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ICSE 2020
Wed 24 June - Thu 16 July 2020

Goals

We are looking for insightful and thought-provoking papers that address the various roles of software engineering in society. Specifically, we are seeking contributions that highlight how software engineering can address the opportunities and challenges posed by the rapidly accelerating pace of technological advances that are impacting the economic, political, environmental, social and technical aspects of society.

We would also like to discuss emerging trends in the development of software that is part of larger systems and whose development is tackled within the specific disciplines listed below. This development should be able to proceed with only the limited, if any, involvement of software engineering experts. The goal is to investigate the reasons for these trends, to analyze possible novel contributions from the Software Engineering community, and to identify novel research challenges that these disciplines pose to software engineering methods and practices.

SEIS encourages

  • Engagement with a broad spectrum of disciplines including, but not limited to:
    • Life Sciences (e.g. Health Informatics, Biotechnology);
    • Environmental Sciences (e.g. Ecology, Climate Change);
    • Humanities (e.g. Digital Humanities);
    • Social Sciences (e.g. Economics, Politics);
    • Philosophy (e.g. Ethics, Values Theory);
    • Computing and Engineering (e.g. HCI, IoT, AI, Data Science, Distributed Computing);
    • Mechanical engineering (e.g., production systems);
    • Design (e.g. Sustainable Design, Architecture, Urban Planning);
    • The Arts (e.g. Digital Art, Performing Arts) and Crafts (e.g. DIY electronics);
    • Interdisciplinary research (e.g. Cognitive Science, Digital Social Innovation).
  • Work emerging from research partnerships with communities, NGOs, cultural institutions, and the public and private sector.
  • Research reflections on the long term implications of digital technology interventions on all aspects in society (e.g. economics, social, political, environmental, technical).
  • Research directions towards new development models, tools, and methods for specific application environments.
  • Research findings supported by empirical studies and experimentation.
Dates
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Tue 7 Jul

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07:00 - 08:00
I3-SEIS-Engineering tools for SocietySoftware Engineering in Society at Silla
Chair(s): Seok-Won Lee Ajou University
07:00
12m
Talk
Is Using Deep Learning Frameworks Free? Characterizing Technical Debt in Deep Learning FrameworksSEIS
Software Engineering in Society
Jiakun Liu Zhejiang University, Qiao Huang Zhejiang University, Xin Xia Monash University, Emad Shihab Concordia University, David Lo Singapore Management University, Shanping Li Zhejiang University
07:12
12m
Talk
Society-Oriented Applications Development: Investigating Users' Values from Bangladeshi Agriculture Mobile ApplicationsArtifact ReusableSEIS
Software Engineering in Society
Rifat Ara Shams Monash University, Waqar Hussain Monash University, Gillian Oliver Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University, Harsha Perera Monash University, Arif Nurwidyantoro Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University, Jon Whittle Monash University
07:24
12m
Talk
How layered reuse can support harmful micropolitics: SAP ERP in surgery planningSEIS
Software Engineering in Society
Dzifa Ametowobla TU Berlin, Department of Sociology, Lutz Prechelt Freie Universität Berlin
07:36
12m
Talk
From Abstract Specifications to Application GenerationSEIS
Software Engineering in Society
José Miguel Pérez-Álvarez NAVER LABS Europe, Adrian Mos NAVER LABS Europe
07:48
12m
Talk
Human Behaviour Centered Design: Developing a Software System for Cultural HeritageSEIS
Software Engineering in Society
Julie Dugdale University of Grenoble Alps, Mahyar Tourchi Moghaddam University of L'Aquila / INRIA, Henry Muccini University of L'Aquila, Italy

Thu 9 Jul

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00:00 - 01:00
P15-SEIS-Software Engineering in Society KeynoteSoftware Engineering in Society at Silla
Chair(s): Anita Sarma Oregon State University
00:00
60m
Talk
Keynote: It Is Time We Made Software Development Accessible to People with DisabilitiesSEIS
Software Engineering in Society
Andreas Stefik University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Fri 10 Jul

