CALL FOR PAPERS

The 2003 International Conference on Web Services 
(ICWS'03)

http://tab.computer.org/tfec/icws03 

June 23 - 26, 2003
Monte Carlo Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

The 2003 International Conference on Web Services (ICWS'03) will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, June 23 - 26, 2003. It is an international academic conference focusing on Web Services. The ICWS'03 is a forum for researchers and industry practioner to exchange information regarding advancements in the state of the art and practice of Web Services, as well as to identify the emerging research topics and define the future of Web Services computing. The ICWS'03 Conference will be held simultaneously (ie, same location and dates) with a number of other international conferences and workshops (CISST'03, IC-AI'03, IC'03, METMBS'03, CIC'03, ...; see http://www.ashland.edu/~iajwa/conferences/ for the complete list).

Web services are Internet-based, modular applications that provide standard interfaces and communication protocols for efficient and effective business application integration. Typical application areas are business-to-business integration, business process integration and management, content management, e-sourcing, composite Web Service creation, and design collaboration for computer engineering. Currently, Grid computing has also started to leverage Web services to define standard interfaces for business services like business process outsourcing, a higher level outsourcing model of e-business on demand.

You are invited to submit a draft paper (about 7 pages) and/or a proposal to organize a technical session/workshop (see below for submission information). All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings.


SCOPE: Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS:

Prospective authors are invited to submit their draft paper (about 7 pages - single space, font size of 10 to 12) in PDF or Word format to Liang-Jie Zhang (address is given below) by the due date. The length of the Camera-Ready papers (if accepted) will be limited to 7 (IEEE style) pages. Papers must not have been previously published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. The first page of the draft paper should include: title of the paper, name, affiliation, postal address, E-mail address, telephone number, and Fax number for each author. The first page should also include the name of the author who will be presenting the paper (if accepted) and a maximum of 5 keywords.


EVALUATION PROCESS:

Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity, and soundness. Each paper will be refereed by two researchers in the topical area. The Camera-Ready papers will be reviewed by one person.


PUBLICATION:

The conference proceedings will be published by CSREA Press (ISBN) in hardcopy. The proceedings will be available at the conference. Some accepted papers will also be considered for a special issue of the International Journal of Electronic Business (IJEB) and other journal publications (soon after the conference). (In addition to the hardcopy, it is also planned to publish the papers on a CD.) All conference proceedings published by CSREA Press are considered for inclusion in major database indexes that are designed to provide easy access to the current literature of the sciences (database examples: ISI Thomson Scientific, IEE INSPEC, ...).

IMPORTANT DATES:

Extended deadline: Febuary 28, 2003
(Original deadline: Feb. 17, 2003): Draft papers (about 7 pages) due
April 7, 2003 (Monday): Notification of acceptance
April 28, 2003 (Thursday): Camera-Ready papers & Pre-registration due
June 23-26, 2003: ICWS'03 International Conference

CONFERENCE CONTACT:

General Co-Chairs of ICWS'03 
Liang-Jie (LJ) Zhang (Ph.D.) and Jen-Yao Chung (Ph.D.)
e-Business Solutions & Autonomic Computing Dept.
IBM T. J. Watson Research Center
1101 Kitchawan Road, Route 134, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
Email: zhanglj@us.ibm.com

Vice Chair of ICWS'03
 Hamid R. Arabnia, PhD.
The University of Georgia
Department of Computer Science
415 Graduate Studies Research Center
Athens, Georgia 30602-7404, U.S.A.
Tel: (706) 542-3480
Fax: (706) 542-2966
Email: hra@cs.uga.edu