International Conference on Software and Systems ProcessICSSP 2020
ICSSP/ ICSSE joint conference
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
For the 2020 edition, the 14th International Conference on Software and Systems Process (ICSSP 2020) will be joining forces with the 15th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Global Software Engineering (ICGSE 2020) to create a joint virtual conference to be held on June 26-28, 2020.
With the aim of bringing together a greater audience of researchers and industry practitioners with complementary interests and backgrounds, the joint conference will cover both 2020 conference themes:
ICSSP Theme: Synergies of AI, Serverless, and Software and Systems Processes
ICGSE Theme: Human-centered Global Software Engineering
The joint ICSSP/ICGSE conference will feature:
- 2 outstanding keynote talks
- 27 technical presentations
- 11 Industry presentations
- 2 Ph.D. track presentations
- 1 Journal first presentation
The conference program and program schedule can be accessed at ICSSP-ICGSE Program or through the Program tab above. The conference program will be comprised of five 3-hour sessions.
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
ICSSP2020 program information can be found on the “Program” tab above and at icssp2020program.html
ICSSP 2020 Theme: Synergies of AI, Serverless, and Software and Systems Processes
Software engineering continuously reinvents the way software and software intensive systems are built. Recently, Bombardier and Siemens announced significant investments in optimizing their product development processes. Tesla is trying to revolutionize the automotive market by implementing continuous delivery in safety critical systems.
Artificial intelligence (AI) techniques are emerging as a transforming force in software development and evolution. These techniques include (but are not limited to) Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL), and are redefining how developers build software products. ML and DL are accelerating contemporary software development lifecycles by analyzing huge amounts of data produced and consumed throughout the process. This raises important questions for our field: How will human intelligence be supported and augmented by machine intelligence? With automated toolchains and cloud-based hardware provisioning paradigms driving more rapid and continuous integration and delivery, how will this combination of process, technology and people improve the quality, effectiveness and efficiency of software and systems development?
ICSSP 2020 will provide a special platform for research focusing on software and systems development process as well as the factors driving their evolution. The International Conference on Software and Systems Process (ICSSP 2020)) will be joining forces with the 15th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Global Software Engineering (ICGSE 2020) to create a combined virtual conference to be held on June 26-28. 2020. For the detailed conference information, please visit http://dbsi.hdu.edu.cn/icssp2020.
The ICSSP Conference Series
ICSSP/ICGSE 2020 is the latest in a series of conferences that have been organized by the International Software and Systems Process Association (ISSPA). The ISSPA has sponsored or co-sponsored seven previous ICSSP conferences, held at sites around the world, dating back to 2007. Proceedings of the ICSSP conferences are available through the ACM Digital Library. Extended versions of selected papers from several years have been published in the Journal of Software: Evolution and Process (Wiley). More information about the International Software and Systems Process Association is available here.
The previous conferences:
Fri 26 JunDisplayed time zone: (UTC) Coordinated Universal Time change
15:00 - 18:00 | Session 1ICSSP / ICGSE [Joint Event] - ICSSP/ICGSE / ICGSE Research Papers at ICSSP-ICGSE Chair(s): David Raffo Portland State University, Igor Wiese Federal University of Technology - Paraná (UTFPR) _ ICGSE Theme: Software development communities ICSSP Theme: Software engineering process related case studies | ||
