APSEC 2021: The 28th Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference Courtyard by Marriott Taipei Taipei, Taiwan, December 6-9, 2021

Conference website	https://apsec2021.seat.org.tw/
Submission link	https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=apsec2021
Abstract registration deadline	July 1, 2021
Submission deadline	July 8, 2021
Workshop Proposal Submissions Due	July 15, 2021
Workshop Proposal Notification	July 29, 2021
ERA Submissions Due	August 19, 2021
ERA Notification	September 23, 2021
ERA Camera-Ready Due	October 7, 2021
Poster Papers Submissions Due	October 7, 2021
Poster Papers Notification	October 14, 2021
Poster Papers Camera-Ready Due	October 21, 2021

The Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference (APSEC) has long been established as a premier regional conference that brings together researchers and practitioners from academia, industry and government to share the state of the art and the practice of software engineering, and to explore emerging challenges and solutions in software engineering innovation. APSEC 2021 will continue in the tradition of previous editions of this regional conference. As past APSEC series, the main research track features the most recent and significant innovations in the field of software engineering and all its sub-disciplines. We invite submissions of high quality research papers that describe original and unpublished results on all topics of both theoretical and empirical software engineering research.

APSEC 2021 will offer an extensive program of interest to academia, government, and industry. It will include several distinguished keynote speakers and conference days of paper presentations and demos. A series of exciting tutorials to develop skills in various aspects of software engineering practices is of particular interest to the industry. Co-located workshops offer forums for participants to present novel techniques and methods in specific sub-disciplines of software engineering.

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:

• General Guidelines: 
  • Submissions must be submitted electronically in PDF before the due date via EasyChair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=apsec2021).
  • All submissions must be in English, and must come in A4 paper size PDF format and conform, at time of submission, to the IEEE Conference Proceedings Formatting Guidelines (title in 24pt font and full text in 10pt font, LaTeX users must use \documentclass[10pt,conference]{IEEEtran} without including the compsoc or compsocconf option). Also, papers must comply with the IEEE Policy on Authorship.
  • Submitted papers must have been neither previously accepted for publication nor concurrently submitted for review in another journal, book, conference, or workshop.
  • The Chairs reserve the right to reject submissions (without reviews) that are not in compliance or out of scope for the conference.
  • All accepted papers will be submitted to the IEEE-CS Digital Library as the APSEC 2021 conference proceedings.
  • For your paper to be published in the APSEC 2021 conference proceedings, at least one of the authors of the paper must register for the conference and confirm that she/he will present the paper at the conference (onsite or online).
• Technical Research papers:
  • The APSEC 2021 technical research track invites high quality submissions of papers describing original research studies and results in the discipline of software engineering.
  • Technical research papers must not be more than 10 pages. Submissions will be evaluated by at least three program committee members. The evaluation will focus on the novelty, originality, importance to the field, proper use of research methods, and presentation of the submissions.
• SEIP (Software Engineering in Practice) Papaers:
  • APSEC 2021 will feature a Software Engineering in Practice (SEIP) track, in a similar fashion the ICSE SEIP (International Conference on Software Engineering, Software Engineering in Practice) track. This track will gather quality empirical studies as well as experience reports from real-world software practice. This encourages both industrial and research participants to communicate and share challenges of software engineering in practice. The papers in the SEIP track follow the general topics specified in the technical research track.
  • SEIP papers must not be more than 10 pages. Submissions will be reviewed by at least two members of the Program Committee, and they will be evaluated on the basis of industry relevance, originality, soundness, empirical and-or practical validation, quality and consistency of presentation.
• Early Research Achievement (ERA) Papers: 
  • The ERA (Early Research Achievements) track invites submissions of papers that present current work-in-progress and be based on either research, practice or experience. Papers in the ERA track do not always need to report such complete results as full conference papers and so can be a good way to fast track new technical work.
  • The ERA track follows the general topics specified in the technical research track.
  • ERA papers must not be more than 5 pages. All paper submissions are rigorously reviewed by at least three reviewers and evaluated based on originality, technical quality, and relevance to software engineering concepts and technologies.
• Poster Papers:
  • Poster papers should present work in progress and be based on either research, practice or experience. Poster papers are not required to report complete results as full conference papers, so they are a good way to fast track new technical work. Posters will be presented during a special session at APSEC 2021.
  • The poster session at APSEC 2021 aims to bring like-minded people together in an interactive setting. Effectively designed posters convey the essence of an idea, an experience or a piece of research in an appealing manner. The work presented in a poster does not have to be fully developed and can be a good way to get early feedback on new ideas. A good poster will encourage conference participants to interact with others who are also attracted to the poster topic, and could be a catalyst for developing and extending topic networks.
  • Poster proposals must not exceed 2 pages. Each submission will be rigorously reviewed by the poster review panel, and evaluated based on the relevance to software engineering concepts and technologies.

