Cloud and IOT Systems & Applications

This special session is organized by Staffordshire University, UK.

Session Chair: Dr. Rakan Aldmour – University of Staffordshire, UK rakan.aldmour@staffs.ac.uk Session Co-Chair: Dr.  Asma Patel –  University of Staffordshire, Asma.Patel@staffs.ac.uk Dr. Mohamed Sedky –  University of Staffordshire, UK M.H.Sedky@staffs.ac.uk Session Committee/Co-chair: Dr. Ana Isabel Gonzalez –  University of Alcala (Spain) and Birmingham City University esther.palomar@bcu.ac.uk Dr. Sara Paiva – Portugal, Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Portugal  sara.paiva@estg.ipvc.pt Dr. Mike Lakoju –  University of Cardiff, UK  lakojum@cardiff.ac.uk Dr. K K Pattanaik ABV- Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, India kkpatnaik@iiitm.ac.in, Synopsis: Designing purpose-built systems and applications for the Cloud and Internet of Things (IoT) environment have attracted attention from researchers and industry experts. This special session will provide an excellent international and collaborative forum for knowledge exchange in Cloud Computing and IoT technology. It will provide an opportunity for researchers, industry experts and practitioners to submit and discuss their research, experiences, or vision related to the entire life cycle of emerging Could and IoT based systems and applications. It will also highlight the current and future challenges of designing applications and systems for the above technologies and discover potential solutions. Therefore, this special session invites authors to submit high-quality research papers on the topics which include (but are not limited to) the following: Cloud as a Service Cloud Infrastructure Mobile Cloud Computing Cloud Management, Application and Operation Cloud Storage and IoT IoT Applications and Services Security and Privacy for IoT and Cloud Risk Assessment and Merging Technology