SPLC 2021: 25th ACM International Systems and Software Product Line Conference Leicester, UK, September 6-11, 2021 |
Conference website | http://splc2021.net |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=splc2021 |
Abstract registration deadline | April 16, 2021 |
Submission deadline | April 23, 2021 |
The International Systems and Software Product Lines Conference (SPLC) is the leading conference on variability and configuration of hardware and software systems. Researchers, practitioners, and educators present and discuss the most recent research breakthroughs, ideas, trends, experiences, challenges and solutions to advance the state-of-the-art. SPLC is ranked as a top conference and for this 25th edition, we strive to continue the success of previous years by welcoming high-quality submissions for the research track.
SPLC started 25 years ago with a focus on software product lines, but by now it has become a main event for numerous closely related areas, such as configurable systems, product configuration, and software variability.
Like recent years, there will be a special issue in a renowned journal and two best paper awards. Each accepted full paper of the research track is considered for the Best Research Paper Award and the authors are encouraged to submit an extended version of their paper to the special issue. The Best Student Research Paper Award is reserved to papers with a PhD student as main author.
Topics
The following is a list of topics of interest to SPLC, but we also invite submissions to related topics. If in doubt, feel free to ask the track chairs (see below) :
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AI: genetic algorithms, neural networks, and machine learning for product lines
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Architecture, design, and visualization of product lines
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Dynamic software product lines, reconfigurable systems, (self-)adaptive systems
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Evolution, maintenance, and continuous integration for product lines (e.g., DevOps)
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Formal methods and SPL verification techniques (e.g., program analysis, model checking)
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Green and sustainable technologies for variation
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Human, organizational and social aspects of product lines (e.g., BPM, collaborative modeling and development, cooperative configuration processes, economics, program comprehension)
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Language product lines, and domain-specific and programming languages for product lines
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Multi product lines, program families, product lines of product lines, software ecosystems
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Non-functional properties: modeling, analysis, and optimization (e.g., performance, energy)
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Reverse engineering, variability mining and refactoring (e.g., migration from clone-and-own)
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Recommender systems for configurators and feature models (e.g., CSP/SAT/SMT solvers)
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Specification and modeling of SPL (e.g., domain-specific modeling, model-driven engineering)
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Testing product lines (e.g., product sampling, test-case selection and prioritization, mutations)
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Variability management and variability modeling (e.g., feature models, decision models)
Submission Guidelines
The research track is open to submissions in two categories:
• Full papers describing original results of conceptual, theoretical, empirical, or experimental research. The papers in this category must rely on theoretical or empirical evaluation.
• Short papers describing emerging ideas or outstanding challenges along with possible approaches for resolving them.
Submissions are single blind. This means that you do not need to anonymize your submission or remove author names from the pdf. Each submission will be carefully reviewed by at least three members of the research track program committee. The page limit is 10 pages of content (+ 2 pages for references) for full papers and 5 pages of content (+ 2 pages for references) for short papers. Submissions must adhere to the latest ACM Master Article Template: https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template
Latex users are indicated to use the “sigconf” option, so they are recommended to use the template that can be found in “sample-sigconf.tex”. In this way, the following latex code can be placed at the start of the latex document:
\documentclass[sigconf]{acmart} \acmConference[SPLC’21]{25th ACM International Systems and Software Product Lines Conference}{06–11 September, 2021}{Leicester, UK}
The proceedings will be published in the ACM Digital Library. At least one author of each accepted submission must register and participate in SPLC 2021 in order for the submission to be published. Submissions need to be sent using EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=splc2021
Artifact Evaluation
Authors of accepted research papers are invited to submit the artifacts associated with the paper for evaluation. To do so, they should submit a PDF via Easychair (select the Research Artifacts track). The PDF should contain a stable URL (or DOI) to the artifacts. The URL must contain the steps or general instructions to execute/analyze the artifact. Each artifact submission will be reviewed by at least two reviewers.
According to ACM’s “Result and Artifact Review and Badging” policy, an “artifact” is “a digital object that was either created by the authors to be used as part of the study or generated by the experiment itself [… which can include] software systems, scripts used to run experiments, input datasets, raw data collected in the experiment, or scripts used to analyze results.”
Accepted artifacts will receive one of the following badges on the first page of the paper, table of contents, and in the ACM Digital Library:
Artifacts are evaluated in two categories:
• Functional: The artifacts are complete, well-documented and allow to obtain the same results as the paper.
• Reusable: As above, but the artifacts are of such a high quality that they can be reused as is on other data sets or for other purposes.
Each accepted research paper associated with an accepted artifact must provide a link to the artifact in the camera-ready version of the paper. The authors must ensure that the artifacts are available from a stable URL or DOI. Please note that these badges exclude proprietary data or tools.
Research Track Chairs
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Maurice ter Beek, CNR, IT
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Ina Schaefer, U Braunschweig, DE
Publication
SPLC 2021 proceedings will be published by ACM. A special issue will be prepared after tthe conference.
Venue
The conference will be held either online or hybridly in Leicester, UK. Remote participation will be possible in both cases.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to the Research Track Chairs; about other subjects, to the General Chairs Mohammad Reza Mousavi and Pierre Yves Schobbens.