2007 IEEE Congress on Services

2007 IEEE Ph.D. Symposium on Services Computing

***** IEEE Services Computing Workshops (SCW 2007) Registration System *****

Call for Papers

The Ph.D. Symposium, part of the 2007 IEEE Congress on Services (SERVICES 2007), is organized to bring together Ph.D. students and graduates working on topics related to the ICWS and SCC conference topic areas. The goal of the symposium is to offer Ph.D. students and graduates the opportunity to summarize, present, discuss, and receive feedback on their research in a constructive manner. Papers summarizing their Ph.D. theses are highly encouraged. The symposium will be organized into two super sessions: Completed Thesis Summary and On-going Ph.D. Thesis.

Topics of Interests include:

Web Services:

Quality of service in Web Services systems
Web Services Discovery
Web Services Standards and Implementation Technologies
Web Services Composition and Integration
Technologies for Web Services Assessment
Semantic Web Services
Multimedia Web Services
Web Services-based Mobile Computing
Web Services-based Grid Applications
Web Services Modeling, Relationship Binding, and Tooling

Foundations of Services Computing

Service Modeling and Implementation
Service Delivery, Deployment and Maintenance
Service Value Chains and Innovation Lifecycle
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Industry Standards and Solution Stacks
Service Level Agreements (SLAs) Negotiation, Automation and Orchestration
Services Repository and Registry
Formal Methods for SOA

Business Process Integration and Management

Business Process Modeling Methodology and Integration Architecture
Extended Business Collaboration (eBC) Architecture and Solutions
Business Process-Based Business Transformation and Transition
Requirements Analysis of Business Process Integration and Management
Enterprise Modeling and Application Integration Services, e.g. Enterprise Service Bus

Submission:

The submissions should address specifically doctoral work of the student and the following elements are recommended:

A clear description of the research question and its significance.
A clear description of the current knowledge of the problem domain, as well as the existing solutions.
A discussion of any proposed ideas, and the results achieved so far.
A clear description of the Ph.D. project's contribution to the problem domain.
A discussion of why and how the suggested solution is new or better than the existing approaches to solve the problem.

The paper length should not exceed four pages. The intention of this symposium is to support and inspire Ph.D. students during their ongoing research efforts. Accepted Ph.D. papers will be published in the IEEE 2007 Services Computing Workshop (SCW 2007) proceedings. Participants should register at student rate. Please submit the paper at the conference web site http://www.servicesscience.org/phd07/SubmitAbstract.php).

Important Dates:

Submission of Ph.D. Paper:    April 1, 2007
Notification of Acceptance:    April 15, 2007
Camera Ready:       May 1, 2007

Contact Address:
Anup Kumar, Ph.D. Symposium Chair
Email: ak AT louisville.edu

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