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============== 2nd WoSS | Call for Papers ===============

Workshop on Software Services: 
Cloud Computing and Applications based on Software Services

June 6-9, 2011 - Timisoara, Romania

http://sprers.eu/events/2nd-woss

============== AIM  ===============

WoSS intends to be an open forum for academics, practitioners, 
and vendors, allowing them to discuss the current trends 
as well as scientific and technological challenges in software services.

2nd WoSS is dedicated to 
Cloud computing and Applications based on Software Services

============== Topics ============== 

* Cloud computing architectures and standards
* Cloud compliant applications
* Cloud oriented programming and middleware
* Cloud application portability and scalability
* Cloud services reliability, availability, performance and monitoring
* Cloud security
* Automatic computing 
* Virtualization technologies
* Service oriented computing
* Negotiation and service-level agreements 
* Quality of services and non-functional aspects
* Business and applications based on software services
* Service modeling, specification, composition, discovery, monitoring 
 
===Paper submission, publication and fees =====

Authors should submit extended abstracts 
of 3 to 6 pages using LNCS style through the submission portal:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=2ndwoss

Five types of contributions are expected relative 
to the above mentioned topics:

   1. Invited paper: Contributions from FP7-ICT projects
   2. Regular paper: Presenting accomplished research results
   3. Position paper: Short report and discussion of ideas, facts, 
       situations, methods, procedures or results of scientific research
   4. Student paper:  PhD student reporting work so far
   5. Corporate paper: Enabling companies to present 
       recent developments and applications, 
       showcase company's noteworthy products and service.

The extended abstracts will be refereed and accepted 
on the basis of their scientific merit and relevance to the workshop.

Depending on their merits, selected contributions will be qualified 
to be presented in full version in:
    * book by Cambridge Scholars Publishing
    * September issue of Scalable Computing: Practice and Experience

Conference fees: 250 Euros.

============== Support for participants =======
 
The participants to the workshop from new member states, 
authors of accepted papers of the workshop, 
are entitled to apply for the reimbursement of 
the travel, accommodation and conference fees.
Support is also provided for representatives 
of FP7-ICT projects under Objective 1.2.

============== Important dates: ============
 
Extended abstract submissions: April 15, 2011
Authors notifications: May 9, 2011
Application for SPRERS support (details above): May 12, 2011
Applicant notification: May 16, 2011
Workshop participation: June 6-9, 2011
Invitations for full papers: June 15, 2011
Full version of the papers: July 15, 2011
Publication in the journal: September 30th, 2011
Publication in the book: December 30th, 2011

============= Event organization ============

The sessions will dedicated to:
    * invited talks
    * regular paper presentations
    * position paper presentations
    * PhD student presentations
    * company presentations
    * training for FP7-ICT project proposals
    * networking and brainstorming for FP7-ICT project ideas 
    * awarding

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West University of Timisoara
Department of Computer Science
Bd. V. Parvan 4, 300223 Timisoara, Romania
tel: + (40) 256 592155
fax: + (40) 256 592316
e-mail: petcu@info.uvt.ro
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