Welcome to the proceedings ofCloudComp 2009.
Acomputing cloudis more thana collection of computer resources, because it provides
mechanisms to manage those resources. In a cloud computing platform, software
is migrating from the desktop to the "clouds," promising users, at any time and
anywhere, access to their programs and data.
This year, 44 academic, industrial and student papers from all over the world were
submitted, of which 17 were accepted as regular longpapers. Additionally, three were
included as short papers on hot topics. The Program Committee appreciates the time
and effort all of the researchers put into preparing their papers. Many thanks also to
the members of the Program Committee and the external reviewers for all of their hard
workin reading, evaluating, and providing detailed feedback. Without the contributions
of both of these groups, CloudComp would not have been such a lively
symposium.
The symposium featured keynote addresses by Jesus Villasante, Head of Unit,
European Commission, Dane Walther, Director of Custom Engineering, Akamai
Technologies Inc. Cambridge, MA, USA, Greg Malewicz, Google, Mountain View,
CA,USA, and Mauro Campanella, Consortium GARR, Italy.
A scientific visit of the Leibniz Supercomputer Centre (LRZ), Bavarian Academy
of Science, Garching (Munich), was organized during the conference. The visit was
hosted by Prof. A. Bode.
We feel that the symposium will grow and develop in its service to the research
community within bothacademia and industry.