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UnBias Algorithmic Preference Survey
by Ansgar Koene 20 Jul '18

20 Jul '18

Dear Colleagues, as part of the UnBias project (http://unbias.wp.horizon.ac.uk/) on addressing issues of transparency and accountability regarding unjustified preferences (i.e. “bias”) by algorithms we are conducting a short survey on peoples' algorithm preferences for limited-resource-allocation problems. The linked survey consists of two case studies involving the allocation of limited resources and you will be asked to select between 5 options to determine the allocation. Completing this task should take between 10 - 20 minutes. https://oxford.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/unbias-preference-survey [https://static.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/static/render/open-graph/open-graph-bos.…]<https://oxford.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/unbias-preference-survey> UnBias Algorithmic Preference Survey<https://oxford.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/unbias-preference-survey> oxford.onlinesurveys.ac.uk Online survey BOS Please feel free to distribute this survey invite to students and colleagues as you see fit. Thank you very much for your participation. Best wishes, Ansgar Koene (University of Nottingham) Helena Webb (University of Oxford) Dr. Ansgar Koene Senior Research Fellow: UnBias, CaSMa & Horizon Policy Impact Horizon Digital Economy Research Institute University of Nottingham Working group chair for IEEE Standard on Algorithm Bias Considerations http://unbias.wp.horizon.ac.uk/ http://casma.wp.horizon.ac.uk/ http://www.horizon.ac.uk/ https://standards.ieee.org/develop/project/7003.html https://sites.google.com/site/arkoene/ This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender and delete the email and attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored where permitted by law.

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Differences between article comment sections and Twitter/FB threads?
by Jose Marichal 19 Jul '18

19 Jul '18

Hello brilliant AoIR colleagues, Does anyone know of research that looks at whether there are qualitative differences between article/video comment sections and Twitter/FB comment threads? Anything that looks at narrative structure or content differences? Many thanks, Jose Marichal California Lutheran University -- _______________________________________________________________________________________ josé marichal, ph.d. | professor and chair| political science department | california lutheran university 60 w. olsen road | #3800 | thousand oaks, ca 91360

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Open Access for Academic Monographs
by Daniel Miller 19 Jul '18

19 Jul '18

Open Access for Academic Monographs Open Access can be just as significant for the academic monograph as for journals. The Why We Post book series has now passed half a million downloads (514,953). Of note are the numbers of downloads in lower income countries ranging from Ethiopia to the Philippines where books might be seen as prohibitively expensive. We are now starting to publish the books in the languages of the countries where the research took place. So last week Social Media in Emergent Brazil by Juliano Spyer also came out as Mίdias sociais no Brasil emergente. The book series is available for free from the UK’s first fully Open Access university publisher - University College London Press, at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-press Daniel Miller

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CfP iCS Symposium on Challenges to Studying Disinformation (27-28 October 2018), The IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark
by Marco T. Bastos 19 Jul '18

