[Sighfis-l] CFP: IEEE Transactions on Services Computing Journal - Special Issue on Transactional Web Services

[Youakim BADR]

                       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