SPLC'22: 26th ACM International Systems and Software Product Line Conference Graz University of Technology Graz, Austria, September 12-16, 2022

The Systems and Software Product Line Conference (SPLC) is a premier forum where researchers, practitioners, and educators can present and discuss the most recent ideas, trends, experiences, and challenges in the area of software and system product lines engineering. Conference events include opportunities to hear industry leaders’ real-world experiences and researchers’ latest ideas and to learn from both.

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.

In this 26th edition of SPLC, we will follow a double-blind review process. The identity of authors will not be known to the program committee at any time during the process. The papers submitted must not reveal the authors’ identities in any way.

List of Topics

Research track

• AI: genetic algorithms, neural networks, and machine learning for product lines
• Architecture, design, and visualization of product lines
• Dynamic software product lines, reconfigurable systems, (self-)adaptive systems
• Evolution, maintenance, and continuous integration for product lines (e.g., DevOps)
• Formal methods and SPL verification techniques (e.g., program analysis, model checking)
• Green and sustainable technologies for variation
• Human, organizational and social aspects of product lines (e.g., BPM, collaborative modeling and development, cooperative configuration processes, economics, program comprehension)
• Language product lines, and domain-specific and programming languages for product lines
• Multi product lines, program families, product lines of product lines, software ecosystems
• Non-functional properties: modeling, analysis, and optimization (e.g., performance, energy)
• Reverse engineering, variability mining and refactoring (e.g., migration from clone-and-own)
• Recommender systems for configurators and feature models (e.g., CSP/SAT/SMT solvers)
• Specification and modeling of SPL (e.g., domain-specific modeling, model-driven engineering)
• Testing product lines (e.g., product sampling, test-case selection and prioritization, mutations)
• Variability management and variability modeling (e.g., feature models, decision models)

Other tracks are open: Industry, Challenge cases, Demos, Doctoral Consortium, Workshops, Journal First

Venue

September 12-16, 2022

Venue: Graz University of Technology, Graz, AustriaFormat: Hybrid (online and onsite)

Important dates (Research track)

• Abstract submission: April 8, 2022
• Paper submission: April 21, 2022
• Notification: June 2, 2022

Publication

SPLC 2021 proceedings will be published by ACM. An special issue will be prepared after the conference in a relevant journal indexed in JCR and SJR.