[ecoop-info] CfP - ISSRE 2008 (submission deadline April 25/May 5 approaching)

[Tom Zimmermann]

ISSRE 2008 - Call for Papers
http://www.csc2.ncsu.edu/conferences/issre/2008/


19th International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering
(ISSRE 2008)

10th - 14th November 2008
Microsoft Conference Center
Seattle/Redmond, Washington, USA

http://www.csc2.ncsu.edu/conferences/issre/2008/


CALL FOR PAPERS
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The 19th International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering
(ISSRE) focuses on the practice and theory of software systems
reliability engineering. The conference will provide an in-depth
representation of both software reliability engineering (SRE) theory
and experimentation. This year's strong focus will be bridging the gap
between academic research and industrial use of SRE techniques.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

- Reliability, availability, and safety of software systems
- Validation and verification, testing
- Software quality
- Software security
- Fault tolerance, survivability, and resilience of software systems
- Systems (hardware + software) reliability engineering
- Services reliability engineering
- Open source software reliability engineering
- Metrics and measurements, estimation, prediction of quality/ 
reliability
- Supporting tools and automation
- Industry best practices
- Empirical studies of any of the above topics

Submission:
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ISSRE 2008 is soliciting original, unpublished research papers in two
categories: (1) regular papers and (2) practical experience
reports. The length is limited to 10 and 6 pages IEEE style,
respectively.

All papers must be submitted through the web-based submission system
in PDF format. Papers must be written in English, and be formatted
according to the IEEE authoring guidelines. Papers that exceed the
page limits specified above, are outside the scope of the symposium,
or do not follow the formatting guidelines will be rejected without
review.

Best papers:
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The best articles including an empirical or quantitative component,
will be considered for publication in the Empirical Software
Engineering journal.


IMPORTANT DATES
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Research Paper Abstract Submission - April 25, 2008
Full Research Paper Submission     - May 2, 2008

Workshop/Tutorial Submission - May 15, 2008

Industry Track Abstract Submission     - July 1, 2008
Industry Track Presentation Submission - September 1, 2008

Government Track Submission - August 1, 2008

Student Track Submission - August 1, 2008 (check with web-site)

Fast Abstract Submissions - August 10, 2008 (check with web-site)

Please check the symposium web-site for up-to-date information.
http://www.csc2.ncsu.edu/conferences/issre/2008/


TRACKS
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Research Track
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The goal of ISSRE's research track is to present the latest, best, and
most important research results in the area of software reliability
engineering and related fields such as software testing, software
security, software safety and quality assurance.

Deadlines: April 25, 2008 (abstracts)  May 2, 2008 (full paper)


Industry Track
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The objective of the Industry Practice program is to establish a
meaningful dialog among software practitioners and with software
engineering researchers on the results (both good and bad), obstacles,
and lessons learned associated with applying software development
practices in various environments.

Deadline: July 1, 2008 (abstracts)  September 1, 2008 (presentations)


Government Track
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The goal of the Government Track Program is to increase the synergy
between government agencies, software engineers, and the research
community in the domain of software reliability engineering,
especially as it pertains to government high assurance development
efforts.

Deadline: August 1, 2008


Student Track
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The goal of the Student papers program is to encourage students to
attend ISSRE and present their work, exchange ideas with researchers
and practitioners, and get early feedback on their research efforts.

Deadline: August 1, 2008 (check with web-site)


Fast Abstract Track
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The goal of a fast abstract is to promote current work, research,
practices, opinions, experiences, and issues. This is an early
communication of technical work and does not always require completed
results like that of a journal publication. Authors can introduce new
ideas to the community or state positions on controversial issues.

Deadline: August 10, 2008 (check with web-site)


Workshop and Tutorials
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We are soliciting workshop and tutorial proposals from the community.
The objectives of tutorials presented at ISSRE are to expose the
attendees to the theory, tools and techniques and state-of-the-art in
SRE. The tutorials draw a healthy mix of participants, from the
industry, academia and government agencies.

Deadline: May 15, 2008


ORGANIZATION
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General Chair -
Brendan Murphy, Microsoft Research, UK

Program Chair -
Laurie Williams, NC State University, USA


A complete list of the Organizing Committee and Program Committee is
available on-line at

http://www.csc2.ncsu.edu/conferences/issre/2008/