Design and Delivery Practices of the Summer School on Services Computing

Services computing has been recognized as a new foundational discipline of the modern services industry. The Technical Committee on Services Computing (TC-SVC) within IEEE Computer Society is leading an initiative to promote Services Computing Curriculum around the world. This paper defines eleven key knowledge areas in the field of Services Computing. Based on defined knowledge areas, we report 2008 Summer School on Services Computing (Summer School), as a case study and pilot project to show how to dynamically compose reusable knowledge areas into expected courses. We present the design and delivery practices of Summer School, as well as experiences and lessons learned from the program.