PROPOSED SESSIONS AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WEB SERVICES (ICWS'03):
Session 1. Web Services and Dynamic Business Process Composition
Session 2. Web Services and Process Management
Session 3. Web Services Discovery
Session 4. Web Services Security
Session 5. Web Services Based Applications for e-Commerce
Session 6. Grid Computing for Distant Services
CALL FOR PROPOSAL FOR ORGANIZING TECHNICAL SESSIONS
Session 1. Web Services and Dynamic Business Process Composition
Session Chair: David Flaxer, IBM T.J. Watson Research
Center, flaxer@us.ibm.com
Web Services enables an e-business model that fosters collaboration with heterogeneous business services and opens the door for dynamic composition and execution of new business processes. This objective presents many challenges, from process composition through Web service binding and execution. In this session we will examine
two critical areas:
How new business processes can be dynamically composed, based on the users intention and the business context, including applied use of rule-based, expert system, AI, or other novel technologies.
Enabling automated ways of binding Web services to business process compositions, including Web service discovery, service provider selection, and processes optimization.
Selected papers will address theoretical or practical issues of automating business processes and exploiting Web services.
Please send papers related to Web Services and Dynamic Business Process Composition
to David Flaxer at flaxer@us.ibm.com.
Session 2. Web Services and Process Management
Session Chairs: J. Leon Zhao, University of Arizona, lzhao@BPA.Arizona.EDU
; Hsing K. (Kenny) Cheng, University of Florida, hkcheng@ufl.edu
This session will focus on the interlinkage of web services and process management. Two related types of work will be included in this session:
Using web services as the new paradigm of developing component-based process management systems in the contexts of workflow systems, cross-company ERP integration, process coordination for grid computing, and supply chain facilitation.
Using workflow technology to coordinate web services in such areas as web services integration, web services discovery, and web services fulfillment.
In both types of work, research results will be solicited that addresses modeling,
architectural, theoretical, experimental, and practical issues. Authors of quality
papers in this session will be asked to extend their work for inclusion in a special issue
in a reputable journal such as Decision Support Systems. Please send
papers related to Web Services and Process Management to Prof. J. Leon
Zhao at lzhao@BPA.Arizona.EDU.
More information about this session can be found from this link.
Session 3. Web Services Discovery
Session Chair: Haifei Li, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, haifeili@us.ibm.com
Recently web service technology has gained momentum among software developers and researchers due to its potential to revolutionize the way people use the web. In order to reach its potential, web services need to be easily discovered and accessed on the web. The UDDI provides a good starting point for web services discovery, but there are many research and development issues to be solved. Papers addressing every aspect of discovery mechanism are sought. We are especially interested in papers in the following areas:
Empirical study of the discovery mechanism in UDDI;
UDDI enhancement;
Constraint specification and matching in web services publishing and discovery;
Semantic web;
Web services discovery in semantic web;
User experiences with Web Service Inspection Language (WSIL);
WSIL enhancement;
Comparison of the centralized discovery model and the decentralized discovery model;
Other issues related to web services discovery.
Please send papers related to Web Services Discovery to Dr. Haifei
Li at haifeili@us.ibm.com .
Session 4. Web Services Security
Session Chair: Patrick C. K. Hung and Christine O’Keefe, Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Patrick.Hung@csiro.au
Some studies [Holland 2002] show that the Web services market is expected to
grow to USD$28 billion in sales in the coming three years. The major barrier that prevents many business organizations from implementing or employing Web
services is the security concerns [Yang 2002]. Referring to a prior Web Services
conference, informal polls showed that security was the top issue among those IT
executives (45.5%) considering Web Services [Fontana 2002]. Since security is an
essential and integral part of many business processes, the Web service has to manage and execute the activities in a secure way. As is the case in many other
applications, the information processed in Web services might be commercially sensitive and it is similarly important to protect this information against
security threats such as disclosure to unauthorized parties [Varlamov 2002]. The objectives of this session are to provide a platform for the researchers
from both industry and academy to present and discuss their research results, and also to identify the future research topics in this field.