19 Jul '18

We are organizing a symposium about disinformation and data access in Copenhagen and submissions will be considered for a special issue in iCS. Abstracts are due 31 July. We look forward to your submission and please circulate this to anyone who may be interested. Locked out of Social Platforms: An iCS Symposium on Challenges to Studying Disinformation (27-28 October 2018), The IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark Deadline for abstracts: 31 July 2018. Abstracts/biographies/contact details should be sent to dan.mercea.1(a)city.ac.uk Keynotes: Axel Bruns (Queensland University of Technology), Lina Dencik (University of Cardiff), Alice Marwick (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), Claes de Vreese (University of Amsterdam), and Katrin Weller (GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences). A selection of papers presented at the symposium will be published in a special issue of the journal Information, Communication & Society (iCS). More info: https://blogit.itu.dk/ics2018/ After years of exalting rhetoric praising the democratisation of public discourse with the diffusion of the internet, informed observers have sounded a note of alarm about the scope for the distortion of electoral processes in democratic countries. The Brexit campaign, along with recent elections in the US and France have been linked to disinformation, misinformation or propaganda campaigns seeking to strategically diffuse content that heightens partisanship and erodes the general trust in democratic institutions. In the run-up to the 2018 US mid-term elections, the aftermath of the Irish abortion referendum and the Italian general elections, this two-day symposium aims to address the topical question of how independent, ethical research on dis/misinformation in political communication can be conducted in a corporate environment that favours platform lockdowns and the throttling of API access in response to the strategic use of data analytics, bots, trolls, fake news, and dis/misinformation operations in electoral politics, public information campaigns, and activist communication. What are the challenges for independent academic research examining these developments? How can researchers investigate disinformation in a context of narrowing access to trace data? How can these challenges be met, and what meaningful ways can be imagined for making social media platforms more accountable to the democratic constituencies where they operate? How is such disruptive communication designed, executed, with what effects and how are these measured? What data policies can be envisaged to strike a balance between safeguarding privacy and enabling academic research into the impact dis/misinformation or propaganda campaigns have on social media and beyond, in the attitudes and behaviours of their users? We encourage submissions that address but are not limited to the following aims: * reflect on the structural and contextual factors that have acted as fertile ground for dis/misinformation and propaganda; * determine the scope and intricacies of dis/misinformation and propaganda campaigns; * explore the relationship between dis/misinformation and the polarization of public opinion; * consider the weaponization of social media platforms and discuss the interdependencies among the vast plurality of newsmakers operating in the current hybrid media ecosystem; * reflect on the political, cultural or socio-economic costs of distortive communication, the relevance of such research to industry and public policy and the ethical implications attendant to such studies; * untangle technological design choices and ideological leanings that shape platform communication, enable dis/misinformation and propaganda and their bearing on independent research; * examine the implications for academic research of controlled access by private owners of data produced in public communication spaces such as the Facebook page of a political candidate, and methodological solutions for sustaining the investigation of these topics; * consider the changing social media research landscape as the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force in May 2018. We invite 500-word abstracts outlining empirical, theoretical or policy-orientated papers that address these or cognate topics. Abstracts should be accompanied by a 100-word biography of the presenter(s) together with contact details.

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Announcing Issue 6, connexions - international professional communication journal
by connexions journal 19 Jul '18

19 Jul '18

*We are delighted to announce the publication of the final issue of connexions international professional communication journal, issue 6 <https://connexionsjournal.org/2018/07/17/vol-6-%E2%80%A2-2018/>. The issue is available at: https://connexionsjournal.org/2018/07/17/vol-6-%E2%80%A2-2018/ <https://connexionsjournal.org/2018/07/17/vol-6-%E2%80%A2-2018/> As the co-editors, we have enjoyed every opportunity to encourage and promote new knowledge in International Professional Communication. While the journal will no longer produce new journal issues, all past open-access issues will remain free on the connexions website for the foreseeable future. We hope you enjoy the final issue!* Rosário Durão and Kyle Mattson The Co-Editors *www.connexionsjournal.org <http://www.connexionsjournal.org/>**connexions •** international professi**onal communication journal *(ISSN 2325-6044) *Dept. of Communication, Liberal Arts and Social Sciences - **New Mexico Tech, and *School of Communication - University of Central Arkansas

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Self in Self-Tracking
by Julie Grinberg 18 Jul '18

18 Jul '18

Looking for scholarly discussion on notions of the “self”in digital "self-tracking." Any particularly good leads? Thanks in advance.

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Data Science Professor of Practice (or Lecturer), UMBC
by Richard Forno 18 Jul '18

