Web services are a major technology for supporting automated interactions between distributed and heterogeneous applications. Various standards are associated with Web services in terms of definition, advertisement to potential users, and binding for invocation purposes. In general, composing Web services rather than accessing a single Web service is essential and provides better benefits to users.

The 2014 edition of the WSS will be organized in Sfax, Tunisia on December 27th and 28th by the Multimedia, and InfoRmation systems and Advanced Computing Laboratory (Mir@cl), Sfax University, Tunisia in partnership with Zayed University.WSS’2014 aims to offer a forum for scientists, engineers, and practitioners to present their latest research, results, ideas, developments, and applications of Web services. It will feature keynote presentations, paper presentations, special sessions, and demonstrations.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

1- Foundations of Services

Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Service specification and modeling
Service selection and composition
Service monitoring
Service QoS evaluation and prediction
Semantic Web services

2- Services in the Cloud

XaaS (everything as a service including IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS)
Service Integration and Orchestration in the Cloud
Cloud Service Management
Software Engineering Models, Methods and Methodologies for XaaS
Cloud Workflow Management
Cloud Brokers and Coordination across Multiple Resource Managers

3- Services in Organizations, Business and Society

Social Networks and Services
SOA based Business Process Modeling
Applications of services to E-business and E-government
Supporting Enterprise Application Integration with services
Pervasive and Mobile Services
Internet of Things

INTENDED AUDIENCE

The intended audience includes researchers working on Web services, Grid services, and related technologies; students interested in these topics; developers of commercial Web services standards (such as those engaged in these activities at W3C and OASIS); and commercial software developers who are investigating how to achieve greater flexibility and automation in the delivery of Web services.

SUBMISSION, DATES & REGISTRATION

Submissions of high quality papers describing research results or on-going work are solicited. Submitted papers should contain original, previously unpublished content, should be written in English, and must not be simultaneously submitted for publication elsewhere.
Submitted papers will be refereed by at least three reviewers for quality, correctness, originality, and relevance. Accepted papers will be presented at the symposium and included in the proceedings. Acceptance of a paper is contingent on one author presenting the paper at the symposium.
Submitted papers should not exceed 12 pages in LNCS format. All papers should be submitted through the easychair website.

Extended versions of selected papers will be published in a special issue of Service Oriented Computing and Applications (SOCA), http://www.editorialmanager.com/soca/

Abstract Submission: September 25, 2014
Paper Submission: September 30, 2014
Paper Authors Notification: October 30, 2014
Camera Ready and Registration: November 5, 2014