This technical session mainly focuses on research results that address modeling,
architectural, theoretical, technical, experimental, and practical issues in Web
Services Security. Specific topics include but are NOT limited to:
Web Services Security Standards (e.g., WS-Security, SAML, XACML, XrML, XKML, ebXML Security and etc.)
Web Services Security Policy and Approach
XML Encryption and Digital Signatures
Secure SOAP Messaging
Security Token Exchange between Web Services
Secure UDDI Management
Secure Matchmaking between Web Services and Activities
Secure Delegation of Activities between web Services
Security and Privacy Issues at Web Services Endpoint Properties (e.g., WSEL, WS-Policy and etc.)
Negotiation, Quality and Cost of Web Services Security
Web Services Security Risk Management and Evaluation
Secure Open Grid Service Architecture
Security and Privacy Issues in Web Services Applications
Case Studies of Implementing Web Services Security (e.g., .Net Framework, Java Platform, PKI and etc.)
Future Research Topics (e.g., WS-Policy, WS-Trust, WS-Privacy, WS-SecureConversation, WS-Federation, Ws-Authorization and etc.)
Please send papers related to Web Services Security to
Dr. Patrick C. K. Hung at Patrick.Hung@csiro.au.
References
FONTANA, J. 2002. Top Web Services Worry: Security. NetworkWorldFusion, January 2002,
http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2002/0121webservices.html.
HOLLAND, P. 2002. Building Web Services From Existing Application. eAI Journal, September 2002, 45-47.
VARLAMOV, STAN. 2002. Security Strategies for EAI. eAI Journal, September 2002, 41-44.
YANG, A. 2002. Web Services Security. eAI Journal, September 2002, 19-23.
Session 5. Web Services Based Applications for e-Commerce
Session Chair: Atul Sajjanhar, The University of Southern Queensland - Wide Bay, atul.s@ieee.org
This session will solicit papers describing e-commerce applications based on Web Services. The scope will include:
Enterprise Application Integration
Component Development
Publishing and Discovery
Content Management Systems
Java and .NET technologies
Applications for B2B-Commerce
Web based Applications
Applications for Mobile Devices
Please send papers related to Web Services Based Applications
for E-Commerce to Atul Sajjanhar at atul.s@ieee.org.
Session 6. Grid Computing for Distant Services
Session Chair: Dr. Xinlian Liu, MCS Division at Argonne National Laboratory, xliu@mcs.anl.gov
Grid technology has been in search of an efficient method to manage various distributed resources, and web services is rising as a natural candidate because of its functionality, flexibility and popularity. This session will discuss challenges in integrating web services and Grid in scientific computing. We are looking for ideas and discussions in following areas:
Globus OGSA
Web-based scientific computing
Data management and resource management
Grid-based mobile computing
Distant visualization and other distant computing services
Web services applications in remote collaboration
Tools for the integration of web services and Grids
We expect contributed papers will help shape a framework for supplying distant computing services on Grids. Please send papers related to 'Grid Computing for Distant Services' to Xinlian Liu at xliu@mcs.anl.gov.
PROPOSAL FOR ORGANIZING TECHNICAL SESSIONS:
Each technical session will have at least 6 paper presentations. The session chairs will be responsible for all aspects of their sessions; including, soliciting papers, reviewing, selecting, and selecting the final papers. The names of session chairs will appear as Associate Editors in the conference proceedings. After the conference, some sessions will be considered for publication in appropriate journals as Special Issues with the session proposer as the Guest Editor of the journal. Proposals to organize technical sessions should include the following information: name and address (+ E-mail) of proposer, title of session, a 100-word description of the topic of the session, and a short description on how the session will be advertised (in most cases, session proposers solicit papers from colleagues and researchers whose work is known to the session proposer).
Mail your proposal to Liang-Jie Zhang at zhanglj@us.ibm.com.