18 Jul '18

Hey AORistas -- We're looking for someone to lead our Data Science MPS degree in Baltimore, soon starting its second year and going along quite nicely. The program is housed in the CS dept but it is extremely interdisciplinary in structure and curriculum. Come work with me! -- rick (chairing the search) --- Dr. Richard Forno Senior Lecturer, CSEE Director, Graduate Cybersecurity Program Assistant Director, UMBC Center for Cybersecurity UMBC Veterans Faculty Fellow https://apply.interfolio.com/52535 Professor of the Practice/Lecturer University of Maryland-Baltimore County: Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Location Baltimore, MD Open Date Jul 18, 2018 Description The Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) invites applications for a full time, non-tenure track Professor of the Practice (or Lecturer) position at its Catonsville, MD main campus. RESPONSIBILITIES: Reporting to the Chair of the Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, this position serves as the Graduate Program Director of UMBC's program leading to a master’s degree in Data Science. This cross-disciplinary program is offered to professional students through a partnership between the College of Engineering and Information Technology; the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences; the College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences; the Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering; and UMBC’s Division of Professional Studies (DPS). The incumbent will teach at least two courses per semester in the program. In addition to teaching, among other faculty duties, the incumbent will oversee curriculum and instruction; recruit and supervise qualified part-time faculty; collaborate with DPS on program marketing, student recruitment and retention activities; advise students; pursue business development opportunities with industry; manage UMBC's Data Science Advisory Board; and carry out the necessary administrative duties associated with academic program oversight such as course/faculty scheduling and facilitating effective program growth. SALARY: Salary is competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience, and includes regular university benefits. ABOUT UMBC: UMBC is a public research university that prides itself on quality teaching, innovative research, and public service. As an Honors University, the campus offers academically talented students an undergraduate liberal arts foundation that prepares them for graduate and professional study, entry into the workforce, and community service and leadership. UMBC emphasizes science, engineering, information technology, human services and public policy at the graduate level. We are dedicated to cultural and ethnic diversity, social responsibility and lifelong learning. The 215 US News and World Report Best Colleges report place UMBC fourth in the Most Innovative National Universities category and sixth in Best Undergraduate Teaching, National Universities. The Chronicle of Higher Education named UMBC as a Great College to Work for, a recognition given to only 86 universities. UMBC’s campus is located on 500 acres just off I-95 between Baltimore and Washington DC, and less than 10 minutes from the BWI airport and Amtrak station. The campus includes the bwtech@UMBC research and technology park, which has special programs for startups focused on cybersecurity, clean energy, life sciences and training. We are surrounded by one of the greatest concentrations of commercial, cultural and scientific activity in the nation. Located at the head of the Chesapeake Bay, Baltimore has all the advantages of modern, urban living, including professional sports, major art galleries, theaters and a symphony orchestra. The city’s famous Inner Harbor is an exciting center for entertainment and commerce. The nation’s capital, Washington, DC, is a great tourist attraction with its historical monuments and museums. Just ten minutes from downtown Baltimore and 30 from the D.C. Beltway, UMBC offers easy access to the region’s attractions by car or public transportation. Qualifications Candidates should have a doctoral degree or anticipate completion of a doctoral program in computer science, data science, information systems, math, or relevant field within one year of hire. Preference will be a given to applicants with at least five years of relevant academic or professional experience, preferably in the computing, informatics, or data science disciplines. Teaching experience in classroom and/or on-line environments within the computing disciplines at graduate/advanced undergraduate levels is desired. Candidates should have strong organizational, management, and public communication skills necessary to manage and grow a highly active and visible professional academic program. Exception candidates will have and maintain strong professional networks with industry and academic practitioners in the computing, informatics, and data science professions and be comfortable working in interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary environments. Application Instructions For best consideration, submit a cover letter, a brief statement of teaching, academic, industrial or government experience, complete CV, and three professional or academic references by 31 August 2018 via Interfolio. Document review and selection of candidates will start immediately. Position will remain open until filled. Emailed applications will not be accepted. APPLY HERE: https://apply.interfolio.com/52535 We are committed to inclusive excellence and innovation and welcome applications from women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities. UMBC is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Mailinglist analysis with BigBang
by Niels ten Oever 18 Jul '18