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16:05 - 17:05
A19-SEIS-Engineering an Inclusive SocietySoftware Engineering in Society at Baekje
Chair(s): Iftekhar Ahmed University of California at Irvine, USA
16:05
12m
Research paper
Debugging Hiring: What Went Right and What Went Wrong in the Technical Interview ProcessSEIS
Software Engineering in Society
Mahnaz (Mana) Behroozi NCSU, Shivani Shirolkar North Carolina State University, Titus Barik Microsoft, Chris Parnin North Carolina State University
Pre-print
16:17
6m
Short-paper
From RE Cares to SE Cares: Software Engineering for Social Good, One Venue at a TimeSEIS
Software Engineering in Society
Alex Dekhtyar Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, Jane Hayes University of Kentucky, Jennifer Horkoff Chalmers and the University of Gothenburg, Gunter Mussbacher McGill University, Canada, Irit Hadar University of Haifa, Meira Levy Shenkar College of Engineering, Design, Art, Tingting Yu University of Kentucky, Jared Payne University of Kentucky, Barbara Paech University of Heidelberg, Germany, Kim Youngjoon J-CCEI, Jo Eunjung J-CCEI, Heo Seungbum J-CCEI, Kim Youngjoon J-CCEI, Kim Youngjoon J-CCEI, Kim Youngjoon J-CCEI
16:23
6m
Short-paper
Deep Learning for Smart Sewer Systems: Assessing Nonfunctional RequirementsSEIS
Software Engineering in Society
Hemanth Gudaparthi University of Cincinnati, Reese Johnson Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati, Harshitha Challa University of Cincinnati, Nan Niu University of Cincinnati
16:29
12m
Talk
Refactoring Community Smells in the Wild: The Practitioner’s Field ManualArtifact AvailableArtifact ReusableSEIS
Software Engineering in Society
Gemma Catolino Delft University of Technology, Fabio Palomba University of Salerno, Damian Andrew Tamburri TU/e, Alexander Serebrenik Eindhoven University of Technology, Filomena Ferrucci University of Salerno
16:41
6m
Short-paper
Building Trust in the UntrustableSEIS
Software Engineering in Society
Emilia Cioroaica Fraunhofer IESE, Barbora Buhnova Masaryk University, Thomas Kuhn , Daniel Schneider Fraunhofer IESE
Pre-print
16:47
6m
Short-paper
Developing Software for Motivating Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities to do Outdoor Physical ActivitySEIS
Software Engineering in Society
Juan C Torrado Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Ida Wold Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Letizia Jaccheri Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Susanna Pelagatti University of Pisa, Stefano Chessa University of Pisa, Javier Gomez Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Gunnar Hartvigsen Arctic University of Norway, Henriette Michalsen Arctic University of Norway
16:53
12m
Talk
Designing Edutainment Software for Digital Skills Nurturing of Preschoolers. A Method Proposal.SEIS
Software Engineering in Society
Adriana-Mihaela Guran Department of Computer Science, Babes-Bolyai University, Grigoreta Sofia Cojocar Department of Computer Science, Babes-Bolyai University, Anamaria Moldovan Albinuta Kindergarten, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Accepted Papers

Title
Building Trust in the UntrustableSEIS
Software Engineering in Society
Pre-print
Debugging Hiring: What Went Right and What Went Wrong in the Technical Interview ProcessSEIS
Software Engineering in Society
Pre-print
Deep Learning for Smart Sewer Systems: Assessing Nonfunctional RequirementsSEIS
Software Engineering in Society
Designing Edutainment Software for Digital Skills Nurturing of Preschoolers. A Method Proposal.SEIS
Software Engineering in Society
Developing Software for Motivating Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities to do Outdoor Physical ActivitySEIS
Software Engineering in Society
From Abstract Specifications to Application GenerationSEIS
Software Engineering in Society
From RE Cares to SE Cares: Software Engineering for Social Good, One Venue at a TimeSEIS
Software Engineering in Society
How layered reuse can support harmful micropolitics: SAP ERP in surgery planningSEIS
Software Engineering in Society
Human Behaviour Centered Design: Developing a Software System for Cultural HeritageSEIS
Software Engineering in Society
Is Using Deep Learning Frameworks Free? Characterizing Technical Debt in Deep Learning FrameworksSEIS
Software Engineering in Society
Keynote: It Is Time We Made Software Development Accessible to People with DisabilitiesSEIS
Software Engineering in Society
Refactoring Community Smells in the Wild: The Practitioner’s Field ManualArtifact AvailableArtifact ReusableSEIS
Software Engineering in Society
Society-Oriented Applications Development: Investigating Users' Values from Bangladeshi Agriculture Mobile ApplicationsArtifact ReusableSEIS
Software Engineering in Society

