DEADLINE APPROACHING - IEEE Semantic Web Services in Practice (SWSIP) 2009 - due Jul 24

*** Paper Submission Deadline Approaching July 24, 2009 ***

CALL FOR PAPERS

IEEE Semantic Web Services in Practice (SWSIP 2009) Workshop

December 7-11, 2009
Biopolis, Singapore
http://datam.i2r.a-star.edu.sg/swsip09/

Co-located with IEEE APSCC 2009


Latest Updates=20
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- Extended Submission Deadline: July 24, 2009 (23:59 Hawaii Time)
- Keynote Speaker: Charles Petrie, Stanford University=20

Aim and Scope
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To harness the power of web services and to realize their promise of univer=
sal interoperability and integration, the functionalities of multiple web s=
ervices must be combined to create web processes that allow representing co=
mplex interactions among organizations and their workflows. Semantic techno=
logies are key enablers that offer a flexible, adaptable and maintainable m=
eans to make this vision come true. The synergies between the two technolog=
ies called Semantic web services (SWS) is poised to allow the semi-automati=
c/automatic annotation, advertisement, discovery, selection, composition an=
d execution of inter-organizational business logic, and enable the developm=
ent of a global common platform where organizations, individuals and the li=
ke communicate among each other to carry out various commercial activities =
and to provide value-added services. Though significant research in SWS has=
 been reported during the pre- and post-ISWC eras, a number of challenges s=
till remain in realizing real-world SWS applications.

This workshop will focus on the 'In Practice' aspect of Semantic Web Servic=
es, and bring together researchers and practitioners working on all related=
 disciplines, to share their experiences, exchange new ideas as well as to =
identify key emerging topics and define future directions.


Topics
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Research papers are invited on all aspects of Semantic Web Services in Prac=
tice, including but not limited to the following:

    * Semantic Service Discovery
    * Semantic Service Composition
    * Semantic Service Provisioning
    * SWS Advertising, Matchmaking, Selection, Mediation and Brokering
    * Ontology Standards, Design and Reuse related to SWS
    * Demos, Case Studies and Real-world Applications
    * Industrial Ecosystems for SWS
    * Security and Privacy in SWS
    * Cost models for SWS
    * Issues in User Adoption
    * Applications to E-business, E-science, E-governance, Mobile computing=
, Sensor networks, Web 2.0
    * Synergies with Cloud computing, Grid computing

Work-in-progress, industry applications/experiences and position papers are=
 also welcome.

Author Instructions
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Each manuscript will be judged on its originality, significance, technical =
quality, relevance, and presentation. Authors are required to certify that =
their paper represents original work and is previously unpublished. Submitt=
ing a paper to IEEE SWSIP 2009 workshop means that if the paper is accepted=
, at least one author will attend the conference to present the paper.=20

For more details: http://datam.i2r.a-star.edu.sg/swsip09/

Prospective authors are strongly encouraged to get in touch with the chairs=
 and express their interest and seek clarifications on their queries early.=
 For updates, you may follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/swsip09/

Important Dates
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Paper Submission:	Jul 24, 2009
Author Notification:	Aug 24, 2009
Camera ready:	Oct 02, 2009
Workshop Date:	Dec 07, 2009

Publication in IEEE Xplore and Journal
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Workshop proceedings will be published by IEEE Computer Society and indexed=
 by EI (pending confirmation).

A special issue of the International Journal of Information Systems in the =
Service Sector (IJISSS) will be organized based on the extended versions of=
 selected high-quality papers presented at IEEE SWSIP 2009 workshop.

Workshop Organisation
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Organizing Committee

Rajaraman Kanagasabai, Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R), Singapore
Emanuele Della Valle, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Ang Wee Tiong, I2R, Singapore (Local Organising Chair)

Advisory Committee=20

    * Amit Sheth, Wright State University, USA
    * Christoph Bussler, Merced Systems, USA

Programme Committee (Under construction)

    * Carole Goble, University of Manchester, UK
    * Dragan Ga=9Aevic, Athabasca University, Canada
    * Holger Lausen, Seekda, Austria
    * Jian Yang, Macquarie University, Australia
    * Jin Song Dong, National University of Singapore, Singapore
    * Massimo Paolucci, DOCOMO Communications Laboratories Europe GmbH, Ger=
many
    * Mathias Weske, Hasso Plattner Institute for It-Systems Engineering, G=
ermany
    * Rama Akkiraju, IBM TJ Watson Research Center, USA
    * Sanjay Chaudhary, DA-IICT, India
    * Ulrich K=FCster, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany

SWSIP 2009 is co-organized and co-sponsored by the Institute for Infocomm R=
esearch,
Singapore, and the Service-Finder Consortium.=20






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