18 Jul '18

Hi all, There is a lot of discussion on this list about the analysis of social media, but you might also be interested in the analysis of mailinglists (like this one!). If you want to do so, you could use the free and open source tool BigBang for that. We just released a new version with which you can do statistical, word, and network analysis in Jupyter notebooks. The tool also helps you importing (lists of) mailinglists. If you have comments, suggestions, or (research) questions, please let us know. If you need some help setting up the tool, were also more than happy to help. Cheers, Niels Release blog post: https://data-activism.net/2018/07/bigbang-v0-2-0-tulip-revolution-released/ Website: http://datactive.github.io/bigbang/ Github: https://github.com/datactive/bigbang Mailinglist: https://lists.ghserv.net/mailman/listinfo/bigbang-user DATACTIVE has been collaborating with researchers from New York University and the University of California at Berkeley to release version 0.2.0 of the quantitative mailinglists analysis software [BigBang](http://datactive.github.io/bigbang/). Mailinglists are among the most widely used communication tools in Internet Governance institutions and among software developers. Therefore mailinglists lend themselves really well to do analysis on the development of the communities as well as topics for discussion and their propagation through the community. BigBang, a python based tool, is there to facilitate this. You start analyzing mailinglists with BigBang by following the [installation instructions](https://github.com/datactive/bigbang). This release, BigBang v0.2.0 Tulip Revolution, marks a new milestone in BigBang development. A few new features: - Gender participation estimation - Improved support for IETF and ICANN mailing list ingest - Extensive gardening and upgrade of the example notebooks - Upgraded all notebooks to Jupyter 4 - Improved installation process based on user testing En route to this milestone, the BigBang community made a number of changes to its procedures. These include: - The adoption of a Governance document for guiding decision-making. - The adoption of a Code of Conduct establishing norms of respectful behavior within the community. - The creation of an ombudsteam for handling personal disputes. We have also for this milestone adopted by community decision the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0. If you have any questions or comment, feel free to join [the mailinglist](https://lists.ghserv.net/mailman/listinfo/bigbang-user), join us on [gitter chat](https://gitter.im/datactive/bigbang?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge) or [file an issue](https://github.com/datactive/bigbang/issues) on Github. If you are interested in using BigBang but don't know where to start, we are happy to help you on your way via videochat or organize a webinar for you and your community. Feel free to get in touch! -- Niels ten Oever Researcher and PhD Candidate Datactive Research Group University of Amsterdam PGP fingerprint 2458 0B70 5C4A FD8A 9488 643A 0ED8 3F3A 468A C8B3

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14th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob 2018): Call for Short Papers, Posters & Demos
by Announce Announcements 18 Jul '18

18 Jul '18

*** CALL FOR SHORT PAPERS, POSTERS & DEMOS *** 14th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob 2018) St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus, 15-17 October, 2018 http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… (*** Sponsorship Approved by IEEE Communication Society ***) *** Submission Deadline: September 1, 2018 *** WiMob is an international forum for the exchange of knowledge and experience among researchers, developers and practitioners of wireless and mobile technology. For fourteen years, the International WiMob conference has provided unique opportunities for researchers and developers to interact, share new results, show live demonstrations, and discuss emerging directions in a number of contemporary topics in wireless and mobile computing. WiMob 2018 is soliciting high quality technical papers addressing research challenges in the areas of wireless communications, wireless networking, mobility, nomadicity, ubiquitous computing, services and applications. Papers should present original work validated via analysis, simulation or experimentation. Practical experiences and Testbed trials also are welcome. TOPICS WiMob 2018 will host 5 parallel symposia on: · Wireless Communications · Wireless Networking, Mobility and Nomadicity · Ubiquitous Computing, Services and Applications · Green and Sustainable Communications and Network Computing · Security on Wireless and Mobile Networks A full list of topics for each symposium can be found on the conference web site. INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSION All short paper submissions should be written in English conforming to the IEEE standard conference format (8.5" x 11" - US letter, Two-Column) with a maximum paper length of 4 pages. They should be fully formatted, with graphs, images and other special areas arranged as intended for the final publication. The short papers will be included in the conference proceedings, published by IEEE CS Press (IEEE Xplore) and indexed by Scopus and Ei Compendex. Participants submitting posters or demos are required to submit a short paper describing the poster/demo content, the research supporting it, and the relevance and importance to WiMob. Accepted papers must be presented at the conference. At least one author of each accepted paper must register to the conference, by the early date indicated by the organizers, and present the paper. During the conference, posters and demos will be displayed or presented in specified sessions. The recommended display poster size is A1 (594mm by 841mm, portrait). Demo submissions may include an additional 1-page appendix describing the specific contents of the demo that conference attendees would see. Any special technical requirements for the demo should also be described in this appendix. The contents of this appendix will be used to evaluate whether the demo is a good fit for WiMob 2018, but will not be included in the proceedings. Only timely submissions through EDAS at http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… will be accepted. For more details, please visit the Facebook page for WiMob 2018: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… as well as the conference web site. IMPORTANT DATES · Short Papers, Posters & Demos: September 1, 2018 · Notification of Acceptance: September 10, 2018 · Camera ready & Author Registration: September 20, 2018 ORGANISATION Honorific Chair · Lajos Hanzo, University of Southampton, UK General Chair · Abderrahim Benslimane, University of Avignon, France Steering Committee · Abderrahim Benslimane - University of Avignon, France · Hsiao-Hwa Chen - National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan · Khaled Ben Letaief - Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HK · Victor C. M. Leung - University of British Columbia, Canada · Samuel Pierre - Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada · Dovan Thanh - Telenor & Norwegian Univ. of Science & Technology, Norway Executive Co-Chairs · Wessam Ajib, Universite du Quebec - Montreal, Canada · George Angelos Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Workshop Co-Chairs · Nirwan Ansari, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA · Hossam Hassanein, Queen's University, Canada · Anna Maria Vegni - Roma Tre University, Italy TPC Co-Chairs · Abbas Bradai, XLIM Institute, University of Poitiers, France · Brigitte Jaumard, Concordia University, Canada · Ming Li, University of Arizona, USA · Qi Liao, Nokia Bell Labs, Germany Publication Co-Chairs · Abderrahim Benslimane, University of Avignon, France · Corinna Schmitt, University of Zurich, Switzerland Publicity Co-Chairs · Abdellatif Ezzouhairi, ENSA Fez, Morocco · Chunxiao Jiang, Tsinghua University, China · Neeraj Kumar, Thapar University, India · Cristina López-Bravo, Universidade de Vigo, Spain · Roca Vincent, INRIA Rhone-Alpes, France

