[AISWorld] Call for Papers: The Eighth Asia-Pacific Services Computing Conference (APSCC 2014)

[Nuno Laranjeiro]

APSCC2014 Call for Papers

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The Eighth Asia-Pacific Services Computing Conference (APSCC 2014)

December 4-6, 2014, Fuzhou, China

http://grid.hust.edu.cn/apscc2014/
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Conference Outline
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The services computing is a new cross-discipline that covers the science and technology needed to bridge the gap between business services and IT/telecommunication services. The goal of services computing is to develop new computing technology and thereby enable more advanced IT/telecommunication services to support business services more efficiently and effectively. APSCC 2014 is an important forum for researchers and industry practitioners to exchange information regarding advancements in the state of art and practice of IT/telecommunication-driven business services and application services, as well as to identify emerging research topics and define the future directions of Services Computing.


Topics of Interest
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-Business Process Integration and Management
-Cloud/Utility/Web Computing/BigData
-Foundations of Services Computing
-Social/P2P/Mobile/Ubiquitous/Pervasive Computing
-Service-centric Computing Models
-Integration of telecommunication SOA and Web services
-Security in Services
-Applications


Important Dates
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Paper submission:  		July 1st  2014
First round notification:	Aug. 10th 2014
Revised version due: 		Aug. 30th 2014
Second round notification:	Sept. 20th 2014


Publications
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The International Journal of Web Services Research (JWSR, SCI-indexed) has confirmed to provide a special issue for supporting the publication of APSCC2014 papers. Based on the review results, a fraction of the top-ranked accepted papers (more than 15 papers) will be published by JWSR after revision. According to Thomson Scientific, JWSR is listed in the 2008 Journal Citation Report with an SCI Impact Factor of 1.200. The journal ranks #47 of 99 in the Computer Science, Information Systems and ranks #37 of 86 in Computer Science, Software Engineering. 

All the other accepted papers will be published in the EI-indexed journals including the International Journal of Computational Science and Engineering (IJCSE) and the International Journal of Embedded Systems (IJES) after revision.

Special Issues:
The International Journal of Web Services Research (JWSR)  SCI-indexed
International Journal of Computational Science and Engineering (IJCSE)  EI-indexed
International Journal of Embedded Systems (IJES) EI-indexed

Submissions Formatting 
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All the submitted manuscripts will be limited to 8 (IEEE Proceedings style) pages and REQUIRED to be formatted using the IEEE Proceedings template in WORD or in Latex. The submitted papers can only be in the format of PDF or WORD. At least one author of each accepted paper is required to attend the conference and present the paper. 
An electronically submitted abstract will be required prior to the submission of the full paper. Electronic submission of manuscripts (in PDF or Word formats) is required. Submissions should include paper title, abstract, names of authors, their affiliations, and emails addresses. 


Submission sites
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Please use the following link for APSCC 2014 paper submission:
http://confhub.com/conf.php?id=351
 
Note: 
1)       For new users, please first click the "Sign Up " link to create a New Account. 
2)       The conference tag is:  2014APSCC-JWSR


Conference Organization
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Steering Chairs
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Hai Jin, Huazhong Univ. of Sci. and Tech., China
Liang-jie Zhang, Kingdee International Software Group Company Limited, China

General Chair
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Stephen S. Yau, Arizona State University, USA

Program Committee Chairs
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Hanhua Chen, Huazhong Univ. of Sci. and Tech., China
Kuan-Ching Li, Providence University, Taiwan
Jia Zhang, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Publicity Chair
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Wenbing Jiang, Huazhong Univ. of Sci. and Tech., China

Special Tracks Chair
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Zibin Zheng, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong