ESCOT @ ECOOP 2011 - LANCASTER



Home Call for Papers Topics of Interest Important Dates Submissions Advance Program Committees Contacts Previous ESCOT	======================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS ======================================================== 2nd International Workshop on Empirical Evaluation of Software Composition Techniques (ESCOT 2011) at ECOOP'11 Monday 25th July 2011 http://www.les.inf.puc-rio.br/opus/escot2011 =========================================== Empirical evaluation is a key activity to collect evidence and learn about the usefulness and usability of software engineering techniques. With new software composition techniques - such as model composition, feature-oriented programming, and aspect-oriented programming - gaining attention in both research and industry environments, there is a pressing need to define proper methods to evaluate them. The goals of the ESCOT workshop are to share knowledge about existing empirical evaluations of software composition techniques and to debate the open issues on the evaluation of software composition techniques. Its purpose is to raise the awareness of the programming language and software engineering communities to the importance of empirical evaluation and to foster a collaborative environment for both practitioners and researchers interested in effective evaluation of software composition techniques. ================ Important Dates ================ Paper submission: ~~15 April 2011~~ April 22, 2011 (extended deadline) Acceptance notification: 20 May 2011 ================== Topics of Interest ================== The ESCOT workshop is intended to cover a wide range of topics on evaluation of software composition techniques, from theoretical foundations to assessment frameworks and empirical studies. We encourage authors to present novel ideas, critiques of existing work, practical studies and experiments. We also welcome the submission of position papers in all aspects of empirical evaluation of composition techniques, including (but not limited to) the following: - Empirical studies - Lessons learned - Comparative studies between different composition techniques - Software metrics and quality models - Estimation models - Validation of assessment methods for software composition techniques ================================ Workshop Format and Submissions ================================ The workshop is discussion-oriented that provides in addition to formal presentation also short presentations, followed by discussions, and focused discussion groups. Authors who wish to contribute a paper are requested to submit a position paper in PDF format by April 15, 2011 via the online submission system: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=escot2011 Submitted papers can be regular submissions (up to 8 pages) as well as position papers (up to 4 pages). The papers should be formatted according to the Springer LNCS format and submitted via the workshop's submission system. Papers will be refereed by at least three reviewers. We especially encourage authors to present their experience and/or novel ideas on how to evaluate composition techniques or to present experimental designs for evaluating a composition technique. Such submissions must have a high potential for generating issues that will stimulate the discussions. ================= Program Committee ================= - Rachel Harrison, University of Reading, UK - Claudio Sant'Anna, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil - Jorge Aranda Garcia, University of Toronto, Canada - Robert Walker, University of Calgary, Canada - David Budgen, University of Durham, UK - Ewan Tempero, University of Auckland, New Zealand - Yuanfang Cai, Drexel University, USA - Marcelo Maia, Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil - Jose Maria Conejero, University of Extremadura, Spain - Marco Tulio Valente, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil - Emerson Murphy-Hill, North Carolina State University, USA - James Noble, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand =================== Organizing Committee =================== - Stefan Hanenberg, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany - Eduardo Figueiredo, Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil - Alessandro Garcia, PUC-Rio, Brazil - Phil Greenwood, Lancaster University, UK