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Call for Papers, APSCC 2016, Zhangjiajie, China, November 16-18, 2016, with 9+ Keynotes & 11+ Special Issues.
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The 10th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Services Computing
(APSCC 2016)

Organizers:
Central South University, China
Guangzhou University, China
Jishou University, China

Technical Co-Sponsorship:
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
North China University of Technology
Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)

Venue & Dates:
Zhangjiajie, China, November 16-18, 2016

http://trust.csu.edu.cn/conference/APSCC2016/
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Special Issues:

Distinguished papers, after further revisions, will be published in 11+ SCI & EI indexed special issues (confirmed):
(1) Future Generation Computer Systems - Elsevier (SCI&EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 2.786)
http://www.journals.elsevier.com/future-generation-computer-systems/
(2) Journal of Network and Computer Applications - Elsevier (SCI&EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 2.229)
http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-network-and-computer-applications
(3) Journal of Computational Science - Elsevier (SCI&EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 1.231)
http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-computational-science/
(4) Wireless Personal Communications - Springer (SCI&EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 0.653)
http://link.springer.com/journal/11277
(5) IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems (SCI&EI Indexed)
http://www.ieice.org/eng/index.html
(6) IEEE Access (SCI&EI Indexed: Coming soon)
http://www.ieee.org/publications_standards/publications/ieee_access/
(7) IEEE Transactions on Big Data (SCI&EI Indexed: Coming soon)
http://www.computer.org/portal/web/tbd
(8) International Journal of Computational Science and Engineering (IJCSE) - INDERSCIENCE (EI Indexed)
http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=IJCSE
(9) International Journal of Embedded Systems (IJES) - INDERSCIENCE (EI Indexed)
http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=IJES
(10) International Journal of High Performance Computing and Networking (IJHPCN) - INDERSCIENCE (EI Indexed)
http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=ijhpcn
(11) Future Internet (EI Indexed)
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/futureinternet

More special issues will be available soon.
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You are Welcome to Attend Keynote Speeches* Specific to APSCC 2016 as in Part I.

You are also Welcome to Attend all Keynote Speeches** Shared by Co-Located
ISPEC 2016 & SpaCCS 2016 Conferences as in Part II:
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*Part I.
Keynote Speaker 1: Prof. Jie Wu, IEEE Fellow, Temple University, USA
Title: Algorithmic Crowdsourcing: Current State and Future Perspective

Keynote Speaker 2: Prof. Schahram Dustdar, IEEE Fellow, TU Wien, Austria
Title: Services Computing - A Research Agenda for the Next 10 Years

Keynote Speaker 3: Prof. Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Title: To be decided

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**Part II.

Keynote Speaker 1: Prof. David Basin, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Title: To be decided

Keynote Speaker 2: Prof. David Naccache, ENS Paris, France
Title: Thrifty Zero-Knowledge: When Linear Programming Meets Cryptography

More keynote speeches will be available soon.
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Introduction:
The services computing is a new cross-discipline that covers the science and technology needed to bridge the gap between business services and IT/telecommunication services. The goal of services computing is to develop new computing technology and thereby enable more advanced IT/telecommunication services to support business services more efficiently and effectively.

APSCC 2016 is an important forum for researchers and industry practitioners to exchange ideas regarding advancements in the state of art and practice of IT/telecommunication-driven business services and application services, as well as to identify emerging research topics and define the future directions of Services Computing.

Previous APSCC conferences were held in Guangzhou, China (2006), Tsukuba Science City, Japan (2007), Yilan, Taiwan, China (2008), Biopolis, Singapore (2009), Hangzhou, China (2010), Jeju, Korea (2011), Guilin, China (2012), Fuzhou, China (2014), and Bangkok, Thailand (2015). As the tenth event in the increasingly popular series, APSCC 2016 expects to attract outstanding researchers from all over the world to Zhangjiajie - one of the most beautiful cities in China.
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Scope and Interests:

Track 1: Cloud/Utility/Web Computing/Big Data
(1) Cloud computing
(2) Resource acquisition models in cloud/utility computing
(3) Security management, analysis for cloud/utility services
(4) System performance evaluation, analysis and management
(5) Utility business services
(6) Utility computing
(7) Web computing
(8) Web service discovery and negotiation
(9) Web service management and collaboration
(10) Web service security and privacy
(11) Big Data collection and pre-processing
(12) Big Data storage and parallel computing
(13) Big Data intelligent computing, mining methods and algorithms

Track 2: Foundations of Services Computing
(1) Formal methods for services computing
(2) Service-oriented business consulting methodologies and utilities
(3) Services composition
(4) Services delivery
(5) Services discovery
(6) Services modeling
(7) Services science
(8) Services value chain and innovation lifecycle

