[Biodevelopers] ICSOC'06 -- Call for Participation

[Matei Ripeanu]

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4th International Conference on Service Oriented Computing,
Chicago, US, December 4-7, 2006

http://www.icsoc.org/

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Please note the early registration deadline: November 1st, 2006.

For registration and information on hotel reservation, please visit 
the conference Web site.
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The 4th International Conference of Service Oriented Computing 
(ICSOC'06) follows on the success of three previous editions. 
ICSOC is recognized as the main conference for service-oriented 
computing research covering the entire spectrum from theoretical 
and foundational results, to empirical evaluations, to industrial 
experiences.  ICSOC'06 is strengthening the links to two important 
communities, Software Engineering and Grid Computing with the 
participation of the leaders of these communities in key roles.

This year, the Program Committee selected a high quality set of 
34 long papers and 16 short papers from well over 200 research-track 
submissions.  The industry track received more than 60 submissions, 
out of which only 9 full papers were selected.  The industry track 
also features two invited vision papers that discuss the evolution 
of service-oriented computing.

In order to provide a balanced coverage and equal emphasis on all 
service-oriented computing topics, the conference program committee 
included members representing six major areas.  These include Business 
Service Modeling, Service Assembly, and Service Deployment and Management, 
covering research issues in the four primary service life-cycle phases: 
service modeling, assembly, deployment, and management. Additionally, 
the runtime architectural issues are covered by the SOA Runtime, and 
Quality of Service areas spanning all service life-cycle stages. Finally, 
the Grid Services area covers application of service oriented computing 
in managing infrastructural resources.  



ICSOC'06 features two outstanding keynote speeches from prominent
researchers:

    Keynote 1:  Service-Oriented Science Infrastructure
                Charles E. Catlett, 
                Senior Fellow at the Argonne National Laboratory,

    Keynote 2:  The Steady Path to Services-Oriented Computing 
                Alfred Z. Spector, 
                Independent Consultant.


The ICSOC'06 program will include three half-day tutorials:

    Tutorial 1: Service Management, 
                Chris Ward (IBM) and Claudio Bartolini (HP)

    Tutorial 2: Building Business Driven Grid Solutions Using 
                Open Source Globus Software, 
                Steve Tuecke (Univa)

    Tutorial 3: From Business Process Modeling with BPMN and BPDM to 
                Business Process Execution with BPEL-* and SCA 
                Pablo Irassar and Matthias Kloppmann (IBM)

and, two panel discussions on "Open Problems and Research Challenges in 
Service Oriented Computing" (research track) and "Open Source: The Secret 
Sauce for the SOA Revolution?" (industry track).


The program also includes two exciting workshops (scheduled for December
4th):

    Workshop 1: 2nd International Workshop on Engineering 
                Service-Oriented Applications: Design and Composition 
                http://fresco-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/wesoa06/

    Workshop 2: Modeling the SOA Workshop - Business perspective 
                and model mapping 
                http://www.sysedv.tu-berlin.de/soam 

and a whole day PhD symposium aiming to bring together PhD researchers 
in the field.

Additionally, a couple of birds-of-Feather (BOF) sessions are being planned 
by the Industrial Track to exchange ideas on important service oriented
computing issues.

For the full program details, please visit the conference web site at: 
http://www.icsoc.org