The objective of the workshop is to provide input to NSF on three key questions:
- What are the key research challenges you see at the intersection of economics and cloud computing as the resources and services offered by cloud platforms evolves over the next 5-10 years?
- What role do you see researchers from computing, economics, and industry playing in addressing these challenges?
- What mechanisms can NSF foster to increase awareness of this multi-disciplinary area and to enable effective collaborations between researchers in computing, economics, operations research, and industry?
The workshop will invite leaders from academia, industry, and government to meet and discuss these topics. The organizers will report of the results of these discussions to NSF, which we hope will influence future funding initiatives.