-------------- 3rd WoSS | Call for Papers ---------------
Workshop on Software Services:
Semantic-based software services

organized as satellite workshop of FedCSIS
Szczecin, Poland

September 19-21, 2011
http://sprers.eu/events/3rd-woss
http://woss.fedcsis.org

-------------- AIM ---------------
WoSS intends to be an open forum for academics, practitioners,
and vendors, allowing them to discuss the current trends
as well as scientific and technological challenges in software services.

The third edition is dedicated to Semantic-based Software Services
and is partially supported by FP7-ICT SPRERS and mOSAIC projects.

-------------- Topics --------------
# semantic Web technologies and standards
# semantic representations and ontologies
# semantic aware application tools
# semantic enabled middleware
# semantic collaborative research environments
# semantic interoperability of software services
# interoperability of semantic artifacts
# semantic web for clouds
# scalable reasoning for semantic web
# web scale querying and searching
# management of semantic streams
# sematic analysis of text streams
# information and service economy
# entreprise architectures and services
# context-aware computing
# service-based autonomic computing
# dynamic discovery, matching and composition of services
# quality of services and non-functional aspects
# negotiation and service-level agreements
# software service business models
# software engineering techniques for building semantic middleware
# techniques for accessing linked data

------ Paper submission and publication -----
Authors should submit draft papers using IEEE style through submission portal.
The total length of a paper should not exceed 8 pages.
Papers will be refereed and accepted on the basis of their scientific merit
and relevance to the workshop.
Accepted and presented paper will be published in the conference proceedings
available during the event and will be included in the IEEE Xplore database.
Extended versions of selected papers will be published in a special issue
from March 2012 of the Scalable Computing: Practice and Experience journal.

-------------- Support for participants -------
The participants to the workshop from new member states,
authors of accepted papers of the workshop,
are entitled to apply for the reimbursement of
the travel, accommodation and conference fees.
Support is also provided for representatives
of FP7-ICT projects under Objective 1.2.

-------------- Important dates: ------------
Extended deadline: June 19, 2011
Authors notifications: June 30, 2011
Application for SPRERS support: July 15, 2011
Applicant notifications: July 20, 2011
Registration: July 31, 2011
Workshop participation: September 19-21, 2011
Proceeding publication: September 19, 2011
Extended versions of selected papers in a journal: February 28, 2012