International Conference on Web Services (ICWS 2021)
http://icws.org/2021 , December 10 - 14, 2021

Theme: Web-based Services for Digital Transformation

Founded in 2003, the International Conference on Web Services (ICWS) has been a prime international forum for both researchers and industry practitioners 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. All topics regarding Web-centric services, enabling technologies and applications align with the theme of ICWS. ICWS 2018 was successfully held on June 25 - June 30, 2018, Seattle, USA. ICWS 2019 was successfully held on June 25-30, 2019, San Diego, USA. ICWS 2020 was successfully held virtually on Internet on September 18 - 20, 2020. In 2021, we will celebrate ICWS' 19-year-old birthday, to strive to advance the international professional forum on Web-centric services, and their enabling technologies and applications.

ICWS 2021 is a member of Services Conference Federation (SCF). SCF 2021 will have the following 10 collocated service-oriented sister conferences: 2021 International Conference on Web Services (ICWS 2021), 2021 International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD 2021), 2021 International Conference on Services Computing (SCC 2021), 2021 International Conference on Big Data (BigData 2021), 2021 International Conference on AI & Mobile Services (AIMS 2021), and 2021 World Congress on Services (SERVICES 2021), 2021 International Conference on Internet of Things (ICIOT 2021), 2021 International conference on Cognitive Computing (ICCC 2021), 2021 International Conference on Edge Computing (EDGE 2021), and 2021 International Conference on Blockchain (ICBC 2021).

Started in 2003, the long-term goal of ICWS is to build up the most reputable conference for the international community on Internet and Web-based services. It is very clear that the ICWS belongs to everyone. As the founding member of the Services Conference Federation (SCF), the first International Conference on Web Services (ICWS) was held in June 2003 in Las Vegas, USA. Meanwhile, the First International Conference on Web Services - Europe 2003 (ICWS-Europe 2003) was held in Germany in October 2003. ICWS-Europe'03 is an extended event of the 2003 International Conference on Web Services (ICWS 2003) in Europe. In 2004, ICWS-Europe was changed to the European Conference on Web Services (ECOWS), which was held at Erfurt, Germany.

Sponsored by Services Society and Springer, SCF 2018 and SCF 2019 were held successfully in Seattle and San Diego, USA. SCF 2020 was held successfully online and in Shenzhen, China. To celebrate its 19-year-old birthday, SCF 2021 will be held on December 10 - 14, 2021.

The Proceedings of ICWS 2021 will be published in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) by Springer International Publishing AG. Currently the Abstracting and Indexing services covered by Springer’s data feeds for LNCS proceedings include ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index (included in Web of Science), Engineering Index EI (Compendex and Inspec databases), DBLP, Google Scholar, IO-Port, MathSciNet, Scopus, and ZBlMath. The Best Paper Awards will be sponsored by Springer, which is a leading global scientific, technical and medical portfolio, providing researchers in academia, scientific institutions and corporate R&D departments with quality content through innovative information, products and services.

Extended versions of selected papers will be invited for special issues in the Services Transactions on Internet of Things (STIOT), Services Transactions on Big Data (STBD), Services Transactions on Services Computing (STSC), Services Transactions on Cloud Computing (STCC), International Journal of Web Services Research (JWSR), and International Journal of Business Process Integration and Management (IJBPIM). JWSR is indexed by SCI and EI [Link].

ICWS 2021 organizing committee invites you to participate in 2021 edition of ICWS, to be held on December 10 - 14, 2021.

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. The program of ICWS 2020 will continue to feature research papers with a wide range of topics, focusing on various aspects of Internet and web-based services . Some of the topics include Web services discovery and composition, Web services specifications and enhancements, 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 2021 will include a Research Track, an Application Track, and a Short Paper Track. The ICWS 2021 tracks seeks original, UNPUBLISHED research papers reporting substantive new work in various aspects of web-based services. Research Track papers MUST clearly indicate their contributions to the field of web-based technologies, applications and solutions. All papers MUST properly cite related work in the field, such as those published in the proceedings of ICWS, SCC, CLOUD, SERVICES, BigData, ICIOT, ICBC, EDGE, APSCC, ECOWS, and related journals including STBD, JWSR, STSC, STCC, STIOT and IJBPIM (see Literature Recommendations page).

All topics relevant to Internet/Web based services are of interest. ICWS 2021 will organize refereed paper reviews in the following 16 research areas (themes) :

- Web-based Systems
- Web-based Services
- Web Programming
- Web Content Creation
- Social Networking Services
- Semantic Web
- Web Protocols
- Web Caching and Buffering
- Web and XML
- Industry Specific Site Building
- Web Testing and Stagging
- Web User Experience
- Thin Client Programming
- Rich Client Programming
- 5G Web Technology
- Web Security and Privacy
- Web Services on Metaverse

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 15 (LNCS Proceedings style) pages and REQUIRED to be formatted using the LNCS Proceedings template ( WORD , Latex ). Submitted Short Paper track manuscripts will be limited to 8 (LNCS Proceedings style) pages. The authors can extend a maximum of 2 pages for each paper but will have to pay extra fees for each extra page. Unformatted papers and papers beyond the maximum 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 conference site.

