ICSOC 2020 Best Paper Award

January 7, 2021 by siteadmin

ID: 210

Title: Feature-Model-Guided Online Reinforcement Learning f or Self-Adaptive Services

Authors: Metzger, Andreas; Quinton, Clément; Mann, Zoltan       Adam;   Baresi, Luciano; Pohl, Klaus

Congratulations!!

ICSOC Standards

December 23, 2020 by siteadmin

ICSOC requires any organizer, reviewer, participant, and committee member to establish and maintain an inclusive scholarly community aiming at the highest standards of science, research, and professional conduct, as set forth in the ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct. ICSOC requests, in particular, that papers and presentations based on research with data-driven techniques should consider explicitly ethical and societal implications associated with the protection and management of data including aspects like protection of personal data andprivacy, and the management of data and open data.ICSOCvalues equity and diversity, respecting all people irrespective of gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, religion, disability, age or other protected attributes. This includes treating all people fairly, valuing their opinion, and resolving disagreements in a positive non-offending manner.Any ICSOCconference and any associated or co-located event must strive for creating a welcoming, productive and positive experience for everyone. We do not tolerate harassment of participants, visitors or event staff in any form. Offensive language and imagery are not appropriate for any event, including talks and workshops. If a participant engages in harassing or offending behavior, the event organizers, after consultation with the ICSOCSC chairs, may take any action they deem appropriate, including warning the offender or expulsion from the event with no refund.

ICSOC Chairperson Selection Criteria

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The General Committee (GC) and Program Committee (PC) co-chairs are nominated by the Steering Committee (SC). They are selected based on their world leading research as evidenced by their top citations in the area of service computing and related areas along with organizing cognate international conferences. They autonomously decide how they distribute their responsibilities within each group. The GC and PC suggest qualified persons for the other roles in the organization committee, typically two, at most four persons per role taking into account geographical representation (except for the local co-chairs). The GC an PC chair teams typically represent different continents like Europe and Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Rim. The SC finally approves the names. GC and PC chairs must accept the rules of conduct of ethics and Guidelines for Conference Organizers

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Reisig

December 7, 2020 by siteadmin

HERAKLIT: modeling large computer-integrated systems

Wolfgang Reisig, Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany

Keynote Abstract

HERAKLIT is an initiative that aims at an integrated infrastructure to model large computer-integrated systems (such as business processes and cyber-physical systems) more intuitively, more meaningful and more usable than with previous modeling techniques.

We present a comprehensive case study to exemplify how HERAKLIT

• copes with composition, refinement etc. of really large systems, by means of a universal, yet expressive and technically simple composition operator;
• models behavior of composed modules, avoiding the notion of global states, that is unrealistic and inadequate for large systems
• covers single instances of data, conventional data structures, as well as schematic representations of variants of data structures.

Bio

Wolfgang Reisig is a full professor (em) at the Computer Science Institute of Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin, Germany.

Prof. Reisig was a senior research at the International Computer Science Institute (ICSI) in Berkeley, California in 1997, got the “Lady Davis Visiting Professorship” at the Technion, Haifa (Israel), the Beta Chair of Technical University of Eindhoven, and twice received an IBM Faculty Award for his contribution to Cross-organizational Business Processes and the Analysis of Service Models. He has been the speaker of a PhD school on Service Oriented Architectures, 2010 – 2017.

Prof. Reisig is a member of a member of the European Academy of Sciences, Academia Europaea. He published and edited numerous books and articles on Petri Net Theory and Applications. He is a Member of the Petri Net Conference Steering Committee since 1982 and a co-editor of the journal „Software and Systems Modeling“.

Program

November 12, 2020 by siteadmin

Time: UAE Local Time (GMT +4)

DAY #1: Monday December 14, 2020

DAY #2: Tuesday December 15, 2020

DAY #3: Wednesday December 16, 2020

DAY #4: Thursday December 17, 2020

Sessions

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Virtual ICSOC 2020

November 9, 2020 by siteadmin

Since the inception of The International Conference on Service Oriented Computing  (ICSOC) in 2003, this is the first time that the conference is happening in the Middle East, exactly in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and going online.  We were extremely excited to host you here in Dubai, but COVID-19 pandemic has decided differently. We were envisioning an exciting scientific program for the conference enriched with many social and cultural events that would make all attendees enjoy the local culture and appreciate the hospitality of UAE citizens and residents.  We hope that there will be another opportunity in the near future to share with you the beauty and richness of Dubai. For the time being, we will do our best, with your support of course, to make ICSOC 2020 an excellent opportunity for knowledge dissemination and networking. ICSOC 2020 will run online this year using Zoom platform. While this will never equal any in-person experience, we are convinced that the conference’s aims will be achieved. Whether you are author or attendee, we would like to share with you some guidelines and instructions that would ensure a smooth progress of the conference’s sessions, workshops, and other activities.

