Cloud Futures 2010

Cloud Futures 2010: Advancing Research with Cloud Computing Workshop April 8-9, 2010 Redmond, WA CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Due Date February 10, 2010 Workshop Co-Chairs Dan Reed David A. Patterson Corporate Vice President Professor of Computer Science Microsoft eXtreme Computing Group University of California-Berkley Cloud computing is fast becoming the most important platform for research in computer science. Scientists today need vast computing resources to collect, share, manipulate, and explore massive data sets as well as to build and deploy new services for research. Cloud computing has the potential to advance research discoveries by making data and computing resources readily available at unprecedented economy of scale and nearly infinite scalability. To realize the full promise of cloud computing for research, however, one must think about the cloud as a holistic platform for creating new services, new experiences, and new methods to pursue research in software engineering and scholarly communication. This presents a broad range of interesting research questions. We invite extended abstracts that illustrate the role of cloud computing across a variety of research areasincluding computer science, earth sciences, healthcare, humanities, life sciences, and social sciencesthat highlight how new techniques and methods of research in the cloud may solve distinct challenges arising in those diverse areas. Please include a bio (150 words max) and a brief abstract (300 words max) of a 30-minute short talk on a topic that describes practical experiences, experimental results, and vision papers. Please submit your abstract by February 10, 2010 to cloudfut@microsoft.com Invited talks will be announced on February 18, 2010 Judith Bishop Director Computer Science Microsoft External Research Redmond WA 98052, USA email: jbishop@microsoft.com Phone 425 706 4002