ICWS 2018 has obtained approval from the following journals to organize special issues based on extended versions of top ICWS papers:
ICWS 2018 Call for Papers
Theme: Internet/Web Based Services

Special Issue in IEEE Transactions on Services Computing (TSC) (Impact Factor: 3.52; Indexed by SCI & EI),
Special Issues in Services Transactions on Services Computing (STSC),
Special Issues in International Journal of Web Services Research (JWSR)(Indexed by SCI & EI),
Special Issues in International Journal of Business Process Integration and Management (IJBPIM).

Selected accepted papers will be invited to submit extended versions to special issues of TSC, IJSC, JWSR, and IJBPIM.

ICWS 2018 program committee invites you to participate in the 25th edition of ICWS, to be held on June 25 - June 30, 2018, Seattle, USA

The International Conference on Web Services (ICWS) has been a prime international forum for researchers, academics, businesses, industry, and standard bodies to exchange the latest fundamental advances in the state of the art and practice of Web-based services, identify emerging research topics, and define the future of Web-based services. Internet/Web-based services are not limited to Web services. In 2018, we will strive to advance the largest international professional forum on Internet/Web-based services. The Proceedings of ICWS is EI indexed.

ICWS 2018 will co-locate with the following service-oriented sister conferences: the 11th International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD 2018), the 15th International Conference on Services Computing (SCC 2018), the 7th International Congress on Big Data (BigData Congress 2018), the 7th International Conference on AI & Mobile Services (AIMS 2018), and the 14th World Congress on Services (SERVICES 2018). The 6 co-located theme topic conferences will all center around "services," while each focusing on exploring different themes (web-based services, cloud-based services, Big Data-based services, services innovation lifecycle, AI-driven ubiquitous services, and industry-specific services as well as emerging service-oriented technologies).

From technology foundation perspective, Services Computing has become the default discipline in the modern services industry. As a major implementation technology for modernizing services industry, Web services are Internet-based programmable application components published using standard interface description languages and universally available via uniform communication protocols. In its 23th version, the program of ICWS 2018 will continue to feature research papers with a wide range of topics, focusing on various aspects of Web-based services. Some of the topics include Web services specifications and enhancements, Web services discovery and integration, Web services QoS (e.g., security, performance, reliability, fault tolerance, etc.), Web services standards and formalizations, Web services modeling, Web services engineering, Web services testing, Web services-based applications and solutions, Web services realizations, semantics in Web services, Web services supporting Cloud Computing, Web services lifecycle management, and all aspects of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) infrastructure and middleware.

The technical program of ICWS 2018 will include a Research Track, an Application Track, and a Short Paper Track. The ICWS 2018 tracks seeks original, UNPUBLISHED research papers reporting substantive new work in various aspects of Internet/Web based services. Research Track papers MUST clearly indicate their contributions to the field of Web-based services. All papers MUST properly cite related work in the field, such as those published in the proceedings of ICWS, SCC, CLOUD, AIMS, BigData Congress, SERVICES, APSCC, ECOWS, and related journals including TSC, JWSR, IJSC, and IJBPIM (see Literature Recommendations page).

All topics relevant to Internet/Web based services are of interest. ICWS 2018 will organize refereed paperreviews in 7 research areas (themes):
Services Discovery, Selection and Recommendation
Service publishing
Service search engine
Collaborative filtering
Service mining
Service recommendation
Services Composition
Automatic service composition
Scientific workflows
Business process integration and management
Service coordination and cooperation
Service selection and composition
Service orchestration and choreography for the future Internet
Service-based data integration
Services QoS Management
Quality-of-Service (QoS) modeling and management
Service QoS evaluation and prediction
Autonomic services
Web services testing
Service management and governance
Performance aspects of cloud and service virtualization
Validation and testing for Web services
Service monitoring
Services reliability management
Service level agreements
Services Security, Privacy and Trust
Internet service security
Privacy and trust
Dependable and secure services
Encryption, authentication and authorization
Interactions with underlying protocols
Services Applications beyond the Web
Service implementation and deployment
Data-centric big services
Web services for Internet of Things
Mobile Web services
Social services
Scientific service
Grid and utility services
Embedded services
Cloud services
Personalized services
Embedded services systems
Internet-based Services
Web 2.0 and Web X.0 in Web services
XaaS (everything as a service)
Cloud Computing for Internet-based services
Big Data for Internet-based services
Social network as services
RESTful Web services
Other applications
Semantic Services
Semantic Web services
Semantic service modeling
Semantics-based service discovery
Semantics-based service composition
Service Oriented Software Engineering
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Service specification and modeling
Service evolution
Service Oriented Software Engineering methodologies
Future of Software Engineering for/in the Cloud
Engineering mobile service oriented systems
Formal methods in services
Empirical research in/for service-oriented systems engineering
Software engineering for adaptive service-oriented systems

