Research Track

SBES 2017: 31st Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering
September 18 – 22, 2017 Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
http://www.sbc.org.br/cbsoft2017


IMPORTANT DATES

Mentoring request deadline: February 10, 2017
Mentoring submission deadline: February 17, 2017
Paper registration (abstract submission) deadline: April 14, 2017 (April 24, 2017) NEW (May 2, 2017)
Paper upload deadline: April 21, 2017 (May 2, 2017) NEW (May 5, 2017)
Rebuttal period: June 6-13, 2017 (June 16-23, 2017) NEW (June 18-24, 2017)
Notification of acceptance: June 27, 2017 (July 7, 2017) NEW (July 11, 2017)
Camera-ready deadline: July 11, 2017 (July 21, 2017) NEW (July 25, 2017).

THE SYMPOSIUM

The Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering (SBES), annually promoted by the Brazilian Computer Society (SBC), is the premier Software Engineering event in Latin America. SBES is held in conjunction with CBSoft – Brazilian Conference on Software: Theory and Practice. The CBSoft program includes technical research sessions, insightful ideas sessions, industry sessions, invited talks, courses, tutorials, panels, demonstration of software tools, a Ph.D. and M.Sc. theses workshop, and several other satellite events. It traditionally gathers nearly 600 people, including academics, practitioners, and students.

In 2017, SBES will include three tracks. The Research Track publishes solid results with a strong contribution to the Software Engineering community. The Insightful Ideas and Emerging Results Track provides opportunity for researchers and practitioners to submit and present innovative and promising ideas and results in early stages of research. The Education Track (former FEES – Forum of Education in Software Engineering) publishes papers that address challenges, innovations, and best practices in Software Engineering education. For details of the Insightful Ideas and Emerging Results Track and the Education Track, please refer to the specific calls for papers or access the conference website.

THE RESEARCH TRACK

This is the traditional SBES track, which publishes solid results with a strong contribution to the Software Engineering community. Papers on this track are reviewed based on its originality, relevance, technical soundness, and clarity of presentation.
Papers submitted to the SBES Research Track must not have been simultaneously submitted to any other forum (conference or journal), nor should they have already been published elsewhere.

TOPICS OF INTEREST

This Research Track welcomes technical research papers related (but not limited) to:

– Industrial applications of Software Engineering
– Social aspects of Software Engineering
– Software Dependability
– CSCW and Software Engineering
– Model-Driven Software Development
– Requirements Engineering
– Experimental Software Engineering
– Agent-Oriented Software Engineering
– Software Modularity
– Software Engineering for the World Wide Web
– Theoretical foundations and formal methods
– Software Product Lines
– Software maintenance and evolution
– Software metrics and measurement
– Software processes
– Agile Methods
– Software quality and quality models
– Software reengineering
– Software reuse
– Software Verification & Validation
– Software architecture
– Search-Based Software Engineering
– Software Repository Mining
– Software Ecosystems and Systems of Systems
– Software Engineering Education and Training

PAPER LANGUAGE AND CATEGORIES

Authors of Research Track papers are asked to inform after the paper abstract the language of the paper (English or Portuguese) and one or more of the following categories. This intends to guide the authors in preparing their submissions and to establish a consistent set of expectations in the review process.

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

Experimental (primary study): A paper in which the main contribution is the experimental study of a software engineering technology or phenomenon. This includes controlled experiments, quasi 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.

Literature review (secondary study): A paper in which the main contribution is the synthesis of primary studies. Examples include systematic reviews and systematic mappings. Such a contribution should follow a sound methodology and provide a comprehensive coverage of the relevant literature. Moreover, it should answer relevant research questions with a deep synthesis of the results. Contributions that only provide metadata analysis (e.g., relevant authors, publications density by year, most influential papers, etc.) are not encouraged.

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 requirements elicitation methods, process models, design methods, development approaches, programming paradigms, and other methodologies. The authors should provide convincing arguments, with commensurate experiences, why a new method is needed and what the benefits of the proposed method are.

MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION

Papers can be written in Portuguese or English. Submission in English is strongly encouraged since the symposium proceedings are indexed in the ACM Digital Library. The acceptance of a paper implies that at least one of its authors will register for the symposium to present it.

All submissions must be in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) and must comply with the ACM 2-column conference (ACM_SigConf) format available at http://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template. They must be no longer than 10 pages, including all figures and references.

Papers should be submitted electronically through JEMS system (http://submissoes.sbc.org.br). All technical research papers should inform after the abstract the language and one or more of the aforementioned categories. Submissions that are not in compliance with the required submission format or that are out of the scope of the symposium will be rejected without reviewing. All other papers will be reviewed by at least three Program Committee members. The review process includes a rebuttal period where authors will have access to reviews and may argue and answer questions from referees before the final acceptance/rejection decision. The rebuttal is limited to a plain text up to 4,000 characters.

MENTORING PROGRAM

Authors that never published in SBES Research Track or at other international prestigious conferences in the field (on the Program Committee Chair discretion), and that intend to submit a paper to the Research Track, may request to participate in the mentoring program. The program will assign a member of the Program Committee to make a preliminary assessment of the work and give feedback before the submission deadline, increasing the chances of less experienced authors. Check the deadline to join the program in the Important Dates section, but we encourage the request to be made as soon as possible, since the number of papers in the program is limited and the assignment will be made in a first come first serve basis.

