Session 1: Cloud Architectures and Applications
Design, implementation and performance evaluation for cloud applications
Cloud Reference Architecture
Cloud Computing and Engineering
Cloud Computing Architecture
Cloud Application Portability
Cloud Interoperability
Cloud IT Systems Reuse
Cloud Abstraction of Composite IT Systems
Cloud Application Scalability and Availability
Cloud Computing Platforms and Applications

Session 2: Cloud Security and Privacy
Cloud centric Mobile security
Security for emerging cloud programming models
Cloud delivered security services
Cryptographic protocols for cloud security
Cloud threat/attack/vulnerability models
Security, integrity and privacy for Cloud Computing
Reliability, Fault Tolerance, Quality of Service
Trust and policy management in the Cloud
Secure Identity Access Management
New standards, guidelines, best practices for security and privacy in the Cloud
Security risk models for cloud computing
Legal issues in the Cloud
Incident Response in the Cloud
Cloud Security
Cloud Middleware Frameworks
Governance, Risk and Compliance
Cost and economic models for security in the Cloud
Cloud Risk, Challenges and Governance

Session 3: Cloud Energy Efficiency
Service Level Agreements and Performance Measurement
Energy aware computing and communications
Energy efficient networking and computing infrastructures
Energy aware resource allocation and scheduling mechanisms
Green materials and devices designs
Usage of renewable energy for green ICT operation
Cross layer optimization of green networking infrastructures
Lifecycle analysis of computing equipment
Energy harvesting, storage, and recycling
Climate and ecosystem monitoring
Energy efficient data center and cloud technologies
Green computing models, simulations, designs, and paradigms

Session 4: Big Data and applications
Virtualization for big data on cloud
Map Reduce with cloud for big data processing
Novel big data model
Big data storage, integration, service, mining
Big data security issues in cloud computing
Big data privacy in cloud computing
Big data security applications

Session 5: Mobile & Social Cloud, Cloud Solutions and Applications
Bring Your Own Device, Mobile Device Management
Cloud wireless sensor networks
Cloud forensics and E discovery
Cloud systems and tools
Business Cloud vs. Software Cloud
Cloud based GPU
Educational Cloud Solutions
Cloud Delivery Models
Cloud Optimization and Automation
Web services supporting cloud computing
Models, methodologies and tools for web services
Grid Computing vs. Cloud Computing
Utility Computing vs. Cloud Computing

Session 6: Communications Networks and Systems
Networking: Future Internet/Future Networks
QoS/QoE and Resource Management
Optical Networks
Wireless, Mobile, Adhoc and Sensor Networks
Ubiquitous Networks
Network Security
Multimedia Networking etc.
Communication Systems
Coding and Information Theory
Wireless, UWB, Ultrasonic Communications
Satellite Communications
Other Emerging Technologies: Network Coding, Software Defined Radio, Cognitive Radio etc.

Session 7: Signal Processing & Applications
Signal, Image, Audio, Video Processing, Analysis and Applications
Pattern Recognition
Biomedical Signal Processing and Analysis
Signal Filtering, Detection and Estimation
Statistical Signal Processing and Modeling
Ambient Intelligence
Computer Vision and Audition

Session 8: Optical Communications and Networking
Design and Management of Optical Networks
Optical Networks Performance Modeling
Optical Networks Control and Management
Optical Modulation and Signal Processing
Reliable Optical Networks
Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching (GMPLS)
New Architectures for Optical Routers and Switches
New Optical Fiber Technologies
Lasers and Photonic Components
High Speed optical LANs and Gigabit Ethernet
QoS Optical Networks for Future Networks
Energy Efficiency in Optical Networks
Convergence of Optical and other Network Technologies
Optical Networks to Support Cloud Computing
Radio-over-Fiber
Free Space and Fiber-Optic Communications