Founded in 2003, the International Conference on Web Services (ICWS) has been a prime international forum for both researchers and industry practitioners to exchange the latest fundamental advances in the state of the art and practice of Web-based services, identify emerging research topics, and define the future of Web-based services. All topics regarding Web-centric services, enabling technologies and applications align with the theme of ICWS.  ICWS 2018 was successfully held on June 25 - June 30, 2018, Seattle, USA. ICWS 2019 was successfully held on June 25-30, 2019, San Diego, USA. ICWS 2020 and ICWS 2021 was successfully held virtually on Internet. ICWS 2022 was successfully held on December 10 - 14, 2022, Hawaii, USA. In 2023, we will celebrate ICWS' 21-year-old birthday, to strive to advance the international professional forum on Web-centric services, and their enabling technologies and applications.

ICWS 2023 is a member of Services Conference Federation (SCF). SCF 2023 will have the following 10 collocated service-oriented sister conferences: 2023 International Conference on Web Services (ICWS 2023), 2023 International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD 2023), 2023 International Conference on Services Computing (SCC 2023), 2023 International Conference on Big Data (BigData 2023), 2023 International Conference on AI & Mobile Services (AIMS 2023), and 2023 International Conference on Metaverse (METAVERSE 2023), 2023 International Conference on Internet of Things (ICIOT 2023), 2023 International conference on Cognitive Computing (ICCC 2023), 2023 International Conference on Edge Computing (EDGE 2023), and 2023 International Conference on Blockchain (ICBC 2023).

Started in 2003, the long-term goal of ICWS is to build up the most reputable conference for the international community on Internet and Web-based services. It is very clear that the ICWS belongs to everyone. As the founding member of the Services Conference Federation (SCF), the first International Conference on Web Services (ICWS) was held in June 2003 in Las Vegas, USA. Meanwhile, the First International Conference on Web Services - Europe 2003 (ICWS-Europe 2003) was held in Germany in October 2003. ICWS-Europe'03 is an extended event of the 2003 International Conference on Web Services (ICWS 2003) in Europe. In 2004, ICWS-Europe was changed to the European Conference on Web Services (ECOWS), which was held at Erfurt, Germany. 

Sponsored by Services Society and Springer, SCF 2018 and SCF 2019 was held successfully in Seattle and San Diego, USA. SCF 2020 and SCF 2021 was held successfully online and in Shenzhen, China. SCF 2022 was held successfully in Hawaii, USA. To celebrate its 21-year-old birthday, SCF 2023 will be held on September 23 - 26, 2023, Honolulu Hawaii, USA and Satellite Sessions in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.

Conference Proceedings

The Proceedings of ICWS 2023 will be published in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) by Springer International Publishing AG. Currently the Abstracting and Indexing services covered by Springer’s data feeds for LNCS proceedings include Engineering Index EI (Compendex and Inspec databases), DBLP, Google Scholar, IO-Port, MathSciNet, Scopus, and ZBlMath. The Best Paper Awards will be sponsored by Springer, which is a leading global scientific, technical and medical portfolio, providing researchers in academia, scientific institutions and corporate R&D departments with quality content through innovative information, products and services.

Extended versions of selected papers will be invited for special issues in the Services Transactions on Internet of Things (STIOT), Services Transactions on Big Data (STBD), Services Transactions on Services Computing (STSC), Services Transactions on Cloud Computing (STCC), International Journal of Web Services Research (JWSR), and International Journal of Business Process Integration and Management (IJBPIM). JWSR is indexed by SCI and EI [Link].

Topics

ICWS 2023 organizing committee invites you to participate in 2023 edition of ICWS, to be held on September 23 - 26, 2023, Honolulu Hawaii, USA and Satellite Sessions in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.

From technology foundation perspective, Services Computing has become the default discipline in the modern services industry. As a major implementation technology for modernizing services industry, Web services are Internet-based programmable application components published using standard interface description languages and universally available via uniform communication protocols. The program of ICWS 2020 will continue to feature research papers with a wide range of topics, focusing on various aspects of Internet and web-based services . Some of the topics include Web services discovery and composition, Web services specifications and enhancements, Web services QoS (e.g., security, performance, reliability, fault tolerance, etc.), Web services standards and formalizations, Web services modeling, Web services engineering, Web services testing, Web services-based applications and solutions, Web services realizations, semantics in Web services, Web services supporting Cloud Computing, Web services lifecycle management, and all aspects of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) infrastructure and middleware.

The technical program of ICWS 2023 will include a Research Track, an Application Track, and a Short Paper Track. The ICWS 2023 tracks seeks original, UNPUBLISHED research papers reporting substantive new work in various aspects of web-based services. Research Track papers MUST clearly indicate their contributions to the field of web-based technologies, applications and solutions. All papers MUST properly cite related work in the field, such as those published in the proceedings of ICWS, SCC, CLOUD, SERVICES, BigData, ICIOT, ICBC, EDGE, APSCC, ECOWS, and related journals including STBD, JWSR, STSC, STCC, STIOT and IJBPIM (see Literature Recommendations page).

All topics relevant to Internet/Web based services are of interest. ICWS 2023 will organize refereed paper reviews in the following 16 research areas (themes) :

- Web-based Systems
- Web-based Services
- Web Programming
- Web Content Creation
- Social Networking Services
- Semantic Web
- Web Protocols
- Web Caching and Buffering
- Web and XML
- Industry Specific Site Building
- Web Testing and Stagging
- Web User Experience
- Thin Client Programming
- Rich Client Programming
- 5G Web Technology
- Web Security and Privacy
- Web Services on Metaverse