ICSE 2015 call for contributions to

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.