ESEM2018: International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement 2018 Hotel Lasaretti Oulu, Finland, October 11-12, 2018 |
Conference website | https://eseiw2018.wixsite.com/oulu |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=esem2018 |
Abstract registration deadline | May 18, 2018 |
Submission deadline | May 25, 2018 |
12th International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM 2018) October 11 to 12 - Oulu, Finland http://2018.esem-conferences.org | @ESEM_conf
The ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM) is the premier conference for presenting research results related to empirical software engineering.
These include results on:
- empirical methods as well as the design and analysis of empirical studies, ranging from controlled experiments to case studies and from quantitative to qualitative studies;
- the strengths and weaknesses of software engineering technologies and methods from a strong empirical viewpoint, including quantitative, qualitative, and mixed studies; and
- the systematic use of data and measurement to understand, evaluate, and model software engineering phenomena.
ESEM provides a stimulating forum where researchers and practitioners can present and discuss recent research results on a wide range of topics, in addition to exchanging ideas, experiences and challenging problems. The 12th edition of ESEM will be held in Oulu, Finland, from October 11th to 12th, 2018 as part of the Empirical Software Engineering International Week with several co-located events (see below).
Important Dates
Full Paper Track
- Abstracts: May 18
- Submission date: May 25
- Notification date: July 6
- Camera-ready submission: July 27
Emerging Results and Vision Papers Tracks
- Submission date: July 1
- Notification date: August 14
- Camera-ready submission: August 28
Industrial papers and Posters Tracks
- Submission date: July 20
- Notification date: August 14
- Camera-ready submission: August 28
Journal-First Track
- Submission date: August 10
- Notification date: August 31
Submission Guidelines
All submissions must be written in English and must be submitted through EasyChair in the PDF format, and they must be formatted according to the ACM manuscript template for conference proceedings. For all papers, a structured abstract is required with the headings: Background, Aims, Method, Results, and Conclusions. Papers should contain an explicit description of the empirical strategy used or investigated. All submissions will be peer reviewed by at least three experts from the international program committee and will receive an additional meta review. Any papers that are outside the scope of the symposium, exceed the maximum number of pages for the respective category, or do not follow the formatting guidelines will be desk rejected without review. The EasyChair submission link is https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=esem2018 During the submission, please select the appropriate track for your submission as indicated below. Finally, please note that each accepted contribution must have a minimum of one author registered by the deadline for the camera-ready submission for their respective paper type. Further, each accepted paper needs to have one registration at the full conference rate.
Full Papers Track
Papers in this track should describe original, unpublished work, which is not under parallel submission elsewhere. Papers are limited to 10 pages and must be submitted through via EasyChair by selecting the track "Full Papers".
Vision Papers Track
Papers in this track should describe original, unpublished work, which is not under parallel submission elsewhere. Papers are limited to 10 pages and must be submitted through via EasyChair by selecting the track "Full Papers". The emphasis of this track will be on long term challenges and opportunities in empirical software engineering research that are outside of current mainstream topics of the field. Unlike full paper submissions, vision papers should not consider incremental improvements or evaluations of current practices but propose imaginative ways to extend the applicability of techniques in empirical software engineering and/or challenge the existing explicit or implicit assumptions in this field. The goal of vision papers is to describe how empirical software engineering research and practice will look at least ten years from now. Submissions to this track are limited to 4 pages and must be submitted through via EasyChair by selecting the track "Vision Papers".
Emerging Results Track
The papers in this track should promote current work in progress on research and practice. Papers on emerging results should communicate initial research results for which there is not yet a complete evaluation. Complete work should be submitted as a full paper. Emerging results papers should clearly state the longer-term objectives and planned work as well as expected results. The primary purpose of such papers is the communication of new ideas in order to obtain early feedback from the empirical software engineering community. Submissions to this track are limited to 4 pages and must be submitted through via EasyChair by selecting the track "Emerging Results".
Industrial Papers Track
The ESEM Industry track is one of the major forums to disseminate results (positive or negative) concerning the experience of applying/evaluating software engineering technologies (methods, techniques and tools) in real industrial settings. The track provides contributors from industry and researchers with industry collaborations and an opportunity to publish empirical studies conducted in industry (e.g., action research, case studies) or experience reports that may help understanding situations in which technologies are applied and their impact. Submissions should include information on the industrial setting, provide motivation, explain the events leading to the outcomes, including the challenges faced, summarize the outcomes, and conclude with lessons learned, take-away messages, and advice based on the described experience. An extensive description of related work or background material is not required. At least one contributing author must be from industry. Papers may be between 6 and 10 pages and must be submitted through via EasyChair by selecting the track "Industry Papers".
