Announcing: 1st European Young Researchers WS on Service Oriented Computing

["Huhns, Michael" <huhns@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Announcement
YR-SOC, 2005
The First=A0European Young Researchers Workshop on Service Oriented =
Computing
http://www.cse.dmu.ac.uk/YRSOC/
21-22 April 2005,
De Montfort University
Leicester, UK.
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INTRODUCTION
The 2005=A0European Young Researchers Workshop on Service Oriented =
Computing (SOC) is a first attempt=A0to bring together PhD students and =
those who completed their doctoral studies within the past few years. =
Attendance at the workshop is open to all. The aim of the workshop is to =
build a reputable and respectable forum for young researchers in UK and =
Europe with inputs from industry practitioners.  The core objectives are =
to exchange information regarding advancements in the state of the art =
and practice of SOC, as well as to identify the emerging research topics =
and define the future trends in this domain. It is also planned to have =
4 invited speakers to share their expert opinions on various aspects of =
SOC.
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YR-SOC presentations will be selected according to originality,   =
significance, and general interest. Selections will be on the basis of =
submitted 2-page abstracts. A booklet with the abstracts of the accepted =
presentations will be available at the workshop. After the workshop, the =
author(s) of each presentation will be invited to submit a full 10-15 =
page paper on the same topic. They will also be asked to write =
(anonymous) reviews of papers submitted by other authors on related =
topics; further reviewing, and the final selection of papers, will be =
carried out by the organisers.  The volume of selected papers from the =
workshop will be published as a technical report (a suitable publisher =
will be found) by the end of August' 2005. Authors will retain =
copyright, and are also encouraged to disseminate the results reported =
at YR-SOC by subsequent publication elsewhere. The workshop is partly =
funded by EPSRC.=20
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SCOPE:
 The word ''service'' here encompasses web services, semantic web =
services and e-services. Topics of interest include, but are not limited =
to, the following:=20

- Mathematical foundations of SOC
- Data management issues in SOC
- Frameworks for building SOC applications=20
- Composite SOC creation and enabling infrastructures (e.g., workflow =
technology)=20
- SOC composition, orchestration, and choreography=20
- SOC modeling & design=20
- Semantic Web, ontologies, and SOC=20
- Agents and SOC
- Dynamic invocation mechanisms for SOC=20
- Contractual issues between provider and consumer of SOC=20
- Version management in SOC=20
- Customization of SOC=20
- SOC architecture=20
- SOC negotiation & agreement=20
- SOC discovery & selection=20
- UDDI and SOAP enhancements=20
- SOC and process management
- Trust, security & privacy in SOC=20
- Scalability and performance of SOC=20
- SOC standards and technologies=20
- Automatic computing for SOC infrastructure=20
- Wireless web, mobility, and SOC=20
- SOC based Grid Computing and peer to peer computing=20
- SOC based applications for e-commerce=20
- Quality of service for SOC=20
- Multimedia applications using SOC=20
- Economics and pricing models of utility computing and SOC=20
- Resource management of SOC=20
- Solution management for SOC=20
- Adoption of SOC by organizations=20
- Case studies on SOC based applications=20
- Analysis, testing, and verification of Services

Important Dates (all in 2005)
10 March: Firm deadline for 2-page abstract submission
30 March: Notification of abstract selection decision=20
10 April: Final version of abstract due
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21 -22 April YR- SOC
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30 May: Firm deadline for 10-15 page paper submission
15 July: Notification of paper selection decision
30 July: Final version of paper due
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Paper Submission
2-page abstracts. may be submitted by emailing them to Monika Solanki, =
Barry Norton. In the same email, please mention a (tentative) one liner =
theme or title of your research/thesis and the current stage of your =
research (e.g. 2nd year). If you have completed your doctoral thesis, =
please mention the year of completion.=20
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Location and Organization=20
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 Leicester is centrally located, the largest city in the East Midlands =
and the tenth largest in the country. Leicester's history goes back to =
the Iron Age. Its importance was first recognized by the Romans and =
later by the Danes, who used it as a strategic stronghold to control the =
Midlands. Since then it has developed into a major commercial and =
manufacturing centre, known better for the diversity of its trade than =
for its dependence on a single industry.=20
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The workshop will be held at STRL, De Montfort University. DMU is a =
dynamic organization, formed from a diverse range of specialist =
institutions. Its long history of excellent teaching, learning and =
research is founded in the technical and trade education of the late =
19th Century. Accommodation may be available in newly built halls of =
residence and also in a small selection of good quality hotels. A full =
social program drawing on the culture of the area will complement the =
scientific event.
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Organizing Committee
Monika Solanki, DMU
Barry Norton, University of Sheffield
Jose Luiz Fiaderio University of Leciester
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