[AISWorld] SBES 2019 - 33rd Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering - Call for papers
Rafael Prikladnicki
rafael.prikladnicki at gmail.com
Thu Feb 21 11:24:52 EST 2019
CALL FOR PAPERS
SBES 2019: 33rd Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering
September 23 - 27, 2019
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
http://cbsoft2019.ufba.br
The Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering (SBES), annually promoted
by the Brazilian Computer Society (SBC), is the premier Software
Engineering event in Latin America. SBES is held in conjunction with CBSoft
- Brazilian Conference on Software: Theory and Practice. The CBSoft program
includes technical research, insightful ideas, education, and industry
tracks, invited talks, courses, tutorials, panels, demonstration of
software tools, a Ph.D. and M.Sc. theses workshop, and several other
satellite events. It traditionally gathers 600-800 people, including
academics, practitioners, and students.
-------------------------------------------------------------------- -
SBES KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS
- Margaret-Anne Storey (University of Victoria, Canada)
- Jim Herbsleb (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
-------------------------------------------------------------------- -
IMPORTANT DATES
- Research Track
Paper registration (abstract submission): April 26, 2019
Paper upload deadline: May 03, 2019
Rebuttal period: June 18-23, 2019
Notification of acceptance: July 04, 2019
Camera-ready deadline: July 18, 2019
- Insightful Ideas and Emerging Results Track
Paper registration (abstract submission): May 10, 2019
Paper upload deadline: May 16, 2019
Notification of acceptance: July 17, 2019
- Education Track
Paper registration (abstract submission): May 10, 2019
Paper upload deadline: May 16, 2019
Notification of acceptance: July 17, 2019
-------------------------------------------------------------------- -
SBES TRACKS
SBES 2019 includes three tracks:
- The Research Track publishes solid contribution to the software
engineering community. Papers on this track are reviewed based on
originality, relevance, technical soundness, and clarity of presentation.
- The Insightful Ideas and Emerging Results Track provides an opportunity
for researchers and practitioners to submit and present innovative and
promising ideas and results in early stages of
research. The track welcomes innovative software engineering
approaches—methods, techniques, and tools—in early stages of research.
- The Education Track (former FEES - Forum of Education in Software
Engineering) publishes papers that address challenges, innovations, and
best practices in software engineering education.
The SBES proceedings will be published and indexed in the ACM Digital
Library. Additional details about topics of interest and manuscript
preparation (e.g., format, language, double-blind policy) for each of the
tracks can be found on the following web site:
- http://cbsoft2019.ufba.br/#/sbes
-------------------------------------------------------------------- -
JOURNAL-FIRST SUBMISSIONS
SBES is partnering with international journals to incorporate Journal First
papers into the SBES 2019 Research track.
The IEEE Software and the SBC Journal of Software Engineering Research and
Development (JSERD) have confirmed their partnership with SBES 2019.
Authors of journal-first papers accepted in those journals will be invited
to present their research work at SBES. This offers an
opportunity for authors to discuss their work with the community as well as
enrich the technical program of SBES.
The following evaluation criteria will be used to select journal first
papers to SBES 2019:
- The paper describes original results that are not extensions of previous
conference papers.
- The paper was accepted for publication in the journal no earlier than
January 1st, 2017.
- The paper has not been presented at any other conference as journal first.
- The selected papers will be presented in the technical program of the SBES
Research Track. At least one author per selected journal first paper will
need to register and attend the symposium to present it.
- Regarding journal first papers published in JSERD, we accept submissions
of papers from the following categories: Research Articles, Case Studies,
and Review.
- Regarding journal-first papers published in IEEE Software, we accept
peer-reviewed research papers (not editorially-reviewed or invited papers).
Authors interested in presenting journal first papers at SBES 2019 should
send an email to (rafaelp at pucrs.br) with the subject "Journal First - SBES
2019" by May 31st, 2019. The following information must be provided: (i)
paper title; (ii) list of authors; (iii) web link to the paper; and (iv) a
short statement on how the work satisfies the criteria above.
-------------------------------------------------------------------- -
POSTER
SBES 2019 will feature a Poster Track, which will be an additional
opportunity for researchers and practitioners to present, showcase, and
discuss their most recent advances, ideas, experiences, and challenges in
the field of software engineering.
Note that there is no open call for poster submissions for SBES 2019.
