Introduction
In order to show understanding on issues related to web services, each student is expected to complete a review paper on a relevant web services topic of the students choosing and interest.
Topic: Emerging Trends in Web Services
To Start: Read Part X (Emerging Trends)
The textbook mainly focuses on web services and cloud computing. You may or may not follow this direction. The following is a list of options that you can choose your topic from.
• Web Services specifications and enhancements
• Web Services discovery and integration
• Web Services security
• Web Services standard and formalization
• Web Services Modeling
• Web Services-oriented Software Engineering
• Web Services-oriented software testing
• Web Services in Cloud Computing
• Semantic Web Services
• Etc.

Note that any of these topics is still rather broad. To produce a high-quality paper, you need to drill down to a more concrete topic. One such example could be “Review of a new XXX protocol for secure web services”.

IEEE and ACM databases are two good resources .No trade publications, web references, and book references should be used as references. Keep the majority of your references as current as possible (e.g., less than five years old).
Make sure that you cite all relevant articles that are referenced in your paper. Use the APA format where appropriate. This is a requirement by GSCIS. Failing to do so may lead to the loss of points in your submission.
The report should have 12- 15 pages, double-spaced and not counting the title page, table of contents, bibliography, or any figures. It should include a bibliography that appears as references in the body. Your paper should use headings and sub-headings to reflect its structure. Please proofread your paper carefully to ensure that it contains no spelling or grammatical errors. It should conform to the standards of academic integrity described in our program guide and the course syllabus.
A common outline for a review paper is as follows. This is for your reference only. Depending on the area you choose and your approach to tackle the problem area, you may choose a different structure.
1. Introduction (what is the problem being addressed? why is it a problem?)
2. Existing solutions in the literature.
2.1 Solution 1.
2.2 Solution 2.
2.3 Solution 3.
3. Review of solutions (what are the advantages/disadvantages for each of them? why?)
4. Your own solution (if any) (what is it? is it good? why? what is the significance/contribution to the field of study?).
5. Summary, conclusion and future work.


Additional Suggestions
1. It is not appropriate to write on a very broad topic such as network security, cryptography, multimedia network protocols, wireless protocols, etc. Keep in mind that this is just a short term paper that should fit into a limited time period. You can actually find a textbook for most of these topics. Please choose a topic as specific as possible.
2. A review paper usually should include multiple (about 5) references. I would like to see references from referred conference proceedings or journals. IEEE and ACM databases are generally used by the research community. References such as Wikipedia can be used at the early stages when you explore a topic, but you are discouraged from using them since the information are generally considered unreliable for scientific papers. Usually you should summarize different resources instead of reiterating the exact words. It is also important to show your ability of critical thinking – I wish you include as many comments (in your own words) as possible.
3. Please note if you cite the exact words from references, you need to put quotation marks on both sides. The paper may be considered plagiarism for failing to do so. You should also pay attention to the use of enough citations so that a reader can easily separate your work from other researchers. For more information on the integrity policy please refer to the course syllabus and the Graduate Catalog posted on GSCIS’ website.
4. If you plan to propose your own solutions on an existing problem, that is great. Try your best and you may end up with a publication based on your course work. I will be happy to assist you during the process.
Evaluation Criteria
Your paper submission will be evaluated based on the following evaluation criteria.
1. Relevance to the course.
2. Technical depth and soundness of your discussion.
3. Critical thoughts as shown in the discussion.
4. Citation to relevant references and quality of references.
5. Conformance to APA.
6. Formatting of the document.