-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] Call for Papers: EASE 2019 – The 23rd International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 15:54:26 +0000 From: Valentina Lenarduzzi valentina.lenarduzzi@tut.fi To: aisworld@lists.aisnet.org aisworld@lists.aisnet.org

Call for Papers: EASE 2019 – The 23rd International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering ===================================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS The 23rd International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE'19) April 15-17, 2019 - Copenhagen, Denmark www.ease2019.org Twitter: @ConfEase Facebook: Ease2019 ===================================================================== The Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE) conference is an internationally-leading venue for academics and practitioners to present and discuss their research on evidence-based software engineering and its implications for software practice. The 23rd edition of EASE will be organized between 15th and 17th April 2019 at the IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark. EASE 2019 welcomes high-quality research submissions to different tracks: Full Research Papers, Short Papers & Artefacts, Emerging Results & Vision, Industry Track, Doctoral Symposium, and Posters (see the details below). Submissions may cover any topic related to the empirical and evidence-based software engineering, such as: - Experiments and quasi-experiments - Replications of empirical studies - Case studies - Action research - Experience reports - Survey research - Field studies - Ethnographic - Grounded theory - Observational studies - Systematic reviews, mapping studies and meta-analyses - Methodological issues and practices - Tools to support empirical and evidence-based research and evaluation

FULL RESEARCH PAPERS TRACK The EASE full research paper track seeks submissions reporting original, unpublished research covering any aspect of Experimental, Empirical and Evidence-Based Software Engineering, for example the use of quantitative and qualitative methods for empirical evaluation of software engineering technologies, methods, and tools. This track particularly welcome the research that is aimed at innovative use of established and/or development and use of new research approaches and tools for supporting Evidence-Based Software Engineering. The full research papers will not exceed 10 pages.

IMPORTANT DATES FOR THE FULL RESEARCH PAPERS TRACK Abstract submission: December 20, 2018 Papers submission: January 10, 2019 Notification: February 28, 2019

EMERGING RESULTS AND VISION TRACK Emerging Results and Vision track will accept the following kinds of papers (no longer than 6 pages):

* The Emerging Results Papers should aim at reporting preliminary, initial research results for which the complete evaluation is not yet carried out. The primary purpose of the Emerging Results papers is to communicate new ideas to get an early feedback from the empirical software engineering community. This track particularly invites work on how to evaluate the solutions (e.g., practices, methodologies, technologies, tools, and software based services) which are on the emerging areas of software engineering, for example, (a) related to emerging technologies (Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Software Analytics) or (b) ones that appear in emerging infrastructures of software engineering (Cloud Computing, DevOps, Healthcare, Smart Cities, and IoT). We are particularly interested in how the existing empirical research methods can be used or tailored for evaluating such software-based solutions being developed with emerging technologies infrastructures. * The Vision Papers should present long term challenges and opportunities instead of incremental improvements or evaluations of current solutions or practices. Typically, they include creative ways to extend the applicability of techniques in empirical software engineering and/or challenge the existing explicit or implicit assumptions or paradigms in the field. Bold calls to action for potential novel directions supported by a well-motivated scientific intuition or argument, as well as well-grounded predictions of how empirical software engineering research and practice will look in the far future are welcome.

IMPORTANT DATES FOR THE EMERGING RESULTS AND VISION TRACK Abstract submission: January 20, 2019 Papers submission: January 27, 2019 Notification: February 17, 2019

SHORT PAPERS AND ARTEFACTS TRACK Submissions (to both short papers and artefacts categories) should be limited to 4 – 6 pages, including figures, tables, and references.

SHORT PAPERS: The short paper category invites submission of insightful research that can often go unrecognized under the standard review process. This includes, but is not limited to, for instance:

* Critic of established methodology and/or practice; * Research on controversial topics; * “Folklore” confirmations: when a sound research finds “what everyone knows already”. Though often these “common sense” findings have not been scientifically proven, such findings are frequently considered “not new enough” under traditional peer review; * Unexpected results: when empirical evaluation results diverge dramatically from the expectations, and the researchers do not find what they were looking for; * Confirmation studies, when a new study confirms previously well known results; * Methodological failure reports, where poor design invalidates otherwise interesting findings (both the findings and study design flaws need to be discussed).