For authors

Before the presentation/conference

1. Make sure that you record your presentation (audio + video). While we do not recommend any recording tool, we would like to suggest following the procedure explained below for recording the presentation.
2. The recording should not exceed the allocated presentation time (25 minutes for long papers and 15 minutes for short papers).
3. Make your presentation available for download through for instance, Dropbox or any file sharing site. You must share the recording link no later than 3 days before the presentation schedule. The recordings will allow us to address any last-minute technical glitch like lack of or limited connection.
4. Setup your equipment
   1. Download Zoom desktop app (https://zoom.us/download);
   2. To avoid any noise and echo, we recommend getting a headset and microphone if you already do not have them.
   3. Test your audio and video.

During the session

1. Sessions in the main conference will run in a sequence and as a webinar mode. Workshops, running on the first day, will run in parallel and in a meeting mode.
2. A panelist, host, co-host, etc. will control attendees’ participations to ensure a smooth progress of the sessions. To ask questions:
   1. Virtually raise your hand using the appropriate Zoom button.
   2. You will be granted audio (and video, if you wish) permission.
   3. Use the microphone when speaking.
   4. Make sure the microphone is on and close enough to pick up the voice
   5. If you are not talking, mute/turn off the microphone
   6. Avoid disturbing activities like typing and using other electronic devices while the microphone is enabled.
3. Attendees can also type their questions or comments through the Q&A messenger to interact with the paper’s presenter and/or session’s chair

After the session

1. At the end of each session, we will provide zoom link for each author so that other attendees can discuss the presentation in further details, if needed.
2. A general zoom session will be open for networking purposes too (to replace the coffee break).

Note: Please note that zoom links to all sessions will be available in due time, communicated to all presenters and registered attendees.

For attendees

Before the conference

1. All attendees must register (for free) via the registration website: https://www.conftool.com/icsoc2020/index.php
2. Setup your equipment
   1. Download Zoom desktop app (https://zoom.us/download);
   2. To avoid any noise and echo, we recommend getting a headset and microphone if you already do not have them.
   3. Test your audio and video.

During the session

4. Sessions in the main conference will run in a sequence and as a webinar mode. Workshops, running on the first day, will run in parallel and in a meeting mode.
5. A panelist, host, co-host, etc. will control attendees’ participations to ensure a smooth progress of the sessions. To ask questions:
   1. Virtually raise your hand using the appropriate Zoom button.
   2. You will be granted audio (and video, if you wish) permission.
   3. Use the microphone when speaking.
   4. Make sure the microphone is on and close enough to pick up the voice
   5. If you are not talking, mute/turn off the microphone
   6. Avoid disturbing activities like typing and using other electronic devices while the microphone is enabled.
6. Attendees can also type their questions or comments through the Q&A messenger to interact with the paper’s presenter and/or session’s chair

After the session

3. At the end of each session, we will provide zoom link for each author so that other attendees can discuss the presentation in further details, if needed.
4. A general zoom session will be open for networking purposes too (to replace the coffee break).

Note: Please note that zoom links to all sessions will be available in due time, communicated to all presenters and registered attendees.

Presentation recoding guidelines

The recording of the presentation is mandatory for all presentations at ICSOC 2020. The recordings will allow us to address any last-minute technical glitches like lack of or limited connection. The easiest way of performing such a recording is to use one of the widely available conferencing tools, democratized by the pandemic. Here are some of these tools:

• WebEx: Video Conferencing – Record a Cisco Webex Meeting
• Skype: Skype for Business: Recording a Meeting | Information Technology Services | Bemidji State University
• Google Meet: Record a video meeting – Meet Help
• Zoom: Local Recording – Zoom Help Center
• Gotomeeting: How to Record a GoToMeeting Session | Techwalla and How to Convert and Open the GoToMeeting Recordings
• Microsoft Teams: Record a meeting in Teams – Office Support

You can also use the two step method covered below:

• Create Voice Over Power point and convert to MP4

When recording, you can include your face in the video (enable the webcam if you would like – this is not mandatory). The slides are displayed as you talk. Make sure that you get a high quality recording You can use any meeting software as long as you get a good quality recording, preferably in MP4 format.

