[uddi-dev] Call for Papers: The First International Conference on WebServices (ICWS'03)

[Liang-Jie Zhang <zhanglj@us.ibm.com>]

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         The
First 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 the first
international 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 mode of e-business on demand.

You are invited to submit a draft paper
(no more than 5 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.

THE NAMES OF TECHNICAL SESSION CHAIRS
WILL APPEAR AS ASSOCIATE
EDITORS ON THE COVER OF THE CONFERENCE
PROCEEDINGS.

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

       O  Web
Services architecture
       O  Web
Services security
       O  Frameworks
for building Web Service applications
       O  Composite
Web Service creation and enabling infrastructures
       O  Web
Services discovery
       O  Resource
management for web services
       O  Solution
Management for Web Services
       O  Dynamic
invocation mechanisms for Web Services
       O  Quality
of service for Web Services
       O  Web
Services modeling
       O  UDDI
enhancements
       O  SOAP
enhancements
       O  Case
studies for Web Services
       O  E-Commerce
applications using Web Services
       O  Grid
based Web Services applications (e.g. OGSA)
       O  Business
process integration and management using Web Services
       O  Multimedia
applications using Web Services
       O  Communication
applications using Web Services
       O  Interactive
TV applications using Web Services


SUBMISSION OF PAPERS:

      Prospective authors
are invited to submit their draft paper 
 (about 5 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.  E-mail
and Fax submissions are also acceptable.
      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.


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.


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
      journal publication
(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, ...).


LOCATION OF CONFERENCE:

      The conference
will be held in the Monte Carlo Resort hotel
      Las Vegas, Nevada,
USA (with any overflows at other near-by
      hotels). The Monte
Carlo Resort is a mega hotel with excellent
      conference facilities
and over 3,000 rooms. The hotel is
      minutes from the
Las Vegas airport with 24-hour shuttle
      service to and
from the airport. This hotel has many vacation
      and recreational
attractions, including: waterfalls, casino,
      spa, pools &
kiddie pools, sunning decks, Easy River water
      ride, wave pool
with cascades, lighted tennis courts, health spa
      (with workout equipment,
whirlpool, sauna, ...), arcade virtual
      reality game rooms,
nightly shows, snack bars, a number of
      restaurants, shopping
area, bars, ... Many of these attractions
      are open 24 hours
a day and most are suitable for families and
      children. The negotiated
hotel's room rate for conference
      attendees is very
reasonable (79USD + tax) per night (no extra
      charge for double
occupancy) for the duration of the conference.

      The hotel is within
walking distance from most other Las Vegas
      attractions (major
shopping areas, recreational destinations,
      fine dining and
night clubs, free street shows, ...). For the
      benefit of our
international colleagues: the state of Nevada
      neighbors with
the states of California, Oregon, Idaho, Utah,
      and Arizona.  Las
Vegas is only a few driving hours away from
      other major cities,
including: Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix,
      Grand Canyon, ...


IMPORTANT DATES:

      Feb. 17, 2003 (Monday):
   Draft papers (about 5 pages) due
      March 21, 2003
(Friday):   Notification of acceptance
      April 22, 2003
(Tuesday):  Camera-Ready papers & Pre-registration due
      June 23-26, 2003:
         ICWS'03 International Conference

      Proposals to organize
technical sessions should be submitted
      as soon as possible.
All accepted papers are expected to be
      presented at the
conference.


CONFERENCE CONTACTS:

      General Co-Chairs
of ICWS'03                  
      
      Liang-Jie 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,
      New York  10598,
USA
      e Fax: 1-419-831-098
      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