Instead, the Posters Track will be organized on an invitation basis.
Submissions to the Research Track, Insightful Ideas and Emerging Results
Track and Education Track will be invited by the chairs to be considered
for poster and presentation at SBES.
The authors of an invited poster need to submit a 2-page extended abstract
following the SBES submission guidelines.
-------------------------------------------------------------------- -
BEST PAPER AWARD
Every year the SBES Steering Committee appoints a committee to award the
symposium's best papers. Awarded papers of the Research Track are announced
during the event.
The five best papers of the Research Track will be invited to submit an
extended version in English to the Research category of the Journal of
Software Engineering Research and Development (JSERD).
-------------------------------------------------------------------- -
OUTSTANDING REVIEWER AWARD
SBES 2019 acknowledges the generosity of the reviewers who give their time
and best effort to referee submitted papers. The progress of scientific
growth depends on dedicated colleagues, who aim to further the development
of technology by offering their attention and passion when reviewing the
papers. A certificate of Outstanding Reviewer will be awarded to reviewer/s
who submitted outstanding quality reviews to SBES. The evaluation will be
based on two criteria: quality; and usefulness of reviews, as evaluated by
the paper authors and PC Chairs.
-------------------------------------------------------------------- -
SBES MENTORING PROGRAM
Authors that have never published in the SBES Research Track or at other
international prestigious conferences in the field (on the program chair
discretion), and that intend to submit a paper to the Research Track, may
request to participate in the mentoring program. The program chair will
assign a member of the Program Committee to make a preliminary assessment
of the work and give feedback before the submission deadline, increasing
the chances of less-experienced authors
Check the deadline to join the program in the Important Dates section, but
note that we encourage the request to be made as soon as possible, since
the number of papers in this program is limited and the assignment will be
made on a first-come-first served basis.
ATTENTION: to join this program none of the authors may have previous
publications in any SBES edition or any international prestigious
conferences. The request must be made exclusively by email (
Marco.Gerosa at nau.edu) with the subject "Participation in the SBES Mentoring
Program." You should include in the email body the title of the work, the
full list of authors, and the abstract.
IMPORTANT DATES
Mentoring request deadline: March 04, 2019
-------------------------------------------------------------------- -
TOPICS OF INTEREST
We welcome contributions related (but not limited) to:
- Agile development
- Business value and software validation
- Configuration management and deployment
- Experimental software engineering
- Human and social aspects of software engineering
- Industrial applications of software engineering
- Mining software repositories and software analytics
- Mobile application development
- Model-driven software development
- Open source software
- Requirements engineering
- Search-based software engineering
- Services and microservices
- Software architecture
- Software ecosystems and systems of systems
- Software engineering for cloud computing and the Web
- Software maintenance and evolution
- Software metrics and measurement
- Software modularity
- Software processes
- Software product lines
- Software quality and quality models
- Software reengineering
- Software reuse
- Software startups
- Software testing and verification
- Technical debt management
- Theoretical foundations and formal methods
Methodological approach:
- Quantitative study
- Qualitative study
- Literature review
- Technology development
-------------------------------------------------------------------- -
PAPER CATEGORIES
Authors of the Research Track papers, 'after the abstract' in the
submission form, should indicate which one of the following categories
their paper most closely adheres to. This intends to establish a consistent
set of expectations in the review process.
Analytical: A paper in which the main contribution relies on new algorithms
or mathematical theory. Examples include new bug prediction techniques,
model transformations, algorithms for dynamic and static analysis, and
reliability analysis. Such a contribution must be evaluated with a
convincing analysis of the algorithmic details, whether through a proof,
complexity analysis, or runtime analysis, among others and depending on the
objectives.
Experimental (primary study): A paper in which the main contribution is the
experimental study of a software engineering technology or phenomenon. This
includes controlled experiments, quasi experiments, case studies, and
surveys of professionals reporting qualitative or quantitative data and
analysis results. Such a contribution will be judged on its study design,
appropriateness and correctness of its analysis, and threats to validity.
Replications are welcome.
Literature review (secondary study): A paper in which the main contribution
is the synthesis of primary studies. Examples include systematic reviews
and systematic mappings. Such a contribution should follow a sound
methodology and provide a comprehensive coverage of the relevant
literature. Moreover, it should answer relevant research questions with a
deep synthesis of the results. Contributions that only provide metadata
analysis (e.g., relevant authors, publications density by year, most
influential papers, etc.) are discouraged.