All submitted manuscripts will be peer-reviewed by at least 3 program committee members. Accepted and presented papers from all ICWS tracks will appear in the conference proceedings.

Submitted Research Track and Application Track manuscripts will be limited to 8 (SCF Proceedings style) pages and REQUIRED to be formatted using the SCF Proceedings template. Submitted Short Paper track manuscripts will be limited to 4 (SCF Proceedings style) pages. Unformatted papers and papers beyond the page limit may not be reviewed. Electronic submission of manuscripts (in PDF or Word format) is required. Detailed instructions for electronic paper preparation and submission, panel proposals, tutorial proposals, workshop proposals, and review process can be found at http://icws.org/2018/.

At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register to the conference and present the paper. One Best Paper award and one Best Student Paper award will be granted at ICWS 2018. The first author of the best student paper must be a full-time student.

Manuscripts submitted to the Research Track focusing on application or solution descriptions may be recommended to the Application Track or other tracks for further consideration if the session slots are available.
Important Dates:
Research Track:
Abstract Submission Deadline: February 6, 2018
Full Paper Submission Due Date: February 6, 2018
Decision Notification (Electronic): April 10, 2018
Camera-Ready Copy Due Date & Pre-registration Due: April 24, 2018

Application Track:
Abstract Submission Deadline: February 6, 2018
Full Paper Submission Due Date: February 6, 2018
Decision Notification (Electronic): April 10, 2018
Camera-Ready Copy Due Date & Pre-registration Due: April 24, 2018

Short Paper Track:
Abstract Submission Deadline: February 16, 2018
Full Paper Submission Due Date: February 16, 2018
Decision Notification (Electronic): April 17, 2018
Camera-Ready Copy Due Date & Pre-registration Due: April 24, 2018
Review Policy

SCF Policy and professional ethics require that referees treat the contents of papers under review as privileged information not to be disclosed to others before publication. It is expected that no one with access to a paper under review will make any inappropriate use of the special knowledge, which that access provides. Contents of abstracts submitted to conference program committees should be regarded as privileged as well, and handled in the same manner. The Conference Publications Chair shall ensure that referees adhere to this practice.

Organizers of SCF conferences are expected to provide an appropriate forum for the oral presentation and discussion of all accepted papers. An author, in offering a paper for presentation at a SCF conference, or accepting an invitation to present a paper, is expected to be present at the meeting to deliver the paper. In the event that circumstances unknown at the time of submission of a paper preclude its presentation by an author, the program chair should be informed on time, and appropriate substitute arrangements should be made. In some cases it may help reduce no-shows for the Conference to require advance registration together with the submission of the final manuscript.

About the Services Society
The Services Society (SS) is a non-profit professional organization that has been created to promote worldwide research and technical collaboration in Services Computing (SC) among academia and industrial professionals. Its members are volunteers from industry and academia with common interests. SS is registered in the USA as a "501(c) organization", which means that it is an American tax-exempt nonprofit organization." SS collaborates with other professional organizations such as the IEEE to sponsor conferences and to promote an effective services curriculum in colleges and universities. The SS initiates and promotes a "Services University" program worldwide to bridge the gap between industrial needs and university instruction.

Contact Information
If you have any questions or queries on ICWS 2018, please send email to icws AT ServicesSociety.org or visit http://www.icws.org/2018.

Please join us at SERVICES Computing Community (http://services.oc.ieee.org/) . Press the "Register" button to apply for a FREE IEEE Web Account. As a member, you will be permitted to login and participate in the community. This invitation allows you to join a community designed to facilitate collaboration among a group while minimizing e-mails to your inbox. As a registered member of the Services Computing Community, you can also access the IEEE Body of Knowledge on Services Computing [Link].


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