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8th IEEE International Conference on Global Software Engineering
(ICGSE)
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Software and IT industries are today truly global – and so is
software development. The diversity of culture and the dispersion
over time and space require novel techniques, tools, and practices
from many disciplines to overcome challenges and to take advantage
of all the opportunities that global software engineering offers.
The 8th International Conference on Global Software Engineering
(ICGSE) brings together researchers and practitioners interested
in solving the challenges of globally distributed teams. The ICGSE
2013 organizing committee invites academic and industrial
communities to contribute to the expertise of the international
global software engineering.
Practice: Global Software Engineering addresses real-world
challenges, and so we especially seek industry knowledge. We
invite industrial participants to share observations and
experiences in the conference by publishing papers and making
presentations. Industrial experiences can be submitted by means of
a half-page abstract.
Research: We also invite academic researchers to submit papers
discussing GSE research and GSE education strategies. Papers
presenting empirical evidence connecting industry and research are
encouraged and will be given preference over systematic literature
reviews and systematic mapping studies.
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* Topics of interest *
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Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to:
- Strategic issues in distributed development: business models
(offshoring, nearshoring, outsourcing etc.), business case
development, work distribution models, supplier selection and
management, cost-benefit-risk analysis
- Managing distributed software development: planning, team
building, project and SLA management, managing diversity,
measurements and evaluation
- Methods and tools for distributed software development:
requirements engineering, design, coding, verification, testing
and maintenance
- Communication, coordination and collaboration
- Knowledge management in distributed development
- Getting started with global software engineering
- Empirical studies of distributed teams and lessons learnt
- Processes and methods for the global environment (planned,
agile etc)
- Global software development education
Authors of selected high-quality papers will be invited to
submit an expanded version for a special section on Global
Software Engineering in the Empirical Software Engineering
Journal, published by Springer.
Submissions are invited for papers describing unpublished,
original work, in any of the following categories:
- Research papers that describe theoretical frameworks,
technical solutions, or empirical studies. Maximum length 10
pages.
- Practice papers that describe problems, lessons learned,
solutions implemented and challenges encountered in industrial
global software engineering environments. Maximum length 5
pages.
All submissions will be handled electronically through the ICGSE
2013 web site (
www.icgse.org). Papers should
be submitted as PDF files which conform to the two-column IEEE
CS Press format. Accepted papers will be published in the
conference proceedings by IEEE CS Press and be available in the
IEEE CS Digital Library.
We also invite industry abstracts, submissions for the doctoral
symposium, and proposals for workshops and tutorials. Further
information and updates will be available at the conference
website.
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* Important Dates *
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Workshop proposals:
Jan
11, 2013
Industry abstract submissions:
Feb
15, 2013
Paper abstract submissions:
Feb 15, 2013
Paper submissions:
Feb
25, 2013
Tutorial proposals:
Mar
04, 2013
Doctoral Symposium submissions:
Mar 11, 2013
Notification to paper authors:
Apr 29, 2013
Camera-ready papers due:
May 31, 2013
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* Venue *
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ICGSE 2013 will be hosted by the University of Bari, in the
heart of the city. Bari is the second most important economic
centre of mainland Southern Italy. There are daily direct
flights from Milan, Munich, Rome, Turin, Venice and Zurich.
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* Organizing Committee *
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General Chair
Filippo Lanubile, University of Bari, Italy
Program Chairs
Marcelo Cataldo, Bosch Corporate Research, USA
Juergen Muench, University of Helsinki, Finland
Steering Committee Coordinator
Christof Ebert, Vector Consulting Services, Germany
Doctoral Symposium Chairs
Ban Al-Ani, University of California Irvine, USA
Sarah Beecham, LERO, Ireland
Workshop Chairs
Marco Kuhrmann, TUM, Germany
Sabrina Marczak, PUCRS, Brazil
Tutorials Chairs
Maria Paasivaara, Aalto University, Finland
Xin Peng, Fudan University, China
Industry Liaison
Alberto Avritzer, Siemens, USA
Giuseppe Visaggio, DAISY-Net, Italy
Publicity
Jude Fernandez, Infosys, India
Martin Nordio, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Nicole Novielli, University of Bari, Italy
Rafael Prikladnicki, PUCRS, Brazil
Darja Smite, Blekinge Inst. of Techn., Sweden
Finance Chair
Danilo Caivano, SER&Practices Spin Off, Italy
Proceedings Chair
Fabio Calefato, University of Bari, Italy
Local Organizing Chair
Teresa Baldassarre, University of Bari, Italy
Webmaster
Adriana Napolitano, University of Bari, Italy
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* Program Committee *
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Ban Al-Ani, University of California Irvine, United States
Muhammad Ali Babar, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Alberto Avritzer, Siemens Corporate Research, United States
Rajesh Balan, Singapore Management University, Singapore
Len Bass, NICTA, Australia
Sarah Beecham, LERO, Ireland
Andrew Begel, Microsoft Research, United States
Fabio Calefato, University of Bari, Italy
Darren Dalcher, University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Daniela Damian, University of Victoria, Canada
Cleidson R. B. de Souza, VALE Institute of Technology, Brazil
Yeal Dubinsky, IBM Research - Haifa Lab, Israel
Christof Ebert, Vector, Germany
Kate Ehrlich, IBM Research, United States
Jude Fernandez, Infosys, India
Terrill Frantz, Peking University, China
Tracy Hall, Brunel University, United Kingdom
James Herbsleb, Carnegie Mellon University, United States
Yasushi Ishigai, Mitsubishi Research Institute Inc., Japan
Marco Kuhrmann, Technische Universität München, Germany
Casper Lassenius, Aalto University, Finland
Christian Lescher, Siemens, Germany
V S Mani, Siemens, India
Sabrina Marczak, PUCRS, Brazil
Allen Milewski, Monmouth University, United States
Audris Mockus, Avaya Labs Research, United States
Martin Nordio, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Maria Paasivaara, Aalto University, Finland
Rafael Prikladnicki, PUCRS, Brazil
Narayan Ramasubbu, University of Pittsburgh, United States
Ita Richardson, LERO, Ireland
Anita Sarma, University of Nebraska Lincoln, United States
Bikram Sengupta, IBM Research, India
Darja Smite, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden
BedirTekinerdogan, Bilkent University,Turkey
Guilherme Travassos, COPPE/UFRJ, Brazil
Peppo Valetto, Drexel University, United States
Aurora Vizcaino, Escuela Superior de Informatica, Spain
Patrick Wagstrom, IBM Research, United States
Qing Wang, ISCAS, China
Claes Wohlin, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden
Rini van Solingen, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Hans van Vliet, University Amsterdam, Netherlands