15:00 15mDay opening | Opening ICGSE [Joint Event] - ICSSP/ICGSE Paolo Tell IT University of Copenhagen, David Raffo Portland State University, Liguo Huang Dept. of Computer Science, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, 75205, Igor Steinmacher Northern Arizona University, Ricardo Britto Ericsson / Blekinge Institute of Technology, Paul Clarke , Eray Tüzün Bilkent University | ||
15:15 10mDay opening | LogisticsRecorded ICGSE [Joint Event] - ICSSP/ICGSE Paolo Tell IT University of Copenhagen | ||
15:25 45mKeynote | Global Software Engineering in the Age of GitHub and Zoom. How collaboration technologies and the mainstreaming of open source have changed global software engineering.Keynote ICGSE [Joint Event] - ICSSP/ICGSE Jim Herbsleb Carnegie Mellon University | ||
16:10 15mResearch paper | On the Detection of Community Smells using Genetic Programming-based Ensemble Classifier Chain ICGSE Research Papers Nuri Almarimi Ecole de technologie supérieure (ETS), Montreal, Ali Ouni ETS Montreal, University of Quebec, Moataz Chouchen Ecole de technologie supérieure (ETS), Montreal, Islem Saidani Ecole de technologie supérieure (ETS), Montreal, Mohamed Wiem Mkaouer Rochester Institute of Technology | ||
16:25 15mResearch paper | Understanding Collaborative Software Development: An Interview Study ICGSE Research Papers Kattiana Constantino Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Shurui Zhou Carnegie Mellon University, USA / University of Toronto, CA, Mauricio Souza UFLA, Eduardo Figueiredo UFMG, Christian Kästner Carnegie Mellon University | ||
16:40 15mResearch paper | A Case Study on Tool Support for Collaboration in Agile Development ICGSE Research Papers Fabio Calefato University of Bari, Andrea Giove University of Bari, Filippo Lanubile University of Bari, Marco Losavio Klopotek Software & Technology Services Italia | ||
16:55 15mFull-paper | Experimentation for Business-to-Business Mission-Critical Systems: A Case Study ICSSP David Issa Mattos Chalmers University of Technology, Anas Dakkak Ericsson, Jan Bosch , Helena Holmström Olsson Malmö University | ||
17:10 15mFull-paper | Digital Re-imagination of Software and Systems Processes for Quality Engineering: iSPIN Approach ICSSP Padmalata Nistala TCS Research, Asha Rajbhoj TCS Research, Vinay Kulkarni Tata Consultancy Services Research, Kesav Vithal Nori IIIT Hyderabad | ||
17:25 15mFull-paper | Process Inspection Support: an Industrial Case Study ICSSP Christoph Mayr-Dorn Johannes Kepler University Linz, Johann Tuder Johannes Kepler University Linz, Alexander Egyed Johannes Kepler University, Linz |
Sat 27 JunDisplayed time zone: (UTC) Coordinated Universal Time change
06:00 - 09:00 | Session 2ICGSE Research Papers / ICGSE Experience Reports / ICSSP / ICGSE [Joint Event] - ICSSP/ICGSE at ICSSP-ICGSE Chair(s): Tony Clear Auckland University of Technology, Regina Hebig Chalmers University of Technology & University of Gothenburg, Paolo Tell IT University of Copenhagen _ ICGSE Theme: Trust and culture in GSD ICSSP Theme: Enterprise processes for Agile and DevOps | ||
06:00 5mDay opening | OpeningRecorded ICGSE [Joint Event] - ICSSP/ICGSE | ||
06:05 10mDay opening | LogisticsRecorded ICGSE [Joint Event] - ICSSP/ICGSE Paolo Tell IT University of Copenhagen | ||
06:15 15mExperience report | Prioritizing trust in a globally distributed software engineering team to overcome complexity and make releases a non-event ICGSE Experience Reports Prasad Kabbur Siemens Healthcare Pvt. Ltd., Mani Vs Siemens Healthcare Pvt. Ltd., Juergen Schuelein Siemens Healthineers | ||
06:30 15mResearch paper | On Value Creation in Developer Relations (DevRel): a practitioners’ perspective ICGSE Research Papers Awdren Fontão Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), Sergio Cleger-Tamayo SIDIA Institute of Science and Technology, Igor Scaliante Wiese Federal University of Technology – Paraná - UTFPR, Rodrigo Santos UNIRIO - Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Arilo Claudio Dias Neto Universidade Federal do Amazonas | ||
06:45 15mFull-paper | Generating Use Case Scenarios from User Stories ICSSP Fabian Gilson University of Canterbury, Matthias Galster University of Canterbury, François Georis University of Namur | ||
