IEEE SOSE 2025CISOSE 2025

Starting in 2005, SOSE is a pioneering IEEE-sponsored international conference devoted to research in engineering service-oriented systems. It covers all aspects of Service-Oriented Engineering, from architectures, techniques, tools, and languages to methodologies. Continuing the tradition of the last eighteen editions of SOSE Symposia, the 19th SOSE intends to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners to exchange the latest observations, insights, achievements, and visions in Service-Oriented System Engineering.

This year’s conference is scheduled to take place in Tucson, Arizona, USA, from July 21-24, 2025. SOSE 2025 is part of the IEEE International Congress On Intelligent And Service-Oriented Systems Engineering (CISOSE), offering a broad spectrum of international events, sharing renowned keynotes, and fostering exchange among researchers and practitioners (see the common homepage for all co-located events).

For details, important dates, accepted paper categories, and submission guidelines, please see the Call for Papers pages.

Topics of Interest

Modern Service-Oriented Architectures

• Microservice Architectures
  Challenges, development approaches, and best practices for creating modular and scalable systems, etc.
• Serverless Service-Oriented Architectures
  Event-driven, stateless systems that reduce infrastructure overhead and improve agility, etc.
• Architecture and Design Patterns for Service-Oriented Architectures
  Creation of new patterns tailored for Service-Oriented Architectures or their technical realization, etc.
• Service-Based Integration Architectures
  Methods, concepts, patterns, and frameworks for integrating systems through services, etc.
• Service-Oriented Architecture and System Transformation
  Strategies, methods, and technical approaches for transitioning Service-Oriented Architectures. This also includes transformations of traditional, legacy, and monolithic systems to SOA/microservice architectures, refinement, etc.
• Software Architectures for the Compute Continuum

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) in SOA

• APIs for Services
  Approaches for the automatic generation of APIs and their documentation, etc.
• API Management for Services
  Systematic approaches for managing heterogeneous APIs and their interoperability, etc.
• API Patterns for Services
  Analysis of existing Patterns regarding their applicability to SOA or the development of new Patterns for SOA, etc.
• API Summarization
  Endpoint summarization, documentation summarization, etc.

Software Engineering for SOA

• Software Engineering Best Practices for SOA
  Methods and models to fit the dynamic requirements of Service-Oriented Architectures.
• Testing Approaches for SOA
  Appropriate testing methodologies to address the unique needs of SOA, etc.
• Documentation for SOA
  Automatic generation of documentation for Service-Oriented projects, etc.
• Repository and Code Base Analysis
  Mining and analysis techniques to evaluate the quality of Service-Oriented Systems, etc.

Service-Oriented Infrastructure and Operation

• DevOps and Service Engineering
  Methods and approaches for combining DevOps practices and service-oriented engineering, etc.
• Services in the Edge, Fog, and Cloud
  Cloud platforms for hosting services as well as the integration of SaaS in systems. Capabilities, limitations, and trade-offs of cloud-native solutions for SOA, etc.
• Deployment, Operation, and Maintenance Automation of Service-Oriented Systems
  Automation approaches, end-to-end lifecycle management practices, CI/CD Pipelines for Service Deployment, Containerization, etc.
• Infrastructure Optimization for Service Hosting
  Best practices such as fine-tuning configurations to ensure efficient and reliable system performance, etc.
• Infrastructure for IoT-based Service-Oriented Systems
  Services running near devices on the cloud, edge, or fog, distribution optimization, etc.

AI in Service-Oriented Systems

• AI-supported Service-Oriented Systems Transformation and Development
  AI tools to decompose monolithic systems into microservices efficiently and accurately or AI-supported service development, etc.
• Predictive Analytics for Service Behavior
  AI models to predict service performance, availability, and potential failures based on historical data, etc.
• AI in Dynamic Resource Allocation
  AI technologies to optimize resource allocation for services in real-time, improving scalability and reducing costs, etc.
• Intelligent Quality Assurance
  AI techniques to automate testing, monitoring, and validation of service-oriented systems, etc.

