CFP: 2004 IEEE International Conference on Services Computing (SC C 2004)

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2004 IEEE International Conference on Services Computing (SCC 2004)
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September 15-18 2004, Shanghai, China
http://conferences.computer.org/scc/2004

Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society Technical Community for Services
Computing (TCSC)
http://tab.computer.org/tcsc/
                                                        
With support of 
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), China
E-Business Technology Institute, The University of Hong Kong, China


Call for Papers (Preliminary)
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Services computing is the evolution of Internet computing by leveraging
services oriented architecture. It encompasses a new class of ground
breaking technology suite - Web services and services oriented Grid/Utility
Computing, e-Business, and Autonomic Computing. Web services is finding
pervasive applications in new products and applications. Grid computing has
been leveraging Web services standards to provide standard interfaces for
Grid resources. The service collaboration and management afforded by service
computing will allow disaggregated businesses to form value chains for
improving productivity. The paradigm shift in focus from data management to
process management is also leading to large scale implementations based on
service-oriented architecture.

The 2004 IEEE International Conference on Services Computing (SCC 2004) will
be the first annual conference sponsored by IEEE Computer Society Technical
Community for Services Computing (TCSC) in collaboration with other
technical committees in IEEE Computer Society and other organizations in the
world. The scope of SCC 2004 is Web services centric Services Computing that
covers Grid/Utility Computing, e-Business Computing, and Autonomic
Computing. It will foster cross-disciplinary interaction in the field of
services centric computing technologies and applications. The insight and
vision would shape the research agenda in services computing over the next
decade.

SCC 2004 will be held in Shanghai, China, September 15-18 2004. SCC 2004 is
the extended event of the 2004 IEEE International Conference on Web Services
(ICWS 2004, http://conferences.computer.org/icws/2004), which will be held
in San Diego, July 6-9 2004. SCC 2004 provides a forum for researchers and
industry practitioners to exchange information regarding advancements in the
state of art in Services Computing, to identify emerging research topics,
and to explore the future directions of services computing.

In SCC 2004, topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the
following: 

- Formal foundations of Services Computing 
- Web services and Grid architecture
- Web services and Grid security 
- Frameworks for building Web services and Grid applications 
- Grid services creation and enabling infrastructures 
- Web services representation, discovery, composition (Web processes)
- Grid resource management
- Dynamic Web Services invocation and orchestration
- Quality of services and deployment issues
- Solution management for Web services and Grid infrastructure 
- Standards (e.g., UDDI, SOAP) and their enhancements
- Role of semantics for Web services, Business semantic computing
- Detailed applications and case studies for Web services and Grid
applications for E-business, E-service applications, Science and Engineering
- Services-oriented business process integration and management 
- Business Grid: Business process Grid and business application Grid
- Services oriented autonomic computing technology and solutions for IT
system and e-business system management


PAPER SUBMISSIONS 

The official language of SCC 2004 is English. Authors should submit a full
(8-page) paper via electronic submission. The on-line paper submission and
review system will be available on http://conferences.computer.org/scc/2004
. The Conference Proceedings will be published by IEEE Computer Society
Press. The authors of the best papers will be encouraged to revise their
papers for potential publication in International Journal of Web services
Research (JWSR, http://www.idea-group.com/journals/details.asp?id=4138 ) and
other journals. The main paper sessions are expected to be on 15,16,17,18
September.

SCC 2004 will present one Best Paper Award and 3-5 Best Student Paper
Awards. The first authors of the best student papers should be full-time
students.


INDUSTRY and APPLICATION PAPER SUBMISSIONS 

The official language of SCC 2004 is English. Authors should submit a 4-page
paper via electronic submission. The on-line paper submission and review
system will be available on http://conferences.computer.org/scc/2004 . The
Proceedings will be published.


TUTORIAL SUBMISSIONS 

The official language of SCC 2004 is English. Authors should submit a
Tutorial proposal of approximately 4 pages including structure, content and
author(s) CV(s) via electronic submission. The on-line paper submission and
review system will be available on http://conferences.computer.org/scc/2004.
It is planned to hold the tutorials on Tuesfday 14 and Wednesday 15
September.


WORKSHOP SUBMISSIONS 

The official language of SCC 2004 is English. Authors should submit a
Workshop proposal of approximately 4 pages including structure, content and
leader(s) CV(s) via electronic submission. The on-line paper submission and
review system will be available on http://conferences.computer.org/scc/2004.
It is planned to hold the workshops on Tuesday 14 September 2004 before the
main conference.


IMPORTANT DATES 

April 30, 2004, Submission of papers, tutorial proposals, workshop proposals

June 11, 2004, Notification of acceptance 
July 02, 2004, Camera-Ready copy of accepted papers due 
September 15-18, 2004, SCC 2004 


INDUSTRY EXHIBITS

The premier industry exhibition of services computing engineering is a
highlight of the annual IEEE International Conference on Services Computing
(SCC). Exhibiting companies and research institutions provide products and
services in areas such as Web Services, Grid/Utility Computing, e-Business
Solutions, Middleware and Tools, Autonomic computing middleware and
solutions, as well as e-government and digital city solutions. In addition,
participating companies will be able to give a product presentation in an
exhibitor's track.


PROGRAM CHAIRS

Prof. Amit P. Sheth (amit@cs.uga.edu), University of Georgia, and Semagix,
Inc. USA
Prof Keith G Jeffery (kgj@rl.ac.uk), CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory,
UK


GENERAL CO-CHAIRS

Liang-Jie Zhang (zhanglj@us.ibm.com), IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA
Minglu Li (li-ml@cs.sjtu.edu.cn), Shanghai Jiaotong University, China


PUBLICITY CHAIRS

Patrick C. K. Hung (Patrick.Hung@csiro.au), CSIRO, Australia
Haifei Li, Nyack College, USA


CONTACT INFORMATION

For any general information, please contact: Liang-Jie (LJ) Zhang at
zhanglj@us.ibm.com or Minglu Li at li-ml@cs.sjtu.edu.cn. For other technical
program information, please contact program chairs.

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