07:00 15mFull-paper | On the Role of Software Architecture in DevOps Transformation: An Industrial Case Study ICSSP | ||
07:15 15mFull-paper | Action-based recommendation in Pull-request development ICSSP Muhammad Ilyas Azeem Institute of Software, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Sebastiano Panichella Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Andrea Di Sorbo University of Sannio, Alexander Serebrenik Eindhoven University of Technology, Qing Wang Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences | ||
07:30 15mResearch paper | The Design Thinking of Co-located vs. Distributed Software Developers: Distance Strikes Again! ICGSE Research Papers Rodi Jolak Chalmers | University of Gothenburg, Andreas Wortmann RWTH Aachen University, Grischa Liebel Reykjavik University, Eric Umuhoza Carnegie Mellon University-Africa, Michel R. V. Chaudron Chalmers | University of Gothenburg | ||
07:45 15mResearch paper | Attending to Implicit Bias as a Way to Move Beyond Negative Stereotyping in GSE ICGSE Research Papers Stina Matthiesen Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen, Pernille Bjørn University of Copenhagen, Denmark & University of Washington, USA, Claus Trillingsgaard EG A/S | ||
08:00 15mExperience report | Developing a Multi-Cultural Conversational Agent With a Globally Distributed Team ICGSE Experience Reports Elayne Ruane University College Dublin, Anthony Ventresque Lero and University College Dublin, Ross Smith Microsoft | ||
08:15 15mFull-paper | Occurrence Frequency and All Historical Failure Information Based Method for TCP in CI ICSSP Ying Shang Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Qianyu Li Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Yang Yang Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Zheng Li University of Concepción | ||
08:30 15mDoctoral symposium paper | How to Treat the Use of Grey Literature in Software Engineering ICSSP Xin Zhou State Key Laboratory of Novel Software Technology, Software Institute, Nanjing University |
15:00 - 18:00 | Session 3ICGSE Research Papers / ICGSE Experience Reports / ICSSP / ICGSE [Joint Event] - ICSSP/ICGSE / ICGSE Journal First at ICSSP-ICGSE Chair(s): Fabio Calefato University of Bari, Paul Clarke , Marco Gerosa Northern Arizona University _ ICGSE Theme: Onboarding and community evolution ICSSP Theme: Machine Learning, AI and Microservices Architectures | ||
15:00 5mDay opening | OpeningRecorded ICGSE [Joint Event] - ICSSP/ICGSE | ||
15:05 15mResearch paper | TasRec: A Framework for Task Recommendation in Crowdsourcing ICGSE Research Papers Kumar Abhinav Accenture Labs, Gurpriya Kaur Bhatia Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi, Alpana Dubey Accenture Labs, India, Sakshi Jain Accenture, Nitish Bhardwaj Accenture Technology Labs | ||
15:20 15mTalk | From Art to Science: Evolution of Community Development ICGSE Journal First | ||
15:35 15mFull-paper | Process Implications of Executable Domain Models for Microservices Development ICSSP | ||
15:50 15mFull-paper | Do Instance-level Review Diagrams Support Validation Processes of Cyber-Physical System Specifications ICSSP Marian Daun University of Duisburg-Essen, Jennifer Brings University of Duisburg-Essen, Thorsten Weyer University Koblenz-Landau | ||
16:05 15mFull-paper | Onboarding Bot for Newcomers to Software Engineering ICSSP James Dominic Clemson University, Charles Ritter Clemson University, Paige Rodeghero Clemson University | ||
16:20 15mExperience report | How do newcomers learn work process in Global Software Development (GSD)? A survey study from the perspective of newly project leaders ICGSE Experience Reports Raquel Cunha SIDIA Institute of Science and Technology, Fernanda Souza SIDIA Institute of Science and Technology, Franciney Lima SIDIA Institute of Science and Technology, Bruno Bonifácio Universidade Federal do Amazonas - UFAM | ||
16:35 15mExperience report | Designing Engineering Onboarding for 60+ Nationalities ICGSE Experience Reports Julian Harty Commercetest Limited | ||
16:50 15mFull-paper | From Ad-Hoc Data Analytics to DataOps ICSSP Aiswarya Munappy Chalmers University of Technology, David Issa Mattos Chalmers University of Technology, Jan Bosch , Helena Holmström Olsson Malmö University, Anas Dakkak Ericsson | ||