Service-Oriented Systems Quality

• Service-Oriented Architecture Assessment
  Metrics and methodologies for evaluating non-functional requirements, e.g., performance, reliability, maintainability, etc.
• Service-Oriented Testing
  Testing approaches, system tests for SOA, etc.
• Sustainable Service-Oriented Systems
  The four dimensions (social, economic, environmental, technology) of sustainability applied to Service-Oriented Systems, etc.

Practical Experiences / Industry Experiences

• Innovative Service Applications and Experiences
  Novel applications of Service-Oriented Systems and their impact on industries, etc.
• Empirical Studies and Case Studies on Practitioners’ Experiences
  Highlights from empirical research capturing real-world challenges and practices, etc.
• Tool and Technology Experiences
  Reports on the usage of tools or frameworks when building SOA systems, etc.

Publications

Publication of Accepted Papers

All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings.

Extended Publication Opportunity

Authors of the top-rated papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their manuscripts for publication in the Cluster Computing journal special issue.

Details about the journal and past issues can be found here: Cluster Computing.

Call for Papers

We invite researchers, practitioners, and industry experts to submit their original contributions to IEEE SOSE, focusing on advancements and challenges in Service-Oriented Architectures. This conference provides a platform to discuss cutting-edge research, emerging trends, and practical insights into modern service-based systems, including microservices, serverless architectures, API management, AI-driven services, and software engineering best practices. Join us in shaping the future of service-oriented computing through impactful discussions and high-quality research contributions.

Paper Types

Full Papers (10 pages, plus 2 pages with references)

• Provide a comprehensive and detailed exploration of novel research findings, methodologies, or theories.
• Include validation, evaluation, empirical studies, or extensive case studies to support the contribution.
• Target researchers and practitioners seeking an in-depth understanding of the topic.
• All Full Papers are included in the conference proceedings.

Short Papers (5 pages, plus 1 page with references)

• Present preliminary findings and first results of your research.
• Aim to foster discussion and feedback from the community on emerging work.
• All Short Papers are included in the conference proceedings.

Vision Papers (4 pages, plus 1 page with references)

• Propose innovative ideas and exciting new directions in early stages of your research, supported by initial evidence.
• Encourage the community in discussions about the evolution of the discipline and its strategic goals.
• All Vision Papers are included in the conference proceedings.

Demonstration Papers (4 pages, plus 1 page with references)

• Demonstrate tools, frameworks, or systems with live tech demos that highlight novel contributions to the field.
• Provide a video that presents the demonstration.
• You may provide access to your open-source code to enable reproducibility.
• Include a “How to Install and Run” ReadMe to support readers in the demonstration (e.g., provide Docker Images, etc.).
• All Demonstration Papers are included in the conference proceedings.

Evaluation Criteria

Papers submitted to the Research Track will be assessed based on the following criteria. Authors should ensure that their papers clearly address each criterion and justify their contributions. Reviewers will carefully consider all these criteria during the review process.

1. Novelty: The originality and innovativeness of the proposed solutions, problem formulations, methodologies, theories, and/or evaluations. This measures how the paper stands out compared to the current state-of-the-art.

2. Rigor: The soundness, clarity, and depth of the technical or theoretical contributions, as well as the thoroughness and completeness of the evaluation.

3. Relevance: The importance and potential impact of the research on Service-Oriented Systems.

4. Reproducibility and Transparency: The degree to which the paper provides sufficient information to understand the innovation, including how data was obtained, analyzed, and interpreted. This also includes the paper’s support for independent verification or replication of its claims. Any attached or linked artifacts will be reviewed.

5. Presentation: The clarity of the paper’s contributions and their visual appearance.

Submission Guidelines

Researchers interested in submitting their work should follow these guidelines to ensure proper submission and compliance with the review process:

Original Research

• All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference.

