· Methods and Techniques for Software Development.
· Software Maintenance.
· Requirements Engineering.
· Object-Oriented Technologies.
· Model-driven Architecture and Engineering.
· Re-engineering and Reverse Engineering.
· Software Reuse.
· Software Management.
· Model Engineering.
· Software Architectures Design.
· Frameworks and Design Patterns.
· Architecture-Centered Development.
· Component-based Design.
· Middleware Components.
· Software Quality.
· Quality Management and Assurance.
· Risk Analysis.
· Program Analysis.
· Verification and Validation.
· Testing of Software Systems.
· Software Project Management.
· Sofware Evaluation.
· Services Science, Management, Engineering and Computing
· Services Science
· Service Modeling and Implementation
· Service Delivery, Deployment and Maintenance Service
· Value Chains and Innovation Lifecycle
· Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Industry Standards and Solution Stacks
· Service-based Grid/Utility/Autonomic Computing
· Mobile Service Computing
· Services Computing in Mobile Ad-hoc NETworks (MANETs)
· Service Level Agreements (SLAs) Negotiation, Automation and Orchestration
· Service Security, Privacy and Trust
· Quality of Services (QoS) and Cost of Services (CoS)
· Ontology and Semantic Web for Services Computing
· Services Repository and Registry
· Formal Methods for SOA
· Service Discovery
· Services Engineering Practices and Case Studies
· Services-Centric Business Models
· Business Service Analysis, Strategy, Design, Development and Deployment
· Service-Oriented Business Consulting Methodology and Utilities
· Intra- or Inter- Enterprise for Business-to-Business Service Control
· Service Revenue Models and Utility Computing, e.g., Fee-for-Transaction and Fee-for-Service
· Service Strategic Alliance and Partners
· Service Network Economic Structures and Effects
· Ontology and Business Service Rules
· Trust and Loyalty in Services-Centric Business Models
· Cultural, Language, Social and Legal Obstacles in Services-Centric Business Models
· Commercialization of Services Computing Technologies
· Industry Service Solution Patterns
· Service Interaction Patterns
· Case Studies in Services-Centric Business Models (e.g., healthcare, financial, aviation, etc)
· Business Process Integration and Management
· Mathematical Foundation of Business Process Modeling, Integration and Management
· Business Process Modeling Methodology and Integration Architecture
· Collaborative Business Processes
· Extended Business Collaboration (eBC) Architecture and Solutions
· Business Process-Based Business Transformation and Transition
· Enabling Technologies for Business Process Integration and Management
· Performance Management and Analysis for Business Process Integration and Management
· Security, Privacy and Trust in Business Process Management
· Return On Investment (ROI) of Business Process Integration and Management
· Requirements Analysis of Business Process Integration and Management
· Enterprise Modeling and Application Integration Services, e.g. Enterprise Service Bus
· Monitoring of Services, Process Mining, and Quality of Service
· Case Studies in Business Process Integration and Management
· SOA Tools, Solutions and Services
· SOA Tooling Practices and Examples
· Systematic Design Method for SOA Solutions
· SOA based Consulting Services and Design Services
· SOA Delivery Excellence
· Service-Oriented Computing