last update: 7 May 2015
The 4th International Workshop on
Web Services and Social Media (WSSM-2015)
In conjunction with The 18th International Conference on NBiS-2015
Taipei, Taiwan
September 2-4, 2015
Call for Papers
According to the spread of the Internet of Things (IoT), many of devices are now producing a various of data by means of HTTP connections. These devices are currently used for testing or private purposes. However, it could become tools for new web services with some big-data approach. The number of people who are using a smart phone as one of their indispensable items is increasing. They may be able to get information not only from web sites but also from embedded devices set up in town. At the same time, their smart phones could become one of devices which are producing valuable data by using its equipped sensors. Connectivity on device-to-device communication, device-to-human communication, and human-to-human communication are important feature of future web services.
International Workshop on Web Services and Social Media (WSSM) encompasses a wide range of topics in the research, design, and implementation of Web related things, especially, social activity on the Internet. The first workshop on WSSM-2012 was held in Melbourne, Australia. The second workshop on WSSM-2013 was held in Gwangju, Korea. The 3rd workshop on WSSM-2014 was held in Salerno, Italy. And this time, the 4th workshop on WSSM-2015 will be held in Taipei, Taiwan in conjunction with the 18th International Conference on NBiS-2015. This workshop provides an international forum for researchers and participants to share and exchange their experiences, discuss challenges and present original ideas in all aspect of Web Services and Social Media. You are invited to submit papers in these areas and welcome to participate in the workshop. We welcome not only research papers on WSSM technology but also reports on requirements of WSSM in all domains.
The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Web Services, Web API, SNS, Social Media, Community Functions,
Mobile Services, Location-Aware apps, eLearning Services,
P2P Web apps, Web Mashups, Web Virtual Space,
User-Generated Content, Consumer-Generated Media,
Information Retrieval, XML, Data Mining,
HTML5, CSS3, SOAP, UDDI, WSDL
Paper Submission
The proceedings of the NBiS-2015 conference and workshops will be published by Conference Publishing Services (CPS). Authors are invited to submit research contributions representing original, previously unpublished work. Please submit a 6-pages paper in CPS format (two columns in A4). You can confirm the CPS format and authors guidelines at the following web page: Information for Authors.
The submission web page is https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wssm2015. Submitted papers will be carefully evaluated based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition. All papers will be refereed by members of the program committee.
Important Dates
Submission deadline: May 1, 2015 May 31, 2015 (EXTENDED, HARD DEADLINE)
Authors Notification: May 25, June 7, 2015
Authors Registration: June 25, June 5, June 26, 2015
Final Manuscript: June 25, June 5, June 26, 2015
Workshop dates: September 2-4, 2015
Workshop Co-Chair
Shusuke Okamoto, Seikei University, Japan
Masaki Kohana, Seikei University, Japan
Program Committee(to be confirmed)
Fatos Xhafa, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain
Hiroki Sakaji, Seikei University, Japan
Jun Iio, Chuo University, Japan
Leonard Barolli, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
Makoto Ikeda, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
Makoto Takizawa, Hosei University, Japan
Masaru Kamada, Ibaraki University, Japan
Masaru Miyazaki, NHK, Japan
Tatsuhiro Yonekura, Ibaraki University, Japan
Tomoya Enokido, Rissho University, Japan
Yoshihiro Kawano, Tokyo University of Information Sciences, Japan
Yusuke Gotoh, Okayama University, Japan
Contact Information
If you have any questions or for more information, you can email us at okamoto<iwwssm@gmail.com>.