ATTENTION: to join this program none of the authors may have previous publication in any SBES edition or any international prestigious conferences. The request must be made exclusively by email (fabiano at dc.ufscar.br or jcmaldon at icmc.usp.br) with the subject “Participation in the SBES 2017 Mentoring”. You should include in the email body the working title of the work, the full list of authors, and an abstract.

BEST PAPER AWARD

Every year the SBES Steering Committee appoints a committee to award the symposium’s best papers. Awarded papers of the Research Track are announced during the event. The five best papers of the Research Track are invited to submit an extended version in English to the Research category of the Journal of Software Engineering Research and Development (JSERD)  <http://jserd.springeropen.com/> .

ORGANIZATION

Program Chairs

Jose Carlos Maldonado, ICMC/USP
Fabiano Cutigi Ferrari, UFSCar

Steering Committee

Eduardo Almeida, UFBA
Leonardo Murta, UFF
Sergio Soares, UFPE and ISI-TICs
Jose Carlos Maldonado, ICMC/USP
Fabiano Cutigi Ferrari, UFSCar
Uirá Kulesza, UFRN

Technical Program Committee 

Adenilso Simão (ICMC/USP)
Aditya Mathur (Purdue University)
Alessandro Garcia (PUC-Rio)
Alexandre Correa (UNIRIO)
Ana Paiva (FEUP)
Antonia Bertolino (CNR)
Arilo Dias Neto (UFAM)
Arndt von Staa (PUC-Rio)
Auri Marcelo Rizzo Vincenzi (UFG)
Christiane Gresse von Wangenheim (UFSC)
Christina Chavez (UFBA)
Christoph Treude (University of Adelaide)
Claudia Werner (COPPE/UFRJ)
Claudio Sant’Anna (UFBA)
Daniel Berry (University of Waterloo)
Dieter Rombach (Fraunhofer Institute)
Edson A. Oliveira Jr (UEM)
Eduardo Almeida (UFBA)
Eduardo Figueiredo (UFMG)
Elisa Yumi Nakagawa (ICMC/USP)
Ellen Barbosa (ICMC/USP)
Fernanda Alencar (UFPE)
Fernando Castor (UFPE)
Fernando Marques Figueira Filho (UFRN)
Flavio Oquendo (UBS, França)
Glauco Carneiro (UNIFACS)
Guilherme Travassos (COPPE/UFRJ)
Gustavo Rossi (UNLP)
Henry Muccini (Università dell’Aquila)
Humberto Marques Neto (PUC Minas)
Igor Steinmacher (UTFPR)
Ingrid Oliveira de Nunes (UFRGS)
Itana Maria de Souza Gimenes (UEM)
Jaelson Castro (UFPE)
Jeff Offutt (GMU)
Jim Woodcock (University of York)
Júlio Leite (PUC-Rio)
Kiev Gama (UFPE)
Leonardo Murta (UFF)
Lincoln Rocha (UFC)
Luciano Baresi (Politecnico di Milano)
Marcelo de Almeida Maia (UFU)
Márcio Barros (UNIRIO)
Marcio Delamaro (ICMC/USP)
Marcio Ribeiro (UFAL)
Marco Aurélio Gerosa (IME/USP)
Marco Graciotto Silva (UTFPR)
Marco Túlio Valente (UFMG)
Marcos Kalinowski (UFF)
Mehdi Bagherzadeh (Oakland University)
Miguel Goulão (UNL, Portugal)
Mike Papadakis (University of Luxembourg)
Nabor Mendonca (UNIFOR)
Nélio Cacho (UFRN)
Oscar Pastor (Universitat Politècnica de València)
Pedro Santos Neto (UFPI)
Rafael Prikladnicki (PUCRS)
Raphael Pereira de Oliveira (IFS)
Raul Wazlawick (UFSC)
Regina Braga (UFJF)
Ricardo Terra Nunes Bueno Villela (UFLA)
Rick Rabiser (Johannes Kepler University)
Roberta Coelho (UFRN)
Rodrigo Bonifacio de Almeida (UNB)
Rogerio de Lemos (University of Kent)
Rohit Gheyi (UFCG)
Rosana Braga (ICMC/USP)
Rossana Andrade (UFC)
Sandra Fabbri (UFSCar)
Sérgio Soares (UFPE)
Silvia Abrahão (Universitat Politècnica de València)
Silvia Vergílio (UFPR)
Simone Souza (ICMC/USP)
Tao Xie (University of Illinois)
Tayana Conte (UFAM)
Thais Vasconcelos Batista (UFRN)
Tiago Massoni (UFCG)
Toacy Oliveira (COPPE/UFRJ)
Uirá Kulesza (UFRN)
Valter Camargo (UFSCar)
Vera Werneck (UERJ)
Viviane Torres da Silva (UFF)
W. Eric Wong (UTD)
Yuanfang Cai (Drexel University)