17:05 15mFull-paper | Emerging and Changing Tasks in the Development Process for Machine Learning Systems ICSSP Hanyan Liu Chalmers | University of Gothenburg, Samuel Eksmo Chalmers | University of Gothenburg, Johan Risberg IBM Sweden, Regina Hebig University of Gothenburg | ||
17:20 15mFull-paper | Developing ML/DL Models: A Design Framework ICSSP |
Sun 28 JunDisplayed time zone: (UTC) Coordinated Universal Time change
06:00 - 09:00 | Session 4ICGSE Experience Reports / ICSSP / ICGSE Industry Talks / ICGSE [Joint Event] - ICSSP/ICGSE at ICSSP-ICGSE Chair(s): Ricardo Britto Ericsson / Blekinge Institute of Technology, Klaas-Jan Stol University College Cork and Lero, Ireland, Eray Tüzün Bilkent University _ ICGSE Theme: Process and requirements ICSSP Theme: Empirical studies and experience reports on agile and hybrid processes | ||
06:00 5mDay opening | OpeningRecorded ICGSE [Joint Event] - ICSSP/ICGSE | ||
06:05 15mExperience report | Moray-STF: A Novel Approach for Requirement Definition for GSD Projects in a Mobile Ecosystem ICGSE Experience Reports Klinsman M. Goncalves SIDIA R&D Institute, Yasmine G Vaz SIDIA R&D Institute, Eberth F. Cruz SIDIA R&D Institute, Rafael E. Silva SIDIA R&D Institute, Lineker Souza SIDIA R&D Institute, Fábio M. Azevedo SIDIA R&D Institute, Eduardo D. Sardinha SIDIA R&D Institute, Paulo Fonseca SIDIA R&D Institute, Cícero Augusto De Lara Pahins SIDIA Research Institute | ||
06:20 15mExperience report | Using a Tool-based Approach to Comply with Smartphone User Manual Regulations in Latin America Countries ICGSE Experience Reports Klinsman M. Goncalves SIDIA R&D Institute, Yasmine G Vaz SIDIA R&D Institute, Eberth F. Cruz SIDIA R&D Institute, Rafael E. Silva SIDIA R&D Institute, Lineker Souza SIDIA R&D Institute, Fábio M. Azevedo SIDIA R&D Institute, Eduardo D. Sardinha SIDIA R&D Institute, Paulo Fonseca SIDIA R&D Institute, Cícero Augusto De Lara Pahins SIDIA Research Institute | ||
06:35 15mFull-paper | Constructing a Hybrid Software Process Simulation Model in Practice: An Exemplar from Industry ICSSP Yue Li Oxford-Hainan Blockchain Research Institute, He Zhang Nanjing University, Liming Dong Nanjing University, Bohan Liu Nanjing University, Jinyu Ma Nanjing University | ||
06:50 15mFull-paper | How are Hybrid Development Approaches Organized? - A Systematic Literature Review ICSSP Nils Prenner Leibniz Universität Hannover, Software Engineering Group, Carolin Unger-Windeler Leibniz Universität Hannover, Software Engineering Group, Kurt Schneider Leibniz Universität Hannover, Software Engineering Group | ||
07:05 15mFull-paper | Determining Context Factors for Hybrid Development Methods with Trained Models ICSSP Jil Klünder Leibniz Universität Hannover, Dzejlana Karajic University of Passau, Paolo Tell IT University of Copenhagen, Oliver Karras Leibniz University Hannover, Christian Muenkel Leibniz University Hannover, Jürgen Münch Reutlingen University, Stephen MacDonell Auckland University of Technology, Regina Hebig University of Gothenburg, Marco Kuhrmann University of Passau | ||
07:20 15mIndustry talk | Observability Driven Development and Continuous Delivery ICGSE Industry Talks | ||
07:35 15mExperience report | Expanding the responsibility of an offshore team and sustainably increasing business value using SAFe ICGSE Experience Reports Alaukikdev Pandya Siemens Healthineers, V. S. Mani Siemens , Ansuman Pattanayak Siemens Healthineers | ||
07:50 15mExperience report | Hybrid Sourcing: Novel Combination of Crowdsourcing and Inner-sourcing for Software Developments ICGSE Experience Reports | ||
08:05 15mFull-paper | Charting Coordination Needs in Large-Scale Agile Organizations with Boundary Objects and Methodological Islands ICSSP Rashidah Kasauli Chalmers | University of Gothenburg, Rebekka Wohlrab Chalmers University of Technology | Systemite AB, Eric Knauss Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenbrug, Jan-Philipp Steghöfer Chalmers | University of Gothenburg, Jennifer Horkoff Chalmers and the University of Gothenburg, Salome Maro Chalmers | University of Gothenburg | ||