The Proceedings of ICWS 2021 will be published in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) by Springer International Publishing AG. For all 10 collocated conferences of SCF 2021, the content of this proceedings volume will be made freely accessible to anyone in the Springer’s digital library after four years upon publication.

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 2021. The Best Paper Awards will be sponsored by Services Society and Springer, which is a leading global scientific, technical and medical portfolio, providing researchers in academia, scientific institutions and corporate R&D departments with quality content through innovative information, products and services. The first author of the best student paper must be a full-time student.

Manuscripts submitted to the Research Track focusing on applications or solutions may be recommended to the Application Track or other tracks for further consideration if the session slots are available.

ICWS 2021 Submission

ICWS 2021 Research Track:
https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=28211&track=105697

ICWS 2021 Application and Industry Track:
https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=28211&track=105696

ICWS 2021 Short Paper Track:
https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=28211&track=105698

ICWS 2021 Special Track:
https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=28211&track=108705

For other co-located conferences, you can find detailed submission instructions and links from the Submission page.

Research Track/Application Track/Short Paper Track/Special Track:

Services Conference Federation (SCF 2021)

General Chairs
Dr. Wu Chou, Vice President-Artificial Intelligence & Software at Essenlix Corporation
Prof. Calton Pu, Georgia Tech (Co-Chair)
Prof. Dimitrios Georgakopoulos, Swinburne University of Technology

Program Chair
Dr. Liang-Jie Zhang, Kingdee International Software Group Co., Ltd
Dr. Ali Arsanjani, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

CFO
Dr. Min Luo, Georgia Tech

Industry Track Chairs
Dr. Awel Dico, Senior Manager - Enterprise Architecture at Etihad Airways
Dr. Rajesh Subramanyan, Director Engineering Siemens Healthcare
Mr. Siva Kantamneni, Principal / Partner at Deloitte Consulting

Industry Exhibit and International Affairs Chair
Dr. Zhixiong Chen, Mercy College

Operations Committee
Dr. Jing Zeng, China Gridcom Co., Ltd
Dr. Yishuang Ning, Tsinghua University
Dr. Sheng He, Tsinghua University

Steering Committee
Prof. Calton Pu, Georgia Tech (Co-Chair)
Dr. Liang-Jie Zhang, Kingdee International Software Group Co., Ltd (Co-Chair)

ICWS 2021 Program Committee

General Chairs
Prof. Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Prof. Xiaoqing Liu, Southern Illinois University

Program Chairs
Prof. Cheng-Zhong Xu, University of Macau
Prof. Yunni Xia, Chongqing University
Prof. Yuchao Zhang, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

ICWS 2021 Program Committee
Prof. Ismailcem Arpinar, University of Georgia
Dr. Yacine Atif, University of Skovde
Mr. Amin Beheshti, Macquarie University
Dr. Ladjel Bellatreche, LISI/ENSMA University of Poitiers
Prof. Salima Benbernou, Université de Paris
Dr. Abdelghani Benharref, University of Wollongong
Prof. Nizar Bouguila, Concordia University
Prof. Bo Cheng, Beijing University of Posts & Telecommunications
Dr. Hadeel El-Kassabi, UAE University
Dr. Keke Gai, Beijing Institute of Technology
Dr. Abdul Kadhim Hayawi, Zayed University
Dr. Loïc Hélouët, INRIA Rennes
Ms. Heba Ismail, United Arab Emirates University
Dr. Adel Khelifi, Abu Dhabi University
Prof. Hyuk-Yoon Kwon, Seoul National University of Science & Technology
Prof. Bing Li, Wuhan University
Prof. Zakaria Maamar, Zayed University
Dr. Sujith Mathew, Zayed University
Dr. Rabeb Mizouni, Khalifa University
Prof. Roy Oberhauser, Aalen University
Dr. Hadi Otrok, Khalifa University
Dr. Sofia Ouhbi, United Arab Emirates University
Dr. Ali Ouni, Ecole de Technologie Superieure (ETS), University of Quebec
Dr. Dhaval Patel, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center
Prof. Young-Kyoon Suh, Kyungpook National University
Mr. Ikbal Taleb, Zayed University
Dr. Liqiang Wang, University of Central Florida
Dr. Songmei Yu, Felician University
Dr. Rui Zhang, Institute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences

If you have any questions or queries on ICWS 2021, please send email to icws AT ServicesSociety DOT org.