[AISWorld] CfP: ISSRE 2021 (Deadline Extended) - The 32nd International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering

[Nuno Laranjeiro]

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Call for Papers - Research - ISSRE 2021 !!! EXTENDED DEADLINES !!!

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    The 32nd International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering 
                                (ISSRE 2021)                            

                          October 25 - 28, 2021
                              Wuhan, China
                            http://2021.issre.net/

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# Important dates:

 * Abstract submission deadline: May 14th, 2021 !!! EXTENDED !!!
 * Papers submission deadline:   May 14th, 2021 !!! EXTENDED !!!
 * Author rebuttal period:       July 7th-9th, 2021
 * Notification to authors:      July 30th, 2021
 * Camera ready papers:          August 15th, 2021
 * Conference:                   October 25th-28th, 2021


***  NOTICE! ***

The Organizing Committee and the Steering Committee of ISSRE 2021 are closely
following the worldwide situation regarding COVID-19. Based on the 
recommendations of national and international bodies, such as the World Health  
Organization, appropriate measures will be taken if and when needed. The 
wellbeing of everyone in ISSRE community will be our first and only guidance.


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# ISSRE 2021

For further information on the call for submissions, please see
http://2021.issre.net/Call-for-papers

The International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE) is 
focused on innovative techniques and tools for assessing, predicting, and 
improving the reliability, safety, and security of software products. The 
32nd edition of ISSRE will be held in Wuhan, China, and will continue to 
emphasize scientific methods, industrial relevance, rigorous empirical 
validation and shared value of practical tools and experiences as paper 
selection criteria.

The research track at ISSRE 2021 is soliciting original, unpublished research 
papers in three categories: (1) full research regular (REG) papers, 
(2) practical experience reports (PER), and (3) tools and artifact (TAR) 
papers. Papers will be assessed with criteria appropriate to each category. 
ISSRE looks for original research exploring new scientific ideas, 
contributing new evidence to established research directions, or reflecting 
on practical experience.

REG papers should describe a novel contribution to reliability of software 
systems. Novelty should be argued via concrete evidence and 
appropriate positioning within the state of the art. REG papers are also 
expected to clearly explain validation process and its limitations. 

PER are expected to provide an in-depth exposition of practical experiences 
and empirical studies collected through the application of known research 
tools and methods related to ISSRE topics. PER need to identify and discuss 
relevant lessons learned. The goal of PER is to offer evidence of reduced 
risk for future tech transition of the same or similar technology. ISSRE 
strongly encourages PERs that combine the efforts of researchers and industry 
practitioners. Note that negative results are specifically encouraged, for 
example, discussing where or why current research cannot be applied in an 
industrially relevant context.

TAR papers should describe a new tool or artifact. Tool-focused TAR papers 
must present either a new tool, a new tool component, or novel extensions to 
an existing tool. Tool-focused TAR papers should include a description of: 
1) the theoretical foundations, 2) the design and implementation concerns, 
such as software architecture and core data structures, 3) experience with 
realistic case studies and observed advantages over similar tools. Making the 
tool publicly available is strongly encouraged to allow continued evaluation 
process. Artifact-focused TAR papers should cover 1) a working copy of a 
software and 2) experimental data sets.

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# Paper Categories

Submissions can be made in one of the following categories.
 * REG papers: 10 pages + 2 pages (for references alone).
 * PER papers: 10 pages + 2 pages (for references alone).
 * TAR papers: 6 - 10 pages (with references).

Papers that exceed the number of pages for that submission category will be 
rejected without review.

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# Topics of Interest

Topics of interest include development, analysis methods and models 
throughout the software development lifecycle, and are not limited to:
 * Primary dependability attributes (i.e., security, safety, maintainability)
       impacting software reliability
 * Secondary dependability attributes (i.e., survivability, resilience, 
       robustness) impacting software reliability
 * Reliability threats, i.e. faults (defects, bugs, etc.), errors, failures
 * Reliability means (fault prevention, fault removal, fault 
       tolerance, fault forecasting)
 * Metrics, measurements and threat estimation for reliability prediction and 
       the interplay with safety/security
 * Reliability of software services
 * Reliability of open source software
 * Reliability of Software as a Service (SaaS)
 * Reliability of software dealing with Big Data
 * Reliability of model-based and auto-generated software
 * Reliability of software in artificial intelligence based software systems
 * Reliability of software within specific types of systems (e.g., 
       autonomous, adaptive, green and sustainable, mobile systems)
 * Reliability of software within specific technological spaces (e.g., 
       Internet of Things, Cloud, Semantic Web/Web 3.0, Virtualization, Blockchain)
 * Normative/regulatory/ethical spaces pertaining to software reliability
 * Societal aspects of software reliability

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# Paper Submission

Paper are submitted via Easychair available at: 
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=issre21

The program committee will perform double-blind reviewing of all submissions, 
with limited use of outside referees. Papers will be held in full confidence 
during the reviewing process, but papers accompanied by nondisclosure agreement 
forms are not acceptable and will be rejected without review.
Authors must anonymize their submissions. Submissions violating the formatting 
and anonymization rules will be rejected without review. There will be no 
extensions for reformatting.

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# Special Issues

We will invite the extended versions of the selected papers of ISSRE 2021 for 
a special section on the Information & Software Technology (IST) journal.

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# Program Committee Co-Chairs:

 * Leonardo Mariani, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
 * Ting Liu, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China

 * The review process includes a Program Committee and a Program Board
      available at: http://2021.issre.net/research-committees

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