Advances and Innovations in Cloud Computing Technologies and Applications (CloudTech 2018)

Dear Colleagues,

Cloud computing is becoming mainstream and has proven its ability to solve many challenges related to service-centered computing approaches. New techniques and methods for advanced scheduling, real time behavior, big data-based machine learning, and IoT-related cloud services are new trends.

CloudTech will address a rich selection of topics such as cloud computing technologies, mobile cloud computing, cloud security, big data, IoT, distributed and parallel computing techniques, HPC, end-user services, and much more.

Selected papers presented at the CloudTech 2018 (http://www.cloudtechconference.org/) are invited to submit their extended versions to this Special Issue of the journal Computers. All submitted papers will undergo our standard peer-review procedure. Accepted papers will be published in open access format in Computers and collected together on the Special Issue website.

Conference papers should be cited and noted on the first page of the paper; authors are asked to disclose that it is a conference paper in their cover letter and include a statement on what has been changed compared to the original conference paper. Please note that the submitted extended paper should contain at least 50% new content (e.g., in the form of technical extensions, more in-depth evaluations, or additional use cases) and not exceed 30% copy/paste from the conference paper.

Prof. Dr. Abdellah Touhafi
Prof. An Breaken
Prof. Olivier Debeir
Prof. Mostapha Zbakh
Prof. Mohamed Essaaidi
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Computers is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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