Technological: A paper in which the main contribution is of a technical
nature. This includes novel tools, modeling languages, infrastructures, and
other technologies. Such a contribution does not necessarily need to be
evaluated with humans. However, clear arguments, backed up by evidence as
appropriate, must show how and why the technology is beneficial, whether it
is in automating or supporting some user task, refining our modeling
capabilities, improving some key system property, etc.
Methodological: A paper in which the main contribution is a coherent system
of broad principles and practices to interpret or solve a problem. This
includes novel requirements elicitation methods, process models, design
methods, development approaches, programming paradigms, and other
methodologies. The authors should provide convincing arguments with
commensurate experiences, as well as explain why a new method is needed and
what the benefits of the proposed method are.
-------------------------------------------------------------------- -
MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION, DOUBLE-BLIND REVIEW, AND SUBMISSION
Papers can be submitted in Portuguese or English. Submission in English is
strongly encouraged since the symposium proceedings will be indexed in the
ACM Digital Library. The acceptance of a paper implies that at least one of
its authors will register for the symposium to present it.
All submissions must be in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) and must
comply with the ACM 2-column conference (ACM_SigConf) format available at
http://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template. They must be no
longer than 10 pages, including all figures and references.
Papers should be submitted electronically through JEMS (
http://submissoes.sbc.org.br). All technical research papers should
indicate after the abstract the language and one or more of the
aforementioned categories. Submissions that are not in compliance with the
required submission format or that are out of the scope of the symposium,
or that were submitted or published in any other forum (conference or
journal), will be rejected without review. All other papers will be
reviewed by at least three program committee members. During the review
process, we may request a rebuttal; in this case, authors will have access
to reviews and may argue and answer questions from the referees before the
final acceptance/rejection decision. The rebuttal is limited to a plain
text up to 4,000 characters.
-------------------------------------------------------------------- -
DOUBLE-BLIND SUBMISSION
SBES 2019 will follow a double-blind review process. All submitted papers
should conceal the identity of the authors. Both author names and
affiliations must be omitted. In addition, the following rules should be
addressed:
- You should ensure that citations to your own related work are written in
the third person. For example, you must write “the previous work of Silva
et al.” as opposed to “our previous work.”
- In the submitted paper, you should not mention any artifact in a
repository or website that allows identifying the authorship. If you need
to make available any artifact, please anonymize it in the
repository/website.
- If the submitted paper is a follow up of your previous work, you may
anonymize the reference in the submitted paper. For example, “the previous
work of Silva et al.” can be adapted to "based on the previous work [X]",
and the reference at the end of the paper can be presented as "[X]
Anonymous authors. Not presented due to double blind review."
- After the paper acceptance, you can include all the paper information
(without anonymization) in the camera-ready version
- In case you have any questions about the preparation of your paper
following the double-blind rules, send an email to the program chairs with
the subject "SBES: question about the double-blind rules."
-------------------------------------------------------------------- -
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
CBSoft General Chairs
- Ivan do Carmo Machado (UFBA, Brazil)
- Rodrigo Rocha Gomes e Souza (UFBA, Brazil)
- Rita Suzana Pitangueira Maciel (UFBA, Brazil)
- Claudio Nogueira Sant'Anna (UFBA, Brazil)
SBES Research Track - Program Chairs
- Marco Aurélio Gerosa (Northern Arizona University, USA)
- Rafael Prikladnicki (PUCRS, Brazil)
SBES Insightful Ideas and Emerging Results Track - Program Chairs
- Fernando Castor (UFPE, Brazil)
- Tayana Conte (UFAM, Brazil)
SBES Education Track - Program Chairs
- Sabrina Marczak (PUCRS, Brazil)
- Gleison Santos (Unirio, Brazil)
SBES - Steering Committee
- Eduardo Almeida, UFBA
- Fernando Castor, UFPE
- Tayana Conte, UFAM
- Fabiano Cutigi Ferrari, UFSCar
- Jose Carlos Maldonado, ICMC/USP
- Marco Aurélio Gerosa, Northern Arizona University
- Rafael Prikladnicki, PUCRS
- Uirá Kulesza, UFRN
More information about the AISWorld
mailing list