While we leave the authors free to choose the platform for their recording, our recommended approach to record a compatible video from content displayed on your computer screen and voice recorded via the computer microphone, is to record the presentation using Zoom, available to users on most platforms and in most countries:

Instructions for recording your presentation with Zoom: https://ieeetv.ieee.org/mobile/video/recording-your-presentation-with-zoom

Guidelines for preparing your video

• Duration: 15 minutes (short papers) or 25 minutes (long papers)
• File size: 250MB max
• Video file format: Preferably mp4
• Dimensions: Minimum height 480 pixels, aspect ratio: 16:9

Please be sure the video includes the title of the paper, the authors, and a mention to ICSOC 2020. We suggest you share the video with us ahead of time so that we can review it and allow some time in case anything going wrong to be fixed.

Finally, please name your fine with your paper ID, e.g., for paper ID = 150 the video file should be like 150.mpg4 (in case the format is mpg4)

Tips for Recording:

1. Use as quiet an area as possible
2. Avoid areas that have echo
   1. Rooms should be fairly small
   2. Sound dampening with carpeting, curtains, furniture
3. Hardline internet connection recommended, but if unavailable, a strong Wi-Fi connection
4. Good headset with microphone close to mouth BUT away from direct line of mouth to reduce “pops”.  Avoid using default built-in microphone on computer.
5. Do a test recording of a couple of minutes and review the sound and picture quality, MP4 format, and bit rate before recording the entire presentation.  Make adjustments if needed.

Registration

August 24, 2020 by siteadmin

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Accepted papers

August 18, 2020 by siteadmin

RESEARCH REGULAR PAPERS

INDUSTRY REGULAR PAPERS

RESEARCH SHORT PAPERS

Demo commitee

July 26, 2020 by siteadmin

• Asadi Mohsen – SAP, QC, Canada.
• Brandic Ivona – Vienna University of Technology, Austria.
• Charoy Francois – University of Lorraine, France.
• Cito Jürgen – University of Zurich, Switzerland.
• De Sanctis Martina – Gran Sasso Science Institute, Italy.
• Fokaefs Marios-Eleftherios – Polytechnique Montreal, QC, Canada.
• Ghari Neiat-Azadeh – Deakin Universty, Australia.
• Giang Nam – UBC, Canada.
• Hussain Zawar -Macquarie University, Australia.
• Leitner Philipp – University of Gothenburg, Swiden.
• Mistry Sajib – Curtin University, Australia.
• Mohabbati Bardia – Amazon, DC, USA.
• Ostovar Alireza – Process Diamond, Australia.
• Qin Yongrui – University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom.
• Rafaie Mostafa – University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA.
• Zemali Elamine – University of Algiers 1, Algeria.

Accepted Workshops

July 2, 2020 by siteadmin

In the following is the list of accepted workshops to ICSOC 2020. For more details on each workshop, please follow the links which will take you to their websites providing more information. The list is provided in no specific order.

International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for IT Operations (AIOps)

Organizers:

• Odej Kao, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, TU Berlin, Germany.
• Jorge Cardoso, AIOps/SRE, Huawei Munich and Dublin Research Center, Germany

1^st International Workshop on Cyber Forensics and Threat Investigations Challenges in Emerging Infrastructures (CFTIC 2020)

Organizers:

• John William Walker, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom,
• Ahmed Elmesiry, University of South Wales, United Kingdom.

2^nd Workshop on Smart Data Integration and Processing (STRAPS 2020)

Organizers:

• Genoveva Vargas-Solar, CNRS, LIG-LAFMIA, France.
• Nadia Bennani, INSA Lyon, LIRIS Lab, France.
• Chirine Ghedira Guegan, IAELyon school of Management, University Lyon 3, LIRIS Lab, France.

The 1st International Workshop on AI-enabled Process Automation (AI-PA 2020)

Organizers:

• Amin Beheshti, Macquarie University, Australia
• Boualem Benatallah, UNSW Sydney, Australia
• Ladjel Bellatreche, Poitiers University, France
• Francois Charoy, INRIA-Loriria, France
• Hamid Motahari, EY, USA
• Mohamed Adel Serhani, UAE University, UAE
• Li Qing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong-Kong

International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence in the IoT Security Services (AI-IOTS 2020)

Organizers:

• Selvakumar, Indian Institute of Information Technology Una, Himachal Pradesh, India.
• Kanchana, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, SSN College of Engineering, Rajiv Gandhi Salai (OMR), Kalavakkam, Tamil Nadu, India.