软件维护与演化国际会议ICSME 2017征稿通知

ICSME 2017（The 33rd IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution）将于2017年9月17-23在上海召开。Research Track论文投稿截止时间为2017年3月30日（摘要）和4月6日（全文）。除了Research Track，ICSME 2017还包括Artifacts Track、Industry Track、Doctoral Symposium、NIER Track、Tool Demo Track等。欢迎投稿并参加本次会议！

会议网站：https://icsme2017.github.io

General Chair: Hong Mei, Beijing Institute of Technology, China
Program Co-Chairs:
Lu Zhang, Peking University, China
Thomas Zimmermann, Microsoft Research, USA

Research Track - Call for Papers

Goal and Scope
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 We invite high quality submissions describing significant, original, and unpublished results related to but not limited to any of the following software maintenance and evolution topics (in alphabetical order):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
Code cloning and provenance
Concept and feature location
Continuous integration/deployment
Empirical studies of software maintenance and evolution
Evolution of non-code artefacts
Human aspects of software maintenance and evolution
Maintenance and evolution of model-based methods
Maintenance and evolution processes
Maintenance and evolution of mobile apps
Maintenance versus release process
Mining software repositories
Productivity of software engineers
Release engineering
Reverse engineering and re-engineering
Run-time evolution and dynamic configuration
Service oriented and cloud computing
Software and system comprehension
Software migration and renovation
Software quality assessment
Software refactoring and restructuring
Software testing

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:

Analytical
A paper in which the main contribution relies on new algorithms or mathematical theory. Examples include new bug prediction techniques and algorithms for dynamic and static analysis. Such a contribution must be evaluated with a convincing analysis of the algorithmic details, whether through a proof, complexity analysis, or run-time analysis, among others and depending on the objectives.

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. Such a contribution will be judged on its study design, appropriateness and correctness of its analysis, and threats to validity. Replications are welcome.

Technological
A paper in which the main contribution is of a technical nature. This includes novel tools, modeling languages, infrastructures, and other technologies. Such a contribution does not necessarily need to be evaluated with humans. However, clear arguments, backed up by evidence as appropriate, must show how and why the technology is beneficial, whether it is in automating or supporting some user task, refining our modeling capabilities, improving some key system property, etc.

Methodological
A paper in which the main contribution is a coherent system of broad principles and practices to interpret or solve a problem. This includes novel process models and maintenance methods. The authors should provide convincing arguments, with commensurate experiences, why a new method is needed and what the benefits of the proposed method are.

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. Note that papers from any research area can fall into any of these categories, as the categories are constructed surrounding methodological approaches, not research topics (e.g., one could write an analytical paper on a new analysis technique, an empirical paper that compares a broad range of such techniques, a technological paper that makes an analysis technique practically feasible and available, or a perspectives paper that reviews the state of the art and lays out a roadmap of analysis techniques for the future).

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 2017 must not have been published elsewhere and must not be under review or submitted for review elsewhere while under consideration for ICSME 2017.

Publication and Presentation
Accepted papers will be published in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. Please review the ICSME 2017 Publication Requirements for more details. Presentation details will follow notifications of acceptance.

How to Submit
We are introducing a double-blind reviewing process for the ICSME 2017 Research Track based on the success of double-blind reviewing in last year’s Industry Track.

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...")
Please see the Double-Blind Reviewing FAQ for more information and guidance.

Submissions must be formatted according to the ICSME 2017 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 2017 EasyChair conference management system. All authors, reviewers, 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.

Important Dates
Abstract submission: Thursday, March 30, 2017
Paper submission: Thursday, April 6, 2017
Author notification: Monday, June 12, 2017
Submissions close at 23:59 AoE (Anywhere on Earth, UTC-12)