[agents] CFP - Special Issue on Transactional Web Services in IEEE Transactions on Services Computing (TSC) Journal

[Zakaria Maamar]

                      IEEE Transactions on Services Computing (TSC) Journal
                                URL: http://www.computer.org/tsc 
 
                           Special Issue on Transactional Web Services
 
                     
                 Guest Editors: Youakim Badr, Djamal Benslimane, Zakaria Maamar, and Ling Liu
 
             Editor-in-Chief of TSC: Liang-Jie (LJ) Zhang, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA 
 
 
 
 
Overview:
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This special issue of the IEEE Transactions on Services Computing focuses on transactional Web services. 
Today's Web service-based applications require advanced transactional models that guarantee the integrity
and continuity of business processes despite the dynamic nature that characterize the environments that host
the execution of these processes. The development of such models has drawn the attention of both academia and
industry communities. This special issue will shed light on the latest advances in the fields of Web services
with focus on the transactional dimension.
 
This special issue seeks original research and industrial papers on transactional models and approaches
in the context of business applications built upon Web services. The Internet along with its related
technologies have created an interconnected world in which services can be invoked anytime, anywhere,
which increases the importance of making these services reliable and robust. For this purpose, Web services
must be looked into from a transactional perspective.
 
A variety of transactional models are created in the database community. Some of them can be leveraged and 
enhanced to support Web services while others are not suitable because of the dynamic nature of Web services, 
long-running execution scenarios, and successful execution despite failure. New transactional models for 
Web services are deemed appropriate. Papers describing advanced research and experiences on transactional 
Web services are solicited.
 
Topics of interests include, but are not limited to:
- Transactional models for Web services
- Recovery mechanisms and Web services
- Transactional Web services standards and protocols
- Transactional Web services in mobile applications
- Fault-Tolerant mechanisms for transactional Web services
- Case studies on transactional Web services
 
 
 
Submission Guidelines:
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Authors are invited to submit original papers using the journal Web site (https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cs-ieee). 
Submitted articles must not have been previously published or currently submitted for 
journal publication elsewhere. Authors must understand and adhere to IEEE Transaction 
on Services Computing submission guidelines available at URL: http://www.computer.org/tsc.
 
The manuscript should not exceed 12 pages in double-column format. All  submissions must 
include all of the following elements: title page, abstract, index terms, illustrations 
and bibliography. Acceptance will be based on relevance, technical soundness, originality 
and clarity of presentation. For further information on submission, please contact the guest editors.
 
 
Important Dates:
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Abstract Submission Deadline: March 10, 2009
Paper Submission Deadline: March 31, 2009
First Decision from Guest Editors: April 15, 2009
First Revised Versions due from Quthors: June 2, 2009
Second Decision: June 20, 2009
Second Revised Versions due from Authors: July 3, 2009
Final Decision: July 10, 2009
Papers due into Publication Office for Editing: July 10, 2009
Publication Date: 2009/2010
 
 
 

Guest Editors:
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   Dr. Youakim Badr 
     INSA-Lyon 
     Lyon, France 
     Email: youakim.badr at insa-lyon.fr (contact point)
 
   Dr. Djamal Benslimane 
     LIRIS Lab, Claude Bernard University 
     Lyon, France 
     Email: djamal.benslimane at liris.cnrs.fr 
 
   Dr. Zakaria Maamar
     Zayed University 
     Dubai, U.A.E. 
     Email: Zakaria.Maamar at zu.ac.ae 
 
   Dr. Ling Liu 
   Georgia Institute of Technology, 
   Atlanta, Georgia, USA 
   Email: lingliu at cc.gatech.edu