[AISWorld] CfP: Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality (REFSQ'14)

[Weerd, G.C. van de]

Call for Papers:

R E F S Q ' 1 4 - Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality
April 7-10 2014, Essen, Germany

Abstract Submission: Oct. 9th, 2013
Paper Submission: Oct. 16th, 2013

http://www.refsq.org/
Twitter: @REFSQ2014
Facebook: facebook.com/REFSQ

Requirements Engineering (RE) is a dominant factor that influences the quality of software, systems and services. The REFSQ working conference series is well established as one of the leading international forums for discussing RE and its many relations to quality. The first REFSQ took place in 1994, and since 2010 REFSQ has been organised as a stand-alone conference. In April 2014, we again welcome participants to attend REFSQ'14, which will be held in Essen, Germany. 

Working Conference Format

REFSQ has a long tradition of being a highly structured and interactive forum. Each session is organised in order to provoke discussion among the presenters of papers, pre-assigned discussants, and all the other participants.

REFSQ'14 seeks reports of novel ideas and techniques that enhance the quality of RE’s products and processes, as well as reflections on current research and industrial RE practices. We invite submissions on any aspect of RE. We encourage researchers and practitioners from the RE, software engineering, information systems, service science, and embedded systems fields to present original work. We have chosen “Games for RE and RE for Games” as the special theme for REFSQ'14. In addition to general papers on RE and quality, we therefore encourage submissions that highlight the interplay of RE with related disciplines such as software architecture, quality assurance, user interface design, project management, and agile software development. Contributions from further related areas such as systems engineering, economics, and management are also very welcome for the insights they provide to RE.

Call for Papers

We invite original submissions in various categories:
– Full research papers (up to 15 pages), including solution papers, empirical studies, surveys, and comparative studies
– Experience reports (up to 15 pages), describing positive and negative experiences
– Vision papers (up to 6 pages) stating where the research in the field should be heading towards
– Problem statements (up to 6 pages) describing open issues of practical or theoretical nature
– Research previews (up to 6 pages) reporting research results at an early stage 
The REFSQ'14 proceedings will be published in Springer’s LNCS series.

Submissions

Papers should be submitted using EasyChair at
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=refsq14

Other Events

REFSQ'14 will also call for submissions for:
– Workshops focussing on topics related to REFSQ
– A poster session for researchers to present their most recent work
– A doctoral symposium in which PhD students present their research
– Empirical studies to be run during REFSQ in collaboration with companies

Program Co-Chairs
Camille Salinesi – Univ. Paris 1, France
Inge van de Weerd – VU Univ. Amsterdam, Netherlands

Workshop Chairs
Birgit Penzenstadler – Univ. of California, Irvine, USA A
nne Persson – Univ. of Skövde, Sweden

Empirical Track Co-Chairs
Jolita Ralyté – Univ. of Geneva, Switzerland
Xavier Franch – Univ. Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain

Doctoral Symposium Co-Chairs
Dan Berry – Univ. of Waterloo, Canada
Roel Wieringa – Univ. of Twente, Netherlands

Industry Track Co-Chairs
Erik Kamsties – Fachhochschule Dortmund, Germany
Martin Glinz – Univ. of Zurich, Switzerland

Poster Co-Chairs
Vincenzo Gervasi – Univ. of Pisa, Italy 
Krzysztof Wnuk – Lund Univ., Sweden

Programme Committee

Benoit Baudry, INRIA
Richard Berntsson Svensson, Blekinge
Travis Breaux, Carnegie Mellon
Sjaak Brinkkemper, Utrecht University
David Callele, University of Saskatchewan
Jane Cleland-Huang, DePaul University
Daniela Damian, University of Victoria
Maya Daneva, University of Twente
Jörg Dörr, Fraunhofer IESE
Eric Dubois, CRP Henri Tudor
Sergio Espana, Universitat Politècnica de Valencia
Samuel Fricker, Blekinge Institute of Technology
Donald Gause, Binghamton University
Tony Gorschek, Blekinge Institute of Technology
Olly Gotel, Independent Researcher
Paul Gruenbacher, Johannes Kepler University Linz
Peter Haumer, IBM Rational
Andrea Herrmann, Free Software Engineering Trainer
Patrick Heymans, University of Namur
Jennifer Horkoff, University of Trento
Marjo Kauppinen, Aalto University
Eric Knauss, University of Victoria
Kim Lauenroth, Adesso AG
Soren Lauesen, IT University of Copenhagen
Pericles Loucopoulos, Loughborough University
Raimundas Matulevicius, University of Tartu
Raul Mazo, Université Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne
Isabelle Mirbel, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis 
John Mylopoulos, University of Toronto
Cornelius Ncube, Bournemouth University
Andreas L Opdahl, University of Bergen
Barbara Paech, Universität Heidelberg
Oscar Pastor Lopez, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
Kai Petersen, Blekinge Institute of Technology
Gil Regev, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Bjorn Regnell, Lund University
Colette Rolland, Université Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne
Kristian Sandahl, Linköping University
Pete Sawyer, Lancaster University
Kurt Schneider, Leibniz Universität Hannover
Norbert Seyff, University of Zurich
Guttorm Sindre, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Janis Stirna, Royal Institute of Technology
Thorsten Weyer, University of Duisburg-Essen
Eric Yu, University of Toronto
Didar Zowghi, University of Technology, Sydney