CFP: First International Workshop on Business Services Networks (BSN 2005)

["Patrick Hung" <Patrick.Hung@uoit.ca>]

{Apologies for multiple copies}

CALL FOR PAPERS

First International Workshop on Business Services Networks (BSN 2005)
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http://elab.njit.edu/bsn.html 

Held in conjunction with IEEE International Conference on e-Technology,
e-Commerce and e-Service (EEE-05)
29 March, 2005 - Hong Kong
http://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk/~eee05


Sponsored by:

Management Development Center
Faculty of Business and Information Technology 
University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), Canada

e-Business Laboratory (eLab)
School of Management
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), USA


Abstract:

Business Services Networks (BSN's) are one of the most promising
approaches to implement the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). They
function as inter-enterprise e-Markets where software components can be
delivered and consumed based on Utility Computing, On Demand, or
Pay-Per-Use business models. A typical BSN consists of networked grid
computing infrastructures where Web Services can be securely published,
reused, and invoked using the Business Process Execution Language for
Web Services (BPEL). They extend the Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) of
each market participant by adding an e-Service Commerce layer, which
provides industrial-strength transaction management and Service Level
Agreements (SLA). For software vendors, BSN's represent a fast track to
convert their existing applications to the SOA. For business adopters,
these networks provide rich repositories of trusted software components,
application services, and business processes. Overall, all parties to a
BSN can leverage their IT assets in infinite ways, and generate new
streams of revenues and cost savings that would not be possible without
such an e-Market.


Scope:

We invite papers that address both business and technical issues of
BSN's from various perspectives, including BSN operators, software
vendors, business adopters, developers, and end-users. We encourage
contributions from both academia and industry. Topics of interest
include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. BSN Operators:

a. Business Models and Architectures
b. Spin-Offs from Outsourcing Providers
c. Mobile Operators and Grid Services
d. Industry-Specific B2B Integration Alliances
e. Inter-BSN Alliances and Interoperability

2. Software Vendors:

a. Market Value for Software Vendors
b. SOA-Enablement of Software Vendors
c. Pricing and Marketing On Demand Software
d. Service Level Agreements (SLA)
e. Software Vendors from Developing Countries

3. Business Adopters:

a. Comparing IT Sourcing Models (BSN, ASP, etc.)
b. International Provisioning and Adoption Barriers
c. Real-Time Transaction Monitoring
d. Quality of Service (QoS)
e. Accounting Systems for Utility Computing

4. Developers:

a. SOA Development Methods
b. Visual and Model-Driven Development Environments
c. Composite Processes with Messages, Documents, and Services
d. ebSOA and Business Patterns
e. Universal Business Language (UBL)

5. End-Users:

a. User-Driven Business Process Composition
b. Automated Discovery and Composition
c. User Specialization and Automated Coordination
d. Semantic Web and Domain Specialization
e. Security, Privacy, and Trust


Keynote Speaker:

To be announced.


Paper Submission:

Please, limit your paper to 8 pages, following the IEEE Computer Society
Press Proceedings Author Guidelines:
http://www.computer.org/cspress/instruct.htm.

We accept only electronic submission in PDF format through our review
system (sorry, no email attachments will be accepted):
http://elab.njit.edu/bsn.

For any question regarding to this workshop, please feel free to contact
workshop chairs directly.


Journal Publications:

The enhanced version of the selected papers published in the BSN 2005
will be invited for publication in:

* A special issue on "Business Services Networks" in the International
Journal of Cases on Electronic Commerce (IJCEC), Information Resources
Management Association (IRMA), USA. It is expected this special issue
will be published in October-December 2005. ISSN: Pending (print) ISSN:
Pending (online) http://www.idea-group.com/journals/details.asp?id=4285 

* A special issue on "Web Services, Business Processes, and Services
Science" in the International Journal of Web and Grid Services (IJWGS),
Inderscience Publishers, USA. It is expected this special issue will be
published in 2006. ISSN (Online): 1741-1114 - ISSN (Paper): 1741-1106
https://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalID=47


Deadlines:

December 25, 2004       Abstract Submission Due (Optional)
January 24, 2005        Full Paper Submission Due
February 14, 2005       Paper Acceptance Notice Sent to Authors
March 1, 2005           Camera-Ready Papers Due
March 29, 2005          Workshop


Workshop Chairs:

Dr. Stephane Gagnon
School of Management
New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA
E-mail: gagnon@njit.edu

Dr. Patrick C. K. Hung
Faculty of Business and Information Technology
University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), Canada
E-mail: patrick.hung@uoit.ca


Steering Program Committee:

Prof. Terry Wu
Management Development Center
Faculty of Business and Information Technology
University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), Canada

Prof. Anup Kumar
CECS Department
University of Louisville, USA

Prof. Elena Ferrari
Dipartimento di Scienze della Cultura, Politiche e dell'Informazione
University of Insubria at Como, Italy

Prof. Barbara Carminati
Dipartimento di Scienze della Cultura, Politiche e dell'Informazione
University of Insubria at Como, Italy

Dr. Kerry Taylor
ICT Research Centre
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO),
Australia

Dr. Casey K. Fung
Mathematics and Computing Technology
Boeing Phantom Works, USA

Dr. Vladimir Tosic
Department of Computer Science
The University of Western Ontario, Canada

Prof. Aoying Zhou
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Fudan University, China

Prof. Jia Zhang
Department of Computer Science
Northern Illinois University, USA

Prof. Hannes Werthner
Honorary President, IFITT
University of Innsbruck & EC3 Vienna, Austria

Dr. Ravi Bapna
Department of Operations and Information Management 
University of Connecticut, USA

Dr. Morad Benyoucef
School of Management
University of Ottawa, Canada

Dr. Oleg Gusikhin
Supply Chain Management Research
Ford Research & Advanced Engineering, USA


Supporting Organizations:

e-Centre for Infonomics, School of Computing and Technology, University
of East London, UK