SoftStart 2017: 1st International Workshop on Software Engineering for Startups Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 21, 2017 |
Conference website | http://secm2017.se-edu.org/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=softstart2017 |
Submission deadline | January 27, 2017 |
Submissions of papers are solicited for the 1st International Workshop on Software Engineering for Startups (SoftStart 2017), to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina on the 23rd of May 2017 in conjunction with the 39th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2017).
Most software engineering processes have been developed to address the needs of established organizations. However, these organizations are being outnumbered by startups, characterized by small teams trying to bring a product or service to market quickly with limited resources. Startups rarely use software engineering practices–even modern, light-weight ones–beyond the bare minimum. When a startup is able to launch its product and attract clients, the need for defined business and development processes rapidly becomes acute, reflecting the growing complexity of the offering and the company. Beyond this initial phase, the relevance and applicability of central software engineering concepts emerge and evolve in a context-specific way.
This workshop aims at bringing together practitioners and researchers interested in and experienced with how the startup environment affects the practice of software engineering. We are in particular encouraging participation from those who have had direct involvement with software development in startups or studied and documented their software development practices and models. Our hope is that their insights will surface unique issues and effective strategies, as well as inspire researchers to study the practice of software engineering within the startup context to help address those issues.
Submission Guidelines
We invite Research Papers, Experience Reports, and Position Papers that address the workshop objectives. Outside-the-box thinking is welcome.
Submissions must be in English and follow the ICSE conference proceedings format as specified here. Please review ICSE 2017 formatting and submission guidelines for further guidance.
All submissions should be submitted electronically through the online submission system.
- Research Papers (max 7 pages): Submissions describing research activities in the area of software engineering for startups with concrete insights;
- Experience Reports (max 4 pages): Submissions reflecting on experiences about software engineering processes, techniques, and best practices in startups. At least one of the authors must be have personal experience in a startup (successful or otherwise).
- Position Papers (max 3 pages): Submissions declaring opinions, proposing discussion points, addressing controversial issues, offering explanations, or speculating on solutions related to software engineering for startups. Position papers must be single-authored and include the author’s biographical sketch.The themes covered by this workshop will include all the different aspects of software engineering for startups.
Committees
Program Committee
- Rui Maranhão Abreu, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
- Carlo Capello, ProxToMe, USA
- Juan Catalano, Evolve, Argentina
- Steven Fraser, Hewlett Packard, USA
- Richard Friedman, RedLine13, USA
- Diego Fontdevila, Grupo Esfera, Argentina
- Cristiano Ghersi, Snip2Code USA
- Jesus M. Gonzalez-Barahona, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain
- Casper Lassenius, Aalto University, Finland
- Ignacio Lopez, WormholeIT, Agentina
- Henry Muccini, Univesity of L’Aquila, Italy
- Rafael Prikladnicki, PUCRS, Brazil
- Anton Trantin, Innosoft, Russian Federation
- Jorge Villalón, Universidad Diego Portales, Chile
Workshop Chairs
- Hakan Erdogmus, Carnegie Mellon University Silicon Valley, USA
- Alberto Sillitti, Innopolis University, Russia
- Tony Wasserman, Carnegie Mellon University Silicon Valley, USA
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to
- Hakan Erdogmus: hakan.erdogmus -at- sv.cmu.edu
- Alberto Sillitti: a.sillitti -at- innopolis.ru
- Tony Wasserman: tony.wasserman -at- sv.cmu.edu