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10th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science (CloudCom 2018): Sixth Call for Contributions
by Announce Announcements 17 Jul '18

17 Jul '18

**** SIXTH CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS **** (Short Papers, Posters, Demos, PhD Consortium) The 10th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science (CloudCom 2018) Hilton Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus, 10-13 December, 2018 http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… *** Submission Deadline: 31 August, 2018 *** CloudCom is the premier conference on Cloud Computing worldwide, attracting researchers, developers, users, students and practitioners from the fields of big data, systems architecture, services research, virtualization, security and privacy, high performance computing, always with an emphasis on how to build cloud computing platforms with real impact. The conference is co-sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), is steered by the Cloud Computing Association, and draws on the excellence of its world-class Program Committee and its participants. CloudCom 2018 will be held in Nicosia, Cyprus between 10-13 December, 2018. TOPICS OF INTEREST Topics of interest of CloudCom 2018 are grouped into four tracks: · Architecture, Storage and Virtualization · Cloud Services and Applications · Security, Privacy and Trust · Edge Computing and Distributed Cloud The (non-exhaustive) list of topics for each track is as follows: Track 1: Architecture, Storage and Virtualization Chairs: Luiz F. Bittencourt, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil, Ivona Brandic, TU-Wien, Austria · Intercloud architecture models · Virtual Machines (VMs), containers, unikernels and microservices · Cloud services delivery models, campus integration & "last mile" issues · Virtualization technology and enablers (network virtualization, software-defined networking) · Networking technologies · Cloud system design with FPGAs, GPUs, APUs · Storage & file systems · Scalability & performance · Resource provisioning, monitoring, management & maintenance · Operational, economic & business models · Green data centers · Computational resources, storage & network virtualization · Resource monitoring · Virtual desktops · Resilience, fault tolerance, disaster recovery · Modeling & performance evaluation · Disaster recovery · Energy efficiency Track 2: Cloud Services and Applications Chairs: Laura Ricci, University of Pisa, Italy, Beniamino Di Martino, Seconda Universita' di Napoli, Italy · XaaS (everything as a service including IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS) · Cloud services models & frameworks · Service deployment and orchestration in the Cloud · Cloud service management · Cloud workflow management · Cloud services reference models & standardization · Cloud-powered services design · Cloud elasticity · Machine learning and systems interactions · Data management applications & services · Service for computing-intensive applications · Mining and analytics · Data-provisioning services · Cloud programming models, benchmarks, and tools · Cloud-based services & protocols · Fault-tolerance & availability of cloud services and applications · Application development and debugging tools · Business models & economics of cloud services Track 3: Security, Privacy and Trust Chairs: Martin Gilje Jaatun, University of Stavanger, Norway, Barbara Carminati, Insubria, Italy · Accountability & audit · Authentication & authorization · Cloud integrity · Blockchain Cloud services · Cryptography in the Cloud · Hypervisor security · Identity management & security as a service · Prevention of data loss or leakage · Secure, interoperable identity management · Trust & credential management · Trust models for cloud services · Usable security risk management in cloud computing environments · Privacy policy framework for clouds · Privacy-preserving data mining for clouds · Information sharing and data protection in the cloud · Cryptographic protocols against internal attacks in clouds · Privacy protection in cloud platforms · Energy/cost/efficiency of security in clouds Track 4: Edge Computing and Distributed Cloud Chairs: Antonio Fernandez Anta, IMDEA, Spain, Sarunas Girdzijauskas, KTH, Sweden · Cloudlet-enabled applications · Distributed Cloud Infrastructure · Foundations and principles of distributed cloud computing · Architectural models, prototype implementations and applications · Cloud brokers and coordination across multiple resource managers · Interoperability and mobility · Software infrastructure for cloudlets · Dynamic resource, service and context management on edge computing · Fog Computing · IoT cloud architectures & models · Cloud-based context-aware IoT · Economics and pricing · Experience with and performance evaluation of existing deployments and measurements (public, private, hybrid, federated environments) GENERAL SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Authors are invited to submit their research work to the CloudCom 2018 conference. Submitted work must not substantially overlap papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. Authors must submit their work by 31 August, 2018 using the EasyChair submission system: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . Only PDF files will be accepted. Manuscripts need to be prepared according to the IEEE CS format (https://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.ht…) CALL FOR SHORT PAPERS, POSTERS & DEMOS (Late-breaking Results) All short paper submissions should be written in English with a maximum paper length of 4 pages. The short papers will be included in the conference proceedings, published by IEEE CS Press (IEEE Xplore) and indexed by EI and ISSN. Participants submitting posters or demos are required to submit a short paper describing the poster/demo content, the research supporting it, and the relevance and importance to the Cloud Computing Association. Accepted papers must be presented at the conference. At least one author of each accepted paper must register to the conference, by the early date indicated by the organizers, and present the paper. During the conference, posters and demos will be displayed or presented in specified sessions. The recommended display poster size is A1 (594mm by 841mm, portrait). Demo submissions may include an additional 1-page appendix describing the specific contents of the demo that conference attendees would see. Any special technical requirements for the demo should also be described in this appendix. The contents of this appendix will be used to evaluate whether the demo is a good fit for CloudCom 2018, but will not be included in the proceedings. CALL FOR PH.D. CONSORTIUM A Ph.D. consortium will be held in conjunction with IEEE CloudCom 2018. The Ph.D. consortium aims to provide an opportunity for Ph.D. students in the early stage of their dissertation and Master students planning to advance their study in a doctoral program to present their research results and receive feedback from experienced scholars and industry experts. Accepted Ph.D. consortium papers will be published in the Proceedings of IEEE CloudCom 2018 and archived in IEEE Xplore. IMPORTANT DATES · Short Papers, Posters, Demos, Ph.D. Consortium Due: 31 August, 2018 · Notification of Acceptance: 14 September, 2018 · Camera Ready: 08 October, 2018 · Author Registration: 15 October, 2018 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE GENERAL CHAIR · George Angelos Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus PROGRAM CHAIRS · George Pallis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus · Sebastien Varrette, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg PROGRAM TRACK CHAIRS · Antonio Fernandez Anta, IMDEA, Spain · Luiz F. Bittencourt, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil · Ivona Brandic, TU-Wien, Austria · Barbara Carminati, Insubria, Italy · Martin Gilje Jaatun, University of Stavanger, Norway · Sarunas Girdzijauskas, KTH, Sweden · Beniamino Di Martino, Seconda Universitaí di Napoli, Italy · Laura Ricci, University of Pisa, Italy WORKSHOPS & TUTORIALS CO-CHAIRS · Domenico Talia, University of Calabria, Italy · Dimitrios Tsoumakos, Ionian University, Greece PH.D. COMSORTIUM CHAIR · Achilleas Achilleos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus SHORT PAPERS, POSTERS & DEMO CHAIR · Ioannis Konstantinou, NTUA, Greece PUBLICITY CHAIR · Achilleas Achilleos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

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