Web engineering and peer to peer computing

This book presents the refereed proceedings from two thematic workshops held alongside Networking 2002: WEB Engineering and Peer-to-Peer Computing. Organized by the Italian National Research Council (CNR) and sponsored by IFIP working groups, the conference spanned five days, featuring a main conference, two tutorial days, and thematic workshops. The International Workshop on Web Engineering focused on key issues in designing and implementing large-scale, complex web-based systems. Scalability challenges affect both applications and the underlying web/network infrastructure. Web services and internet applications must address network performance and transport protocol design to ensure acceptable performance and robustness, while emerging network and web technologies are shaped by application requirements. Fifteen papers showcased the current state of the art in this field. Approximately thirty participants attended the workshop, engaging in stimulating discussions following each presentation. This event offered an excellent opportunity for researchers from academia and industry to gather, exchange ideas, and discuss recent developments in web-based systems and emerging internet applications.