WORKSHOP ON APPLICATIONS OF SOFTWARE SERVICES (ASOS09)


In conjunction with 17th Int. Conference on Systems Integration 2009,
Prague, Czech Republic, June 5, 2009


Paper Submission Due: April 20th, 2009


OBJECTIVES

Web-based software services are gaining acceptance in a growing number of application areas replacing traditional approaches to software design, development and deployment, and redefining the very basis on which the software industry has operated for decades. Simultaneously, the convergence of various types of software service models such as SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) and PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) with Web 2.0 technologies is fostering novel service ecosystems like Web-based service communities, service value networks or electronic service markets. These disruptive developments are presenting new opportunities and challenges and require interdisciplinary research effort to develop new models and approaches that leverage technical capabilities of Web-based software services as well as the socio-economic characteristics of their applications.


The ASOS09 workshop focuses on applications of software services, in particular on concepts, methods and technologies that bridge the gap between software service technologies and the socio-economic environments they are empowering. The goal of the workshop is to foster interdisciplinary communication and bring together researchers and practitioners from various fields to share their vision of the future of software services.


WORKSHOP TOPICS

Contributions might include position statements, case studies and original research on application of software services and related enabling technologies. Workshop topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following:


1. • Service value networks
2. • Collaboration services
3. • Human-based eServices
4. • Service communities
5. • Software services in virtual organisations and dynamic organisational networks
6. • Electronic service markets
7. • Participational Web and service mashups
8. • Service cloud ecosystems
9. • Cloud service models (e.g. SaaS, PaaS)
10. • Case studies of software services applications

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

Authors are invited to submit original, previously unpublished research papers in English that must not exceed 12 pages for full papers or 4 pages for position papers. Papers should be formatted as per instructions for authors (using the Microsoft Word template provided) and submitted electronically via the workshop management tool:


https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/ASOS2009/


All submissions will be peer-reviewed by the members of the international program committee. Paper acceptance will be based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of presentation. Accepted papers will be included in the workshop proceedings, and the proceedings will be made available prior to the workshop on the workshop website. Final versions of accepted full-papers will be published in a special issue of the journal Systemova Integrace (published by the Czech Society for Systems Integration).


At least one author of an accepted paper must register and participate in the workshop. Registration is subject to the terms and conditions of the main conference as stated on the conference website http://si.vse.cz/.


IMPORTANT DATES

1. • Paper Submission Due: April 20th 2009
2. • Notification of Acceptance: May 11th, 2009
3. • Camera-Ready Copy Due: May 25th, 2009
4. • Workshop Date: June 5th, 2009


PROGRAM COMMITTEE*

1.

• Schahram Dustdar, Technical University of Vienna, AT
2.

• Frédérique Biennier, INSA de Lyon, FR
3.

• Tone Bratteteig, University of Oslo, NO
4.

• Alena Buchalcevova, Prague University of Economics, CZ
5.

• Robert Castaneda, CustomWare , AUS
6.

• Vincenzo D'andrea, University of Trento, IT
7.

• George Feuerlicht, Sydney University of Technology, AU
8.

• Stefan Fischer, University of Luebeck, DE
9.

• Shyam Govardhan, Google, AU
10.

• Tsipi Heart, Ben-Gurion University, IL
11.

• Thomas Herrmann, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, DE
12.

• Jaroslav Jandos, Prague University of Economics, CZ
13.

• Tomas Kozel, University of Hradec Kralove, CZ
14.

• Bernd Krämer, Fernuniversität Hagen, DE
15.

• Winfried Lamersdorf, University of Hamburg, DE
16.

• Kelvin Lawrence, IBM, US
17.

• Tiziana Margaria-Steffen, University of Potsdam , DE
18.

• E. Michael Maximilien, IBM Almaden Research, US
19.

• Harald Meyer, HPI Potsdam, DE
20.

• Christos Nicolau, University of Crete, GR
21.

• Guadalupe Ortiz Bellot, University of Extremadura, ES
22.

• Thomas Risse, L3S Research Center, DE
23.

• Karel Richta, Charles University, CZ
24.

• Norbert Ritter, University of Hamburg, DE
25.

• Subbu Subramanian, Facebook, US
26.

• Stefan Tai, Karlsruhe University (TH), US
27.

• Willem-Jan van den Heuvel, Tilburg University, NL
28.

• Gianluigi Viscusi, Milan Bicocca, IT
29.

• Jim, Webber ThoughtWorks, UK
30.

• Christian Werner, University of Luebeck, DE
31.

• Christian Zirpins, University of Karlsruhe (TH), DE


*Candidates, confirmation pending


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

1. • Christian Zirpins, University of Karlsruhe (TH), Germany
2. • George Feuerlicht, Prague University of Economics, Czech Republic
3. • Alena Buchalcevova, Prague University of Economics, Czech Republic
4. • Winfried Lamersdorf , University of Hamburg, Germany


For further questions please e-mail to: jirif@vse.cz