Paper Title Naming

• If you are submitting a Short Paper, Vision Paper, or Demonstration Paper, you must prefix the title as follows:
  • Short Paper: [Title]
  • Vision Paper: [Title]
  • Demonstration Paper: [Title]
• For a Full Paper, no prefix is needed.
• Note: These prefixes will be removed in the Camera-Ready version published in the final proceedings.

Double-Blind Review Process

• Submissions will undergo a double-blind review, meaning both authors and reviewers remain anonymous to each other.
• To comply with this process, authors must remove any identifying information from their manuscripts, including names, affiliations, and acknowledgments.
• Citations to the authors’ prior work should be written in a way that does not reveal authorship (e.g., “prior research [1]” instead of citing oneself directly).

Data Availability

• Authors are strongly encouraged to make their data available to facilitate thorough and transparent review.
• Platforms such as Figshare and Zenodo provide reliable, disciplinary-agnostic repositories for archiving and sharing open data.
• Authors should ensure data is anonymized during the review process to comply with the double-blind review policy.

Template for Submissions

• All submissions must adhere to the IEEE conference paper template.
• Download the template from: IEEE Templates.
• Ensure that your paper is formatted correctly, including margins, fonts, and headings, to avoid rejection on formatting grounds.

Submission Link

• Submit your manuscript according to the deadlines via EasyChair: EasyChair Submission Link

Publications

Publication of Accepted Papers

All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings.

Extended Publication Opportunity

Authors of the top-rated papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their manuscripts for publication in the Cluster Computing journal special issue.

Details about the journal and past issues can be found here: Cluster Computing.

Modern Service-Oriented Architectures

• Microservice Architectures
  Challenges, development approaches, and best practices for creating modular and scalable systems, etc.
• Serverless Service-Oriented Architectures
  Event-driven, stateless systems that reduce infrastructure overhead and improve agility, etc.
• Architecture and Design Patterns for Service-Oriented Architectures
  Creation of new patterns tailored for Service-Oriented Architectures or their technical realization, etc.
• Service-Based Integration Architectures
  Methods, concepts, patterns, and frameworks for integrating systems through services, etc.
• Service-Oriented Architecture and System Transformation
  Strategies, methods, and technical approaches for transitioning Service-Oriented Architectures. This also includes transformations of traditional, legacy, and monolithic systems to SOA/microservice architectures, refinement, etc.
• Software Architectures for the Compute Continuum

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) in SOA

• APIs for Services
  Approaches for the automatic generation of APIs and their documentation, etc.
• API Management for Services
  Systematic approaches for managing heterogeneous APIs and their interoperability, etc.
• API Patterns for Services
  Analysis of existing Patterns regarding their applicability to SOA or the development of new Patterns for SOA, etc.
• API Summarization
  Endpoint summarization, documentation summarization, etc.

Software Engineering for SOA

• Software Engineering Best Practices for SOA
  Methods and models to fit the dynamic requirements of Service-Oriented Architectures.
• Testing Approaches for SOA
  Appropriate testing methodologies to address the unique needs of SOA, etc.
• Documentation for SOA
  Automatic generation of documentation for Service-Oriented projects, etc.
• Repository and Code Base Analysis
  Mining and analysis techniques to evaluate the quality of Service-Oriented Systems, etc.

Service-Oriented Infrastructure and Operation

• DevOps and Service Engineering
  Methods and approaches for combining DevOps practices and service-oriented engineering, etc.
• Services in the Edge, Fog, and Cloud
  Cloud platforms for hosting services as well as the integration of SaaS in systems. Capabilities, limitations, and trade-offs of cloud-native solutions for SOA, etc.
• Deployment, Operation, and Maintenance Automation of Service-Oriented Systems
  Automation approaches, end-to-end lifecycle management practices, CI/CD Pipelines for Service Deployment, Containerization, etc.
• Infrastructure Optimization for Service Hosting
  Best practices such as fine-tuning configurations to ensure efficient and reliable system performance, etc.
• Infrastructure for IoT-based Service-Oriented Systems
  Services running near devices on the cloud, edge, or fog, distribution optimization, etc.

