5th International Workshop on
Big data driven Edge Cloud Services
(BECS 2025)
Co-located with the 25th International Conference on Web Engineering (ICWE 2025), June, 2025, Delft, Netherlands.
Co-located with the 25th International Conference on Web Engineering (ICWE 2025), June, 2025, Delft, Netherlands.
Edge clouds are emerging as a pivotal computing infrastructure, especially with the advancements in communication technologies like 5G and Web of Things (WoT) infrastructures. They play a significant role in collecting and processing big data efficiently, particularly in smart cities and smart factories. In such environments, the provision of real-time Web services for various data types becomes imperative. Additionally, the creation of a dependable framework for developing big data service applications is crucial. The upcoming fifth edition of the BECS workshop aims to offer a platform for scholars and practitioners to exchange experiences and present ongoing work on delivering enhanced Web services by leveraging big data in edge cloud environments.
The workshop program is as follows (all time is in Central European Standard Time, CEST):
| 11:00-11:15 CEST | Opening Talks |
| 11:15-12:30 CEST |
Paper Session I
Adaptive ML-Enabled Edge-Cloud System Framework for Safe and Efficient Autonomous Systems
E-VaaS: Edge-Enabled Vehicle-as-a-Service for Smart Transportation Systems
Underwater Object Identification with Edge Computing Paradigms |
| 12:30-14:00 CEST | Lunch |
| 14:00-15:00 CEST |
Keynote Talk
Towards Unethical Web Engineering |
| 15:00-15:30 CEST |
Paper Session II
LLM-Driven Multi-Agent Recommendation for QoS-Aware Edge Server Selection in Mobile Environments |
| 15:30-16:00 CEST | Coffee Break & Poster Session
BERT-M: A Transformer-Based Model for Context-Aware User Mobility Prediction in MEC Environments [abstract] |
| 16:00-16:50 CEST |
Paper Session III
ECGTwinMentor: Enhancing Cardiology Education in ECG with Digital Twins
PROPER-SDP: PROmpt-based Project Evolution-awaRe Software Defect Prediction for Edge-Cloud Systems |
| 16:50-17:00 CEST | Closing |
Prof. Cesare Pautasso, University of Lugano (USI), Switzerland
Web engineering imports many metaphors from the real world. Terms such as Web, Cloud, Edge, Thing, Solid, Liquid represent different paradigms that have emerged in the last decades providing a strong foundation for global connectivity, ubiquitous computing, and big data. While most of Web engineering research is concerned with the design and implementation of high performance, scalable, reliable, and maintainable Web applications, this presentation focuses on ethical aspects. We discuss a number of dark patterns used to intentionally manipulate, mislead or harm users, often serving business interests over users welfare. The engineers of unethical Web applications commit digital frauds, violate users privacy, pursue monetization at all costs, manipulate search rankings, escape contact with reality and engage in unethical artificial intelligence practices. As we describe how each dark pattern works and examine its ethical implications, we will learn to recognize them, advocate for their avoidance, and contribute to a more ethical Web engineering ecosystem.
Cesare Pautasso is a full professor at the Software Institute of USI Lugano, Switzerland where he leads the Architecture, Design and Web Information Systems Engineering research group. He is the general chair of the 19th European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA) and recently served as the program chair of the 28th European Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs (EuroPLoP 2023). He hosted the ICWE conference in Lugano back in 2016. He has co-authored books on ‘Unethical Software Engineering: Dark Patterns’ (2025), ‘Patterns for API Design’ (2022), ‘SOA with REST’ (2017). You can follow him on @pautasso@scholar.social and on www.pautasso.org
Relevant topics include, but are not limited to:
Authors are invited to submit full papers (maximum length of 12 pages, including all references and figures) or short/demo papers (maximum length of 6 pages, including all references and figures). Papers should be formatted according to Springer’s LNCS formatting guidelines.
All papers should be submitted through the EasyChair platform.
Accepted papers will be included in the post-workshop proceedings to appear in Springer's CCIS series. For each accepted paper, at least one author must attend the workshop and present the paper. Registration is subject to the terms and conditions of ICWE.
Selected high-quality submissions will be invited to submit an extended version of their paper to a special issue of the Journal of Web Engineering (indexed in SCIE and Scopus).
Contact: becs2025@easychair.org
