubing Duan is with Institute of High Performance Computing, A*STAR, Singapore.(email:duanr@ihpc.a-star.edu.sg)\nAn Integration Framework on Cloud for Cyber Physical Social Systems Big Data (Abstract)\nLiwei Kuang , Liwei Kuang is with the School of Computer Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China. (email: liweikuang@gmail.com)\nA Context-aware Service Evaluation Approach over Big Data for Cloud Applications (Abstract)\nLianyong Qi , Lianyong Qi is with the State Key Laboratory for Novel Software Technology, the Department of Computer Science and Technology, Nanjing University, China, 210023. (email: lianyongqi@gmail.com)\nCoordinate Memory Deduplication and Partition for Improving Performance in Cloud Computing (Abstract)\nGangyong Jia , Gangyong Jia is with the Department of Information & Communication Systems, Hohai University, Changzhou, China and the Department of Computer Science, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou, 310018, China. (email: gangyong@hdu.edu.cn)\nBoafft: Distributed Deduplication for Big Data Storage in the Cloud (Abstract)\nShengmei Luo , Shengmei Luo is with the Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China. (email: luo.shengmei@zte.com.cn)\nA Data and Task Co-scheduling Algorithm for Scientific Cloud Workflows (Abstract)\nKefeng Deng , Kefeng Deng is with the School of Computer, National University of Defense Technology, Hunan, Changsha 410073, P.R. China. (email: dengkefeng@nudt.edu.cn)\nA Modified Hierarchical Attribute-based Encryption Access Control Method for Mobile Cloud Computing (Abstract)\nYuanpeng Xie , Yuanpeng Xie is with the National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Communications, University of Electronic Science and Technology, Chengdu 610054, China.(Email: pengye91@hotmail.com)\nUsing Crowdsourcing to Provide QoS for Mobile Cloud Computing (Abstract)\nDezhong Yao , Dezhong Yao is with the Services Computing Technology and System Laboratory and the Cluster and Grid Computing Laboratory, School of Computer Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.(Email: hustcs.yao@gmail.com)\nA 3D Image Quality Assessment Method based on Vector Information and SVD of quaternion matrix under Cloud Computing Environment (Abstract)\nXingang Liu , Xingang Liu is with the School of Electronic Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 811731, China.(Email: hanksliu@uestc.edu.cn)\nUsing Socio-Spatial Context in Mobile Cloud Offload Process for Energy Conservation in Wireless Devices (Abstract)\nAthina Bourdena , Athina Bourdena is with Department of Computer Science, University of Nicosia 46 Makedonitissas Avenue, P.O. Box 24005 1700 Nicosia, Cyprus.(email:bourdena.a@unic.ac.cy)\nVideo Stream Analysis in Clouds: An Object Detection and Classification Framework for High Performance Video Analytics (Abstract)\nAshiq Anjum , Ashiq Anjum is with the College of Engineering and Technology, University of Derby, United Kingdom.(Email: a.anjum@derby.ac.uk)\nCrowdsourcing based Description of Urban Emergency Events using Social Media Big Data (Abstract)\nZheng Xu , Zheng Xu is with The Third Research Institute of the Ministry of Public Security and Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.(Email: xuzheng@shu.edu.cn)\nStochastic Load Balancing for Virtual Resource Management in Datacenters (Abstract)\nLei Yu , Lei Yu is with the Department of Computer Science, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 30302.(email:lyu13@student.gsu.edu)\nFollow-Me Cloud: When Cloud Services Follow Mobile Users (Abstract)\nTarik Taleb , Tarik Taleb is with the Aalto University, Finland. (e-mail: talebtarik@ieee.org).\nSelective Mobile Cloud Offloading to Augment Multi-Persona Performance and Viability (Abstract)\nHanine Tout , Hanine Tout is with the Department of Software Engineering and Information Technologies, Ecole de Technologie Superieure, Montreal, CA.(Email: hanine.tout.1@ens.etsmtl.ca)\nPrioritization of Overflow Tasks to Improve Performance of Mobile Cloud (Abstract)\nHaleh Khojasteh , Haleh Khojasteh is with the Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada M5B 2K3.(Email: haleh.khojasteh@ryerson.ca)\nSegmented In-Advance Data Analytics for Fast Scientific Discovery (Abstract)\nJialin Liu , Jialin Liu is with the Department of Computer Science Texas Tech University Lubbock, Texas, USA.(email: jaln.liu@ttu.edu)\nEnergy-efficient Adaptive Resource Management for Real-time Vehicular Cloud Services (Abstract)\nMohammad Shojafar , Mohammad Shojafar is with the Dept. of Information Engineering, and Telecommunication, Sapienza University of Rome, via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Rome, Italy (e-mail: mohammad.shojafar@uniroma1.it).\nHybrid Tree-rule Firewall for High Speed Data Transmission (Abstract)\nThawatchai Chomsiri , Thawatchai Chomsiri is with the University of Technology Sydney, School of Computing and Communications, Broadway, New South Wales, Australia.(email: Thawatchai.Chomsiri@student.uts.edu.au)\nComputing with Nearby Mobile Devices: a Work Sharing Algorithm for Mobile Edge-Clouds (Abstract)\nNiroshinie Fernando , Niroshinie Fernando is with the La Trobe University, Australia and now works at Swinburne University of Technology, Australia (e-mail: niro.ucsc@gmail.com).\nOptimal Joint Scheduling and Cloud Offloading for Mobile Applications (Abstract)\nS. Eman Mahmoodi , S. Eman Mahmoodi is with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, 07030. (e-mail: smahmood@stevens.edu).\nEnergy Efficiency using Cloud Management of LTE Networks Employing Fronthaul and Virtualized Baseband Processing Pool (Abstract)\nAnwer Al-Dulaimi , Anwer Al-Dulaimi is with the EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc., Toronto, Canada. (e-mail: anwer.al-dulaimi@exfo.com).\nA Clustering-Based Multi-Layer Distributed Ensemble for Neurological Diagnostics in Cloud Services (Abstract)\nMorshed Chowdhury , Morshed Chowdhury is with the Parallel and Distributed Computing (PARADISE) Lab, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia.(Email: muc@deakin.edu.au)\nMobile Cloud Support for Semantic-enriched Speech Recognition in Social Care (Abstract)\nGazing into the crystal ball: when the Future Internet meets the Mobile Clouds (Abstract)\nGiuseppe Piro , Giuseppe Piro is with the Dep. of Electrical and Information Engineering (DEI), Politecnico di Bari, v. Orabona 4, 70125, Bari, Italy (e-mail: giuseppe.piro@poliba.it).\nStochastic Workload Scheduling for Uncoordinated Datacenter Clouds with Multiple QoS Constraints (Abstract)\nYunliang Chen , Yunliang Chen is with the School of Computer Science, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China.(Email: 28564395@qq.com)\nStatistical Model Checking-Based Evaluation and Optimization for Cloud Workflow Resource Allocation (Abstract)\nMingsong Chen , Mingsong Chen is with the Shanghai Key Lab of Trustworthy Computing at East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China. (email: mschen@sei.ecnu.edu.cn)\nA Power and Latency Aware Cloudlet Selection Strategy for Multi-Cloudlet Environment (Abstract)\nAnwesha Mukherjee , Anwesha Mukherjee is with the West Bengal University of Technology, BF-142, Sector-I, Salt lake, Kolkata-700064, West Bengal, India.(Email: anweshamukherjee2011@gmail.com)\nCost-Aware Multimedia Data Allocation for Heterogeneous Memory Using Genetic Algorithm in Cloud Computing (Abstract)\nKeke Gai , Keke Gai is with the Department of Computer Science, Pace University, New York, NY 10038, USA, kg71231.(Email: kg71231w@pace.edu)\nA Distributed Coalition Game Approach to Femto-Cloud Formation (Abstract)\nS. Tanzil , S. M. Shahrear Tanzil is with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z4, Canada.(Email: stanzil@ece.ubc.ca)\nCo-operative Resource Allocation: Building an Open Cloud Market using Shared Infrastructure (Abstract)\nKyle Chard , Kyle Chard is with the Computation Institute, University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago, IL (e-mail: chard@uchicago.edu).\nCloud Benchmarking For Maximising Performance of Scientific Applications (Abstract)\nPISCES: Optimizing Multi-job Application Execution in MapReduce (Abstract)\nQi Chen , Department of Computer Science at Peking University, Beijing 100871, China. (e-mail: chenqi@net.pku.edu.cn)\nTowards Network-Aware Service Composition in the Cloud (Abstract)\nShangguang Wang , Shangguang Wang is with the State Key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications. (e-mail: sgwang@bupt.edu.cn).\nHadoop MapReduce for Mobile Clouds (Abstract)\nJohnu George , Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77840. (e-mail: johnugeorge109@gmail.com)\nDynamically Partitioning Workflow over Federated Clouds For Optimising the Monetary Cost and Handling Run-Time Failures (Abstract)\nZhenyu Wen , Zhenyu Wen is with the School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, United Kingdom. (e-mail: fzwen@inf.ed.ac.uk).\nLive Placement of Interdependent Virtual Machines to Optimize Cloud Service Profits and Penalties on SLAs (Abstract)\nSalah-Eddine Benbrahim , Salah-Eddine Benbrahim is with the Department of Computer Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique of Montreal, Montreal (Quebec), Canada.(Email: benbrahim777@yahoo.fr)\nAn Efficient Strategy for Online Performance Monitoring of Datacenters via Adaptive Sampling (Abstract)\nTingshan Huang , Tingshan Huang is with the Akamai Technologies, Cambridge, MA 02142.(Email: th423@drexel.edu)\nA Data Skew Oriented Reduce Placement Algorithm Based on Sampling (Abstract)\nZhuo Tang , Zhuo Tang is with the College of Information Science and Engineering, Hunan University, and National Supercomputing Center in Changsha, Hunan, China, 410082.(Email: ztang@hnu.edu.cn)\nLoop Parallelism Maximization for Multimedia DSP in Mobile Vehicular Clouds (Abstract)\nYibin Li , Yibin Li is with the Shang Dong University.\nMulti-Objective Service Composition with QoS Dependencies (Abstract)\nYing Chen , Ying Chen is with the Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China. (e-mail: chenying12@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn).\nRobust Performance-Based Resource Provisioning Using a Steady-State Model for Multi-Objective Stochastic Programming (Abstract)\nKyle M. Tarplee , Department of Physical Sciences and Engineering at Anderson University and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Colorado State University.\nBandwidth On-demand for Multimedia Big Data Transfer across Geo-Distributed Cloud Data Centers (Abstract)\nAbdulsalam Yassine , Distributed and Collaborative Virtual Environments Research Laboratory, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada (e-mail: ayasine@.uottawa.ca).\nPrivacy Protection and Intrusion Avoidance for Cloudlet-based Medical Data Sharing (Abstract)\nMin Chen , School of Computer Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.(Email: minchen2012@hust.edu.cn)\nDithen: A Computation-as-a-Service Cloud Platform For Large-Scale Multimedia Processing (Abstract)\nYiannis Andreopoulos , Dithen, 843 Finchley Road, London, NW11 8NA, U.K.(Email: i.andreopoulos@ucl.ac.uk)\nAdaptive Computing-plus-Communication Optimization Framework for Multimedia Processing in Cloud Systems (Abstract)\nMohammad Shojafar , Computer Engineering Department ”Enzo Ferrari”, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Vivarelli 10/1, 41125 Modena, Italy Italy (e-mail: mohammad.shojafar@uniroma1.it).\nTrustworthy Enhancement for Cloud Proxy based on Autonomic Computing (Abstract)\nWeizhe Zhang , School of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, China.(email:hehui@hit.edu.cn)\nEnergy-aware VM Consolidation in Cloud Data Centers Using Utilization Prediction Model (Abstract)\nFahimeh Farahnakian , Department of Information Technology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.(Email: fahfar@utu.fi)\nNetWatch: End-to-end Network Performance Measurement as a Service for Cloud (Abstract)\nYong Li , Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University.