Research Track - Call for Papers
Important Dates
**All submission dates are at 23:59 AoE (Anywhere on Earth, UTC-12)**
Abstract Submission
Friday, March 29, 2019
Paper Submission
Friday, April 5, 2019
Author Notification
Monday, June 10, 2019
Camera Ready Submission
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Goal and Scope
IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME) is the premier forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, experiences, and challenges in software maintenance and evolution. We invite high quality submissions describing significant, original, and unpublished results related to but not limited to any of the following software maintenance and evolution topics (in alphabetical order):
| Change and defect management | Productivity of software engineers |
| Code cloning and provenance | Release engineering |
| Concept and feature location | Reverse engineering and re-engineering |
| Continuous integration/deployment | Run-time evolution and dynamic configuration |
| Empirical studies of software maintenance and evolution | Service oriented and cloud computing |
| Evolution of non-code artefacts | Software and system comprehension |
| Human aspects of software maintenance and evolution | Software migration and renovation |
| Maintenance and evolution of model-based methods | Software quality assurance |
| Maintenance and evolution processes | Software refactoring and restructuring |
| Maintenance and evolution of mobile apps | Software testing theory and practice |
| Mining software repositories | Source code analysis and manipulation |
ICSME welcomes innovative ideas that are timely, well presented and evaluated. All submissions must position themselves within the existing literature, describe the relevance of the results to specific software engineering goals, and include a clear motivation and presentation of the work.
To establish a consistent set of expectations in the review process, the authors are asked, as part of the online submission process, to identify their papers with one or more of the following categories:
Technological
A paper in which the main contribution is of a technical nature. This includes novel tools, new algorithms, new theories, modeling languages, infrastructures, processes, methods and other technologies. Such a contribution does not necessarily need to be evaluated with humans. However, clear arguments, backed up by evidence as appropriate (whether through a proof, complexity analysis, or run-time analysis, among others), must show how and why the technology is beneficial, why a new method is needed, whether it is in automating or supporting some user task, refining our modeling capabilities, improving some key system property, etc.
Empirical
A paper in which the main contribution is the empirical study of a software evolution technology or phenomenon. This includes controlled experiments, case studies, and surveys of professionals reporting qualitative or quantitative data and analysis results. The authors should provide convincing arguments, with commensurate experiences, why certain methods or models are needed. Such a contribution will be judged on its study design, appropriateness and correctness of its analysis, and threats to validity. Replications are welcome.
Perspectives
A paper in which the main contribution is a novel perspective on the field as a whole, or part thereof. This includes assessments of the current state of the art and achievements, systematic literature reviews, framing of an important problem, forward-looking thought pieces, connections to other disciplines, and historical perspectives. Such a contribution must, in a highly convincing manner, clearly articulate the vision, novelty, and potential impact.
All papers should be full papers, and papers may belong to more than one category.
Evaluation
All submissions that meet the submission criteria (see below) and fit the scope of the conference will be reviewed by three members of the program committee. Submissions will be evaluated on the basis of soundness, importance of contribution, originality, quality of presentation, appropriate comparison to related work, and convincing evaluation of the proposed approach. Submissions that are not in compliance with the required submission format or that are out of the scope of the conference will be rejected without being reviewed. Submitted papers must comply with IEEE plagiarism policy and procedures. Papers submitted to ICSME 2019 must not have been published elsewhere and must not be under review or submitted for review elsewhere while under consideration for ICSME 2019. Submitting the same paper to different tracks of ICSME 2019 are also not allowed.
Publication and Presentation
Accepted papers will be published in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. Please review the ICSME 2019 Publication Requirements for more details. Presentation details will follow notifications of acceptance.
How to Submit
Similar to ICSME 2018, we are following a double-blind reviewing process. Submitted papers must adhere to the following rules:
- Author names and affiliations must be omitted. (The track co-chairs will check compliance before reviewing begins.)
- References to authors' own related work must be in the third person. (For example, not "We build on our previous work..." but rather "We build on the work of...")
Submissions must be formatted according to the ICSME 2019 Formatting Instructions. Papers must not exceed 10 pages (including figures and appendices) plus up to 2 pages that contain ONLY references. All submissions must be in PDF and must be submitted online by the deadline via the ICSME 2019 EasyChair conference management system. Any relevant supplemental material should also be anonymized and submitted by the same deadline through EasyChair. All authors, reviewers, and organizers are expected to uphold the IEEE Code of Conduct.
Authors of selected papers from the research track will be invited to submit extended versions of their work to a special issue of the Springer international journal of Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE). Authors of selected papers will be expected to comply with the standard guidelines when publishing an extended version of a paper, including the addition of about 30% new material.
Track Chairs
- Árpád Beszédes, University of Szeged, Hungary
- Miryung Kim, University of California, Los Angeles, United States