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Call For Papers Submission Instructions Workshop Program DeadlinesSubmission: 4 March 2010Notification: 25 March 2010 Camera Ready: 8 April 2010 Organizing CommitteeNatalia Juristo – Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, SpainCharles Knutson – Brigham Young University, USA Jonathan Krein – Brigham Young University, USA Lutz Prechelt – Freie Universität Berlin, Germany Advisory CommitteeLionel Briand – Simula Research Laboratory, NorwayAudris Mockus – Avaya Labs Research, USA Dieter Rombach – University of Kaiserslautern & Fraunhofer IESE, Germany Program CommitteeChristian Bird – University of California Davis, USAAndrew Brooks – University of Akureyri, Iceland Jeffrey Carver – University of Alabama, USA Marcus Ciolkowski – Fraunhofer IESE, Germany Kevin Crowston – Syracuse University, USA Daniel Delorey – Google, Inc., USA Harald Gall – University of Zurich, Switzerland Jesus Gonzalez-Barahona – Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain Andreas Jedlitschka – Fraunhofer IESE, Germany James Miller – University of Alberta, Canada Dietmar Pfahl – Simula Research Laboratory & University of Oslo, Norway Marc Roper – University of Strathclyde, UK Carolyn Seaman – Fraunhofer CESE & University of Maryland, USA Janice Singer – National Research Council, Canada Megan Squire – Elon University, USA Sira Vegas – Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain Claes Wohlin – Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden Murray Wood – University of Strathclyde, UK |
ThemeMany fundamental results in Software Engineering suffer from threats to validity that can be addressed by replication studies. These threats include: 1) Lack of independent validation of empirical results; 2) Contextual shifts in Software Engineering practices or environments since the time of the original research studies; and 3) Limited data sets at the time of the original research studies. However, certain factors discourage replication studies: 1) A perception persists that replication studies are less valuable than the presentation of original studies; 2) Data sets are often not made publicly available; 3) Reports of empirical studies are often not sufficiently detailed to foster replication; and 4) Research tools are either not available or not usable, so precise replication is impractical. Primary GoalsThe primary goal of this workshop is to raise the perceived value of replication work by creating both recognition for, and awareness of, replication studies. The workshop aims to encourage revisiting results, especially those that have long been accepted but which in fact have only weak empirical support. In addition, the workshop seeks to identify and suggest solutions for recurring practical problems in selecting, designing, and performing replication studies. The workshop also seeks to advance the state of research reporting techniques and tool development and deployment, with a focus on making experiments repeatable and tools more reusable. TopicsWe invite both full and short papers in the following areas:
Theory
• Philosophical position papers • Research methodologies for replication • Insights from other research fields Methods • Replication techniques • Tools for replication • Reliable and accessible data stores • Methods of reporting results to facilitate future replication • Insights from other research fields Practice • Replicated studies – positive results, negative results • Replication of classic Software Engineering tenets • Surveys of replication studies in selected topic areas • Insights from other research fields SubmissionsPaper submissions must be original work that has not been previously published or submitted for publication elsewhere. Papers must be in English and must follow the IEEE Proceedings Format. Full papers should be 6-10 pages; short papers should be 4-5 pages. For specific submission instructions see Submission Instructions ProceedingsTo encourage the free sharing of ideas and preliminary results, and to allow for future conference and journal publication of accepted papers, papers will be distributed to workshop attendees, but will not be published in the ICSE companion proceedings. ContactWe appreciate questions and comments about the workshop. Charles Knutson – knutson [at] cs [dot] byu [dot] edu |