EMPIRICAL ARTEFACTS: The artefact category encourages submission of artefacts which can provide value to the broader empirical research, e.g., datasets, raw data collected for experimental research, along with the description of tools/environments/scripts which can be used to facilitate reuse of this dataset for other study designs. Artefact submissions should also include a paper that explains what the artefacts are, how they were created (e.g., how data was collected), and how they can be reused. EASE aims to promote artefact reuse, and, to this end, will build a topic-specific community-wide catalogue to support empirical research.

IMPORTANT DATES FOR THE SHORT PAPERS AND ARTEFACTS TRACK Abstract submission: January 27, 2019 Papers submission: February 3, 2019 Notification: February 25, 2019

INDUSTRY TRACK The industry track welcomes contributions from the industry practitioners and researchers collaborating closely with the industry in the same areas as the main track. The industry practitioners my share their experiences of assessing current practice, adopting and evaluating new methods, practices or technologies, and gathering local or contextual evidence. We invite four types of submissions to this track:

1. For the first time in EASE, we introduce Experience reports: The experience report authors submit an extended abstract first, then they are assigned an experienced writer as a shepherd to guide them through the paper writing process. 2. The Empirical studies in the industry are conducted in an industrial setting and short papers are written by researchers or practitioners or co-authored by both. 3. The Industry talk submissions are aimed at those industry practitioners that have an interesting story to tell, but instead of writing a paper, prefer sharing their experiences in the conference by giving a talk. 4. We solicit Panel proposals on topics that are likely to be relevant and of interest to industrial attendees.

IMPORTANT DATES FOR THE INDUSTRY TRACK Experience report submission (extended abstracts): January 27, 2019 Empirical studies in the industry, abstract submission: January 27, 2019 Empirical studies in the industry, paper submission: February 3, 2019 Industry talk proposal submission: February 11, 2019 Panel proposal submission: February 11, 2019 Notification dates: Experience reports (acceptance to the shepherding process): February 4, 2019 Experience reports (final paper acceptance): March 8, 2019 Empirical studies in the industry: February 28, 2019 Industry talks: February 28, 2019 Panel proposals: February 28, 2019

DOCTORAL SYMPOSIUM TRACK The objective of the symposium is to provide junior researchers with the opportunity to present their work to the empirical software engineering community and receive valuable feedback from experienced researchers in that community. The symposium will facilitate the exchange of ideas among young and experienced researchers. To do so, experienced members of the empirical software engineering community will serve as the symposium advisors and provide feedback to students presenting their work. Participants are doctoral students, preferably at a mid-point in their dissertation work (i.e. are at least 12 months from defending their dissertation, but have at least a preliminary research design), who will present their work at the symposium. A dedicated mentor will be assigned to each student participant from the board of advisors for a detailed feedback, additionally the other symposium advisors and other attendees will also participate in discussion and provide feedback to the presenters. IMPORTANT DATES FOR THE DOCTORAL SYMPOSIUM Plan submission: January 18, 2019 Notification: February 1, 2019

POSTERS TRACK In this track the researchers will be able to publish late-breaking results, technical descriptions, smaller research contributions, works-in-progress and student projects in a concise and visible format. Accepted posters will be displayed in the conference venue, providing presenters with an opportunity to engage in discussion with other attendees around their research. Posters are limited to 2 pages. IMPORTANT DATES FOR THE POSTERS TRACK Papers submission: February 28, 2019 Notification: March 10, 2019 Camera ready and author registration for all tracks: March 15, 2019

SUBMITTING TO EASE 2019 All the tracks will accept submissions via Easy Chair. The submitted papers to all tracks of EASE2019 must be written in English, contain original work which is not currently in submission for review or publication elsewhere, must conform to the ACM SIG Proceedings template. Submissions must be carried out via EasyChair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ease2019). All papers submitted to the full papers track will be reviewed by at least three members of the EASE Programme Committee. Full papers will be double-blind reviewed. All the accepted papers to the different tracks will be published in the conference proceedings to be published by the ACM (approval pending) and will be available through the ACM Digital Library. For submissions, please go tohttps://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ease2019 For more information, please visit www.ease2019.orghttp://www.ease2019.org ============================================================ To contribute to SEWORLD, send your submission to mailto:seworld@sigsoft.org

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