Track 3: Social/Peer-to-Peer/Mobile/Ubiquitous/Pervasive Computing
(1) Online Social Networks
(2) Peer-to-Peer Computing
(3) Human interface for mobile/ubiquitous/pervasive environments
(4) Mobile ad hoc networks
(5) Mobile wireless Internet
(6) Mobile Crowdsourcing
(7) Mobile Crowdsourcing
(8) Mobile/ubiquitous security
(9) Mobile/ubiquitous/pervasive quality of service (QoS) adaptation
(10) Personal area networks, body wireless networks, Bluetooth
(11) Software-defined radio, reconfigurable radio network
(12) Wireless sensor networks

Track 4: Service-centric Computing Models
(1) Business strategy and design
(2) Service-oriented architecture (SOA)
(3) SOA industry solutions
(4) SOA industry standards
(5) SOA solution stack
(6) Telecommunication Services
(7) Fixed-mobile convergence

Track 5: Integration of telecommunication SOA and Web services
(1) Service orchestration
(2) Internet Protocol Television (IPTV)
(3) Service-oriented Telco architectures and business processes
(4) IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)
(5) Next generation networks
(6) Quality of service (QoS) and billing

Track 6: Business Process Integration and Management
(1) Application integration services (e.g., Enterprise Service Bus)
(2) Business performance management
(3) E-business solutions
(4) Enterprise modeling
(5) Industry solution patterns
(6) Linkage between IT services and business services
(7) Mathematical foundation of business process modeling,integration and management
(8) Security, privacy and trust in business process management
(9) Service computing process modeling, transformation and integration
(10) Service level automation and orchestration
(11) Software architecture design, development and deployment (e.g., Software as a Service)

Track 7: Security in Services
(1) Cryptography for privacy-preserving in cloud computing
(2) Privacy preserving cryptographic protocols
(3) Privacy preserving cryptographic access control
(4) Privacy preserving keyword search scheme
(5) Privacy preserving data sharing methodology
(6) Privacy preserving public auditing
(7) Privacy preserving resource usage
(8) Trusted execution environment
(9) Trustworthy infrastructures and services for cloud computing
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Submission and Publication Information:
All papers need to be submitted electronically through the conference website (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=apscc2016) with PDF format. Submitted papers must not substantially overlap with papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. Papers must be clearly presented in English, must not exceed 14 pages or 20 pages with the over length charge in Springer LNCS format, including tables, figures, references and appendixes. Papers will be selected based on their originality, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation assessed by at least three reviewers. Submission of a paper should be regarded as a commitment that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will register and attend the conference to present the work. APSCC 2016 reserves the right to exclude a paper from distribution after the conference (e.g., removal from the digital library and index service), if the paper is not presented at the conference. All accepted papers will be published by Springer LNCS (EI Indexed). One outstanding paper will be selected to receive the Best Paper Award.
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Important Dates:
(1) Workshop Proposal Deadline: Extended to April 1, 2016 (Closed)
(2) Paper Submission Deadline: July 20, 2016
(3) Author Notification: August 15, 2015
(4) Camera-ready Papers Due: September 15, 2015
(5) Conference Dates: November 16-18, 2015
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General Chairs:
Guojun Wang, Central South University, China
Rasmus Hjorth Nielsen, Movimento Group, California, USA
Rongbo Lu, Jishou University, China
Program Committee Chairs:
Yanbo Han, North China University of Technology, China
Gregorio Martinez, University of Murcia, Spain
Program Committee:
Please check the conference website for detail.
Steering Committee Chairs:
Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Liang-Jie Zhang, Kingdee International Software Group Company Limited, China
Workshop Chairs:
Jemal H. Abawajy, Deakin University, Australia
Tommaso Pecorella, Universit¨¤ di Firenze, Firenze, Italy
Qin Liu, Hunan University, China
Publicity Chairs:
Peter Mueller, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Switzerland
Md. Zakirul Alam Bhuiyan, Temple University, USA
Wenbin Jiang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Publication Chair:
Wenjun Jiang, Hunan University, China
Local Chairs:
Fang Qi, Central South University, China
Xiaofei Xing, Guangzhou University, China
Qingping Zhou, Jishou University, China
Registration Chair:
Pin Liu, Central South University, China
Conference Secretariat:
Chen Liu, North China University of Technology, China
Webmaster:
Shan Peng, Central South University, China

Contact:
Please email inquiries concerning APSCC 2016 to:
Prof. Guojun Wang: csgjwang AT gmail DOT com and the conference organizers (APSCC2016 AT gmail DOT com).
Homepage: http://trust.csu.edu.cn/faculty/~csgjwang/
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