List of Topics

• AI for Software Engineering
• Agile methodologies
• Cloud and Service-oriented Computing
• Component-based Software Engineering
• Configuration Management and Deployment
• Cooperative, Distributed, and Global Software Engineering
• Cyber-physical Systems and Internet of Things
• Debugging, Defect Prediction and Fault Localization
• DevOps and Container
• Embedded Real-time Systems
• Empirical Software Engineering
• Formal Methods
• Human Factors and Social Aspects of Software Engineering
• Middleware, Frameworks, and APIs
• Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems
• Model-driven and Domain-specific Engineering
• Open Source Development
• Parallel, Distributed, and Concurrent Systems
• Programming Languages and Systems
• Refactoring
• Requirements Engineering
• Reverse Engineering
• Search-based Software Engineering
• Security, Reliability, and Privacy
• Software Architecture, Modelling and Design
• Software Comprehension, Visualization, and Traceability
• Software Engineering Education
• Software Engineering Process and Standards
• Software Engineering for Smart Manufacturing
• Software Engineering Tools and Environments
• Software for Green and Sustainable Technologies
• Software Maintenance and Evolution
• Software Product-line Engineering
• Software Project Management
• Software Reuse
• Software Repository Mining and Data Analytics
• Testing, Verification, and Validation
• Web-based Software Engineering

Committees

Steering Committee

• Sooyong Park, Sogang University, Korea
• Muhammad Ali Babar, University of Adelaide, Australia
• Sundeok (Steve) Char, Korea University, Korea
• William C. Chu, Tung Hai University, Taiwan
• Jin Song Dong, National University of Singapore, Singapore
• Jun Han, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
• Jackey Keung, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
• Karl R. P. H. Leung, Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education, Hong Kong
• Deron Liang, National Central University, Taiwan
• Katsuhisa Maruyama, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
• Pornsiri Muenchaisri, Chulalonghorn University, Thailand
• Danny Poo, National University of Singapore, Singapore
• Steve Reeves, The University of Waikato, New Zealand
• Shamsul Sahibuddin, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
• Ashish Sureka, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi IIITD, India
• Hironori Washizaki, Waseda University, Japan
• He (Jason) Zhang, Nanjing University, China

Honorary Chairs

• Jonathan Lee, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
• Deron Liang, National Central University, Taiwan

General Chair

• Nien-Lin Hsueh, Feng Chia University, Taiwan

Program Chairs

• Shang-Pin Ma, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan
• Chun-Feng Liao, National Chengchi University, Taiwan

Workshop Chairs

• Yung-Pin Cheng, National Central University, Taiwan
• Shin-Jie Lee, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

ERA (Early Research Achievement) Chair

• Yong-Yi Fanjiang, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan

Poster Chair

• Chiung-Hon Leon Lee, Nanhua University, Taiwan

Industrial Chair

• Chu-Ti Lin, National Chiayi University, Taiwan

Proceeding Chair

• YungYu Zhuang, National Central University, Taiwan

Financial Chair

• Wen-Tin Lee, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Taiwan

Registration Chair

• Hsin-Min Chen, Feng Chia University, Taiwan

Publicity Chairs

• Chih-Hung Chang, Providence University, Taiwan
• Yong-Li Hu, Academic Sinica, Taiwan

Web Chair

• Kuo-Hsun Hsu, National Taichung University of Education, Taiwan

Local Arrangement Chairs

• Ching-Hu Lu, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
• Chun-Hsiung Tseng, Yuan Ze University, Taiwan
• Yung-Chun Chang, Taipei Medical University, Singapore

Venue

APSEC 2021 will be held at Courtyard Taipei. Courtyard Taipei lies from the 7th to 30th floor of the building where the Nangang MRT Station, Nangang High-Speed Rail Station, and Nangang Train Station connect. The transportation and living facilities of the conference venue are very convenient. Courtyard Taipei shares the same structure with Nangang MRT Station, Nangang High-Speed Rail Station, and Nangang Train Station. There is also a shopping mall in the same building. 

Address: No 359 Section 7 Zhongxiao East Road, Nangang District, Taipei City 11561 Taiwan.

Taiwan enjoys warm weather all year round, making it an ideal travel destination. Taiwan’s temperature is extremely suitable for traveling, as the annual average temperature is a comfortable 22 degrees Celsius with the lowest temperatures on the lowlands generally ranging from 12 to 17 degrees Celsius (54-63 Fahrenheit). Taiwan has a diversified culture, which is a hybrid blend of various and regional sources attributed to the historic and ancestral origin of its current residents, incorporating elements of traditional Chinese culture, Japanese culture, Asian religions, and increasingly Western values. Today, Taiwan boasts an excellent infrastructure,  convenient transportation system, and high-quality communication services. Taiwan food is a mash-up of the cuisine of the Min Nan, Teochew, and Hokkien Chinese communities, along with Japanese cooking. In the vote of CNN in 2015, Taiwan food, such as stinky tofu or mind-blowing beef noodle soup, wins the title of “world's best food”. According to the survey in 2015 by News Corp Australia (one of Australia's largest media conglomerates),  Taiwan is one of the top 10 best bargain holiday destinations in the world. 

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to contact@seat.org.tw