Tobias Ackermann provides a comprehensive conceptualization of perceived IT security risk in the Cloud Computing context that is based on six distinct risk dimensions grounded on a structured literature review, Q-sorting, expert interviews, and analysis of data collected from 356 organizations....

Most earth observation satellites (EOSs) are equipped with optical sensors, which cannot see through the clouds. Hence, observations are significantly affected and blocked by clouds. In this work, with the inspiration of the notion of a forbidden sequence, we propose a novel assignment...

A main challenge faced by cloud providers is to ensure that they are ready to accommodate the growing demand for compute resources. Towards that goal, providers need to deploy cloud servers agilely for uncertain future demand under many practical business constraints while avoiding unnecessarily...