08:20 15mDoctoral symposium paper | Towards Improving the Organization of Hybrid Development Approaches ICSSP Nils Prenner Leibniz Universität Hannover, Software Engineering Group |
15:00 - 18:00 | Session 5ICGSE [Joint Event] - ICSSP/ICGSE / ICGSE Research Papers / ICSSP / ICGSE Experience Reports at ICSSP-ICGSE Chair(s): Josiane Kroll University of Manitoba, Leon Osterweil _ ICGSE Theme: Tools for GSD ICSSP Theme: Applied Software Engineering Practices | ||
15:00 5mDay opening | OpeningRecorded ICGSE [Joint Event] - ICSSP/ICGSE | ||
15:05 45mKeynote | Preventing Undesirable Behavior of Intelligent MachinesKeynote ICGSE [Joint Event] - ICSSP/ICGSE Yuriy Brun University of Massachusetts Amherst Link to publication DOI Pre-print | ||
15:50 15mExperience report | Challenges in scaling AI-powered distributed software product ICGSE Experience Reports Rajeev Kumar Gupta Siemens Healthineers India LLP, Balaji B Siemens Healthineers India LLP, Mekanathan Venkatachalapathy Siemens, Ferose Khan Jeberla Siemens | ||
16:05 15mExperience report | Developing a Release Management Tool to Support Global Software Development: An Experience Report on Android Platform ICGSE Experience Reports Hualter Oliveira Barbosa SIDIA Institute of Science and Technology, Witalo Albuquerque SIDIA Institute of Science and Technology, Alexandre Bandeira SIDIA Institute of Science and Technology, Luis Albuquerque SIDIA Institute of Science and Technology, Ueslei Pivoto SIDIA Institute of Science and Technology, Fernando Pires SIDIA Institute of Science and Technology, Bruno Bonifácio Universidade Federal do Amazonas - UFAM | ||
16:20 15mResearch paper | GLOBAL-MANAGER: A Serious Game for providing training in Project Manager Skills ICGSE Research Papers Rubén Marquez University of Castilla-La Mancha, Aurora Vizcaíno Universidad de Castilla - La Mancha, Felix García University of Castilla-La Mancha, Antonio Manjavacas University of Castilla-La Mancha | ||
16:35 15mFull-paper | Why do Software Teams Deviate from Scrum? Reasons and Implications ICSSP Mohamad Mortada Chalmers | University of Gothenburg, Hamdy Michael Ayas Chalmers | University of Gothenburg, Regina Hebig University of Gothenburg | ||
16:50 15mFull-paper | EcoKnow: Engineering Effective, Co-created and Compliant Adaptive Case Management Systems for Knowledge Workers ICSSP Thomas T. Hildebrandt University of Copenhagen, Amine Abbad Andaloussi Technical University of Denmark, Lars Rune Christensen IT University of Copenhagen, Søren Debois IT University of Copenhagen, Nicklas Pape Healy Syddjurs Municipality, Hugo A. López IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark & DCR Solutions A/S, Morten Marquard DCR Solutions A/S, Naja Holten Møller University of Copenhagen, Anette C. M. Petersen IT University of Copenhagen, Tijs Slaats University of Copenhagen, Barbara Weber St. Gallen University | ||
17:05 10mDay closing | Closing ICGSE [Joint Event] - ICSSP/ICGSE Paolo Tell IT University of Copenhagen, David Raffo Portland State University, Liguo Huang Dept. of Computer Science, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, 75205 | ||
17:15 10mAwards | Awards ceremony ICGSE [Joint Event] - ICSSP/ICGSE Igor Steinmacher Northern Arizona University, Ricardo Britto Ericsson / Blekinge Institute of Technology, Josiane Kroll University of Manitoba, Paul Clarke , Eray Tüzün Bilkent University |
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Accepted Papers
Keynotes
ICSSP/ICGSE 2020 Keynote Speakers
James Herbsleb
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Title: Global Software Engineering in the Age of GitHub and Zoom. How collaboration technologies and the mainstreaming of open source have changed global software engineering.
Bio
James Herbsleb is a Professor in the Institute for Software Research in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University where he serves as the Director of the department. His research interests lie primarily in the intersection of software engineering, computer-supported cooperative work, and socio-technical systems, focusing on such areas as geographically distributed development teams and large-scale open source development. He holds a PhD in psychology, and an MS in computer science.