(email:liyong07@tsinghua.edu.cn)\nDependency-aware Dependable Scheduling Workflow Applications with Active Replica Placement in the Cloud (Abstract)\nMianxiong Dong , Department of Information and Electronic Engineering, Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan.(Email: mx.dong@ieee.org)\nPerformance-Based Pricing in Multi-Core Geo-Distributed Cloud Computing (Abstract)\nDrazen Lucanin , Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria.(Email: drazen.lucanin@tuwien.ac.at)\nAgent-based Approaches for Intelligent InterCloud Resource Allocation (Abstract)\nKwang Mong SIM , College of Computer Sc. & Software Eng.,Shenzhen University, China.\nAmazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) vs. in-House HPC Platform: a Cost Analysis (Abstract)\nJoseph Emeras , Interdisciplinary Centre for Security Reliability and Trust, 6, rue Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi, L-1359 Luxembourg, Luxembourg.(Email: Joseph.Emeras@uni.lu)\nAdia: Achieving High Link Utilization with Coflow-Aware Scheduling in Data Center Networks (Abstract)\nJingjie Jiang , Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.(Email: jjiangaf@cse.ust.hk)\nCost-minimizing Bandwidth Guarantee for Inter-datacenter Traffic (Abstract)\nKeqiu Li , College of Information System and Management, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, P.R. China.\nIntegrating Mobile Display Energy Saving into Cloud-based Video Streaming via Rate-Distortion-Display Energy Profiling (Abstract)\nQian Liu , Department of Computer Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.(Email: qianliu@dlut.edu.cn)\nGame Theoretical Analysis on Acceptance of a Cloud Data Access Control System Based on Reputation (Abstract)\nZheng Yan , Z. Yan is with the State Key Laboratory on Integrated Services Networks, School of Cyber Engineering, Xidian University, No.2 South Taibai Road, Xian, China 710071.\nCheating-Resilient Bandwidth Distribution in Mobile Cloud Computing (Abstract)\nSudip Misra , School of Information Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India.\nA Distributed Secure Outsourcing Scheme for Solving Linear Algebraic Equations in Ad Hoc Clouds (Abstract)\nXianghui Cao , School of Automation, Southeast University, China.(Email: xh.cao@ieee.org)\nSTAR: SLA-aware Autonomic Management of Cloud Resources (Abstract)\nSukhpal Singh , Computer Science and Engineering Department, Thapar University, Patiala, Punjab, India, 147004 (e-mail: ssgill@thapar.edu).\nDifferentiated latency in data center networks with erasure coded files through traffic engineering (Abstract)\nSNC: A Cloud Service Platform for Symbolic-Numeric Computation using Just-In-Time Compilation (Abstract)\nPractical Privacy-Preserving MapReduce Based K-means Clustering over Large-scale Dataset (Abstract)\nJiawei Yuan , Dept. of ECSSE, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (email: yuanj@erau.edu)\nResource provisioning for task-batch based workflows with deadlines in public clouds (Abstract)\nXiaoping Li , School of Computer Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China (e-mail: xpli@seu.edu.cn).\nQuantitative Modeling and Analytical Calculation of Elasticity in Cloud Computing (Abstract)\nKeqin Li , Department of Computer Science, State University of New York, New Paltz, New York 12561, USA.(email:lik@newpaltz.edu)\nSpeedy Cloud: Cloud Computing with Support for Hardware Acceleration Services (Abstract)\nAGATE: Adaptive Gray Area-based TEchnique to Cluster Virtual Machines with Similar Behavior (Abstract)\nRiccardo Lancellotti , Department of Engineering “Enzo Ferrari”, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy. (e-mail: riccardo.lancellotti@unimore.it).\nPractical Privacy-Preserving Content-Based Retrieval in Cloud Image Repositories (Abstract)\nBernardo Ferreira , Faculdade de Ciˆencias e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa and NOVA LINCS. (e-mail: bernardo.ferreira.pt@ieee.org).\nSecuring Cloud Data under Key Exposure (Abstract)\nGhassan O. Karame , NEC Laboratories Europe, Heidelberg, 69115 Germany (e-mail: ghassan.karame@neclab.eu).\nSynergy: A Hypervisor Managed Holistic Caching System (Abstract)\nDebadatta Mishra , Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India.(email:deba@cse.iitb.ac.in)\nEmpirical Discovery of Power-Law Distribution in MapReduce Scalability (Abstract)\nFan Zhang , Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research Center, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139.(email:fzhang@us.ibm.com)\nMultimedia Processing Pricing Strategy in GPU-accelerated Cloud Computing (Abstract)\nMianxiong Dong , Department of Information and Electronic Engineering, Muroran Institute of Technology, Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan (e-mail: mx.dong@ieee.org).\nFaster MapReduce Computation on Clouds through Better Performance Estimation (Abstract)\nSeyed Morteza Nabavinejad , Department of Computer Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. (e-mail: mnabavi@ce.sharif.edu).\nA Markov Random Field Based Approach for Analyzing Supercomputer System Logs (Abstract)\nThomas Hacker , Department of Computer & Information Technology at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.(email:tjhacker@purdue.edu)\nOnline Inter-Datacenter Service Migrations (Abstract)\nNIKOS TZIRITAS , Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. (email:nikolas@siat.ac.cn)\nFaces in the clouds: long-duration, multi-user, cloud-assisted video conferencing (Abstract)\nRichard Clegg , Dept. of Computing, Imperial College London.\nSecuring Aggregate Queries for DNA Databases (Abstract)\nQutaibah Malluhi , KINDI Center for Computing Research, Doha, Qatar.(email:meb.nassar@gmail.com)\nPublicly Verifiable Boolean Query Over Outsourced Encrypted Data (Abstract)\nShunrong Jiang , National Key Laboratory of Integrated Services Networks, Xidian University, China, 710071.(email:jsywow@gmail.com)\nAchieving Privacy-friendly Storage and Secure Statistics for Smart Meter Data on Outsourced Clouds (Abstract)\nZijian Zhang , Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai-shi, Miyagi, 980-8573, Japan.\nMianxiong Dong , Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai-shi, Miyagi, 980-8573, Japan.\nDemePro: DEcouple packet Marking from Enqueuing for multiple services with PROactive congestion control (Abstract)\nChengxi Gao , Department of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong. (e-mail: chengxi.gao@my.cityu.edu.hk).\nA Robust Reputation Management Mechanism in Federated Cloud (Abstract)\nSubhasis Thakur , Dipartimento di Ingegneria e Scienze dell’Informazione e Matematica, Universita degli Studi dell’Aquila, L’Aquila 67100, Italy (e-mail: subhasis.thakur@univaq.it)\nCorrelation Modeling and Resource Optimization for Cloud Service with Fault Recovery (Abstract)\nLiudong Xing , Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA 02747, USA. (e-mail: lxing@umassd.edu).\nA Johnson's-Rule-Based Genetic Algorithm for Two-Stage-Task Scheduling Problem in Data-Centers of Cloud Computing (Abstract)\nYonghua Xiong , School of Automation, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China, and Hubei Key Laboratory of Advanced Control and Intelligent Automation for Complex Systems, Wuhan 430074, China (e-mail: xiongyh@cug.edu.cn)\nDynamic Multi-Tenant Coordination for Sustainable Colocation Data Centers (Abstract)\nYuanxiong Guo , School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA.(email:richard.guo@okstate.edu)\nAn Ancillary Services Model for Data Centers and Power Systems (Abstract)\nSahibzada M. Ali\nMuhammad Jawad , The COMSATS Institute of Information and Technology, Pakistan (Email: mjawad@ciitlahore.edu.pk)\nM. Usman S. Khan\nEfficiently Translating Complex SQL Query to MapReduce Jobflow on Cloud (Abstract)\nZhiang Wu , Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of E-Business, School of Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, Nanjing, China\nAvaptive Avatar Handoff in the Cloudlet Network (Abstract)\nXiang Sun , Advanced Networking Lab., Helen and John C. Hartmann Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102, USA.(email:xs47@njit.edu)\nCloud Container Technologies: a State-of-the-Art Review (Abstract)\nClaus Pahl , Faculty of Computer Science, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy (e-mail: claus.pahl@unibz.it)\nCost-Efficient Tasks and Data Co-Scheduling with AffordHadoop (Abstract)\nMoussa Ehsan , Department of Computer Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794 USA (e-mail: mehsan@cs.stonybrook.edu)\nAchieving Secure, Universal, and Fine-Grained Query Results Verification for Secure Search Scheme over Encrypted Cloud Data (Abstract)\nHui Yin , College of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China, and Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Changsha University, Changsha 410022, China (e-mail: yhui@ccsu.edu.cn)\nVirtual Machine Migration Planning in Software-Defined Networks (Abstract)\nYong Li , State Key Laboratory on Microwave and Digital Communications, Tsinghua National Laboratory for Information Science and Technology, Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.(email:liyong07@tsinghua.edu.cn)\nApplication-Aware Big Data Deduplication in Cloud Environment (Abstract)\nYinjin Fu , College of Command Information System, PLA University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210007, China\nA Cut-and-Solve Based Approach for the VNF Assignment Problem (Abstract)\nLearn to Play Maximum Revenue Auction (Abstract)\nKeyu Zhu , Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China (e-mail: HyperSpaceX@sjtu.edu.cn)\nWhen I/O Interrupt Becomes System Bottleneck: Efficiency and Scalability Enhancement for SR-IOV Network Virtualization (Abstract)\nJian Li , Shanghai Key Laboratory of Scalable Computing and System, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.(email:li-jian@sjtu.edu.cn)\nA New Service Mechanism for Profit Optimizations of a Cloud Provider and Its Users (Abstract)\nChubo Liu , The College of Information Science and Engineering, Hunan University, and National Supercomputing Center in Changsha, Hunan, China, 410082 (E-mail: liuchubo@hnu.edu.cn)\nDynamic Resource Provisioning for Energy Efficient Cloud Radio Access Networks (Abstract)\nNuo Yu , Electrical Engineering, Anhui Polytechnic University, 162794 Wuhu, Anhui China (e-mail: yunuohit@gmail.com)\nZhaohui Song , Computer Science, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, Guangdong China (e-mail: songzhaohuihit@gmail.com)\nHongwei Du , Computer Science, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, Guangdong China (e-mail: hongwei.du@ieee.org)\nHejiao Huang , Computer Science, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, Guangdong China (e-mail: hjhuang@hitsz.edu.cn)\nXiaohua Jia , Computer Science, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, Guangdong China (e-mail: csjia@cityu.edu.hk)\nStackelberg Game for Energy-aware Resource Allocation to Sustain Data Centers Using RES (Abstract)\nGagangeet Singh Aujla , Computer Science & Engineering, Thapar University, 29080 Patiala, Punjab India 147004 (e-mail: gagi_aujla82@yahoo.com)\nMukesh Singh , Electrical and Instrumentation, Thapar University, 29080 Patiala, Punjab India (e-mail: mukesh.singh1@thapar.edu)\nAlbert Zomaya , School of Information Technologies, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales Australia 2006 (e-mail: albert.zomaya@sydney.edu.au)\nCloud Resource Management for Analyzing Big Real-Time Visual Data from Network Cameras (Abstract)\nS. Ahmed Kaseb , Computer Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Giza, Giza Egypt (e-mail: akaseb@eng.cu.edu.eg)\nAnup Mohan , -, Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, California United States (e-mail: mohan11@purdue.edu)\nYoungsol Koh , School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana United States (e-mail: koh0@purdue.edu)\nYung-Hsiang Lu , School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana United States (e-mail: yunglu@purdue.edu)\nService Chaining for Hybrid Network Function (Abstract)\nHuawei Huang , School of Computer Science and Engineering, The University of Aizu, Aizu-Wakamatsu, Fukushima Japan (e-mail: davyhwang.cug@gmail.com)\nJinsong Wu , Department of