[ecoop-info] Call for Paper: 2008 IEEE Education Methodology Summit on Services Computing (EMS-SC 2008)

[Zhixiong Chen]

Call for Paper
2008 IEEE Education Methodology Summit on Services Computing (EMS-SC 2008)
http://conferences.computer.org/services/2008/EMS-SC-2008.pdf

Theme
The Education Methodology Summit on Services Computing will bring
together educators and practitioners from around the world to share
their experiences in developing Services related education and build
consensus on the core of Services Computing Education, the knowledge
areas and education methodologies. The Summit will focus on the
pedagogical implications of Services Education and its role in overall
curriculum development. At this stage we are seeking concrete
experiments in Services Education development as well as innovative
research on Services education.

Topics include (but are not limited to):
•	Case studies in adding Services Components in existing courses
•	Case studies in design and implementation of courses with Services
as their focus
•	Survey or rationale of industry needs towards graduates with
Services Education
•	Curriculum challenges in Services Education
•	Differentiation of Services Education from other programs such as in
Business, Engineering and Information technology
•	Design focused areas or new disciplines in Services Education
•	Foundations justification (Math, Statistics, Physics, etc.) in
Services Education
•	The core of Services Education
•	Process and Modeling in Services Education
•	Operations and Operational research in Services Education
•	Knowledge management and organizational learning

Call for Contributions
Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished papers that are
not being considered in another conference or forum. The maximum
length of each EMS-SC-2008 paper is 4 pages.
Please use the Services 2008 submission page to submit your
EMS-SC-2008 paper
(http://conferences.computer.org/services/2008/submission.htm).
Submitted manuscripts are required to be formatted using the IEEE
Proceedings template (IEEE Latex Style). Please follow the IEEE
Computer Society Press Proceedings Author Guidelines to prepare your
papers. At least one author is required to attend the conference and
present the paper.

Venue
EMS-SC-2008 will be co-located in Hawaii, USA with 2008 IEEE
International Conference on Services Computing (SCC 2008), July 8-11,
2008, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. The Summit will have keynotes,
Roundtable, Panel Discussion, Presentation and Posting.

Important Dates
Submission Deadline: March 15, 2008
Decision Notification: April 1, 2008
Camera-Ready Copy & Pre-Registration Due: April 18, 2008

Inquiries
Dr. Zhixiong Chen at zxchen at ieee.org;
Dr. Piers Campbell at P.Campbell at uaeu.ac.ae;
Dr. Beverley Hope at beverley.hope at vuw.ac.nz