His research has won several awards, including the ACM Outstanding Research Award (2016), Alan Newell Award for Research Excellence (2014), Most Influential Paper award (ICSE 2010), Honorable Mention for Most Influential Paper award (ICSE 2011), ACM Distinguished Paper Award (ICSE 2011), Best Paper Award (Academy of Management, 2010), ACM Distinguished Paper Award (ESEM 2008), and Best Paper Award (CSCW 2006).
For about two decades, he has worked with many extraordinary colleagues to try to understand the complex and dynamic relationship between human collaboration and the software that the humans are designing and using. On his optimistic days, he feels he has made a bit of progress.
Yuriy Brun
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
Title: Preventing Undesirable Behavior of Intelligent Machines.
Abstract:
Modern software contributes to important societal decisions, and yet we know very little about its fairness properties. Can software discriminate? Evidence of software discrimination has been found in systems that recommend criminal sentences, grant access to loans and other financial products, transcribe YouTube videos, translate text, and perform facial recognition. Nonetheless, even defining what it means for software to discriminate is a complex task. I will present recent research that defines software fairness and discrimination; develops a testing-based, causality-capturing process for measuring if and how much software discriminates; and provides provable guarantees on software fairness. I will also describe open problems in software fairness and how recent advances in machine learning and natural language modeling can help address them. Overall, I will argue that enabling and ensuring software fairness requires solving research challenges across computer science, including in machine learning, software and systems process, human-computer interaction, and theoretical computer science. The main contributions discussed in this talk can be found in http://doi.org/10.1126/science.aag3311 and https://doi.org/10.1145/3106237.3106277/
Registration
Registration for ICSSP/ICGSE will be handled through ICSE, see at https://2020.icse-conferences.org/attending/registration. The ICSE Registration web-site is now open as of June 11. (https://www.cy-mice.org/icse2020/default.php) At present, ICSE has listed ICSSP and ICGSE as separate conferences. Registering for either conference will enable you to be part of the joint event. We have asked ICSE to correct the issue.
ICSSP/ICGSE registered participants will be entitled to attend all the synchronous events on June 26-28, and to see the recorded paper presentations (and recorded keynotes if unable to join the live talks).
What to expect after you register
As we receive notification from ICSE with the names and emails of those who have registered, we will be sending a welcome email to confirm that we have received your information. Please allow a few days for this confirmation. By June 25, we will send out instructions with:
- Zoom links for all the meetings along with passwords
- Dropbox links and passwords to all video presentations and papers
Thank you again for your interest and being a member of our community. We look forward to seeing you at the virtual ICSSP/ICGSE 2020 conference and welcoming you as part of this exciting first ever virtual event!
Doctoral Track
Call for ICSSP 2020 Doctoral Track Submissions
The International Conference on Software and Systems Process (ICSSP 2020) invites submissions for consideration for inclusion in the ICSSP 2020 Doctoral Track which will be hosted as an integral part of the main ICSSP 2020 programme. Successful submissions will present to the main ICSSP 2020 audience and as such offers an excellent opportunity for current Ph.D. candidates to present their work and elicit feedback from the ICSSP community, which is comprised of some of the leading figures in the software and systems process domain.
The goal of the ICSSP community in hosting the Doctoral Track is driven by a keen appreciation of the importance of Doctoral studies and the many benefits that expert community-led constructive feedback can deliver in terms of enhancing Doctoral work, while also supporting leading researchers of the future. Thus, the Track offers a rare opportunity to obtain valuable expert feedback and to get in touch with peer students in the same field of interest. The event is designed with 2nd/3rd year PhD candidates in mind, and particularly where initial results are not yet mature enough for a full conference paper and the work going forward may benefit from feedback from the ICSSP community. The ICSSP Doctoral Track should address topics of interest to ICSSP 2020 and also more generally, all research areas that are in scope of the ICSSP conference series. Successful submissions will be published in the main conference proceedings.
Doctoral Track papers shall present research progress to date, current work-in-progress and plan to completion. Please note that the sole author on the submission must be the doctoral candidate and that advisor(s) should be noted immediately below the author details. Submissions should address the following concerns:
- Motivation: describe the problem that you want to address and briefly summarize existing approaches along with their deficiencies.
- Objectives: outline the key objectives of your PhD research and argue how achieving them will address the problem outlined in the motivation.
- Methodology: identify what methodology you will adopt to meet the objectives of your project. Clearly state on what existing works your work will build.
- Research challenges: outline the technical, methodological, conceptual, or other hurdles faced in completing the research.
