Special Issue on: "Computational Thinking and theDevelopment of Complex Systems"

Guest Editor:
Dr. Yinong Chen, Arizona State University, USA

Abstraction has been applied for representing a complexsystem in hierarchical layers, with a higher layer hiding certain informationfrom a lower layer. The progress in information, computing, and communicationsystems takes the abstraction concept further to the computational thinkingmodel for system design and implementation using a top-down approach, whichinclude an architecture-driven approach, model-driven development, andworkflow-based design process.

The architecture-driven approach, model-drivendevelopment, and workflow-based design process start from the architecturedesign of a complex system, including the major components and theinterconnections among the components. The next step is to define the interfaceof each component and the workflow within each component. Many workflowdevelopment tools today allow the refinement of work and the compilation of theworkflow into executable. This development style greatly supports computationalthinking, allowing the system architects focus on the functionalities, insteadof the implementation details.

Subject Coverage

Suitable topics include, but are not limited, to thefollowing:

·        Architecture-drivenand model driven development

·        Workflow-baseddevelopment and integration

·        Distributedobject architecture and system integration

·        Service-orientedcomputing, composition, and enterprise application integration

·        Internetof things, cyber-physical systems, and responsive systems

·        Autonomousdecentralised systems and applications

·        Internet-basedfinance, business, and government systems and services

·        Internet-supportedhealthcare and medical systems

·        Cloudcomputing and big data applications

·        Intelligenttransportation systems and smart city

Notes for Prospective Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previouslypublished nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B.Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper has been completelyre-written and if appropriate written permissions have been obtained from anycopyright holders of the original paper).

All papers are refereed through a peer review process.

All papers must besubmitted online. To submit a paper, please read our Submitting articlespage.

If you have any queries concerning this special issue,please email the Guest Editor, Dr. Yinong Chen at yinong@asu.edu.

Important Dates

Submission of Manuscripts: 1 September, 2017

Notification to Authors: 1 November, 2017

Final Versions Due: 1 February, 2018