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The First International Conference on Advances and SOFTENG 2015 April 19 - 24, 2015 - Barcelona, Spain |
| Call for Papers |
Software engineering exhibits challenging dimensions in the light of new applications, devices and services. Mobility, user-centric development, smart-devices, e-services, ambient environments, e-health and wearable/implantable devices pose specific challenges for specifying software requirements and developing reliable and safe software. Specific software interfaces, agile organization and software dependability require particular approaches for software security, maintainability, and sustainability.
SOFTENG 2015, The International Conference on Advances and Trends in Software Engineering, focuses on these challenging aspects for software development and deployment, across the whole life-cycle.
We solicit both academic, research, and industrial contributions. We welcome technical papers presenting research and practical results, position papers addressing the pros and cons of specific proposals, such as those being discussed in the standard fora or in industry consortia, survey papers addressing the key problems and solutions on any of the above topics short papers on work in progress, and panel proposals.
Industrial presentations are not subject to the format and content constraints of regular submissions. We expect short and long presentations that express industrial position and status.
Tutorials on specific related topics and panels on challenging areas are encouraged.
The topics suggested by the conference can be discussed in term of concepts, state of the art, research, standards, implementations, running experiments, applications, and industrial case studies. Authors are invited to submit complete unpublished papers, which are not under review in any other conference or journal in the following, but not limited to, topic areas.
All topics and submission formats are open to both research and industry contributions.
Software requirements
Fundamentals on software engineering requirements
Informal and formal representation of software requirements
Languages, schemes, patterns, tools for gathering software requirements
Tracking implementation for specific requirements
Functional and non-functional requirements
Requirements for ambient systems software
Requirements for body networks software
Requirements for smart devices and applications
Requirements for wearable/implantable software
Requirements for embedded software
Requirements for adaptive software/systems
Uncertainty specification in software requirements
Requirements for software dedicated to Internet of Things
Special requirements for data centers and cloud applications
Requirements for mobile software
Tools for requirements gathering
Requirements tracking tools
Tools for requirements conflict detection
Software designing and production
Methodologies and tools for software design and deployment
Agile development
Model-driven software development and DSL design
Software design for interactive applications
Software design for web-driven services
Combining classical and Agile software development methods
Empirical software engineering methods
Specific methods for dedicated software
Formal models and methods
Parallel programming
Visual tools
Empirical distribution parameters
Package management systems
Crowdsourcing software development
Model checking specifications
Software product lines
Tools and platforms for software development and deployment
Code generation environments
Specification and implementation of patterns/antipatterns
Software reuse
Software reuse approaches
Pros and cons on software reuse
Software reuse failures and lessons learned
Automation and high level abstraction in software reuse
Reusable components
Third-party software and component reuse
Software reuse metrics
Reuse patterns
Software reuse candidates (specifications, designs, tests cases, data, prototypes, plans, documentation, frameworks, and templates)
Online reuse aspects
Weak and strong reuse
Testing and validating reuse-based software
Duplication and reuse
Code clones
Detecting and measuring similarity in code clones
Open areas for research in software reuse
Software/hardware interfaces
General hardware/software modeling
Hardware/software interface codesign
Configurable and parametrized abstract interface architectures
Multi-processor system on chip interfaces
Interoperable hardware/software interfaces
Interface-based design methodology
Abstract models for concurrent hardware/software design
Interfaces for embedded software
Interfaces for ambient software
Interfaces for software in mobile/smart devices
Control flow
Parallel processing interfaces
Language translation modeling
Hardware/software partitioning
Agile software organization
Agile software organization structure
Agile teams and roles
Generalizing agile specialists
System integration in agile structures
Agile analysis and design
Scalable agile frameworks
Performance management in agile organizations
Metrics for agile software organization
Business models and agile origination
Strategy and guidance for agile software organization
Tools and guidance for agile-oriented business control
Software sustainability
Long lasting software
Environmental impact and economic balance
Modeling software product sustainability
Factors affecting software sustainability
Techniques for measuring sustainability
Formal and informal methods for software sustainability
Software sustainability and non-functional requirements
Software sustainability maturity model
Sustainable open source
Sustainability and reliability, (self-)adaptability, maintainability, context-awareness, agility
Software sustainability for green IT
Energy consumption and e-waste from computers during software upgrades
Governance models
Software sustainability and sustainable human behaviors
Operational risks, health and safety
Software testing and validation
Program analysis and software verificationModel-based testing
Testing system composition/orchestration
Data flow testing
Debugging and validation
Discovering vulnerabilities
Defects localization
Defects and failures in software libraries
Testing and run-time analysis based on verification technology
Testing evolving software
Testing embedded applications
Testing citizen-oriented software
Testing game software
Testing apps and on-line software
Testing web-based software
Testing mobile software
Testing software for smart devices
Testing software for wearable services/devices
Testing APIs
Testing software-intensive systems
Malpractice process models
Tools and methodologies for testing real-time software
Testing software performance
Testing for malware presence
Automatic testing methodologies
Software testing certification
Code validation
Metrics for software quality prediction
Maintenance and life-cycle management
Software rejuvenation
Software termination
Software duplication, redundancy
Software versions and configuration control
Software evolution
Conformance and traceability
Automated refactoring validation
Verification techniques
Software certification
Managing software versions
Maintenance over cross-platforms
Maintaining evolutionary code
Validation of software configuration changes
Software patching metrics
Software evolution quality metrics
Removing unintentional implementations/features
Software visualization tools
Tasks-oriented maintenance
Updates dependency control
Maintenance for processing chains
Maintenance of clouds-based platforms
Maintenance of embedded software
Maintenance of automated tests
Maintenance of open-sources
Maintenance for legacy systems
Maintenance based on empirical evidence
Feature-to-code tracking and maintaining
Maintenance of functional and non-functional features
Maintaining user-priority features
Costs of maintenance efforts
Software reliability, robustness, safety
Metrics and measurements, estimation, prediction of quality/reliability
Software reliability modeling
Automatic repair
Safety critical systems
Software defect prediction models
Software reliability testing
Reliability, availability, and safety of software systems
Risk-based testing
Validation and verification
Vulnerability analysis
Software dependability
Fault tolerance, survivability, and resilience of software systems
Bug fixing
Systems (hardware + software) reliability engineering
Services reliability engineering
Open source software reliability engineering
Safety-critical systems
Collision analysis to prevent hazards
Safety, assurance, certification
Supporting tools and automation
Industry use cases and best practices
Empirical studies and benchmarks
Software security
Security anomaly detection
Detecting software sabotage
Runtime dependability
Threats for software libraries
Data analytics for security verification
Internet threats and countermeasures
Open systems dependability
Trusted component reuse
Security and safety
Trusted software
Detecting code clones in malware
Authentication schemes and software
Trustworthiness in Cloud environments
Communication integrity in critical embedded systems
Latent security vulnerabilities
Challenges for dedicated software, platforms, and tools
Enterprise application integration
Platforms and tools for agile software
Platforms an tools for special software
Lessons learned on domain-oriented software
eHealth software
Mobile applications
Software for smart devices
Software for mobile devices
Assistive software
Remote sensing software
Touch-user interfaces
Middleware software
Social networks software
Video-game software
Emerging interfaces
User-intensive web applications
Avionic software
Real-time software
Embedded software
Simulation software
Automotive software
INSTRUCTION FOR THE AUTHORS
Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions to one of the IARIA Journals.
Publisher: XPS (Xpert Publishing Services)
Archived: ThinkMindTM Digital Library (free access)
Prints available at Curran Associates, Inc.
Articles will be submitted to appropriate indexes.
Important deadlines:
due to winter holidays, submission deadline has been extended| Submission (full paper) |
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| Notification | February 2, 2015 |
| Registration | February 15, 2015 |
| Camera ready | March 6, 2015 |
Only .pdf or .doc files will be accepted for paper submission. All received submissions will be acknowledged via an automated system.