- Research Plan: describe what preliminary results – if any – you have already achieved and summarize your plans for future work. Please add a rough schedule that allows to judge whether your research plan is feasible.
Authors of selected submissions will be required to produce and present a Poster to reflect their ICSSP 2020 Doctoral Track paper, which will be displayed alongside the main ICSE 2020 Posters. Details on poster formats will be provided in due course.
Note: All important information specific to the Doctoral Track can be found on this page. Some of this information differs from the corresponding items for the Main Track.
Preconditions for Submission
All submissions must comply with the ACM and IEEE policies on authorship and publication. These include:
- The Policy on Roles and Responsibilities in ACM Publishing as they apply to authors
- The ACM Policy and Procedures on Plagiarism
- The ACM policy on Prior Publication and Simultaneous Submissions
- The IEEE guidance on publishing ethics
Note that submitted papers must reflect the original work of the authors, the authors must be entitled to publish the work, the work must not have been published previously in a refereed or formally reviewed publication, and the work must not be under review or in press elsewhere while under review for ICSSP, among other provisions.
How to Submit
Submissions to ICSSP must not exceed the page limits specified above for the applicable type of submission. Page limits include all text, figures, tables, references, and appendices. All submissions must be in English.
Important: ICSSP is NOT following a double-blind reviewing process, so author names and affiliations should appear beneath the title of a submission. (This is different from the policy followed by ICSE and some other co-located events.)
Formatting instructions are available at https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template for both LaTeX and Word users. LaTeX users must use the provided acmart.cls and ACM-Reference-Format.bst without modification, enable the conference format in the preamble of the document (i.e., \documentclass[sigconf,review]{acmart}
), and use the ACM reference format for the bibliography (i.e., \bibliographystyle{ACM-Reference-Format}
). The review option adds line numbers, thereby allowing referees to refer to specific lines in their comments.
Submissions must be made through the ICSSP submission site prior to the submission deadline. Be sure to direct your submissions to the Doctoral Track and select “Student doctoral paper” when uploading your submission.
Authors of accepted papers shall prepare a final camera-ready version of the paper, taking into account all feedback from reviewers, and formatted according to the guidelines above.
Requirement for Letter of Recommendation
Each student submission must be supported by a letter of recommendation from the student’s research advisor(s). The letter of recommendation should ideally be brief, indicating that the student will be in a position to attend and present at the conference if their submission is successful, and including an assessment of the current status of the research, including an expected date for the dissertation’s filing (which may be approximate). Note that letters may be shared with reviewers of the submission but will generally be kept confidential.
Letters of recommendation must also be submitted through the ICSSP submission site prior to the submission deadline.Submissions without a supporting letter of recommendation will not be reviewed.
Requirement to Register, Attend and Present
If a submission is accepted, the doctoral candidate must register for and attend the conference and present the paper in person. Failure to meet this requirement may result in the paper being withdrawn from the program and proceedings.
Review Process
Each submission will be reviewed by at least two Doctoral Track Committee members. Submissions will be evaluated based on their relevance, the motivation and quality of the proposed research, as well as the suitability of the chosen methodology. The potential for students to benefit from participation in the Track may also be considered in making the final selection of accepted papers.
Contact Information
For further information, please contact Guoping Rong via ronggp@nju.edu.cn.
Call for papers
ICSSP 2020 will be co-located with ICSE 2020 in Seoul, South Korea and held on May 23 and 24, 2020. As a special treat, ICSSP will hold a joint keynote speaker, a joint panel, and joint reception with the International Conference on Global Software Engineering (ICGSE).
Overview
Techniques under the general heading of artificial intelligence (AI) are transforming many industries. Software development and evolution is no exception. These techniques including (but not limited to) Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL) are redefining how developers build software products. ML and DL are accelerating contemporary software development lifecycles by analyzing huge amounts of data produced and consumed throughout the process. Concurrently, hardware provisioning is undergoing fundamental changes. We now see the rise of serverless infrastructure provisioning and a move towards pay-per-use hardware with the invention of microservices and Function-as-a-Service (FaaS) technology.
AI and serverless hardware provisioning are rising trends that warrant careful software and systems process attention. AI can be an aid to software and systems processes, while software and system processes are required to build AI-based systems. This raises an important question for our field: How will human intelligence be supported and augmented by machine intelligence? With automated toolchains and cloud-based hardware provisioning paradigms driving more rapid and continuous integration and delivery, how will this combination of process, technology and people improve the quality, effectiveness and efficiency of software and systems development?
