URL for the Conference: http://www.scesm.org/call.html Important Dates Last Date of Paper Submission 5th July, 2016 Notification of Acceptance 15th July, 2016 Camera Ready Copy 20th July 2016 Publication All accepted and registered papers of this special session will be published in following Scopus/ Thomson Reuters Indexed Journal: International Journal of Control Theory and Applications (SCOPUS Indexed) Indian Journal of Science and Technology (SCOPUS Indexed) Biological Forum An International Journal (Thomson Reuters Indexed) International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security (Thomson Reuters Indexed) Submission Guidelines 1. Prospective authors are invited to submit original research work that falls within the scope of the session. All submissions will be thoroughly peer-reviewed by experts based on originality, significance and clarity. 2. Only papers presenting novel research results or successful innovative applications will be considered for publication in the conference proceedings. Registration Please visit conference webpage for registration and other details: http://www.scesm.org/call.ht ml#3 Special Session on: Digital Information & Knowledge Management, E-business and Cloud Computing (DIKMECC) Session Chair: Prof. Priyanka Chawla Co-Session Chair: Prof. (Dr.) Neeraj Kumar Rathore Theme of Session: The objectives of the special session on “Digital Information & Knowledge Management, E-business and Cloud Computing” are to develop, promote and coordinate the development and practice to advance the knowledge of all facets of electronic business, Information & knowledge management, and cloud computing. It also aims to provide an international forum for researchers, practitioners, business educators, academic educators and policy-makers to contribute, to disseminate knowledge, to exchange new ideas, trends, concerns and practical challenges encountered and the solutions adopted in these fields, to establish business or research relations, and to find global partners for future collaboration. This special session will spotlight on state-of-the-art research paradigms research challenges and issues in the digital Information & knowledge management, e-business and Cloud Computing. This special session is open for submission for high quality research contributions from academia and professionals. Original research papers, practical applications, case studies and state of the art reviews will be accepted. We anticipate that the special session will open new entrance for further research and technology improvements in this important area. Topics of Interest: The scope of this special session is related to the below given topics but not limited to these. The researchers/authors are open to send unpublished good quality research papers, practical applications, case studies and state of the art reviews apart from the below topics related to the session area: Tracks: (Sub-Themes) Digital Information & Knowledge Management: Business intelligence and competitive intelligence, Communication and organizational culture, e-Learning and life-long learning, Electronic records and document management, Information processing and information management, Information organization, taxonomies and ontology, Intellectual capital, Knowledge creation, retention, sharing and transfer, Knowledge discovery, data and text mining, Knowledge management and innovations, Knowledge management education, Knowledge management tools and technologies, Knowledge management measurements, Knowledge professionals and leadership, Learning organization and organizational learning, Practical implementations of knowledge management E-Business: Applications of new technologies to e-business, B2B e-marketplaces, Collaborative commerce, Developing and managing middleware to support e-business, Digital Libraries, Ebusiness models and architectures, E-business process modeling and simulation studies, Ebusiness standardizations, strategies, systems integration, technology investment strategies, Economics of e-business, E-CRM, E-finance, E-healthcare, E-HRM, Assessing e-business potential, Business portals, e-commerce/business management, Distributed/collaborative product development, E-banking/finance/investment, secured electronic transactions, E-business ethics and strategies, Intelligent web services, mobile Internet