Contribution types
- regular papers [in the proceedings, digital library]
- short papers (work in progress) [in the proceedings, digital library]
- ideas: two pages [in the proceedings, digital library]
- extended abstracts: two pages [in the proceedings, digital library]
- posters: two pages [in the proceedings, digital library]
- posters: slide only [slide-deck posted on www.iaria.org]
- presentations: slide only [slide-deck posted on www.iaria.org]
- demos: two pages [posted on www.iaria.org]
- doctoral forum submissions: [in the proceedings, digital library]
Proposals for:
- mini symposia: [in the proceedings, digital library]
- workshops: [in the proceedings, digital library]
- tutorials: [slide-deck posted on www.iaria.org]
- panels: [slide-deck posted on www.iaria.org]
FORMATS
Only .pdf or .doc files will be accepted for paper submission. All received submissions will be acknowledged via an automated system.
Final author manuscripts will be 8.5" x 11", not exceeding 6 pages; max 4 extra pages allowed at additional cost. The formatting instructions can be found on the Instructions page. Helpful information for paper formatting can be found on the here. Latex templates are also available.
Slides-based contributions can use the corporate/university format and style.
Your paper should also comply with the additional editorial rules.
Once you receive the notification of contribution acceptance, you will be provided by the publisher an online author kit with all the steps an author needs to follow to submit the final version. The author kits URL will be included in the letter of acceptance.
We would recommend that you should not use too many extra pages, even if you can afford the extra fees. No more than 2 contributions per event are recommended, as each contribution must be separately registered and paid for. At least one author of each accepted paper must register to ensure that the paper will be included in the conference proceedings and in the digital library, or posted on the www.iaria.org (for slide-based contributions).
CONTRIBUTION TYPE
Regular Papers (up to 6-10 page article -6 pages covered the by regular registration; max 4 extra pages allowed at additional cost- ) (oral presentation)
These contributions could be academic or industrial research, survey, white, implementation-oriented, architecture-oriented, white papers, etc. They will be included in the proceedings, posted in the free-access ThinkMind digital library and sent for indexing.
Please submit the contributions following the instructions for the regular submissions using the "Submit a Paper" button and selecting the appropriate contribution type.
12-14 presentation slides are suggested.
Short papers (work in progress) (up to 4 pages long) (oral presentation)
Work-in-progress contributions are welcome. These contributions represent partial achievements of longer-term projects. They could be academic or industrial research, survey, white, implementation-oriented, architecture-oriented, white papers, etc. Please submit the contributions following the instructions for the regular submissions using the "Submit a Paper" button and selecting the contribution type as work in progress. Contributors must follow the conference deadlines, describing early research and novel skeleton ideas in the areas of the conference topics. The work will be published in the conference proceedings, posted in the free-access ThinkMind digital library and sent for indexing. For more details, see the Work in Progress explanation page.
12-14 presentation slides are suggested.
Ideas contributions (2 pages long) (oral presentation)
This category is dedicated to new ideas in their very early stage. Idea contributions are expression of yet to be developed approaches, with pros/cons, not yet consolidated. Ideas contributions are intended for a debate and audience feedback. Please submit the contributions following the instructions for the regular submissions using the "Submit a Paper" button and selecting the contribution type as Idea. Contributors must follow the conference deadlines, describing early research and novel skeleton ideas in the areas of the conference topics. The work will be published in the conference proceedings, posted in the free-access ThinkMind digital library and sent for indexing. For more details, see the Ideas explanation page.
12-14 presentation slides are suggested.
Extended abstracts (2 pages long) (oral presentation)
Extended abstracts summarize a long potential publication with noticeable results. It is intended for sharing yet to be written, or further on intended for a journal publication. Please submit the contributions following the instructions for the regular submissions using the "Submit a Paper" button and selecting the contribution type as Extended abstract. Contributors must follow the conference deadlines, describing early research and novel skeleton ideas in the areas of the conference topics. The work will be published in the conference proceedings, posted in the free-access ThinkMind digital library and sent for indexing.
