3nd International Symposium on Web Services - Dubai UAE

Call for Papers The 3nd International Symposium on Web Services (previously the UAE Symposium on Web Services) Zayed University, Dubai, U.A.E April 21-22, 2010 www.zu.ac.ae/wss Web services are a major technology for deploying loosely-coupled, cross-enterprise business applications. Various standards support this deployment including WSDL, UDDI, and WS. In general, composing Web services rather than accessing a single Web service provides better benefits to users. The previous edition of the symposium (http://www.zu.ac.ae/wss) attracted a good number of participants from both communities academia and industry. The 2010 edition will feature this time keynote presentations, paper presentations, PhD sessions, and special sessions on other topics related to Web services such as open source. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Semantic Web services Context-aware Web services Composition approaches for Web services Security of Web services Software agents for Web services composition Applications of Web services to E-business Ontologies and Languages for Service Description INTENDED AUDIENCE The intended audience includes researchers who are in the field of service-oriented computing along with its different technologies such as Web services and Grid services; 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 research works 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 Submitted papers should contain original, previously unpublished content, should be written in English, and must not be simultaneously submitted for publication elsewhere.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 be about 2500 words including references and figures (approx. 5 to 6 pages). The papers should be sent no later than January 31, 2010 to emad.bataineh@zu.ac.ae or fahim.akhter@zu.ac.ae Submission Deadline: January 31, 2010 Author Notification: February 28, 2010 Camera Ready Submission Deadline: March 21, 2010 Registration for paper presentation and inclusion in the proceedings: April 3, 2010 Symposium: April 21-22, 2010 SPECIAL SESSIONS In addition to the symposium regular-agenda, there will be two special sessions. The first session is about OPEN SOURCE and will discuss the latest training, awareness campaigns, and developments, in this field and how universities could integrate it into their curricula. The session will feature a keynote presentation following by a panel discussion. The second session is about PHD research works. PHD students are invited to expose their projects and expect feedback from the audience. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Emad Bataineh (chair) emad.bataineh@zu.ac.ae Fahim Akhter (co-chair) fahim.akhter@zu.ac.ae Zakaria Maamar Leon Jololian