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[Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP] ********************************************************************************************************* *Future Generation Computer Systems (FGCS) Special Issue on "Cloud Monitoring Systems"* ********************************************************************************************************* *SCOPE OF CONTRIBUTIONS* This special issue will focus on promoting novel research on cloud monitoring systems, especially in levels that have remained unexplored (e.g. federation, replication, across cloud integration, etc.). Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: - Monitoring systems for cloud infrastructure/platform applications as compared to existing approaches. - Integration to different monitoring systems in the cloud. - Scalability of cloud monitoring systems. - Characterisation of monitoring needs for applications, platforms and infrastructures (minimum rates, response time, maximum number of events, etc.). - Practical comparison of different monitoring systems that aids users to select among a series of alternative systems under different conditions. - Practical use cases of decision-making modules fed with a given monitoring system and architecture. - Monitoring management tools that deal with cloud applications throughout their entire lifecycle (e.g. scaling decision-making modules or application governance modules that can be exposed as a service). - Languages and tools for expressing/automating monitoring needs. - Mobile application monitoring. - Virtual network probes (e.g. How to place network monitoring elements in a public cloud?). - Evolution of multi-tenant monitoring as a function of the number of tenants. - Policy-based monitoring across cloud providers. Please note that, an Internet available demo or a live video (hosted by the authors) is desirable and would positively affect the review outcome. For more information, please see: http://www.elsevierscitech.com/lmfile/otherformat/1522_Future.pdf *SUBMISSION FORMAT* Submissions must be written in English. Papers must contain novel ideas and must differ significantly in content from previously published papers and papers under simultaneous submission. Authors should prepare and submit manuscripts according to the Guide for Authors in the following link: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505611/authorinstructions If you have any questions about paper submission or the special issue, please contact one of the Guest Editors. *IMPORTANT DATES* Paper submission date: March 31, 2012 Acceptance notification: July 1, 2012 Camera-ready submission: August 1, 2012 Publication: November-December, 2012 *GUEST EDITORS* - Luis M. Vaquero ([log in to unmask]), Suksant Sae Lor ( [log in to unmask]) and Dev Audsin ([log in to unmask]), HP Labs - Stuart Clayman ([log in to unmask]), University College London, UK - Prof. Jose M. Alcaraz-Calero ([log in to unmask]), University of Murcia, Spain - Prof. Dusit Niyato ([log in to unmask]), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore - Prof. R. Nadarajan ([log in to unmask]), PSG College of Technology, India