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CALL FOR PAPERS
The First International Conference on Web Services
(ICWS'03)
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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:
Web Services architecture
Web Services security
Frameworks for building Web Service applications
Composite Web Service creation and enabling infrastructures
Web Services discovery
Resource management for web services
Solution Management for Web Services
Dynamic invocation mechanisms for Web Services
Quality of service for Web Services
Web Services modeling
UDDI enhancements
SOAP enhancements
Case studies for Web Services
E-Commerce applications using Web Services
Grid based Web Services applications (e.g. OGSA)
Business process integration and management using Web Services
Multimedia applications using Web Services
Communication applications using Web Services
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.
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, ...).
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
MEMBERS OF PROGRAM & ORGANIZING COMMITTEES:
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, 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
Technical Program Committee Chair
Dr. Liang-Jie (LJ) Zhang
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA
Email: zhanglj@us.ibm.com
Technical Program Committee Members
Athman Bouguettaya, Virginia Tech, USA, athman@vt.edu
J. Leon Zhao, University of Arizona, USA, lzhao@BPA.Arizona.EDU
Christoph Bussler, Oracle Corporation, USA, chbussler@aol.com
Hong Cai, China, caihong@cn.ibm.com
Graciela Gonzalez, Sam Houston State University, USA, csc_ghg@shsu.edu
Qusay H. Mahmoud, University of Guelph, Canada., qmahmoud@cis.uoguelph.ca
Vadim Ermolayev, Zaporozhye State university (ZSU), UKRAINE, eva@zsu.zp.ua
Andy Ju An Wang, Southern Polytechnic State University, USA, jwang@spsu.edu
Boualem Benatallah, University of New South Wales, Sydney,
boualem@cse.unsw.edu.au
A. Maedche, University of Karlsruhe, Germany, maedche@fzi.de
-Ing. Norbert Ritter, University of Hamburg, Germany,
ritter@informatik.uni-hamburg.de
Xiao-lu (Fennivel) Chai, DealEasy Information Technology Company, China,
fennivel@uddi-china.org
Jiang Du, KASIT, Korea
Patrick C. K. Hung, Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research
Organisation (CSIRO), Patrick.Hung@csiro.au
Andreas Wombacher, Fraunhofer Integrated Publication and Information
Systems (IPSI) Institute, Germany, andreas.wombacher@ipsi.fhg.de
Chunxiao Zhang, Shenzhen Hanwei High-Tech. Co., Ltd. China,
cxz@hanwei-tech.com
Atul Sajjanhar, The University of Southern Queensland - Wide Bay,
Australia, atul.s@ieee.org
Marcus Fontoura, IBM Almaden Research Center, fontoura@us.ibm.com
Haifei Li, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, haifeili@us.ibm.com
DenRen Chen, Zhejiang University, China, drchen@zjuem.zju.edu.cn
Jia Zhang, infiNET Solutions, USA, jiazhangchicago@yahoo.com
Raghavan N. Srinivas, Sun Microsystems,rags@sun.com
Tian Chao, IBM, tian@us.ibm.com
PROPOSED SESSIONS AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WEB SERVICES (ICWS'03):
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.
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