The CF2015 conference is a scientific forum supported by the European Commission under the framework of the HOLA Cloud project, featuring a number of core research topics in the area of distributed computing (through the Distributed and CLOUD computing track), as well as new technologies beyond CLOUDs, requirements and future goals (through the COMPLETE computing track), while special emphasis will also be on open-source approaches (through the Open-source track).

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

Track “Distributed and CLOUD computing”

    Modelling approaches and programming models
    Model-based service engineering
    Performance prediction and analysis
    Data mobility and interoperability
    Choreography and orchestration of services
    Service management techniques
    Big data management and analytics
    Placement and scheduling approaches
    Energy-efficient design and management
    High availability in virtualized environments
    Quality assurance and optimization
    Data privacy and protection

Track “Towards COMPLETE computing”

    Experiences of utilising products from CLOUD computing research efforts
    Problems encountered in utilising CLOUD computing
    Requirements of ICT systems beyond CLOUD computing
    Innovative solutions beyond CLOUD computing

Track “Open source in CLOUD and COMPLETE computing”

    Architecture and design of open source software
    Open source software in cloud-based applications
    Interoperability and portability of open source software
    Scalability and performance of open source software
    Metrics for open source software
    Open source software quality, testing, verification and coding conventions
    Open source practices and methods

Best Papers Awards

A “Best Paper Award” will be conferred to the author(s) of a paper presented at the conference, selected by the International Program Committee based on the best combined marks of paper reviewing and the paper presentation quality.

A “Best Joint Paper Award” will be conferred to the author(s) of a paper presented at the conference that focuses on evaluation / comparison / integration / interoperability of research approaches developed in the framework of different projects / efforts.