International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC2025)
UCC is a premier annual conference series that serves as a significant platform for researchers and practitioners from both academia and industry. It aims to facilitate the presentation of new discoveries and high-quality contributions in Cloud, Edge and Computing Continuum. UCC 2025 is co-located with the 12th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Big Data Computing, Applications and Technologies (BDCAT 2025).
Type d'évènement : Conférence internationale
Date : du 1 au 4 Décembre 2025
Lieu : Nantes
Site Web : https://ucc-conference.org/
KEYNOTES
- Hubertus Franke (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA), Data Confidentiality in the World of Agentic AI Systems
- Julie A. McCann (Imperial College London, UK), Rubies in the Dust
SUBMISSION
The main conference track is open for submissions of full research papers (up to 10 pages).
Submitted papers must represent original and unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Manuscripts should be submitted in PDF format and must not exceed ten (10) ACM-formatted double-column pages, including figures, tables, and references. All submissions must follow the standard double-column ACM proceedings format.
Submission link : https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=ucc-bdcat-2025
In addition, we welcome submissions to the following tracks:
- Workshop Papers: up to 6 pages
- Poster Papers: up to 2 pages
- Tutorial Papers: up to 2 pages
Each accepted paper should be presented in person.
TOPICS
Topics of interest include (but not limited to):
- Resource Management for Cloud-Edge Continuum:
- Principles and Theoretical Foundations of Utility Computing
- Architectural Models and Patterns (Virtualization, Containerization, Composition, Coordination, Choreography, Orchestration)
- Formal and Qualitative Aspects
- Middleware and Software Infrastructure
- Networking and Network Management (ORAN, Cognitive Networks)
- SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, and XaaS
- High Performance Computing (HPC)
- Large Language Models (LLMs) to support resource management and orchestration/ coordinatio
- Performance, Security and Scalability:
- Brokering, Scheduling, Capacity Planning, and Elasticity
- Security, Trust, Privacy and Policies
- Autonomic, Adaptive, Self-* management, SLAs, Management, and Monitoring
- Deployment Models (Private, Public, Hybrid, Federated, Aggregated, Inter-Cloud)
- Performance Analysis and Modelling
- Foundational self-* solutions (including use of LLM-based techniques)
- Artificial Intelligence for Cloud-Edge Continuum
- Machine Learning Operations (MLOps)
- AI Solutions for Scheduling, Provisioning, and Deployment
- Lightweight and edge-based machine learning
- AI-based coordination
- Agentic Computing
- Robotics and latency-sensitive AI
- Large Language Models (LLMs) and use of Generative AI
- Applications, Systems, and new Computing Paradigms for Cloud-Edge Continuum:
- Native Application Design, Programming Models, and Engineering
- Serverless and Function-Based Applications (FaaS)
- Microservices Architectures
- Quantum Computing
- Interfacing to Internet of Things (IoT) Applications
- Utility-Driven Models and Mechanisms (e.g., Smart Cities, Mobility, Healthcare, Industry 4.0)
- Micro Data Centers
- Interfacing to Mobile Devices (Management, Hierarchy Models, Business Models)
- Energy-Efficiency and Sustainability
- Development Operations (DevOps)
- Economic and Business Models
- Digital Twins solutions
- Business and Legal Implications Beyond Technology
IMPORTANT DATES
All the deadlines are AoE (Anywhere on Earth)
- Paper Submission Deadline (extended): 5 September 2025
- Acceptance Notification: 17 October 2025
- Camera Ready Papers Due: Mid November 2025
ORGANIZATION
General Chairs
- Daniel Balouek (INRIA, France)
- Manish Parashar (University of Utah, USA)
Program Chairs
- Hélène Coullon (IMT Atlantique, Nantes, France)
- Omer Rana (Cardiff University, UK)