AI in Service-Oriented Systems

• AI-supported Service-Oriented Systems Transformation and Development
  AI tools to decompose monolithic systems into microservices efficiently and accurately or AI-supported service development, etc.
• Predictive Analytics for Service Behavior
  AI models to predict service performance, availability, and potential failures based on historical data, etc.
• AI in Dynamic Resource Allocation
  AI technologies to optimize resource allocation for services in real-time, improving scalability and reducing costs, etc.
• Intelligent Quality Assurance
  AI techniques to automate testing, monitoring, and validation of service-oriented systems, etc.

Service-Oriented Systems Quality

• Service-Oriented Architecture Assessment
  Metrics and methodologies for evaluating non-functional requirements, e.g., performance, reliability, maintainability, etc.
• Service-Oriented Testing
  Testing approaches, system tests for SOA, etc.
• Sustainable Service-Oriented Systems
  The four dimensions (social, economic, environmental, technology) of sustainability applied to Service-Oriented Systems, etc.

Practical Experiences / Industry Experiences

• Innovative Service Applications and Experiences
  Novel applications of Service-Oriented Systems and their impact on industries, etc.
• Empirical Studies and Case Studies on Practitioners’ Experiences
  Highlights from empirical research capturing real-world challenges and practices, etc.
• Tool and Technology Experiences
  Reports on the usage of tools or frameworks when building SOA systems, etc.

Researchers interested in submitting their work should follow these guidelines to ensure proper submission and compliance with the review process:

Original Research

• All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference.

Paper Title Naming

• If you are submitting a Short Paper, Vision Paper, or Demonstration Paper, you must prefix the title as follows:
  • Short Paper: [Title]
  • Vision Paper: [Title]
  • Demonstration Paper: [Title]
• For a Full Paper, no prefix is needed.
• Note: These prefixes will be removed in the Camera-Ready version published in the final proceedings.

Double-Blind Review Process

• Submissions will undergo a double-blind review, meaning both authors and reviewers remain anonymous to each other.
• To comply with this process, authors must remove any identifying information from their manuscripts, including names, affiliations, and acknowledgments.
• Citations to the authors’ prior work should be written in a way that does not reveal authorship (e.g., “prior research [1]” instead of citing oneself directly).

Data Availability

• Authors are strongly encouraged to make their data available to facilitate thorough and transparent review.
• Platforms such as Figshare and Zenodo provide reliable, disciplinary-agnostic repositories for archiving and sharing open data.
• Authors should ensure data is anonymized during the review process to comply with the double-blind review policy.

Template for Submissions

• All submissions must adhere to the IEEE conference paper template.
• Download the template from: IEEE Templates.
• Ensure that your paper is formatted correctly, including margins, fonts, and headings, to avoid rejection on formatting grounds.

Submission Link

• Submit your manuscript according to the deadlines via EasyChair: EasyChair Submission Link.

Authors of accepted papers will be required to prepare a camera-ready version following the provided guidelines. We look forward to your submissions and to welcoming you to SOSE 2025 in Tucson, Arizona!

Venue

University of Arizona
1510 E University Blvd
Tucson, Arizona, 85721
United States

More details

Travel

Instructions on how to reach SOSE 2025 can be found here: Travel Information

Visa Information

To attend the conference, you must possess a valid passport and any necessary travel documents, such as a visa, for entry into the United States. Participants are strongly encouraged to review their visa requirements well in advance, as global security measures often lead to stricter visa rules and extended processing times.

Important Notes:
- The conference organizers cannot assist with embassy or consulate procedures.
- If you require an invitation letter for visa purposes, please contact the organizing chair.
- Invitation letters will only be issued to authors of accepted papers and registered participants who have completed their conference registration payment.