Posters Track
The ESEM Poster Sessions provide an excellent forum for authors to present their work in an informal and interactive setting. Posters are ideal for presenting speculative, late-breaking results, or for presenting new and innovative work. Poster Sessions separate themselves from the Position Paper Sessions by allowing authors the ability to get immediate, personal feedback from conference attendees during the break sessions as they present their work. Posters also provide conference attendees an opportunity to see emerging work in the field. Successful posters are carefully designed to convey technical details. They should also attract the attention of attendees as they stroll past the displays. The goal is to develop a poster that encourages and facilitates small groups of individuals interested in a technical area to gather and interact. Posters that present work in progress and draw important conclusions from practical experience are especially welcome. Poster proposals are limited to 2 pages and must be submitted via EasyChair by selecting the track "Posters".
Journal-First Submissions
The ESEM Journal-First presentations allow authors of previously published journal articles to present their work to the ESEM community and provide additional interesting content to the ESEM program. We cordially invite submissions of articles from the journals that have partnered with ESEM for journal-first presentations: Empirical Software Engineering Journal, the Information and Software Technology Journal, and the Journal of Systems and Software. Those journal articles must have been accepted and submitted to one of the participating journal no earlier than October 1, 2016, and they have not been presented at, or are not under consideration for, journal-first programs of other conferences. Journal-first proposals are limited to a 1 page summary and must be submitted via EasyChair by selecting the track “Journal-First”. Further details can be taken from the website.
Open Science Policy
ESEM 2018 has explicitly committed itself for the first time to take the first step in fostering open science as a key to increase the accessibility, reproducibility, and replicability of our research outcomes. The steering principle is that all research output should be accessible to the public and that empirical studies should be reproducible. To this end, all authors are asked for the disclosure of their (anonymized and curated) empirical data and all software code used to analyze it to the public within the limits of existing non-disclosure agreements or to otherwise provide an explicit statement in the paper for why they cannot disclosed the data. Further information on the open science policy of ESEM 2018 can be taken from our website. Please note that all submissions will undergo the same review process independent of whether or not they disclose their analysis code or data.
List of Topics
- Empirical studies using qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods
- Cross- and multi-disciplinary methods and studies
- Experiments and quasi-experiments
- Case studies, action research, and field studies
- Survey research
- Secondary and tertiary studies including
- Systematic literature reviews that include a strong synthesis part (not just mapping studies summarising results)
- Meta-analysis, qualitative and quantitative synthesis of studies
- Replication of empirical studies and families of studies
- Modelling, measuring, and assessing product and/or process quality
- Development and evaluation of empirical prediction systems or software estimation models
- Mining software engineering repositories
- Simulation-based studies in software engineering
- Empirically-based decision making
- Evaluation and comparison of techniques and models
- Assessing the benefits/costs associated with using certain development technologies
- Industrial experience, software project experience, and knowledge management
- Software technology transfer to industry
- Infrastructures and novel techniques/tools for supporting any phase of empirical studies
The symposium encourages the submission of novel work and new ideas and position statements pertaining to empirical evaluation of software engineering technologies, methods, and tools (e.g., transferring and applying empirical methods from other disciplines to empirical software engineering). We further explicitly encourage the submission of replication studies as well as empirical studies with negative results (i.e., studies that did not deliver the expected results).
Organizing Committees
General Chair
- Markku Oivo, University of Oulu, Finland
Program Co-Chairs
- Daniel Méndez, Technical University of Munich, Germany
- Audris Mockus, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA
Emerging Results, Vision Papers, and Posters Co-Chairs
- Xavier Franch, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
- Emilia Mendes, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden & University of Oulu, Finland
Industrial Track Co-Chairs
- Christian Bird, Microsoft Research, USA
- Kelly Blincoe, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Journal First Track chair
- Jeffrey Carver, University of Alabama, USA
Proceedings Co-Chairs
- Pilar Rodriguez, University of Oulu, Finland
- Lucas Layman, University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA
Open Science chair
- Daniel Graziotin, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Publicity, Social Media and Web Co-Chairs
- Birgit Penzenstadler, California State University, Long Beach, USA
- Marcos Kalinowski, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
- Masateru Tsunoda, Kindai University, Japan
- Tanja Sauvola, University of Oulu, Finland
Local Organization Chair
- Kari Liukkunen, University of Oulu, Finland
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to Daniel.Mendez@tum.de