ICSSP 2020 is seeking contributions on research, practice, and compelling new ideas pertaining, but not limited, to the following topics:
- Software and systems processes for AI-based systems
- AI for general software and systems processes
- General software process related studies and research reports
- Measurement for hybrid and evolving processes
- The impact of serverless infrastructure on software and systems processes
- Empirical studies and experience reports on agile or hybrid processes
- Factors affecting selection, design, adoption, management and success of hybrid processes
- Continuous integration and deployment for serverless infrastructure
- Function-as-a-Service software and systems processes
- Impacts of special requirements such as high safety/reliability, globally distributed development, continuous integration, and others
- Evolution or transformation of organizations
- Enterprise processes for advanced development paradigms such as agile, lean, DevOps or customer-centric development
- Data science for analysis and management of hybrid and evolving processes
All accepted papers will be included in the ICSSP Proceedings, which will be published as part of the ICSE companion proceedings. In addition, a selection of the best papers from the ICSSP 2020 conference will appear in a special issue of the Journal of Software Evolution and Process.
We invite the following submissions:
Full papers (10 pages including references) that reflect completed and evaluated research on novel approaches to major software and systems engineering process challenges, especially relating to synergies of AI, serverless, and software and systems Processes. Enhanced versions of the best research papers will be included in a special issue of the Journal of Software: Evolution and Process. Full papers can also be industry experience papers that report and reflect on in-depth experience, potentially including challenges, solutions, lessons, and recommendations, of significance for the research and practice communities.
Short papers (5 pages including references) that present concise research results, describe workin-progress (e.g. Ph. D. research), or conceptual and position papers addressing new perspectives, open questions and future directions. Short papers can also be industrial papers, for instance, describing practical challenges or research needs motivated by experience.
Posters (2 pages extended abstract (including references) + DIN A2 poster draft) for research or industry experience that is not yet ready for publication as a paper, but nevertheless would be of interest to other researchers in terms of ideas, participation, or collaboration.
Submission Format
Preconditions for Submission
All submissions must comply with the ACM and IEEE policies on authorship and publication. These include:
- The Policy on Roles and Responsibilities in ACM Publishing as they apply to authors
- The ACM Policy and Procedures on Plagiarism
- The ACM policy on Prior Publication and Simultaneous Submissions
- The IEEE guidance on publishing ethics
Note that submitted papers must reflect the original work of the authors, the authors must be entitled to publish the work, the work must not have been published previously in a refereed or formally reviewed publication, and the work must not be under review or in press elsewhere while under review for ICSSP, among other provisions.
How to Submit
Submissions to ICSSP must not exceed the page limits specified above for the applicable type of submission. Page limits include all text, figures, tables, references, and appendices. All submissions must be in English.
Important: ICSSP is NOT following a double-blind reviewing process, so author names and affiliations should appear beneath the title of a submission. (This is different from the policy followed by ICSE and some other co-located events.)
Formatting instructions are available at https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template for both LaTeX and Word users. LaTeX users must use the provided acmart.cls and ACM-Reference-Format.bst without modification, enable the conference format in the preamble of the document (i.e., \documentclass[sigconf,review]{acmart}
), and use the ACM reference format for the bibliography (i.e., \bibliographystyle{ACM-Reference-Format}
). The review option adds line numbers, thereby allowing referees to refer to specific lines in their comments.
Submissions must be made through the ICSSP submission site prior to the submission deadline. Be sure to direct your submissions to the main conference and select the appropriate submission type when uploading your submission.
The official publication date is the date the proceedings are made available in the ACM or IEEE Digital Libraries. This date may be up to two weeks prior to the first day of ICSE 2020. The official publication date affects the deadline for any patent filings related to published work.
Purchases of additional pages in the proceedings is not allowed.
Requirement to Register, Attend and Present
If a submission is accepted, at least one author of the paper must register for and attend the conference and present the paper in person. Failure to meet this requirement may result in the paper being withdrawn from the program and proceedings.
Contact
For further information, please contact Eray Tuzun via eraytuzun@gmail.com or Paul Clarke via Paul.M.Clarke@dcu.ie.