Electrical Engineering, Universidad de Chile, 14655 Santiago de Chile, Av Tupper Chile (e-mail: wujs@ieee.org)\nJie Li , Department of Computer Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba Science City, Ibaraki Japan 305-8573 (e-mail: lijie@cs.tsukuba.ac.jp)\nCloudy Knapsack Algorithm for Offloading Tasks from Large Scale Distributed Applications (Abstract)\nHarisankar Haridas , Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras (e-mail: hhari@cse.iitm.ac.in)\nSriram Kailasam , School of Computing and Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mandi (e-mail: sriramk@iitmandi.ac.in)\nJanakiram Dharanipragada , Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras (e-mail: djram@cse.iitm.ac.in)\nEDoS-ADS: An Enhanced Mitigation Technique Against Economic Denial of Sustainability (EDoS) Attacks (Abstract)\nAhmad Shawahna , Dept of Computer Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Eastern Province Saudi Arabia (e-mail: g201206920@kfupm.edu.sa)\nMarwan Abu-Amara , Dept of Computer Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Eastern Province Saudi Arabia (e-mail: marwan@kfupm.edu.sa)\nAshraf Mahmoud , Dept of Computer Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Eastern Province Saudi Arabia 31261 (e-mail: ashraf@kfupm.edu.sa)\nYahya Esmail Osais , Computer Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Al-Sharqiya Saudi Arabia (e-mail: yosais@kfupm.edu.sa)\nFacilitating Secure and Efficient Spatial Query Processing on the Cloud (Abstract)\nAyesha M. Talha , Computer Science, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, Sharjah United Arab Emirates (e-mail: atalha@sharjah.ac.ae)\nIbrahim Kamel , Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, Sharjah United Arab Emirates P.O. Box 27272 (e-mail: kamel@sharjah.ac.ae)\nZaher Al Aghbari , Computer Science, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, Sharjah United Arab Emirates 27272 (e-mail: zaher@sharjah.ac.ae)\nGame-Theory Based Power and Spectrum Virtualization for Optimizing Spectrum Efficiency in Mobile Cloud-Computing Wireless Networks (Abstract)\nQixuan Zhu , ECE Department, Texas of A&M University, College Station, Texas United States (e-mail: qixuanst@gmail.com)\nTowards Declarative and Data-centric Virtual Machine Image Management in IaaS Clouds (Abstract)\nHaikun Liu , School of Computer Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 12443 Wuhan, HeBei China 430074 (e-mail: hkliu@hust.edu.cn)\nBingsheng He , School of Computing, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore Singapore (e-mail: hebs@comp.nus.edu.sg)\nXiaofei Liao , School of Computer, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, HuBei China (e-mail: xfliao@hust.edu.cn)\nError Concealment for Cloud-based and Scalable Video Coding of HD Videos (Abstract)\nMuhammad Usman , School of Electrical and Data Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, 1994 Broadway, New South Wales Australia (e-mail: usmankhan1986@gmail.com)\nXiangjian He , School of Electrical and Data Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales Australia (e-mail: Xiangjian.He@uts.edu.au)\nKenneth K.M. Lam , Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon Hong Kong 0 (e-mail: enkmlam@polyu.edu.hk)\nMin Xu , School of Electrical and Data Engineering, University of Technology, Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales Australia (e-mail: Min.Xu@uts.edu.au)\nJinjun Chen , School of Software and Electrical Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology, 3783 Hawthorn, Victoria Australia (e-mail: jinjun.chen@uts.edu.au)\nSyed Mohsin Matloob Bokhari , Electronics Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, 66944 Peshawar, Khyber pakhtunkhwa Pakistan (e-mail: Mohsin3m@yahoo.com)\nMian Ahmad Jan , Computer Science, Abdul Wali Khan University, 208933 Mardan, Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa (KPK) Pakistan (e-mail: mianjan@awkum.edu.pk)\nPredicted Affinity Based Virtual Machine Placement in Cloud Computing Environments (Abstract)\nXiong Fu , School of Computer Science, Nanjing University of Posts and Communications, Nanjing, JiangSu China (e-mail: fux@njupt.edu.cn)\nChen Zhou , School of Computer Science, Nanjing University of Posts and Communications, Nanjing, JiangSu China (e-mail: 984583028@qq.com)\nRIAL: Resource Intensity Aware Load Balancing in Clouds (Abstract)\nHaiying Shen , CS, University of Virginia, 2358 Charlottesville, Virginia United States (e-mail: hs6ms@virginia.edu)\nHow to Extract Image Features based on Co-occurrence Matrix Securely and Efficiently in Cloud Computing (Abstract)\nXinpeng Zhang , School of Communication and Information Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, Shanghai China (e-mail: xzhang@shu.edu.cn)\nZhenxing Qian , School of telecommunication and information engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, Shanghai China (e-mail: zxqian@shu.edu.cn)\nFengyong Li , College of Computer Science and Technology, Shanghai University of Electric Power, 12596 Shanghai, Shanghai China (e-mail: fyli@shiep.edu.cn)\nToward Practical Privacy-Preserving Frequent Itemset Mining on Encrypted Cloud Data (Abstract)\nShuo Qiu , School of Software Engineering, Jinling Institute of Technology, 66499 Nanjing, Jiangsu China (e-mail: qsccss@gmail.com)\nBoyang Wang , Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona United States 85721 (e-mail: xd.bywang@gmail.com)\nJiqiang Liu , Computer and Infornmation Technology, BJTU, Beijing, Beijing China 100044 (e-mail: jqliu@bjtu.edu.cn)\nYanfeng Shi , School of Computer and Information Technology, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, Beijing China (e-mail: schwannfeng@bjtu.edu.cn)\nBulk Savings for Bulk Transfers: Minimizing the Energy-Cost for Geo-Distributed Data Centers (Abstract)\nXingjian Lu , School of Information Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, Shanghai China (e-mail: luxj@ecust.edu.cn)\nFanxin Kong , Department of Computers and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States (e-mail: fanxink@seas.upenn.edu)\nJianwei Yin , College of Computer Science and Technology, Zhejiang University, HangZhou, Zhejiang China (e-mail: zjuyjw@zju.edu.cn)\nQiao Xiang , Computer Science, Mcgill University, Montreal, Quebec Canada (e-mail: xiangq27@gmail.com)\nHuiqun Yu , Department of Computer Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, Shanghai China (e-mail: yhq@ecust.edu.cn)\nPredicting Workflow Task Execution Time in the Cloud using A Two-Stage Machine Learning Approach (PDF)\nThanh Phuong Pham , Computer Science, Universitat Innsbruck, 27255 Innsbruck, Tirol Austria 6020 (e-mail: phuong@dps.uibk.ac.at)\nJuan J. Durillo , Computer Science, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Tirol Austria 6020 (e-mail: juan@dps.uibk.ac.at)\nThomas Fahringer , Computer Science, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Tirol Austria 6020 (e-mail: tf@dps.uibk.ac.at)\nShaving Data Center Power Demand Peaks Through Energy Storage and Workload Shifting Control (Abstract)\nMehiar Dabbagh , Electrical and Computer Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon United States 97330 (e-mail: dabbaghm@eecs.oregonstate.edu)\nBechir Hamdaoui , Electrical Engr and Computer Sc, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon United States 97331 (e-mail: hamdaoui@eecs.oregonstate.edu)\nAmmar Rayes , Systems, Cisco, San Ramon, California United States 9 (e-mail: rayes@cisco.com)\nMohsen Guizani , ECE, University of Idaho, 5640 Moscow, Idaho United States 83844-1023 (e-mail: mguizani@ieee.org)\nDisaster Recovery Layer for Distributed OpenStack Deployments (Abstract)\nL. Tomas , Department of Computing Science, Umea University, Umea, Vasterbotten Sweden (e-mail: luis@cs.umu.se)\nP. Kokkinos , Computer Engineering and Informatics, University of Patras, Patras, Achaia Greece (e-mail: kokkinop@ceid.upatras.gr)\nV. Anagnostopoulos , School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NTUA, Athens, Attiki Greece (e-mail: fithis2001@gmail.com)\nO. Feder , IBM Haifa Research Lab, IBM, Haifa, Haifa Israel (e-mail: OSHRITF@il.ibm.com)\nD. Kyriazis , Department of Digital Systems, University of Piraeus, Piraeus, Attiki Greece (e-mail: dimos@mail.ntua.gr)\nK. Meth , IBM Haifa Research Lab, IBM, Haifa, Haifa Israel (e-mail: METH@il.ibm.com)\nE. Varvarigos , School of Electrical and Computer, National Technical University of Athens, 68994 Athens, Attiki Greece (e-mail: manos@ceid.upatras.gr)\nT. Varvarigou , Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Attiki Greece (e-mail: dora@telecom.ntua.gr)\nHeterogeneous Job Allocation Scheduler for Hadoop MapReduce Using Dynamic Grouping Integrated Neighboring Search (Abstract)\nChi-Ting Chen , Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan Taiwan (e-mail: p76021289@mail.ncku.edu.tw)\nLing-Ju Hung , Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan Taiwan (e-mail: hunglc@cs.ccu.edu.tw)\nRajkumar Buyya , School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria Australia (e-mail: rbuyya@unimelb.edu.au)\nAlbert Y. Zomaya , School of Information Technologies, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales Australia 2006 (e-mail: albert.zomaya@sydney.edu.au)\nOptimizing Timeliness and Cost in Geo-Distributed Streaming Analytics (Abstract)\nBenjamin Heintz , Computer Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota United States 55455 (e-mail: heintz@cs.umn.edu)\nAbhishek Chandra , Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesta Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota United States 55455 (e-mail: chandra@cs.umn.edu)\nRamesh K. Sitaraman , Department of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts United States 01003-2744 (e-mail: ramesh@cs.umass.edu)\nA Scalable Attribute-Based Access Control Scheme with Flexible Delegation cum Sharing of Access Privileges for Cloud Storage (Abstract)\nRohit Ahuja , Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing Jabalpur, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh India 482005 (e-mail: rohitsureshahuja@gmail.com)\nSraban Kumar Mohanty , Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing Jabalpur, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh India (e-mail: sraban@gmail.com)\nScheduling Live Migration of Virtual Machines (Abstract)\nVincent Kherbache , Computer Science, Inria Centre de Recherche Sophia Antipolis Mediterranee, 84436 Sophia Antipolis, Alpes Maritimes France 06902 (e-mail: vincent@kherbache.fr)\nEric Madelaine , Computer Science, Inria Centre de Recherche Sophia Antipolis Mediterranee, 84436 Sophia Antipolis, Alpes Maritimes France (e-mail: eric.madelaine@inria.fr)\nFabien Hermenier , I3S, UMR 7271, Unversity of Nice Sophia Antipolis, Nice, Sophia Antipolis France (e-mail: fabien.hermenier@unice.fr)\nEfficient Decentralized Attribute Based Access Control for Mobile Clouds (Abstract)\nSourya Joyee De , R. C. Bose Centre for Cryptology and Security, India Statistical Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal India (e-mail: sjoyeede@gmail.com)\nSushmita Ruj , R C Bose Center for Cryptology and Security, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal India 700108 (e-mail: sush@isical.ac.in)\nODDS: Optimizing Data-locality Access for Scientific Data Analysis (Abstract)\nJun Wang , Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida United States (e-mail: jun.wang@ucf.edu)\nJiangling Yin , College of Information Engineering, Shanghai Maritime University, 12477 Shanghai, Shanghai China (e-mail: dezhihan88@sina.com)\nDezhi Han , Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida United States (e-mail: yjlumac@gmail.com)\nXiaobo Zhou , Computer Science, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, Colorado United States (e-mail: xzhou@uccs.edu)\nHierarchical Stochastic Models for Performance, Availability, and Power Consumption Analysis of IaaS Clouds (Abstract)\nFair Online Power Capping for Emergency Handling in Multi-Tenant Cloud Data Centers (Abstract)\nQihang Sun , Department of Computer Science, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Hong Kong (e-mail: qhsun@cs.hku.hk)\nChuan Wu , Computer Science, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Hong Kong NA (e-mail: cwu@cs.hku.hk)\nDesign and Implementation of an Overlay File System for Cloud-Assisted Mobile Apps (Abstract)\nNafize R. Paiker , Computer Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 5965 Newark, New Jersey United States 07102-1982 (e-mail: nrp48@njit.edu)\nJianchen Shan , Computer Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey United States (e-mail: js622@njit.edu)\nCristian Borcea , Computer Science, NJIT, Newark, New Jersey United States 07102 (e-mail: borcea@njit.edu)\nNarain Gehani , Computer Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey United States (e-mail: narain.gehani@njit.edu)\nReza Curtmola , Computer Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Jersey City, Maryland United States 07102 (e-mail: crix@njit.edu)\nXiaoning Ding , Computer Science Department, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey United States (e-mail: xiaoning.ding@njit.edu)\nAchieving Multi-Hop PRE via Branching Program (Abstract)\nZengpeng Li , computer science, Harbin Engineering University, 12428 Harbin, Heilongjiang China (e-mail: lizengpeng@hrbeu.edu.cn)\nChunguang Ma , computer science, Harbin Engineering University, 12428 Harbin, Heilongjiang China (e-mail: machunguang@hrbeu.edu.cm)\nDing Wang , School of Electronics Engineering and Computer Science, Peking University, 12465 Beijing, Beijing China (e-mail: wangdingg@pku.edu.cn)\nGreen Cloudlet Network: A Sustainable Platform for Mobile Cloud Computing (Abstract)\nXiang Sun , Helen and John C. Hartmann Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 5965 Newark, New Jersey United States 07102-1982 (e-mail: xs47@njit.edu)\nNirwan Ansari , Electrical & Computer Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey United States 07102 (e-mail: nirwan.ansari@njit.edu)\nGoogle Users as Sequences:A Robust Hierarchical Cluster Analysis Study (Abstract)\nOmar Arif Abdul-Rahman , Information Systems Architecture Science Research Division, National Institute of Informatics, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyoy Japan 101-8430 (e-mail: omarduetsche@hotmail.com)\nKento Aida , Information Systems Architecture Science Research Division, National Institute of Informatics, Yokohama, Tokyo Japan (e-mail: aida@nii.ac.jp)\nA Carbon-Aware Incentive Mechanism for Greening Colocation Data Centers (Abstract)\nMohammad A. Islam , Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California United States 92507 (e-mail: misla006@ucr.edu)\nHasan Mahmud , Amazon, Amazon, Seattle, Washington United States (e-mail: amahm008@fiu.edu)\nXiaorui Wang , ECE, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio United States (e-mail: xwang@ece.osu.edu)\nEfficient Proofs of Retrievability with Public Verifiability for Dynamic Cloud Storage (Abstract)\nBinanda Sengupta , Applied Statistics Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal India (e-mail: binujucse3@gmail.com)\nAchieving Secure and Efficient Dynamic Searchable Symmetric Encryption over Medical Cloud Data (Abstract)\nHongwei Li , School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan China (e-mail: hongwei.uestc@gmail.com)\nYi Yang , School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan China (e-mail: yangyi.buku@gmail.com)\nYuanshun Dai , School of Computer Science, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Si Chuan China (e-mail: dai@cloudian.org)\nJian Bai , Department of Computer, Science and Technology on Communication Security Laboratory, Sichuan, Sichuan China (e-mail: jbai1989@163.com)\nYong Xiang , School of Engineering, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria Australia (e-mail: yxiang@deakin.edu.au)\nDelay-Sensitive Multicast in Inter-Datacenter WAN Using Compressive Latency Monitoring (Abstract)\nTracy Yingying Cheng , Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong, 53025 Kowloon, Hong Kong Hong Kong (e-mail: yychengcs@gmail.com)\nProviding Performance Guarantees for Cloud-deployed Applications (Abstract)\nAnshul Gandhi , Computer Science, Stony Brook University, 12301 Stony Brook, New York United States (e-mail: anshul@cs.stonybrook.edu)\nParijat Dube , IBM, IBM, Yorktown Heights, New York United States (e-mail: pdube@us.ibm.com)\nAlexei Karve , Cloud Services, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York United States 10598 (e-mail: karve@us.ibm.com)\nAndrzej Piotr Kochut , Watson Research Center, IBM, Hawthorne, New York United States 10532 (e-mail: akochut@us.ibm.com)\nLi Zhang , Watson Research Center, IBM Research, 74286 Yorktown Heights, New York United States (e-mail: zhangli@us.ibm.com)\nA Reinforcement Learning-based Mixed Job Scheduler Scheme for Grid or IaaS Cloud (Abstract)\nDelong Cui , College of Computer and Electronic Information, Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology, Maoming, Guangdong China (e-mail: delongcui@163.com)\nZhiping Peng , College of Computer and Electronic Information, Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology, Maoming, Guangdong China (e-mail: pengzp@foxmail.com)\nxiong jianbin , University of Technology Guangzhou Guangdong, Faculty of Computer, Guangzhou, Guangdong China 510006 (e-mail: xiongjianbin@21cn.com)\nbo xu , Department of Computer Science and Technology, Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology, maoming, guangdong China (e-mail: xubo807127940@163.com)\nWeiwei Lin , School of Computer Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province China (e-mail: linww@scut.edu.cn)\nTIMER-Cloud: Time-Sensitive VM Provisioning in Resource-Constrained Clouds (Abstract)\nRehana Begam , Computer Science, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas United States (e-mail: rehan.sheta@gmail.com)\nWei Wang , Computer Science, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas United States (e-mail: wei.wang@utsa.edu)\nDakai Zhu , Computer Science, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas United States (e-mail: dakai.zhu@utsa.edu)\nNear-Optimal Deployment of Service Chains by Exploiting Correlations between Network Functions (Abstract)\nHuawei Huang , Department of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong China (e-mail: cshwhuang@comp.polyu.edu.hk)\nPeng Li , Computer Science, The University of Aizu, Aizu, Wakamatsu Japan (e-mail: pengli@u-aizu.ac.jp)\nKun Wang , Computer, Nanjing University of Post and Telecommunications, Nanjing, Jiangsu China (e-mail: kwang@njupt.edu.cn)\nQuantitative Fault-tolerance for Reliable Workflows on Heterogeneous IaaS Clouds (Abstract)\nGuoqi Xie , College of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan China (e-mail: xgqman@hnu.edu.cn)\nGang Zeng , Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi Japan (e-mail: sogo@ertl.jp)\nRenfa Li , College of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan China (e-mail: lirenfa@hnu.edu.cn)\nAmazon EC2 Spot Price Prediction using Regression Random Forests (Abstract)\nVeena Khandelwal , Computer Science and Engineering, Rajasthan Technical University, 79677 Kota, Rajasthan India 324009 (e-mail: vn.khandelwal@gmail.com)\nAnand Chaturvedi , Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rajasthan Technical University, 79677 Kota, Rajasthan India (e-mail: chaturvedi101@gmail.com)\nChandra Prakash Gupta , Computer Science and Engineering, Rajasthan Technical University, 79677 Kota, Rajasthan India (e-mail: guptacp2@rediffmail.com)\nUnequal Failure Protection Coding Technique for Distributed Cloud Storage Systems (Abstract)\nYupeng Hu , Information Science and Engineering School, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan Province China 410082 (e-mail: yphu@hnu.edu.cn)\nWenjia Li , Department of Computer Science, New York Institute of Technology, New York, New York United States 10023 (e-mail: wli20@nyit.edu)\nNong Xiao , Computer Science, National Key Laboratory for Parallel and Distributed Processing, Changsha, Hunan China 410073 (e-mail: xiao-n@vip.sina.com)\nQoS-Aware Cloudlet Load Balancing in Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks (Abstract)\nMike Jia , Computer Science, Australia National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory Australia 2602 (e-mail: mike.jia1@gmail.com)\nZichuan Xu , Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, -, London, London United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (e-mail: z.xu@ucl.ac.uk)\nEnergy-Efficient Decision Making for Mobile Cloud Offloading (Abstract)\nYi Sun , Computer Science, Free University of Berlin, berlin, Berlin Germany (e-mail: yi.sun@fu-berlin.de)\nSpeeding Up VM Startup by Cooperative VM Image Caching (Abstract)\nYifan Zhang , School of Data and Computer Science, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong China (e-mail: zhangyifan27@qq.com)\nKai Niu , School of Data and Computer Science, Sun Yat-Sen University, 26469 Guangzhou, Guangdong China (e-mail: emnkcn@gmail.com)\nWeigang Wu , Department of Computer Science, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong China (e-mail: wuweig@mail.sysu.edu.cn)\nYu Zhou , Dept. of Computer Science, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 47854 Nanjing, Jiangsu China 211106 (e-mail: zhouyu@nuaa.edu.cn)\nLocality-aware Scheduling for Containers in Cloud Computing (Abstract)\nDongfang Zhao , Computer Science & Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada United States (e-mail: dzhao@unr.edu)\nMohamed Mohamed , Computer sciences, Mines-Telecom, Telecom Sudparis, Evry, Ile de France France 91011 (e-mail: mmohamed@us.ibm.com)\nHeiko Ludwig , TJ Watson Research Center, IBM Research, San Jose, California United States 95120 (e-mail: hludwig@us.ibm.com)\nPrivacy Aware Data Deduplication for Side Channel in Cloud Storage (Abstract)\nChia-Mu Yu , Computer Science and Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, 34916 Taichung, Taiwan Taiwan (e-mail: chiamuyu@gmail.com)\nSarada Prasad Gochhayat , Department of Mathematics, University of Padua, Padua, Venezia Italy (e-mail: sarada1987@gmail.com)\nMauro Conti , Mathematics, University of Padua, Padua, Italy Italy 35131 (e-mail: conti@math.unipd.it)\nChun-Shien Lu , Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan Taiwan (e-mail: lcs@iis.sinica.edu.tw)\nA Game Approach to Multi-servers Load Balancing with Load-Dependent Server Availability Consideration (Abstract)\nChubo Liu , Information Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan China (e-mail: liuchubo@hnu.edu.cn)\nA Dynamic and Failure-aware Task Scheduling Framework for Hadoop (Abstract)\nMbarka Soualhia , Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, 5618 Montreal, Quebec Canada H3G 1M8 (e-mail: soualhia@encs.concordia.ca)\nFoutse Khomh , Electrical and Computer Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario Canada K7L3N6 (e-mail: foutse.khomh@polymtl.ca)\nSofiene Tahar , Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, 5618 Montreal, Quebec Canada (e-mail: tahar@encs.concordia.ca)\nDetecting Performance Anomalies in Cloud Platform Applications (Abstract)\nHiranya Jayathilaka , Computer Science Department, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California United States (e-mail: hiranya@cs.ucsb.edu)\nChandra Krintz , Computer Science Department, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California United States 93106 (e-mail: ckrintz@cs.ucsb.edu)\nRichard M. Wolski , Computer Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California United States 93106 (e-mail: rich@cs.ucsb.edu)\nRevenue Maximization for Dynamic Expansion of Geo-distributed Cloud Data Centers (Abstract)\nHou Deng , School of Computer Science & Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui China 230027 (e-mail: dengh@mail.ustc.edu.cn)\nXiangyan Liu , School of Software Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, 12652 Hefei, Anhui China (e-mail: sa614172@mail.ustc.edu.cn)\nXianjing Fang , computer Science and Engineering, Anhui University of Science and Technology, 91594 Huainan, Anhui China 232001 (e-mail: xjfang@aust.edu.cn)\nOptimizing Information Leakage in Multicloud Storage Services (Abstract)\nHao Zhuang , SCHOOL OF COMPUTER AND COMMUNICATION SCIENCES, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, 27218 Lausanne, Vaud Switzerland 1015 (e-mail: hao.zhuang@epfl.ch)\nRameez Rahman , SCHOOL OF COMPUTER AND COMMUNICATION SCIENCES, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, lausanne, vaud Switzerland (e-mail: rameez.rahman@epfl.ch)\nKarl Aberer , ., Integrated Public and Info. Syst. Inst., Darmstadt, . Germany . (e-mail: karl.aberer@epfl.ch)\nA Distributed Auction-based Framework for Scalable IaaS Provisioning in Geo-Data Centers (Abstract)\nKhaled Metwally , School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1N 6N5 (e-mail: kmetw028@uottawa.ca)\nAbdallah Jarray , Site, University of Ottawa Faculty of Engineering, 120472 Ottawa, Ontario Canada (e-mail: ajarray@uottawa.ca)\nAhmed Karmouch , SITE, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1N 6N5 (e-mail: karmouch@site.uottawa.ca)\nAdjusting Packet Size to Mitigate TCP Incast in Data Center Networks with COTS Switches (Abstract)\nJiawei Huang , School of Information Science and Engineerning, Central South University, 12570 Changsha, Hunan China (e-mail: jiaweihuang@csu.edu.cn)\nYi Huang , School of Information Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan China (e-mail: huangyi90@csu.edu.cn)\nJianxin Wang , School of Information Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan China (e-mail: jxwang@csu.edu.cn)\nTian He , Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota United States 55455 (e-mail: tianhe@cs.umn.edu)\nFrom Byzantine Fault-Tolerance to Fault-Avoidance: An Architectural Transformation to Attack and Failure Resiliency (Abstract)\nNoor O. Ahmed , cs, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana United States 47907 (e-mail: ahmed24@purdue.edu)\nBharat Bhargava , cs, purdue, 47907, Indiana United States (e-mail: bbshail@purdue.edu)\nRRect: A Novel Server-Centric Data Center Network with High Power Efficiency and Availability (Abstract)\nZhenhua Li , ECE, Stony Brook University, EAST-SETAUKET, New York United States 11733 (e-mail: zhenhua.li@stonybrook.edu)\nA New Lightweight Symmetric Searchable Encryption Scheme for String Identification (Abstract)\nIndranil Ghosh Ray , School of Mathematics, Computer Science & Engineering, City University, 4895 London, London United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland EC1V 0HB (e-mail: indranilgray@gmail.com)\nYogachandran Rahulamathava , Institute for Digital Technologies, Loughborough University London., Loughborough University in London, London, London United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (e-mail: y.rahulamathavan@lboro.ac.uk)\nMuttukrishnan Rajarajan , Engineering, City University London, London, London United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (e-mail: R.Muttukrishnan@city.ac.uk)\nEfficient Traceable Authorization Search System for Secure Cloud Storage (Abstract)\nXianghan Zheng , Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Networking Computing and Intelligent Information Processing, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian China (e-mail: xianghan.zheng@fzu.edu.cn)\nChunming Rong , Dept. of Electro. Engi. & Computer Science, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Rogaland Norway (e-mail: chunming.rong@uis.no)\nTowards Security-based Formation of Cloud Federations: A Game Theoretical Approach (Abstract)\nTalal Halabi , Génie Informatique et Génie Logiciel, École Polytechnique, Montréal, Quebec Canada (e-mail: talal.halabi@polymtl.ca)\nMartine Bellaiche , Génie Informatique et Génie Logiciel, École Polytechnique, Montréal, Quebec Canada H3C 3A7 (e-mail: martine.bellaiche@polymtl.ca)\nOn the Feasibility of Using Current Data Centre Infrastructure for Latency-sensitive Applications (Abstract)\nDavid Griffin , Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London, London, London United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (e-mail: d.griffin@ucl.ac.uk)\nTruong Khoa Phan , Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London, London, London United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (e-mail: t.phan@ucl.ac.uk)\nElisa Maini , Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London, London, London United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (e-mail: e.maini@ucl.ac.uk)\nMiguel Rio , Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London, London, London United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (e-mail: miguel.rio@ucl.ac.uk)\nPieter Simoens , Information Technology, Ghent University - iMinds, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen Belgium 9050 (e-mail: pieter.simoens@intec.ugent.be)\nA Truthful $(1-\_epsilon)$-Optimal Mechanism for On-demand Cloud Resource Provisioning (Abstract)\nXiaoxi Zhang , Computer Science, University of Hong Kong, 25809 Hong Kong, Hong Kong Hong Kong (e-mail: xxzhang2@cs.hku.hk)\nFrancis C.M. Lau , Computer Science Department, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Hong Kong (e-mail: fcmlau@cs.hku.hk)\nPrivacy-Preserving Outsourced Support Vector Machine Design for Secure Drug Discovery (Abstract)\nXimeng Liu , College of Mathematics and Computer Science, Fuzhou University, 12423 Fuzhou, Fujian China (e-mail: snbnix@gmail.com)\nIntelligent Health Vessel ABC-DE: An Electrocardiogram Cloud Computing Service (Abstract)\nLinpeng Jin , Department of Interdisciplinary Research, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, CAS, Suzhou, Jiangsu China (e-mail: lpjin2012@sinano.ac.cn)\nJun Dong , Bionice, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, ShangHai China 215123 (e-mail: jdong2010@sinano.ac.cn)\nA Key-Policy Attribute-Based Temporary Keyword Search scheme for Secure Cloud Storage (Abstract)\nMohammad Hassan Ameri , Electronics Research Institute, Sharif University of Technology, 68260 Tehran, Tehran Iran (the Islamic Republic of) (e-mail: ameri_mohammadhasan@ee.sharif.edu)\nMahshid Delavar , Electronics Research Institute, Sharif University of Technology, 68260 Tehran, Tehran Iran (the Islamic Republic of) (e-mail: m.delavar@mehr.sharif.ir)\nJavad Mohajeri , Sharif University of Technology, Electronics Research Institute, Tehran, Tehran Iran (the Islamic Republic of) (e-mail: mohajer@sharif.edu)\nMahmoud Salmasizadeh , Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, 68260 Tehran, Tehran Iran (the Islamic Republic of) (e-mail: salmasi@sharif.ir)\nA Planning Approach for Reassigning Virtual Machines in IaaS Clouds (Abstract)\nYacine Laalaoui , IT, Taif University, 125895 Taif, Makkah Saudi Arabia (e-mail: yacine.laalaoui@gmail.com)\nJehad Al-Omari , CS, Taif University, 125895 Taif, Makkah Saudi Arabia (e-mail: jalomari@tu.edu.sa)\nA Robust Formulation for Efficient Application Offloading to Clouds (Abstract)\nJose Barrameda , School of Information Technology & Engineering (SITE), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario Canada (e-mail: jgonz045@uottawa.ca)\nNancy Samaan , School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Univ. of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario Canada (e-mail: nsamaan@eecs.uottawa.ca)\nA Power-of-Two Choices Based Algorithm for fog Computing (Abstract)\nRoberto Beraldi , DIAG, University of Rome, Rome, Italy Italy (e-mail: beraldi@dis.uniroma1.it)\nHussein Alnuweiri , Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University at Qatar, Doha, Doha Qatar 1111 (e-mail: hussein.alnuweiri@qatar.tamu.edu)\nAbderrahmen Mtibaa , ECEN, Texas A&M, College Station, Texas United States (e-mail: mtibaa@gmail.com)\nVMGuard: A VMI-based Security Architecture for Intrusion Detection in Cloud Environment (Abstract)\nPreeti Mishra , computer science, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, 193160 Jaipur, Rajasthan India (e-mail: scholar.preeti@gmail.com)\nVijay Varadharajan , Engineering and Built Environment, Newcastle University, 5994 Newcastle, New South Wales Australia (e-mail: vijay.varadharajan@mq.edu.au)\nEmmanuel Pilli , Computer Science, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, 193160 Jaipur, Rajasthan India (e-mail: espilli.cse@mnit.ac.in)\nUdaya Tupakula , Engineering and Built Environment, Newcastle University, 5994 Newcastle, New South Wales Australia (e-mail: udaya.tupakula@mq.edu.au)\nvirtFlow: Guest Independent Execution Flow Analysis Across Virtualized Environments (Abstract)\nHani Nemati , Software and Computer Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, 5596 Montreal, Quebec Canada H3T 1J4 (e-mail: hani.nemati@gmail.com)\nMichel R. Dagenais , Dept. of Computer and Software Eng., Ecole Polytechique de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec Canada (e-mail: michel.dagenais@polymtl.ca)\nDistributed Resource Allocation for Data Center Networks: A Hierarchical Game Approach (Abstract)\nHuaqing Zhang , Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas United States (e-mail: markasjunior@gmail.com)\nYong Xiao , Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas United States 77004 (e-mail: xyong.2012@gmail.com)\nShengrong Bu , School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, 3526 Glasgow, Scotland United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland G12 8QQ (e-mail: Shengrong.Bu@glasgow.ac.uk)\nDusit Niyato , School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore Singapore 639798 (e-mail: dniyato@ntu.edu.sg)\nOnline VM Auto-Scaling Algorithms for Application Hosting in a Cloud (Abstract)\nYang Guo , ANTD, NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland United States (e-mail: yang.yguo@gmail.com)\nAlexander Stolyar , Department of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois United States (e-mail: stolyar@illinois.edu)\nAnwar Walid , Mathematics of Network Systems, Bell Labs, USA, Murray Hill, New Jersey United States 07069 (e-mail: anwar.walid@nokia-bell-labs.com)\nEnergy Efficient Scheduling of Servers with Multi-Sleep Modes for Cloud Data Center (Abstract)\nChonglin Gu , Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong China 518055 (e-mail: guchonglin-6@163.com)\nZhenlong Li , Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong China (e-mail: 1445478940@qq.com)\nHejiao Huang , Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong China (e-mail: huanghejiao@hit.edu.cn)\nA tight estimate of job completion time in vehicular clouds (Abstract)\nRyan Florin , Department of Computer Science, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia United States (e-mail: rflorin@cs.odu.edu)\nPuya Ghazizadeh , Mathematics and Computer Science, Seton Hall University College of Arts and Sciences, 148181 South Orange, New Jersey United States (e-mail: puya.ghazizadeh@shu.edu)\nAida Ghazi Zadeh , Department of Computer Science, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia United States (e-mail: aghaziza@cs.odu.edu)\nRavi Mukkamala , Computer Science, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia United States 23529-0162 (e-mail: mukka@cs.odu.edu)\nStephan Olariu , Computer Science, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia United States 23529-0162 (e-mail: olariu@cs.odu.edu)\nProvably secure and lightweight identity-based authenticated data sharing protocol for cyber-physical cloud environment (Abstract)\nArijit Karati , Computer Science and Engineering, NIIT University, 219119 Jaipur, Rajasthan India (e-mail: arijit.karati@gmail.com)\nRuhul Amin , Computer Science and Engineering, Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee International Institute of Information Technology, Naya Raipur, Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh India (e-mail: amin_ruhul@live.com)\nS.K. Hafizul Islam , Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Information Technology Kalyani, Kalyaini, West Bengal India 741235 (e-mail: hafi786@gmail.com)\nAdaptive Resource Management for Analyzing Video Streams from Globally Distributed Network Cameras (Abstract)\nAnup Mohan , ECE, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana United States 47906 (e-mail: mohan11@purdue.edu)\nAhmed S. Kaseb , School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana United States (e-mail: akaseb@eng.cu.edu.eg)\nYung-Hsiang Lu , Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana United States 47907 (e-mail: yunglu@purdue.edu)\nThomas Hacker , Computer and Information Technology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana United States 47907 (e-mail: tjhacker@purdue.edu)\nEnhancing Performance and Energy Efficiency for Hybrid Workloads in Virtualized Cloud Environment (Abstract)\nChi Xu , Computing Science, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia Canada (e-mail: chix@sfu.ca)\nXiaoqiang Ma , School of Electronic Information and Communications, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 12443 Wuhan, Hubei China 430074 (e-mail: maxiaoqiang@hust.edu.cn)\nRyan Shea , School of Computing Science, Simon Fraser University, 1763 Burnaby, British Columbia Canada (e-mail: rws1@sfu.ca)\nHaiyang Wang , School of computer science, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota United States 55812-2496 (e-mail: haiyang@d.umn.edu)\nAggregation-Based Colocation Datacenter Energy Management in Wholesale Markets (Abstract)\nYanmin Gong , Electrical and Computer Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma United States (e-mail: yanmin.gong@okstate.edu)\nAn Empirical Study on Data Flow Bugs in Business Processes (Abstract)\nChengZhen Zhang , Coomputer Science, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu China (e-mail: zhangcgzhe@qq.com)\nPrice-based Resource Allocation for Edge Computing: A Market Equilibrium Approach (Abstract)\nDuong Tung Nguyen , Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia Canada (e-mail: duong.vn228@gmail.com)\nLong Bao Le , Energy, Materials and Telecommunications, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), University of Quebec, Montreal, Quebec Canada (e-mail: le@emt.inrs.ca)\nVijay Bhargava , Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia Canada (e-mail: vijayb@ece.ubc.ca)\nCost Optimal Data Center Servers: A Voltage Scaling Approach (Abstract)\nWei Zhang , School of Computer Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 54761 Singapore, Singapore Singapore 639798 (e-mail: wei.zhang@ieee.org)\nYonggang Wen , School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore Singapore (e-mail: ygwen@ntu.edu.sg)\nLoi Lei Lai , School of Automation, Guangdong University of Technology, 47870 Guangzhou, Guangdong China (e-mail: l.l.lai@ieee.org)\nFang Liu , School of Computer Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 54761 Singapore, Singapore Singapore (e-mail: fliu@ieee.org)\nRui Fan , School of Information Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, Shanghai China (e-mail: fanrui@shanghaitech.edu.cn)\nApplying Buffer to SDN Switches: Benefits Analysis and Mechanism Design (Abstract)\nFuliang Li , School of Computer Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, 12434 Shenyang, Liaoning China 110819 (e-mail: lifuliang207@126.com)\nJiannong Cao , Department of Computing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong China (e-mail: jiannong.cao@polyu.edu.hk)\nXingwei Wang , School of Computer Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang, Liaoning China (e-mail: wangxw@mail.neu.edu.cn)\nYinchu Sun , School of Computer Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, 12434 Shenyang, Liaoning China (e-mail: qinqinmuji@163.com)\nTian Pan , Computer Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, Beijing China (e-mail: platinum127@gmail.com)\nXuefeng Liu , State Key Laboratory of Virtual Reality Technology and Systems, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Beijing, Beijing China (e-mail: csxfliu@gmail.com)\nTrigger-based Incremental Data Processing with Unified Sync and Async Model (Abstract)\nDong Dai , Computer Science, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas United States (e-mail: dong.dai@ttu.edu)\nDries Kimpe , Computation Institute, University of Chicago, Argonne, Illinois United States 60439 (e-mail: dkimpe@mcs.anl.gov)\nMulti-cloud Performance and Security Driven Federated Workflow Management (Abstract)\nMatthew Dickinson , Computer Science, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri United States (e-mail: dickinsonmg@missouri.edu)\nSaptarshi Debroy , Computer Science, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri United States (e-mail: saptarshi.debroy@hunter.cuny.edu)\nPrasad Calyam , Computer Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri United States 65211 (e-mail: calyamp@missouri.edu)\nSamaikya Valluripally , Computer Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri United States (e-mail: svbqb@mail.missouri.edu)\nYuanxun Zhang , Computer Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri United States (e-mail: yzd3b@mail.missouri.edu)\nRonny Bazan Antequera , Computer Science, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri United States (e-mail: rcb553@mail.missouri.edu)\nTrupti Joshi , Computer Science, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri United States (e-mail: joshitr@missouri.edu)\nTommi White , Computer Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri United States (e-mail: whiteto@missouri.edu)\nKarma: Cost-effective Geo-replicated Cloud Storage with Dynamic Enforcement of Causal Consistency (Abstract)\nTariq Mahmood , Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana United States 47907 (e-mail: tmahmood@purdue.edu)\nShankaranarayanan Puzhavakath Narayanan , Cloud Technology and Services Research, AT&T Labs Research, Bedminster, New Jersey United States (e-mail: snarayanan@research.att.com)\nSanjay Rao , Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayatte, Indiana United States (e-mail: sanjay@ecn.purdue.edu)\nT. N. Vijaykumar , Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University System, 8522 West Lafayette, Indiana United States (e-mail: vijay@purdue.edu)\nMithuna Thottethodi , Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, Indiana United States 47906 (e-mail: mithuna@purdue.edu)\nOn the efficiency of cloud providers: A DEA approach incorporating categorical variables (Abstract)\nEvangelia Filiopoulou , Informatics and Telematics, Harokopio University, 68996 Athens, Greece Greece (e-mail: evangelf@hua.gr)\nPersefoni Mitropoulou , Informatics and Telematics, Harokopio University, 68996 Athens, Tavros Greece (e-mail: persam@hua.gr)\nNikolas Lionis , Informatics and Telecommunications, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 68993 Athinon, Illisia Greece (e-mail: nlionis@di.uoa.gr)\nChristos Michalakelis , Informatics and Telematics, Harokopio University, 68996 Athens, Greece Greece 177 78 (e-mail: michalak@hua.gr)\nEfficient Algorithm for Secure Outsourcing of Modular Exponentiation with Single Server (Abstract)\nMin Dong , School of Communication and Information Engineering, Shanghai University, 34747 Shanghai, Shanghai China (e-mail: dongmin3524@i.shu.edu.cn)\nZhenxing Qian , School of communication and information engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, Shanghai China (e-mail: zxqian@shu.edu.cn)\nLightweight and Privacy-Preserving Delegatable Proofs of Storage with Data Dynamics in Cloud Storage (Abstract)\nJia Xu , Singapore Telecommunications Limited, Singapore Telecom, 68737 Singapore, Singapore Singapore (e-mail: jia.xu@singtel.com)\nJianying Zhou , Information Systems Technology and Design, Singapore University of Technology and Design, 233793 Singapore, Singapore Singapore (e-mail: jianying_zhou@sutd.edu.sg)\nDuncan S. Wong , Security and Data Sciences, CryptoBLK Limited, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Hong Kong (e-mail: duncanwong@cryptoblk.io)\nAn Adaptive and Fuzzy Resource Management Approach in Cloud Computing (Abstract)\nParinaz Haratian , Faculty of Computer Engineering, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran\nFaramarz Safi-Esfahani , Faculty of Computer Engineering, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran\nLeili Salimian , Faculty of Computer Engineering, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran\nAkbar Nabiollahi , Faculty of Computer Engineering, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran\nSeSPHR: A Methodology for Secure Sharing of Personal Health Records in the Cloud (Abstract)\nMazhar Ali , Computer Science, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, KPK Pakistan (e-mail: mazhar@ciit.net.pk)\nAssad Abbas , Department of Computer Science, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan, Islamabad, Federal Capital Pakistan (e-mail: assadabbas@comsats.edu.pk)\nUsman Khan , Computer Science, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, KPK Pakistan (e-mail: ushahid@ciit.net.pk)\nSamee U. Khan , Electrical and Computer Engineering, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota United States 58108-6050 (e-mail: samee.khan@ndsu.edu)\nRisk-Averse Caching Policies for YouTube Content in Femtocell Networks using Density Forecasting (Abstract)\nWilliam Hoiles , Electrical and Communication engineering, University of British Columbia, 8166 Vancouver, British Columbia Canada (e-mail: whoiles@ece.ubc.ca)\nS M Shahrear Tanzil , Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia Canada V6R 1W8 (e-mail: stanzil@ece.ubc.ca)\nVikram Krishnamurthy , Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell Tech, 436124 New York, New York United States (e-mail: vikramk@cornell.edu)\nVirtual Machine Extrospection: A Reverse Information Retrieval in Clouds (Abstract)\nJidong Xiao , Computer Science, Boise State University, 1791 Boise, Idaho United States 83725-0001 (e-mail: jidongxiao@boisestate.edu)\nLei Lu , System Group, VMware Inc, 374741 Palo Alto, California United States (e-mail: llei@vmware.com)\nHai Huang , Cloud System Group, IBM Thomas J Watson Research Center, 71353 Yorktown Heights, New York United States (e-mail: haih@us.ibm.com)\nHedonic Pricing of Cloud Computing Services (Abstract)\nCaesar Wu , CIS, University of Melbourne Graduate School of Education, 153395 Melbourne, Victoria Australia 3010 (e-mail: mingweiw1@student.unimelb.edu.au)\nAdel Nadjaran Nadjaran Toosi , Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria Australia (e-mail: adel.n.toosi@monash.edu)\nRajkumar Buyya , CSSE, TThe University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria Australia 3010 (e-mail: rbuyya@unimelb.edu.au)\nKotagiri Ramamohanarao , Department of Computing and Information Systems, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria Australia (e-mail: kotagiri@unimelb.edu.au)\nCooperative Set Homomorphic Proofs for Data Possession Checking in Clouds (Abstract)\nNesrine Kaaniche , RST, TELECOM and Management SudParis, 52833 Evry, Essonne France 91011 (e-mail: nesrine.kaaniche@telecom-sudparis.eu)\nMaryline Laurent , RST, TELECOM and Management SudParis, 52833 Evry, Essonnes France (e-mail: maryline.laurent@telecom-sudparis.eu)\nSebastien Canard , Applied Crypto Group, Orange Labs, Caen, Caen France (e-mail: sebastien.canard@orange.com)\nOutsourcing Proofs of Retrievability (Abstract)\nFrederik Armknecht , Business Informatics, University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg Germany (e-mail: armknecht@uni-mannheim.de)\nJens-Matthias Bohli , Computer Science, NEC Laboratories Europe, 61393 Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg Germany (e-mail: jens-matthias.bohli@neclab.eu)\nGhassan Karame , Computer Science, NEC Laboratories Europe, Heidelberg, Heidelberg Germany 69115 (e-mail: ghassan@karame.org)\nWenting Li , Security Group, NEC Laboratories Europe, 61393 Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg Germany (e-mail: wenting.li@neclab.eu)\nNetwork and Application-Aware Cloud Service Selection in Peer-Assisted Environments (Abstract)\nSina Askarnejad , Computer Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, 68260 Tehran, Tehran Iran (the Islamic Republic of) (e-mail: askarnejad@ce.sharif.edu)\nMarzieh Malekimajd , computer engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Tehran Iran (the Islamic Republic of) (e-mail: m_malekimajd@yahoo.com)\nAli Movaghar , Computer Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Tehran Iran (the Islamic Republic of) 1998717869 (e-mail: movaghar@sharif.edu)\nAn SLA-Aware Cloud Coalition Formation Approach for Virtualized Networks (Abstract)\nSouad Hadjres , Department of Software and IT Engineering, Ecole de technologie superieure, 14849 Montreal, Quebec Canada (e-mail: Souad.Hadjres@etsmtl.ca)\nNadjia Kara , GI&TI, ETS, Quebec University, Montreal, Quebec Canada (e-mail: nadjia.kara@etsmtl.ca)\nMay El Barachi , Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, University of Wollongong in Dubai Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, Dubai, Dubai United Arab Emirates (e-mail: maielbarachi@uowdubai.ac.ae)\nFatna Belqasmi , College of Technological Innovation, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates (e-mail: fatna.belqasmi@zu.ac.ae)\nEfficient and Privacy-preserving Online Fingerprint Authentication Scheme Over Outsourced Data (Abstract)\nHui Zhu , School of Cyber Engineering, Xidian University, 47905 Xian, Shaanxi China 710071 (e-mail: zhuhui@xidian.edu.cn)\nQing Wei , school of cyber engineering, Xidian University, 47905 Xian, shaanxi China (e-mail: qing9308@gmail.com)\nXiaopeng Yang , School of Cyber Engineering, Xidian University, 47905 Xi'an, Shaanxi China (e-mail: xiaopengyang2015@gmail.com)\nRongxing Lu , Faculty of Computer Science, University of New Brunswick, 3427 Fredericton, New Brunswick Canada E3B 5A3 (e-mail: rlu1@unb.ca)\nHui Li , National key lab of ISN, Xidian University, Xidian University, Xi'an, Shaanxi China (e-mail: lihui@mail.xidian.edu.cn)\nNew YARN Non-Exclusive Resource Management Scheme through Opportunistic Idle Resource Assignment (Abstract)\nZhengyu Yang , Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts United States (e-mail: yang.zhe@husky.neu.edu)\nYi Yao , Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts United States (e-mail: yyao@ece.neu.edu)\nHan Gao , Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts United States (e-mail: gaohapply@gmail.com)\nJiayin Wang , Computer Science Department, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey United States (e-mail: jane@cs.umb.edu)\nNingfang Mi , Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts United States (e-mail: ningfang@ece.neu.edu)\nBo Sheng , Department of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts at Boston, Boston, Massachusetts United States (e-mail: shengbo@cs.umb.edu)\nA Robust Generic Multi-Authority Attributes Management System for Cloud Storage Services (Abstract)\nIbrahim Mostafa Ibrahim , Information Systems, Ain Shams University, 68791 Cairo, Cairo Egypt 11566 (e-mail: ibrahim.mostafa@gmail.com)\nMostafa G.M Mostafa , Information Systems, Ain Shams University, 68791 Cairo, Cairo Egypt (e-mail: mgmostafa@gmail.com)\nSherif Hazem , Computer Engineering, Arab Academcy for, Cairo, Cairo Egypt (e-mail: snoureldin@aast.edu)\nRaina El-Gohary , Information Systems, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Cairo Egypt (e-mail: dr.raniaelgohary@fcis.asu.edu.eg)\nHossam Mostafa Faheem , Computer Systems, Faculty of Computer and Information Sciences, Cairo, Cairo Egypt (e-mail: hmfaheem@cis.asu.edu.eg)\nVirtual Network Recognition and Optimization in SDN-enabled Cloud Environment (Abstract)\nHe Li , Department of Information and Electronic Engineering, Muroran Institute of Technology, Muroran, Hokkaido Japan (e-mail: heli@mmm.muroran-it.ac.jp)\nKaoru Ota , Department of Information and Electronic Engineering, Muroran Institute of Technology, Muroran, Hokkaido Japan (e-mail: ota@csse.muroran-it.ac.jp)\nMianxiong Dong , Department of Information and Electronic Engineering, Muroran Institute of Technology, Muroran, Hokkaido Japan (e-mail: mx.dong@ieee.org)\nDependable Data Outsourcing Scheme Based on Cloud-of-Clouds Approach with Fast Recovery (Abstract)\nChun-I. Fan , Information Security Research Center, National Sun Yat-sen University, 34874 Kaohsiung, - Taiwan (e-mail: cifan@mail.cse.nsysu.edu.tw)\nJheng-Jia Huang , Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, - Taiwan (e-mail: jhengjia.huang@gmail.com)\nShang-Wei Tseng , Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, - Taiwan 804 (e-mail: m013040048@student.nsysu.edu.tw)\nI-Te Chen , Department of Healthcare Administration and Medical Informatics, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, - Taiwan (e-mail: itchen@kmu.edu.tw)\nFPGA Resource Pooling in Cloud Computing (Abstract)\nFan Zhang , Electronic and Computer Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, 191607 Kowloon, Hong Kong Hong Kong (e-mail: fzhangee@connect.ust.hk)\nFei Chen , Research Department, IBM China Research China Beijing, 74291 Beijing, Beijing China (e-mail: autocf@gmail.com)\nCharacterization and Prediction of Performance Loss and MTTR During Fault Recovery On Scale-out Storage Using DOE & RSM: A Case Study with Ceph (Abstract)\nLay Wai Kong , Data Center, Intel Corporate, Chandler, Arizona United States (e-mail: konglaywai81@gmail.com)\nOrlando moreno , Data center group, intel Corporation, Chandler, Arizona United States (e-mail: orlando.moreno@intel.com)\nHypertracing: Tracing Through Virtualization Layers (Abstract)\nAbderrahmane Benbachir , COMPUTER ENGINEERING AND SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, 5596 Montreal, Quebec Canada H3T 1J4 (e-mail: abderrahmane.benbachir@polymtl.ca)\nOptimizing Quality-Aware Big Data Applications in the Cloud (Abstract)\nEugenio Gianniti , lettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria Milan, MI, Italy, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, MI Italy (e-mail: eugenio.gianniti@polimi.it)\nMichele Ciavotta , Dipartimento di Informatica, Sistemistica e Comunicazione, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milan, MI Italy (e-mail: michele.ciavotta@unimib.it)\nA Hierarchical Receding Horizon Algorithm for QoS-driven control of Multi-IaaS Applications (Abstract)\nDanilo Ardagna , Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, MI Italy (e-mail: ardagna@elet.polimi.it)\nMichele Ciavotta , Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, MI Italy (e-mail: michele.ciavotta@polimi.it)\nRiccardo Lancellotti , Dipartimento di Ingegneria Enzo Ferrari, Universita di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, MO Italy (e-mail: riccardo.lancellotti@unimore.it)\nMichele Guerriero , Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, MI Italy (e-mail: michele.guerriero@polimi.it)\nCloud Resource Scaling for Time-Bounded and Unbounded Big Data Streaming Applications (Abstract)\nOlubisi Runsewe , Electronic Business Technologies, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario Canada (e-mail: oruns091@uottawa.ca)\nTwo-Aggregator Topology Optimization using Single Paths in Data Center Networks (Abstract)\nSoham Das , Computer and Information Science & Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida United States 32611 (e-mail: 88soham@gmail.com)\nSartaj Sahni , CISE, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida United States 32611-2024 (e-mail: sahni@cise.ufl.edu)\nMaximizing Cloud Revenue using Dynamic Pricing of Multiple Class Virtual Machines (Abstract)\nFadi Alzhouri , Electrical & Computer Engineering, Concordia University, 5618 Montreal, Quebec Canada H3G 1M8 (e-mail: f_alzh@encs.concordia.ca)\nAnjali Agarwal , Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Montreal, Quebec Canada (e-mail: aagarwal@ece.concordia.ca)\nYan Liu , ECE, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec Canada (e-mail: yan.liu@concordia.ca)\nAn Intermediate Data Partition Algorithm for Skew Mitigation in Spark Computing Environment (Abstract)\nZhuo Tang , College of information Science and Engineering, Hunan university, Changsha, Hunan province China 410082 (e-mail: ztang@hnu.edu.cn)\nWei Lv , College of Information Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan China (e-mail: lw_engry@hnu.edu.cn)\nEfficient Oblivious Data Structures for Database Services on the Cloud (Abstract)\nThang Hoang , EECS, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon United States 97331 (e-mail: hoangmin@oregonstate.edu)\nCeyhun D. Ozkaptan , EECS, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon United States (e-mail: ozkaptan.1@osu.edu)\nGabriel Anton Hackebeil , Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, 172797 Ann Arbor, Michigan United States (e-mail: hackebeg@oregonstate.edu)\nAttila Altay Yavuz , The School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon United States 97331 (e-mail: attilaayavuz@usf.edu)\nD-SRTF: Distributed Shortest Remaining Time First Scheduling for Data Center Networks (Abstract)\nChengxi Gao , Institute of Advanced Computing and Digital Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology,Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, Guangdong China (e-mail: chengxi.gao@siat.ac.cn)\nVictor Lee , Computer Sciene, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Hong Kong na (e-mail: csvlee@cityu.edu.hk)\nA robust Optimization Technique for Energy Cost Minimization of Cloud Data Centers (Abstract)\nMuhammad Jawad , Electrical Engineering, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology - MA Jinnah Campus, 201861 Lahore, Punjab Pakistan 54000 (e-mail: muhjawad.786@gmail.com)\nMuhammad Bilal Qureshi , Electrical Engineering, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology - Abbottabad, 72592 Abbottabad, KPK Pakistan (e-mail: bilalqureshi@ciit.net.pk)\nSahibzada M. Ali , Electrical And Computer Engineering, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology - Abbottabad, 72592 Abbottabad, KPK Pakistan (e-mail: hallianali@ciit.net.pk)\nArshad Mehmood , Electrical And Computer Engineering, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology - Abbottabad, 72592 Abbottabad, KPK Pakistan (e-mail: chaudhry@ciit.net.pk)\nBilal Khan , Electrical And Computer Engineering, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology - Abbottabad, 72592 Abbottabad, KPK Pakistan (e-mail: bilalkhan@ciit.net.pk)\nXiaoyn Wang , Sustainable Energy Technologies Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 8099 Upton, New York United States (e-mail: xywang@bnl.gov)\nOn the Fly Orchestration of Unikernels: Tuning and Performance Evaluation of Virtual Infrastructure Managers (Abstract)\nPier Luigi Ventre , Dip Ing. Elettronica, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Roma, RM Italy (e-mail: pl.ventre@gmail.com)\nPaolo Lungaroni , Dip. Ing. Elettronica, Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Telecomunicazioni (CNIT), Rome, Rome Italy (e-mail: lplung001@gmail.com)\nGiuseppe Siracusano , Data Science and System Platforms, NEC Laboratories Europe, 61393 Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg Germany (e-mail: giu.siracusano@gmail.com)\nClaudio Pisa , Dip. Ing. Elettronica, Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Telecomunicazioni (CNIT), Rome, Rome Italy (e-mail: claudio.pisa@uniroma2.it)\nFlorian Schmidt , Data Science and System Platforms, NEC Laboratories Europe, 61393 Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg Germany (e-mail: Florian.Schmidt@neclab.eu)\nFrancesco Lombardo , Dip. Ing. Elettronica, Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Telecomunicazioni (CNIT), Rome, Rome Italy (e-mail: franclombardo@gmail.com)\nStefano Salsano , Dip Ing. Elettronica, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Roma, RM Italy 00133 (e-mail: stefano.salsano@uniroma2.it)\nThreat-specific Security Risk Evaluation in the Cloud (Abstract)\nArmstrong Mazinyane Nhlabatsi , Collage of Engineering, Qatar University, 61780 Doha, Doha Qatar (e-mail: Armstrong.Nhlabatsi@gmail.com)\nJin Bum Hong , Computer Science and Software Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, Canterbury New Zealand (e-mail: jho102@uclive.ac.nz)\nDong Seong Dan Kim , Computer Science and Software Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, Christchurch New Zealand (e-mail: dongseong.kim@canterbury.ac.nz)\nRachael Fernandez , KINDI Lab, Collage of Engineering, Qatar University, 61780 Doha, Ad Dawhah Qatar (e-mail: rf1405233@student.qu.edu.qa)\nAlaa Hussein , KINDI Lab, Collage of Engineering, Qatar University, 61780 Doha, Ad Dawhah Qatar (e-mail: ah1003410@student.qu.edu.qa)\nNoora Fetais , KINDI Lab, Collage of Engineering, Qatar University, 61780 Doha, Ad Dawhah Qatar (e-mail: n.almarri@qu.edu.qa)\nKhaled M. Khan , Computing Science and Engineering, Qatar University, Doha, Doha Qatar 2713 (e-mail: k.khan@qu.edu.qa)\nQoS Promotion in Energy-Efficient Datacenters Through Peak Load Scheduling (Abstract)\nCheng Hu , School of Information Science and Technology, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, 12385 Guangzhou, Guangdong China (e-mail: huchengcs@gdufs.edu.cn)\nYuhui Deng , Department of Computer Science, Jinan University, Guagnzhou, Guangdong China (e-mail: tyhdeng@jnu.edu.cn)\nPing Huang , College of Engineering, Temple University, 6558 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States (e-mail: templestorager@temple.edu)\nXiao Qin , Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Aubum University, Aubum, Alabama United States (e-mail: xqin@aubum.edu)\nDemand-aware Erasure Coding for Distributed Storage Systems (Abstract)\nJun Li , School of Computing and Information Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, Florida United States 33139 (e-mail: junli@cs.fiu.edu)\nBaochun Li , Department of Electrical and Computing Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Canada (e-mail: bli@ece.toronto.edu)\nHybrid Evolutionary Scheduling for Energy-efficient Fog-enhanced Internet of Things (Abstract)\nChuge Wu , Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, 12442 Beijing, Beijing China 100084 (e-mail: wucg15@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn)\nWei Li , School of IT, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales Australia 2006 (e-mail: liwei@it.usyd.edu.au)\nLing Wang , Automation, Process Control, Beijing, Beijing China 100084 (e-mail: wangling@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn)\nSLA-Based Profit Optimization Resource Scheduling for Big Data Analytics-as-a-Service Platforms in Cloud Computing Environments (Abstract)\nYali Zhao , Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria Australia (e-mail: yalizhao.alice@gmail.com)\nRodrigo Calheiros , School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, Western Sydney University, 6489 Penrith, New South Wales Australia 2751 (e-mail: R.Calheiros@westernsydney.edu.au)\nGraeme Gange , Data Science & AI, Monash University, 2541 Melbourne, Victoria Australia (e-mail: gkgange@gmail.com)\nJames Bailey , Computer Science, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria Australia (e-mail: baileyj@unimelb.edu.au)\nRichard Sinnott , Computing and Information Systems, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria Australia 3010 (e-mail: rsinnott@unimelb.edu.au)\nGuaranteed Bang for the Buck: Modeling VDI Applications to Identify Storage Requirements (Abstract)\nHao Wen , Computer Science, University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering, 172299 Minneapolis, Minnesota United States 55455 (e-mail: wenxx159@umn.edu)\nDavid H.C. Du , Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota United States 55455-0159 (e-mail: du@cs.umn.edu)\nMilan Shetti , Data Center Infrastructure Group, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Boston, Massachusetts United States (e-mail: milan.shetti@hpe.com)\nDoug Voigt , Data Center Infrastructure Group, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Boise, Idaho United States (e-mail: doug.voigt@hpe.com)\nShanshan Li , computer science, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan China (e-mail: shanshanli@nudt.edu.cn)\nProviding Bandwidth Guarantees, Work Conservation and Low Latency Simultaneously in the Cloud (Abstract)\nShuihai Hu , Computer Science and Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 58207 Kowloon, NA Hong Kong (e-mail: Shuaa@cse.ust.hk)\nWei Bai , Networking Research Group, Microsoft Research Asia, 216064 Beijing, Beijing China (e-mail: baiwei0427@gmail.com)\nKai Chen , CSE, HKUST, Hong Kong, Kowloon Hong Kong (e-mail: kaichen@cse.ust.hk)\nChen Tian , Computer Science, Nanjing University, 12581 Nanjing, Jiangsu China 210093 (e-mail: tianchen@nju.edu.cn)\nYing Zhang , Network Infrastructure Team, Facebook Inc, 342996 Menlo Park, California United States (e-mail: winginsky@gmail.com)\nHaitao Wu , Network Infrastructure, Google, N/A, California United States (e-mail: haitaowu@google.com)\nPrivacy Preserving Searchable Encryption with Fine-grained Access Control (Abstract)\nPayal Chaudhari , Computer Science, LDRP Institute of Technology and Research, 231544 Gandhinagar, Gujarat India (e-mail: payal.ldrp@gmail.com)\nManik Lal Das , ICT, DA-IICT, Gandhinagar, Gujarat India 382007 (e-mail: maniklal_das@daiict.ac.in)\nArchitectural Protection of Trusted System Services for SGX Enclaves in Cloud Computing (Abstract)\nHongliang Liang , Computer sciences, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, 12472 Beijing, Beijing China 100088 (e-mail: hliang@bupt.edu.cn)\nMingyu Li , Computer sciences, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, 12472 Beijing, Beijing China (e-mail: maxul@bupt.edu.cn)\nYixiu Chen , Computer sciences, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, 12472 Beijing, Beijing China (e-mail: chenyixiu@bupt.edu.cn)\nTianqi Yang , Computer sciences, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, 12472 Beijing, Beijing China (e-mail: yangtianqi@bupt.edu.cn)\nZhuosi Xie , Computer sciences, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, 12472 Beijing, Beijing China (e-mail: xiezhuosi@bupt.edu.cn)\nLin Jiang , Computer sciences, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, 12472 Beijing, Beijing China (e-mail: jianglin@bupt.edu.cn)\nQuantitative Analysis of Opacity in Cloud Computing Systems (Abstract)\nWen Zeng , School of Computer Science and Informatics, De Montfort University, 4487 Leicester, Leicestershire United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (e-mail: wen.zeng.wz@hotmail.com)\nMaciej Koutny , School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, 5994 Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (e-mail: maciej.koutny@ncl.ac.uk)\nComputing-Aware Base Station Sleeping Mechanism in H-CRAN-Cloud-Edge Networks (Abstract)\nAli Alnoman , Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario Canada (e-mail: ali.alnoman@ryerson.ca)\nAlagan S. Anpalagan , Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario Canada (e-mail: alagan@ee.ryerson.ca)\nHybrid resource provisioning for cloud workflows with malleable and rigid tasks (Abstract)\nLong Chen , School of Computer Science & Engineering, Southeast University, Nan Jing, Jiang Su China (e-mail: longc@seu.edu.cn)\nXiaoping Li , School of Computer Science & Engineering, Southeast University, Nan Jing, Jiang Su China (e-mail: xpli@seu.edu.cn)\nYucheng Guo , School of Computer Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu China (e-mail: guoyuchengk@sina.com)\nRuben Ruiz , Instituto Tecnológico de Informática, Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación, Universitat Politècnica de València, València, València Spain (e-mail: rruiz@eio.upv.es)\nA Streaming Cloud Platform for Real-Time Video Processing on Embedded Devices (Abstract)\nWeishan Zhang , Department of Software Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, Shandong China (e-mail: zhangws@upc.edu.cn)\nHaoyun Sun , Computer Applications, China University of Petroleum Huadong - Qingdao Campus, 74591 Qingdao, Shandong China (e-mail: 1197724861@qq.com)\nDehai Zhao , Science, ANU Research School of Physics and Engineering, 111119 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory Australia (e-mail: 525044691@qq.com)\nLiang Xu , Computer Sciecne, University of Science and Technology Beijing Dongling School of Economics and Management, 198185 Haidian, Beijing China (e-mail: 879010479@qq.com)\nXin Liu , Department of Software Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, Shandong China (e-mail: lx@upc.edu.cn)\nJiehan Zhou , software engineering, Oulun Yliopisto Luonnontieteellinen Tiedekunta, 101226 Oulu, Oulu Finland (e-mail: jiehan.zhou@oulu.fi)\nHuansheng Ning , Computer and Communication, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, Beijing China 100083 (e-mail: ninghuansheng@ustb.edu.cn)\nYi Guo , Department of Software Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, Shandong China (e-mail: 1026840588@qq.com)\nSu Yang , Department of Computer Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, ShangHai China 200433 (e-mail: suyang@fudan.edu.cn)\nNew Scheduling Algorithms for Improving Performance and Resource Utilization in Hadoop YARN Clusters (Abstract)\nYi Yao , ECE, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts United States 02115 (e-mail: yyao@ece.neu.edu)\nJiayin Wang , Computer Scinence, Montclair State University, 8087 Montclair, New Jersey United States (e-mail: jiayin.wang@montclair.edu)\nNingfang Mi , Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts United States (e-mail: ningfang@ece.neu.edu)\nA Combinatorial Auction-Based Mechanism for Dynamic VM Provisioning and Allocation in Clouds (Abstract)\nSharrukh Zaman , Wayne State University, Detroit\nCloud Migration Research: A Systematic Review (Abstract)\nPooyan Jamshidi , Dublin City University, Dublin\nAakash Ahmad , Dublin City University, Dublin\nClaus Pahl , Dublin City University, Dublin\nHybrid Attribute- and Re-Encryption-Based Key Management for Secure and Scalable Mobile Applications in Clouds (Abstract)\nPiotr K. Tysowski , University of Waterloo, Waterloo\nM. Anwarul Hasan , University of Waterloo, Waterloo\nIs the Same Instance Type Created Equal? Exploiting Heterogeneity of Public Clouds (Abstract)\nZhonghong Ou , Aalto University, Espoo\nHao Zhuang , EPFL, Lausanne\nAndrey Lukyanenko , Aalto University, Espoo\nJukka K. Nurminen , Aalto University, Espoo\nVladimir Mazalov , KRC of Russian Academy of Sciences, Karelia\nAntti Ylä-Jääski , Alato University, Espoo\nDynamic Cloud Pricing for Revenue Maximization (Abstract)\nHong Xu , City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong\nAdaptive Algorithm for Minimizing Cloud Task Length with Prediction Errors (Abstract)\nSheng Di , INRIA (France) and Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago\nCho-Li Wang , The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong\nFranck Cappello , Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago\nIntegrity for Join Queries in the Cloud (Abstract)\nSabrina De Capitani di Vimercati , Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan\nSara Foresti , Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan\nStefano Paraboschi , Università degli Studi di Bergamo, Dalmine\nPierangela Samarati , Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan\nQoS-Guaranteed Bandwidth Shifting and Redistribution in Mobile Cloud Environment (Abstract)\nSudip Misra , Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, Kharagpur\nSnigdha Das , Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, Kharagpur\nManas Khatua , Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, Kharagpur\nMohammad S. Obaidat , Monmouth University, W. Long Branch\nProbabilistic Consolidation of Virtual Machines in Self-Organizing Cloud Data Centers (Abstract)\nCarlo Mastroianni , eco4cloud srl and ICAR-CNR, Rende\nMichela Meo , Politecnico di Torino, Torino\nGiuseppe Papuzzo , eco4cloud srl, Rende\nThermal-Aware Scheduling of Batch Jobs in Geographically Distributed Data Centers (Abstract)\nShaolei Ren , Marco Polverini is with the DIET Department, University of Roma - La Sapienza, Roma, Italy.(email: polverini@diet.uniroma1.it)\nAthanasios Vasilakos , Marco Polverini is with the DIET Department, University of Roma - La Sapienza, Roma, Italy.(email: polverini@diet.uniroma1.it)\nMarco Polverini , Marco Polverini is with the DIET Department, University of Roma - La Sapienza, Roma, Italy.(email: polverini@diet.uniroma1.it)\nOruta: Privacy-Preserving Public Auditing for Shared Data in the Cloud (Abstract)\nCompatibility-aware Cloud Service Composition Under Fuzzy Preferences of Users (Abstract)\nMultiobjective Game Theory-based Schedule Optimization for Bags-of-Tasks on Hybrid Clouds (Abstract)\nRubing Duan , R. Duan is with Institute of High Performance Computing, A*STAR, Singapore.(email:duanr@ihpc.a-star.edu.sg)