Service-oriented computing (SOC) is considered today a key enabler for
the development of robust and high-quality intelligent Internet-scale
distributed applications. Extensive research and development in the past
few years has pushed SOC technology into state-of-the-art applications
in emerging areas such as Cloud computing, Internet-of-Things (IoT),
Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, Cyber-Physical Systems
(CPSs), Mobile-Edge Computing, Social computing as well as mobile and
enterprise systems.
However, many of the critical components on building reliable,
robust, and user-centric, cloud-based service-oriented architecture
applications and systems are still open for research. Hence, it is time
to face new service-oriented architecture
(SOA) research opportunities by addressing new research challenges
on emerging applications domains like smart cities, smart logistics,
smart factories and e-Health, just to mention a few.
Many of the service components are deployed on resource-limited
embedded systems and are performance sensitive; others are deployed on
cloud servers providing highly parallel services and on edge servers in
the middle of resource-limited systems and high-end servers. Edge
servers and clouds are connected through various types of networks,
including emerging network function virtualization services. These
components are part of complex applications and systems that span
multiple execution environments. Their capabilities are increasingly
being managed and (re)configured via emerging software-defined and
elasticity mechanisms. In addition, they have to interact with humans in
order to obtain useful human-sensing data and solve complex problems.
Thus, on the one hand, SOC may provide effective solutions for
managing the ever-increasing complexity while meeting the challenging
requirements of services on largely distributed, heterogeneous and
dynamic resource environments. On the other hand, the exploitation of
emerging trends in such environments to build SOC applications and
systems for large-scale service-based systems is an open research
challenge.
The 2017 IEEE International Conference on Service-Oriented Computing
and Applications (SOCA 2017 http://conferences.computer.org/soca/)
provides an international forum for researchers from multiple
disciplines to exchange and share their experiences, ideas, and latest
research results on all aspects of service-oriented computing. The
conference includes three days of parallel-track program, special-topic
workshops, keynotes and tutorials, and panel discussion.
We invite submissions of high-quality papers describing fully
developed results or ongoing work on the following topics and related
areas:
-Service-oriented architectures, engineering, and applications
-Cloud-based service systems
-SOCA in IoT and Cyber-Physical Systems
-Service Models and Applications for Mobile-Edge Computing
-Service coordination techniques in IoT and cloud environments
-SOC-based smart process and workflow management
-Configurable, reconfigurable and software-defined service middleware
-Data analytics and data services in and for SOC-based systems
-IoT and data marketplaces
-Smart data and service contracts
-Cognitive computing techniques for SOCA
-Social computing for and atop SOCA
-SOCA development, deployment and testing tools and methodologies
-Security and privacy for SOCA
-Dependable and trustworthy SOCA
-SOCA for smart applications (cities, transportation systems, factories, homes and offices, etc.)