12-14 presentation slides are suggested.
Posters (paper-based, two pages long) (oral presentation)
Posters are intended for ongoing research projects, concrete realizations, or industrial applications/projects presentations. The poster may be presented during sessions reserved for posters, or mixed with presentation of articles of similar topic.
A two-page paper summarizes a presentation intended to be a POSTER. This allows an author to summarize a series of results and expose them via a big number of figures, graphics and tables.
Please submit the contributions following the instructions for the regular submissions using the "Submit a Paper" button and selecting the contribution type as Poster Two Pages. Contributors must follow the conference deadlines, describing early research and novel skeleton ideas in the areas of the conference topics. The work will be published in the conference proceedings, posted in the free-access ThinkMind digital library and sent for indexing.
8-10 presentation slides are suggested.
Also a big Poster is suitable, used for live discussions with the attendees, in addition to the oral presentation.
Posters (slide-based, only) (oral presentation)
Posters are intended for ongoing research projects, concrete realizations, or industrial applications/projects presentations. The poster may be presented during sessions reserved for posters, or mixed with presentation of articles of similar topic. The slides must have comprehensive comments.
This type of contribution only requires a 8-10 slide-deck. Please submit the contributions following the instructions for the regular submissions using the "Submit a Paper" button and selecting the contribution type as Poster (slide-only). The slide-deck will be posted, post-event, on www.iaria.org.
8-10 presentation slides are suggested.
Also a big Poster is suitable, used for live discussions with the attendees, additionally to the oral presentation.
Presentations (slide-based, only) (oral presentation)
These contributions represent technical marketing/industrial/business/positioning presentations. This type of contribution only requires a 12-14 slide-deck. Please submit the contributions following the submission instructions by using the "Submit a Paper" button and selecting the contribution type as Presentation (slide-only). The slide-deck will be posted, post-event, on www.iaria.org.
12-14 presentation slides are suggested.
Demos (two pages) [posted on www.iaria.org]
Demos represent special contributions where a tool, an implementation of an application, or a freshly implemented system is presented in its alfa/beta version. It might also be intended for thsoe new application to gather the attendee opinion. A two-page summary for a demo is intended to be. It would be scheduled in special time spots, to ensure a maximum attendance from the participants. Please submit the contributions following the submission instructions by using the "Submit a Paper" button and selecting the contribution type as Demos. The Demos paper will be posted, post-event, on www.iaria.org.
Doctoral forum submissions: (up to 6-10 page article -6 pages covered the by regular registration; max 4 extra pages allowed at additional cost- ) (oral presentation)
There contributions refer to PhD dissertations, new PhD approaches, and PhD out-of-the-book thinking, etc. They will be included in the proceedings, posted in the free-access ThinkMind digital library and sent for indexing. Please submit the contributions following the instructions for the regular submissions using the "Submit a Paper" button and selecting the appropriate contribution type Doctoral forum.
12-14 presentation slides are suggested.
Tutorial proposals
Tutorials provide overviews of current high interest topics. Proposals should be for 2-3 hour long. Proposals must contain the title, the summary of the content, and the biography of the presenter(s). The tutorials' slide decks will be posted on the IARIA site.
Please send your proposals to tutorial proposal
Panel proposals
The organizers encourage scientists and industry leaders to organize dedicated panels dealing with controversial and challenging topics and paradigms. Panel moderators are asked to identify their guests and manage that their appropriate talk supports timely reach our deadlines. Moderators must specifically submit an official proposal, indicating their background, panelist names, their affiliation, the topic of the panel, as well as short biographies. The panel's slide deck will be posted on the IARIA site.
Please send your proposals to panel proposal
Workshop proposals
See http://www.iaria.org/workshop.html
Mini Symposium proposal
See http://www.iaria.org/symposium.html
