About BECS 2025

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.

Workshop Program

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
Eunho Cho* and In-Young Ko - Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea

E-VaaS: Edge-Enabled Vehicle-as-a-Service for Smart Transportation Systems
Priyanshu Jogdand, Anjani Kumar, Ayan Mondal - Indian Institute of Technology Indore (IIT Indore), India
Erkki Harjula* - University of Oulu, Finland

Underwater Object Identification with Edge Computing Paradigms
Shekhar Tyagi, Akshat Shah and Abhishek Srivastava* - IIT Indore, India
12:30-14:00 CEST Lunch
14:00-15:00 CEST Keynote Talk

Towards Unethical Web Engineering
Prof. Cesare Pautasso, University of Lugano (USI), Switzerland
15:00-15:30 CEST Paper Session II

LLM-Driven Multi-Agent Recommendation for QoS-Aware Edge Server Selection in Mobile Environments
Eunjeong Ju*, Jeonghwa Lee, Duksan Ryu - Jeonbuk National University, South Korea
Jongmoon Baik - KAIST, South Korea

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]
Jeonghwa Lee, Eunjeong Ju*, Duksan Ryu - Jeonbuk National University, South Korea
Jongmoon Baik - KAIST, South Korea
16:00-16:50 CEST Paper Session III

ECGTwinMentor: Enhancing Cardiology Education in ECG with Digital Twins
Daniel Flores-Martin, Francisco Díaz-Barrancas*, Pedro J. Pardo, Javier Berrocal and Juan Manuel Murillo Rodríguez - University of Extremadura, Spain

PROPER-SDP: PROmpt-based Project Evolution-awaRe Software Defect Prediction for Edge-Cloud Systems
Inseok Yeo*, Sungu Lee - KAIST, South Korea
Duksan Ryu - Jeonbuk National University, South Korea
Jongmoon Baik - KAIST, South Korea
16:50-17:00 CEST Closing

Keynote Talk

Towards Unethical Web Engineering

  • Speaker

    Prof. Cesare Pautasso, University of Lugano (USI), Switzerland

    Associate Professor at the Universidad de Extremadura, Spain


  • Summary of the talk

    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.

  • Short bio

    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

Workshop Organizers

In-Young Ko

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea

Michael Mrissa

InnoRenew CoE, University of Primorska, Slovenia

Juan Manuel Murillo

University of Extremadura & COMPUTAEX Foundation, Spain

Abhishek Srivastava

Indian Institute of Technology Indore (IIT Indore), India

Technical Program Committee

  • Cheyma Ben Njima, MARS Lab, Tunisia
  • Eunkyoung Jee, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
  • Min-Soo Kim, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
  • Jemin Lee, Yonsei University, South Korea
  • Faïza Loukil, Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France, France
  • Ayan Mondal, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India
  • Martin Musicante, UFRN, Brazil
  • Jihun Park, Chungnam National University, South Korea
  • Placido Souza Neto, IFRN, Brazil
  • Jongse Park, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
  • Kiran K. Patnaik, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design, and Management, Gwalior, India
  • Duksan Ryu, Jeonbuk National University, South Korea

Important Dates

(AoE)
  • Paper submission deadline:April 19, 2025 → April 25, 2025
  • Notification of acceptance: May 11, 2025
  • Workshop day: June 30, 2025
  • Camera-ready: July 30, 2025

Paper Submission

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

Previous Editions

Editions Date Location
BECS 2024 June 17, 2024 Tampere, Finland
BECS 2023 June 6, 2023 Alicante, Spain
BECS 2022 July 8, 2022 Bari, Italy
BECS 2021 May 18, 2021 Biarritz, France Virtual