Abstract
Cloud and IT service providers should be responsible for the data of their customers and users.
However, accountability frameworks for distributed IT services is current still absent and makes it
difficult for users to understand, influence and determine how their service providers honor their
obligations. In the proposed EU A4Cloud project, we will create solutions to support users in deciding
and tracking how their data is used by cloud service providers. By combining methods of risk analysis,
policy enforcement, monitoring and compliance auditing with tailored IT mechanisms for security,
assurance and redress

Biography
Prof. Chunming Rong is head of the Center for IP-based Service Innovation (CIPSI) at the University
of Stavanger (UiS) in Norway. The CIPSI has the mission to promote cross-fertilization between
several research fields to facilitate design and delivery of large-scale and complex IP-based services
required by many application areas. He is also visiting chair professor at Tsinghua University (2011 –
2013) and served also as an adjunct professor at the University of Oslo 2005-2009. He spent one
sabbatical year as visiting professor at the Stanford University 2009-2010. His research interests
include cloud computing, big data analysis, security and privacy.He is co-founder and chairman of the
Cloud Computing Association (CloudCom.org) and its associated conference and workshop series. He
is member of the IEEE Cloud Computing Initiative, and member of Cloud Publications Steering
Committee, and IEEE Study Group on Cloud Standard and co-chairs the IEEE Technical Area of
Cloud Computing, in TCSC (Technical Committee on Scalable Computing). He is the co-Editors-in-
Chief of the Journal of Cloud Computing by Springer. He received award Editor's Choice in Discrete
Mathematics in 1999. He coauthored a book titled "Security in Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks"
published by John Wiley & Sons in 2009. Prof. Rong has extensive experience in managing R&D
projects funded by both industry and funding agencies, such as the Norwegian Research Council and
the EU Framework Programs.