2008 International Conference on

Service Science

(ICSS 2008)
April 17-18, 2008, Beijing, China
Sponsored by IBM and Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT)

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The scope of the ICSS2008 conference includes, but is NOT limited to, the following topics:

 

1. Service Science Foundations

 

-Theoretical Foundations of Service Science, including but not limited to

         Definition and taxonomies of service, service ecosystem, or service science

         Economic and formal models of service ecosystem

         The dynamics of service ecosystem evolution

         Complex system and complex network modeling

         Service behavior science

- Service Design and Innovation, including but not limited to

         Service innovation theory

         Service and service system design

         Business model innovation

         Componentized business modeling

         3D/virtual world and virtual service

         Emerging technologies for service innovation

 

2. Service Management

 

- Service Management at the Micro-level, including but not limited to

         Service strategy

         Service operation management

         Service marketing, market analysis and investigation

         Service organization

         Service project management

         Service analytics and optimization, such as service demand forecasting, pricing,   

                and planning etc.

         Service metrics and benchmarks

         Service-oriented business consulting methodology and utilities

- Service Management at the Macro-level, including but not limited to

         Trends and development roadmap of service economy

         Optimization of service resources in a global context, such as service supply chain

                management, workforce management

         Government role in service industry promotion

         Study on the shifting from manufacturing into service economy

         Service design and economy’s impact on education, environment, quality of life,

                employment, and economic growth

- IT Service Management, including but not limited to

         Implementation of best practices frameworks and standards such as ITIL

         Tools and techniques for IT service management

         Building awareness and skills around IT service management

         Continuous improvement in IT service management

         IT service operation productivity

 

3. Service Engineering

 

- Service Development, including but not limited to 

         Service development methodology 

         Service modeling and implementation      

         Service engineering through web community 

         Service quality assurance and testing & Evaluation        

         Service assets creation, management and reuse   

         Service composition and mash-up                    

         Service customization and configuration

- Service Delivery and Operation, including but not limited to

         Service level agreement

         Service quality assurance and monitor in delivery and operation

         Service lifecycle management (engagement, delivery and operation)    

         Service requirement collection, specification, analysis 

         Service security, privacy and compliance

         Service oriented information management      

         Service-driven business process modeling, integration and management

         Network-delivered service (programming model, delivery and operation)

- Service Computing, including but not limited to

         Managing service information

         Information assisted service delivery 

         Collaboration in service

         Complexity computing in service

         How computing helps service

 

4. Industry Practice

 

- Practice and case studies on service innovation in various industries, such as banking, telecommunication, manufacturing, healthcare, and public etc.

- Practice and case studies addressed local realities, such as small and medium business, manufacturing transformation, after sales service etc.

 

5. Education

 

- Service Science Education and Curricula Design, including but not limited to

         Talent requirement in modern service industry

         Methodology and practice of Service Science curricula design

         Practice of teaching Service Science courses

         Teaching method and case study on Service Science courses 

 

 

 

 

 

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