[AISWorld] CfP: Special Issue in Software Reliability and Dependability Engineering - JSS

[Nuno Laranjeiro]

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* Call for Papers (extended submission deadline!)
* Special Issue in Software Reliability and Dependability Engineering
* Journal of Systems and Software
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Important Dates:
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Paper submission deadline: 1 March 2024 (Extended!);
All reviews back and first round notification: 16 April 2024;
Revised submission deadline: 16 May 2024;
All reviews back and final notification: 22 July 2024.


Further details available at:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-systems-and-software/about/call-for-papers#software-reliability-and-dependability-engineering


Description:
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This special issue aims to compile recent advances in software reliability and dependability engineering.It will showcase innovative research across various aspects of this field, covering the assessment, prediction, and improvement of software product reliability and dependability. Additionally, the special issue will emphasize research with compelling results derived from real-world case studies in critical domains and industrial experiences.

Contributions are encouraged to address a range of research issues and topics, including but not limited
to:
Dependability attributes that impact software reliability, such as resilience, security, safety,​robustness, maintainability, and survivability.
- Reliability threats, encompassing faults (defects, bugs, etc.), errors, and failures.​
- Approaches to reliability, including fault prevention, fault removal, fault tolerance, and fault forecasting.
- Metrics, measurements, and threat estimation for reliability prediction, with a focus on their
- interplay with safety and security.
- Reliability considerations for autonomous systems and (self-)adaptive systems.
- The reliability of systems based on Artificial Intelligence.
- The application of machine learning in Reliability Engineering.
- Reliability aspects of software services and Software as a Service (SaaS).
- The reliability of model-based and auto-generated software.
- Reliability issues in open-source software.
- The reliability of software handling Big Data.
- Reliability concerns for model-based and auto-generated software.
- Reliability considerations for green and sustainable systems.
- The reliability of mobile systems.
- Software reliability within specific technological spaces (e.g., Internet of Things, Cloud, Semantic
- Web/Web 3.0, Virtualization, Blockchain, networks softwarization, 5G/6G, edge-to-cloud computing).
- Normative/regulatory/ethical dimensions related to software reliability.
- Societal aspects intertwined with software reliability.


Manuscript submission:
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Submitted articles should not have been previously published or currently submitted for journal publication elsewhere. They must represent a significant contribution to the state of the art in software reliability and dependability engineering.All submissions will be assessed based on the novelty of the proposed problem and/or solution, technical relevance and practicality of presented ideas, relevance of the addressed topic to the scope of the Special Issue, writing and presentation quality, and accuracy and impact of the results. Each manuscript undergoes review by a minimum of 3 reviewers, with additional reviewers added as needed.

Authors bear the responsibility of understanding and adhering to the Journal of Systems and Software submission guidelines, available at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-systems-and-software/publish/guide-for-authors. 
Please carefully review these guidelines before submitting your manuscript.

If the manuscript builds upon previous work, ensure to: 1) cite the previous paper(s); 2) clearly explain in the paper introduction and related work sections the contributions of the submitted paper and why they are significant; 3) demonstrate how the paper for this Special Issue extends prior work; 4) properly attribute any material taken and used from conference papers or other sources by quoting, citing, and referencing. Permission must be obtained from the copyright owner for including figures that appear elsewhere.

For a proper submission, log in to Editorial Manager for the Journal of Systems and Software:
https://www.editorialmanager.com/JSSOFTWARE
and select "VSI:SI Software Reliability" as the article type. 

Be mindful of the specified deadlines, as missing them will result in the exclusion of the submission from the Special Issue.


Guest editors:
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Nuno Laranjeiro, PhD
University of Coimbra, Portugal

Patrizio Pelliccione, PhD
Gran Sasso Science Institute, Italy