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<DIV>This is the CFP for SDDCS 2016, <FONT size=2
face=Verdana>Please consider to submit your work and attend SDDCS 2016.
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<DIV>The International Workshop of Software-Defined Data Communications and Storage</DIV>
<DIV>(SDDCS) 2016 in conjunction with IEEE ICDCS 2016 on June 27, 2016, in Nara, Japan</DIV>
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<DIV>******Overview******</DIV>
<DIV>The future infrastructures of the data centers and</DIV>
<DIV>cloud computing are becoming more software</DIV>
<DIV>defined. Although networking infrastructures</DIV>
<DIV>consist of communications and storage resources,</DIV>
<DIV>they are generally studied separately. Hence,</DIV>
<DIV>applications and platforms have to precisely</DIV>
<DIV>define the virtual environment in which they</DIV>
<DIV>wish to run, and the communication performance</DIV>
<DIV>decreases because we have been ignoring the</DIV>
<DIV>properties of storage devices. The</DIV>
<DIV>software-defined methodology offers an</DIV>
<DIV>opportunity to bridge this gap and to deliver</DIV>
<DIV>higher and improved performance. The SDDCS</DIV>
<DIV>workshop provides the forum for researchers of</DIV>
<DIV>multi-disciplinary fields: networks, systems</DIV>
<DIV>research which spans data communications,</DIV>
<DIV>networking, storage systems and devices, as well</DIV>
<DIV>as the applications, to discuss and exchange idea</DIV>
<DIV>on how to take this opportunity to bridge the</DIV>
<DIV>performance gap.</DIV>
<DIV>SDDCS aims to bring together industry and</DIV>
<DIV>academia to jointly explore recent progresses</DIV>
<DIV>related with the potential performance bottleneck</DIV>
<DIV>and the gap between communications and</DIV>
<DIV>storage in the software-defined context. We</DIV>
<DIV>particularly encourage contributions which</DIV>
<DIV>contain highly original ideas, new approaches,</DIV>
<DIV>and/or groundbreaking results.</DIV>
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<DIV>*******Topics******</DIV>
<DIV>Topics of interest in SDDCS include but are not</DIV>
<DIV>limited to:</DIV>
<DIV>** Software-defined communication protocols</DIV>
<DIV>** Software-defined storage devices</DIV>
<DIV>** Convergent design for communications and storage</DIV>
<DIV>** Non-volatile storage support for network transmission</DIV>
<DIV>** Storage deduplication for cloud backups</DIV>
<DIV>** Data collection and analytics for system optimization</DIV>
<DIV>** Dynamic workload redistribution and scheduling</DIV>
<DIV>** Non-volatile devices in network switches</DIV>
<DIV>** Cross-layer coordination</DIV>
<DIV>** Storage virtualization in network end systems</DIV>
<DIV>** Security for SDDCS schemes</DIV>
<DIV>** Programmable interfaces for convergent design</DIV>
<DIV>** User studies and experiences of real-world applications</DIV>
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<DIV>******Submission Instructions******</DIV>
<DIV>Submitted papers must be no longer than 8</DIV>
<DIV>single-spaced 8.5" x 11" pages, including figures,</DIV>
<DIV>tables, and references; two-column format, using</DIV>
<DIV>10-point type on 12-point (single-spaced)</DIV>
<DIV>leading; and a text block 6.5" wide x 9" deep.</DIV>
<DIV>Author names and affiliations should appear on</DIV>
<DIV>the title page.</DIV>
<DIV>The submitted papers should present original</DIV>
<DIV>theoretical and/or experimental research in any</DIV>
<DIV>of the areas listed above that has not been</DIV>
<DIV>previously published, accepted for publication,</DIV>
<DIV>or is not currently under review by another</DIV>
<DIV>conference or journal.</DIV>
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<DIV>******Important Dates******</DIV>
<DIV>Paper submission due: January 20, 2016</DIV>
<DIV>Notification to authors: March 5, 2016</DIV>
<DIV>Final paper files due: April 5, 2016</DIV>
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<DIV>******Workshop Organizer******</DIV>
<DIV>Steering Committee:</DIV>
<DIV>Qing Yang, University of Rhode Island</DIV>
<DIV>Hong Jiang, University of Texas at Arlington</DIV>
<DIV>Peng-Jun Wan, Illinois Institute of Technology</DIV>
<DIV>Xue Liu, McGill University</DIV>
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<DIV>Program Co-chair:</DIV>
<DIV>Yu Hua, Huazhong University of Science and</DIV>
<DIV>Technology</DIV>
<DIV>John C.S. Lui, The Chinese University of Hong Kong</DIV>
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