> Call for Tutorials

ICSOC has established itself as the premier international conference that aims to promote high-quality research on Service Oriented Computing, offering the ground for advancing and progressing research on that topic. Previous ICSOC conferences were held online (2020), in Toulouse, France (2019), Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China (2018), Málaga, Spain (2017), Ban, Alberta, Canada (2016), Goa, India (2015), Paris, France (2014), Berlin, Germany (2013), Shanghai, China (2012), Paphos, Cyprus (2011), San Francisco, California (2010), Stockholm, Sweden (2009), Sydney, Australia (2008), Vienna, Austria (2007), Chicago, USA (2006), Amsterdam, Netherlands (2005), New York, USA (2004), Trento, Italy (2003).

The aim of the 19th edition of the International Conference on Service Oriented Computing (ICSOC 2021) is to provide a high-quality international forum for researchers, professionals, and industrial practitioners to report and share ground-breaking work in the vibrant discipline of Service-Oriented Computing (SOC). The ICSOC conference solicits proposals for Special Sessions and Tutorials related to any of the conference topics, as follows:

ICSOC 2021 will feature tutorials related to the conference topics, such as business process management, distributed systems, computer networks, wireless and mobile computing, cloud/edge/fog computing, cyber-physical systems, networking, scientific workflows, services science, data science, management science, software engineering, to mention just a few.

> Proposals

We solicit proposals for tutorials on any of the conference topics. Tutorial proposals should not exceed 5 pages using Springer’s LNCS template, should be written in English, should describe the topic(s) being covered as well as the level of depth, and should give a description of the teaching methodology (lectures, hands-on sessions, etc.). A tutorial proposal should include:

  • Title
  • Name and contact information of the organizers
  • An abstract (up to 150 words) of the topic covered, including the reasons that the topic is interesting and important to the ICSOC community
  • Requisite background of the target audience
  • The tutorial length (typically 1 hour 45 minutes)
  • Tutorial outline: using a bullet list, with estimated presentation time for each item, in the order of presentation
  • Short bios of the presenters including their expertise regarding the tutorial (no more than 100 words per presenter)
  • A list of up to 20 most important references to be covered in the tutorial

A 2-page abstract of the tutorial will be included in the ICSOC 2021 proceedings.

> Submission

Tutorial proposals must be submitted electronically in PDF format via email to the co-chairs of the tutorials and special sessions:


> Important dates

Tutorials / special sessions submission due: September 20th, 2021
Notification to authors: September 30th, 2021
Author registration: October 3rd, 2021
Conference dates: November 22nd-25th, 2021

All deadlines are in Anywhere on Earth time (AOE = GMT – 12). Check the time in the AOE Zone here: https://time.is/AOE