business, semantic webs, Intellectual property protection, knowledge network, Multilateral facilitation of e-business, role of intermediaries, New business models/enabling technologies, e-businesses trends, Regulating distortions and cyber frauds, money laundering prevention, Valuating electronic business assets, financing e-business, Virtual businesses, virtualization and globalization of services, Grid/Cloud Computing for e-Business Cloud Computing: Cloud Computing Architectures and Cloud Solution Design Patterns, Infrastructure, Platform, Application, Business, Social, and Mobile Clouds, Storage, Data, and Analytics Clouds, Self-service Cloud Portal, Dashboard, and Analytics, Security, Privacy, and Compliance Management for Public, Private, and Hybrid Clouds, Cloud Quality Management and Service Level Agreement (SLA), Cloud Configuration, Performance, and Capacity Management , Cloud Workload Profiling and Deployment Control, Cloud Software Patch and License Management, Cloud Migration, Cloud Composition, Federation, Bridging, and Bursting, Cloud Resource Virtualization and Composition, Cloud Provisioning Orchestration, High Performance Cloud Computing, Cloud Programming Models and Paradigms, Autonomic Business Process and Workflow Management in Clouds, Cloud DevOps, Green Cloud Computing , Innovative Cloud Applications and Experiences, Economic, Business and ROI Models for Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Consulting, PaaS technologies, especially cloud platform management technologies including fast provisioning of complex topologies, Practice of using open source cloud computing technologies, SaaS technologies (such as multi-tenancy, management of applications and tenants in multi-tenant environment, Scientific, industrial and social implications of cloud computing, Load balancing, optimal deployment configuration, Mainframe/large systems integration, programming models, Scalable scheduling on heterogeneous architectures, Service level agreements, integration, management, Automatic reconfiguration, self-healing/monitoring, Autonomic, high-performance, utility, P2P computing, Cloud architecture/modeling, services. Paper Submission Process: Please submit your paper (in word/pdf format) at following emails: Email: priyankachawla.cse@gmail.com with Subject Line „Research Paper for Special Session(DIKMECC) in SCESM-2016‟ from your email. Technical Program Committee (TPC): Prof. (Dr.) Vineet Kansal, Director, I.T.S Engineering College, Greater Noida Prof. (Dr.) Ajay Rana, Director, Amity University, Noida Prof. (Dr.) Abdul Wahid, Director- CIT, MANUU (Central University), Hyderabad Prof. (Dr.) Anil Kumar Ahlawat, Dean, KIET Group of Institutions, Ghaziabad Prof. (Dr.) Aditya Abhyankar, Dean, University of Pune, Pune Prof. (Dr.) Hardeep Singh, GNDU, Amritsar Prof. (Dr.) Gurvinder Singh, Head, Department of CSE, GNDU, Amritsar Prof. (Dr.) Gurpreet Singh, Dean (Academics), Yamuna Institute of Engineering & Technology, Yamuna Nagar. Prof. (Dr.) Shampa Chakraverty, Head, Computer Division, NSIT, New Delhi Prof. (Dr.) Inderveer Chana, Thapar University, Patiala Prof. (Dr.) Vivek Kumar Singh, IIT BHU, Varanasi Prof. (Dr.) Deepshikha Bhargawa, Deputy Director, AIIT, Amity University, Rajasthan Prof. (Dr.) Mohammad I Younis, University of Iraq, Iraq Dr. Badrinath Srinivas, Senior Chief Engineer, Samsung Electronics, Noida Ms. Priya Singh, Associate Technical Manager-Training, Persistent Systems, Pune Prof. (Dr.) Lokesh Vijayvargy, Jaipuria Institute of Management & Technology, Jaipur Prof. Ashok Kumar, Dean, Ambala College of Engineering & Applied Research, Ambala Dr. Shikha Mehta, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida Dr. Anju Bala, Thapar University Patiala Prof. Arun Tripathi, KIET, Ghaziabad Dr. Sandhya Tarar, Gautam Budhha University, Greater Noida Prof. Harish Saini, Guru Nanak Institute of Tehnology, Ambala Prof. Pankaj Sharma, ABES, Gjaziabad Mr. Jugesh Dadu, Senior Technical Leader, STMicroElectronics, Greater Noida Ms. Seema Gulati, Senior Project Manager, Infosys, Chandigarh Mr. Tarun Khurana, Head Software Practice Group, IIPRD, New Delhi For any further queries related to this special session, please contact the session chairs at: E-mail ID: priyankachawla.cse@gmail.com Mobile No.: + 91-9582506216 URL for the Conference: http://www.scesm.org/call.html