Software Engineering in Society
Goals
ICSE 2015 features for the first time the new Track on Software Engineering in Society (SEIS).
SEIS will provide a forum for discussing the role and impact of software engineering in a sustainable society that is incrementally intertwined with ecological changes, social challenges, economic imperatives and technical demands and opportunities.
SEIS welcomes
- innovative, inspiring, thought-provoking research supported by well-motivated scientific intuition; new research directions; synergies with other disciplines
- solid research results; empirical studies; research experimentation bridging the gap between models and reality of a sustainable society
Scope
SEIS 2015 seeks papers challenging the role and impact of the software engineering discipline for a sustainable society, along various dimensions:
- environmental sustainability: energy, climate change;
- social sustainability: for both organizations, individuals and citizens, communities;
- economic sustainability: business and economic aspects of software engineering;
- societal sustainability: software engineering ethics, digital divide, software engineering implications of, and contribution to, various aspects of our society, recognition and exploitation of diversity to benefit software engineering practices;
- technical sustainability: software that can evolve, adapt to changing requirements, adapt to ever-changing society.
SEIS authors are encouraged to contribute both mature, and novel but soundly-motivated research. SEIS especially welcomes multi- and interdisciplinary research showcasing how software engineering can contribute, and complement, the various sustainability dimensions of our society.
Evaluation
The main criterion for acceptance is the degree to which a paper matches the aforementioned track goals and scope, and provides innovation to software engineering, emphasizing the ’Sustainability’ dimension of the track. The SEIS program committee will perform the assessment according to the following criteria: originality, relevance and soundness of the proposal, appropriate consideration of relevant literature, and quality of presentation.
Each submission will be reviewed by at least two members of the program committee.
Presentation at the conference
The SEIS sessions will feature a mix of short papers and long papers.
How to Submit
All papers must conform at the time of submission to the ICSE 2015 formatting and submission instructions. Short papers must not exceed four pages, including all text, references, appendices, and figures. Long papers must not exceed 10 pages, including all text, references, appendices, and figures. Papers must be submitted electronically at the SEIS CyberChair submission site, by the submission deadline of October 24, 2014 (anywhere on earth).
Important dates
- Submission deadline: October 24, 2014
- Notification to authors: January 21, 2015
- Camera ready deadline: February 13, 2015
SEIS Committee
Daniela Damian (Co-Chair) | University of Victoria | Canada |
Patricia Lago (Co-Chair) | VU University Amsterdam | Netherlands |
Marco Aiello | University of Groningen | Netherlands |
Rami Bahsoon | University of Birmingham | UK |
Travis Breaux | Carnegie Mellon University | US |
Bernd Bruegge | Technische Universität München | Germany |
Steve Easterbrook | University of Toronto | Canada |
Hakan Ergodomus | Carnegie Mellon University | US |
Steve Fickas | University of Oregon | US |
Anthony Finkelstein | University College London | UK |
Scott D. Fleming | University of Memphis | US |
William G.J. Halfond | University of Southern California | USA |
Jim Herbsleb | Carnegie Mellon University | US |
Lorenz M. Hilty | University of Zurich and TSL, Empa | Switzerland |
Rick Kazman | University of Hawaii | US |
Philippe Kruchten | University of British Columbia | Canada |
Filippo Lanubile | University of Bari | Italy |
Casper Lassenius | Aalto University / MIT Sloan | Finland/USA |
Grace Lewis | SEI-CMU | US |
Walid Maalej | University of Hamburg | Germany |
Maurizio Morisio | Politecnico di Torino | Italy |
Henry Muccini | University of L'Aquila | Italy |
Jurgen Muench | University of Helsinki | Finland |
Hausi Muller | University of Victoria | Canada |
Norberto Patrignani | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore | Italy |
Birgit Penzenstadler | University of California, Irvine | USA |
Giuseppe Procaccianti | VU University Amsterdam | Netherlands |
Awais Rashid | Lancaster University | UK |
Maryam Razavian | VU University Amsterdam | Netherlands |
Debra Richardson | University of California, Irvine | US |
Janice Singer | National Research Council | Canada |
Formatting and submission instructions
Please review the submission and formatting instructions carefully. Submissions that do not comply with the instructions and size limits will be rejected without review.