[AISWorld] IWSECO 2011: Call for Papers

[Slinger Roijackers (Jansen)]

*** Call for Papers: Third International Workshop on Software Ecosystems
(IWSECO’11) ***
*** Managing Innovation Networks through Openness ***

http://www.softwareecosystems.org/workshop/

7th of June 2011, Brussels, Belgium (deadline: 1st of April, no extensions)

in conjunction with the The Second International Conference on Software
Business (ICSOB 2011) from June 8-10, Brussels, http://www.icsob.org

* Workshop Objective *
After a successful workshop in Virginia and another one in Denmark, IWSECO
goes to Brussels. Software vendors no longer function as independent units,
where all customers are end-users, where there are no suppliers, and where
all software is built in-house. Instead, software vendors have become
networked, i.e., software vendors are depending on (communities of) service
and software component suppliers, value-added-resellers, and pro-active
customers who build and share customizations. Software vendors now have to
consider their strategic role in the software ecosystem to survive. With
their role in the software ecosystem in mind, software vendors can become
more successful by opening up their business, devising new business models,
forging long-lasting relationships with partnership networks, and overcoming
technical and social challenges that are part of these innovations. The
focus of the first workshop was the definition of the research field. The
second workshop’s focus was the ‘ideal’ architecture of a software platform.
 The third workshop on software ecosystems focuses on the management of
software ecosystems, i.e., how a software vendor can manage its network of
partners, developers, service deliverers, and other third parties that play
a role in the software ecosystem.

Typically, software vendors have several instruments available to them for
managing their ecosystem, such as the creation of partnership models or the
introduction of component and service certification. The effects of these
decisions on the software ecosystem have not yet been made measurable, which
can be considered one of the main challenges of the field of software
ecosystems. We welcome submissions that specifically address this topic.

A software ecosystem is a set of actors functioning as a unit and
interacting with a shared market for software and services, together with
the relationships among them. These relationships are frequently underpinned
by a common technological platform or market and operate through the
exchange of information, resources and artifacts. Several challenges lie in
the research area of software ecosystems. To begin with, insightful and
scalable modeling techniques for software ecosystems currently do not exist.
Furthermore, methods are required that enable software vendors to transform
their legacy architectures to accommodate reusability of internal common
artifacts and external components and services. Finally, methods are
required that support software vendors in choosing survival strategies in
software ecosystems.

The Workshop on Software Ecosystems aims to further increase the body of
knowledge in this specific area of software reuse and software engineering
by providing a forum to exchange ideas and discuss state-of-the-art results.
It will build and shape the community of leading practitioners and research
experts. Given the relevance of software ecosystems, and the rather
unexplored scientific and industry contribution in this field, the workshop
will deliver a state-of-the-practice overview of the available knowledge on
software ecosystems, as well as an overview of challenges for further
research.

* Relevant Topics *
Submitted papers shall address topics of interest to software ecosystems and
software reuse. Topics of interest include, but are certainly not limited
to:
* Organizational openness
* Strategic benefits analyses of ecosystem management
* Partner management
* Software development governance
* Software ecosystem modeling
* Software ecosystem practices and experience
* Software business models
* Product software and software licensing
* Economic impact of software ecosystems
* Software ecosystem creation
* Keystone and niche player survival strategies
* Formal modeling of business models
* Architectural implications of reusability
* API development
* Publishing APIs
* Software product management
* Software product lines
* Software development community management
* Software ecosystem orchestration
* Market-specific domain engineering
* Open source software ecosystems
* Virtualized software enterprises
* API compatibility over subsequent releases

* Workshop proceedings *
We have no specific information about the publisher as of yet, but we are
looking for IEEE or ACM support. We are in search of a scientific journal
for publishing of extended and revised versions of the best papers. The
proceedings of 2010 were published by ACM.

* Paper preparation, submission and evaluation *
We welcome both research and industry papers to IWSECO. They must be
original and not submitted to or accepted by any other conference or
journal. To encourage industrial participation we also welcome short
industry papers and case studies. Papers should be submitted in electronic
form (PDF) using EasyChair. The proceedings will be printed using the
Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing (LNBIP) series format. More
information can be found here: http://www.springer.com/series/7911

* Objective *
IWSECO 2011 pursues the following objectives:
* Build upon the body of knowledge in software ecosystems, and identify
challenges and future avenues for research relevant for both academia and
industry.
* Establish software ecosystems as a research field within the greater field
of software engineering, software management, and software reuse.
* Provide to software product managers and researchers a dedicated forum for
exchanging ideas and best practices and thus foster industry-academia
collaboration.
The field of software ecosystems is rather unexplored both from scientific
and industrial perspectives. This mandates IWSECO to participate in bringing
researchers and industrial representatives together, for the purpose of
exchanging ideas, but also to iteratively set the research agenda based on
industry needs. The IWSECO 2011 workshop aims at continuing to increase the
body of knowledge for software ecosystems by providing a forum to exchange
ideas and publish research results. It will build and shape the community of
leading practitioners and research experts.

* Organizing Committee *
Slinger Jansen (s.jansen at cs.uu.nl)
Jan Bosch (jan at janbosch.com)
Faheem Ahmed (f.ahmed at uaeu.ac.ae)
Piers Campbell (p.campbell at uaeu.ac.ae)

* Steering Committee *
Jan Bosch (jan at janbosch.com)
 Sjaak Brinkkemper (s.brinkkemper at cs.uu.nl)

* Important dates *
1. April 2011: Deadline for workshop submissions
1. May 2011: Notification of authors
1. June 2011: Camera-ready papers due
7. June 2011: The International Workshop on Software Ecosystems
All deadlines are 23:59 Apia, Samoa time

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Slinger Jansen (Roijackers)
Utrecht University
PO Box 80.089
3508TB Utrecht
The Netherlands
http://www.slingerjansen.nl
0031 6 19 884 880
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