IMPORTANT DATES  Workshop Proposal Due:        April 30, 2008  Full Paper Due:        June 30, 2008  Notification of Acceptance:        August 30, 2008  Final Camera-Ready Due:         September 10, 2008

OBJECTIVES

Services Computing is a new cross-discipline that covers the science and technology needed to bridge the gap between business services and IT services. The goal of services computing is to develop new computing technology and thereby enable more advanced IT services to support business services more efficiently and effectively.

IEEE APSCC 2008 is an important forum for researchers and industry practitioners to exchange information regarding advancements in the state of art and practice of IT-driven business services and application services, as well as to identify emerging research topics and define the future directions of Services Computing.

PUBLICATION
The proceedings of the IEEE APSCC conference and workshops will be published by IEEE Computer Society (EI Index).

IEEE APSCC 2008 comprises the following research tracks:

Foundations of Services Computing
- Services science
- Services modeling
- Service-oriented business consulting methodologies and utilities
- Services delivery
- Services value chain and innovation lifecycle

Mobile/Ubiquitous/ Pervasive Computing
- Mobile ad hoc networks
- Mobile wireless Internet
- Mobile/Ubiquitous security
- Mobile/Ubiquitous/Pervasive multimedia, QoS adaptation
- Personal area networks, body wireless networks, Bluetooth
- Wireless sensor networks
- Human interface for Mobile/Ubiquitous/Pervasive environments
- Security for Mobile/Ubiquitous
- Software-defined radio, reconfigurable radio network

Grid/Utility/Web Computing
- Grid computing
- Utility computing
- Web computing
- Utility business services
- Resource acquisition models in Grid/Utility Computing
- System performance evaluation, analysis and management
- Security management, analysis for Grid/Utility Services
- Web service security and privacy
- Web service discovery and negotiation
- Web service management and collaboration
- Wireless Grid and communication service delivery platform
- Grid economics and pricing models

Service-Centric Computing Models
- Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
- SOA Solution Stack
- SOA Industry Standards
- SOA Industry Solutions
- Business strategy and design

Service Computing Process Integration and Management
- Mathematical Foundation of Business process modeling, integration and management
- Enterprise modeling
- Service computing process modeling, transformation and integration
- Business performance management
- Software architecture design, development and deployment (software as a service, SaaS)
- Security, privacy and trust in business process management
- Application integration services (e.g., Enterprise Service Bus)
- Service level automation and orchestration
- Industry solution patterns
- Linkage between IT services and business services
- E-business solutions