Call for Papers

Aim and Scope

Nowadays, Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing are the primary approaches to build large-scale distributed systems and deliver software services to end users. Cloud-native software is pervading the delivery of enterprise applications, as they are composed of (micro)services that can be independently developed and deployed by exploiting multiple heterogeneous technologies. Resulting applications are polyglot service compositions that can then be shipped in serverful or serverless platforms (e.g., using virtualization technologies). These characteristics make Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing the natural answers for fulfilling the industry’s need for flexibly scalable and maintainable enterprise applications, to be delivered through state-of-the-art methodologies, like DevOps. To further support this, researchers and practitioners need to create methods, tools and techniques to support cost-effective and secure development as well as use of dependable devices, platforms, services and service-oriented applications in the Cloud, now also considering the Cloud-IoT computing continuum to exploit widespread adoption of smart connected things and the increasing growth of their computing capabilities.

The European Conference on Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing (ESOCC) is the premier conference on advances in the state-of-the-art and practice of Service-Oriented Computing and Cloud Computing in Europe. ESOCC aims to facilitate the exchange between researchers and practitioners in the areas of Service-Oriented Computing and Cloud Computing, as well as to explore the new trends in those areas and foster future collaborations in Europe and beyond.

Topics of Interest

ESOCC 2023 seeks original, high-quality contributions related to all aspects of Service-Oriented and Cloud computing. Specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
– Applications for Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing, e.g., big data, commerce, energy, finance, health, scientific computing, smart cities
– Blockchains for Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing
– Business aspects of Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing, e.g., business models, brokerage, marketplaces, costs, pricing
– Business processes, e.g., service-based workflow deployment and management
– Cloud interoperability, service and Cloud standards,
– Cloud-IoT computing continuum, e.g., edge computing, fog computing, mobility computing, next generation services/IoT
– Cloud-native architectures and paradigms, e.g., microservices and DevOps
– Cloud service models, e.g., IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, DBaaS, FaaS, etc.
– Deployment, composition, and management of applications in Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing
– Foundations and formal methods for Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing
– Enablers for Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing, e.g., service discovery, orchestration, matchmaking, monitoring, and analytics
– Model-Driven Engineering for Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing
– Multi-Cloud, cross-Cloud, and federated Cloud solutions
– Requirements engineering, design, development, and testing of applications in Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing
– Semantic services and service mining
– Service and Cloud middlewares and platforms
– Software/service adaptation and evolution in Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing
– Storage, computation and network Clouds
– Sustainability and energy issues in Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing
– Quality aspects (e.g., governance, privacy, security, and trust) of Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing
– Quality of Service (QoS) and Service-Level Agreement (SLA) for Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing
– Social aspects of Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing, e.g., crowdsourcing services, social and crowd-based Clouds
– Virtualization for Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing, e.g., serverless, container-based virtualization, VMs

Important Dates

Submission of abstracts: June 25th, 2023 (AoE)
Submission of full papers: July 02nd, 2023 (AoE)
Notification to authors: August 04th, 2023 (AoE)
Camera-ready versions due: August 21st, 2023 (AoE)

Submissions

ESOCC 2023 invites submissions of the following kinds:
– Regular Research Papers (15 pages including references)
– PhD Symposium (12 pages including references)
– Projects and Industry Reports (Projects and Industry Reports (1 to 6 pages including references, describing an ongoing EU or national project, or providing industrial perspectives on innovative applications, technologies, or methods in ESOCC’s scope) 

We only accept original papers, not submitted for publication elsewhere. The papers must be formatted according to the proceedings guidelines of Springer’s Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series (http://www.springer.com/lncs).

They must be submitted to the EasyChair site at
 https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=esocc2023  by selecting the right track.

Accepted papers from all tracks will be published in the main conference proceedings by Springer in the LNCS series. For publication to happen, at least one author of each accepted paper is expected to register and present the work at the conference.

A journal special issue is planned, and authors of selected accepted papers will be invited to submit extended versions of their articles.

For further details, refer to the conference website at https://cyprusconferences.org/esocc2023 and for any further queries, please contact the chairs.