Call for contributions

Goals

We are looking for insightful and thought-provoking papers that address the various roles of software engineering in society. Specifically, we are seeking contributions that highlight how software engineering can address the opportunities and challenges posed by the rapidly accelerating pace of technological advances that are impacting the economic, political, environmental, social and technical aspects of society.

We would also like to discuss emerging trends in the development of software that is part of larger systems and whose development is tackled within the specific disciplines listed below. This development should be able to proceed with only the limited, if any, involvement of software engineering experts. The goal is to investigate the reasons for these trends, to analyze possible novel contributions from the Software Engineering community, and to identify novel research challenges that these disciplines pose to software engineering methods and practices.

SEIS Welcomes

  • Innovative, inspiring research with a clear impact on software engineering challenges, directions, methods, and tools,
  • Engagement with a broad spectrum of disciplines including, but not limited to:
    • Health (e.g., Health Informatics, software technologies for ageing);
    • Physical Sciences (e.g., Computational Chemistry, Genomic, Biotechnologies)
    • Environmental Sciences (e.g., Sustainability, Urban Planning, Ecology, Climate Change);
    • Social Sciences (e.g., Ethics, Software Fairness, Regulatory Compliance);
    • Management (e.g. socio-technical ecosystems, technical debt, social debt);
    • Economics (e.g., Electronic payments, Blockchain technologies);
    • Computing and Engineering (e.g., HCI, AI, Data Science, Distributed Computing);
    • Security and Privacy (e.g., security and privacy preserving software development);
    • Policing (e.g., combating and investigating crime);
    • Manufacturing (e.g., Industry 4.0, smart factory);
    • Engineering emerging cyber-physical systems (e.g., autonomous vehicles, smart cities);
    • The Arts (e.g. Digital Art, Performing Arts) and Crafts (e.g. DIY electronics);
    • Interdisciplinary research (e.g. Cognitive Science, Digital Social Innovation);
  • Work emerging from research partnerships with communities, NGOs, cultural institutions, and the public and private sector,
  • Research reflections on the long-term implications of digital technology interventions on all aspects in society (e.g., economics, social, political, environmental, technical),
  • Research directions towards new development models, tools, and methods for specific application environments,
  • Research findings supported by empirical studies and experimentation

Scope

We are interested in technical research approaches that have been applied to address or to support solutions to societal problems. Equally, we are interested in sharing case studies, success stories, failures and lessons learned from working in highly complex problem spaces such as climate change, public health, cyber security and democracy. We are interested in software engineering tools, processes, architectures, and methods that are relevant in these settings. SEIS authors are encouraged to contribute soundly motivated research, both mature and novel. SEIS welcomes multi- and inter-disciplinary research showcasing how software engineering can contribute to the many dimensions of software embedded in and influencing society.

Evaluation

The primary criteria for acceptance of a paper submitted to SEIS are the scientific quality of the paper and the extent to which a paper meets the SEIS track goals and fits the scope. The SEIS program committee will undertake the assessment with regard to the following criteria: relevance to the Software Engineering community, soundness of the technical contribution, originality of the paper, appropriate consideration of relevant literature, and clarity of presentation. Each submission will be reviewed by at least three members of the program committee. A submission must not have been previously published or concurrently submitted elsewhere.

Format

  • Full paper, up to 10 pages, including references, documenting results and findings, where the research presented has followed established research methods;
  • