ISSS 2012 - The International Symposium on Services Science

Services Science has emerged as a new research discipline that receives growing attention both in academia and practice. It combines research from various disciplines which have evolved more or less separately. While theories from organizational and marketing science usually capture the nature of these products, engineering disciplines focus on shaping and developing these information goods, and the information systems field on integrating services which are perceived as encapsulated application functionalities with standardized (XML) interfaces. These research streams converge in the new interdisciplinary area of Services Science which integrates the principles, design, and management of economic and technical services.
For the fourth time, the "International Symposium on Services Science (ISSS)" will offer a unique platform for advancing research and discussions in Service Science. In 2012, the ISSS will focus on knowledge intensive business services, also known as Smart Services, and their application in theory and practice. ISSS will be part of the Multi-Conference SABRE (Software, Agents and Services for Business, Research and E-Sciences, 23rd-25th September 2012) and be held in Leipzig, Germany as a one-day event on the 25th September, 2012.
The symposium is organized by the Information Systems Institute and the Department of Computer Science at the University of Leipzig as well as the Institute for Applied Informatics (InfAI) and the Leipziger Informatik-Verbund (LIV).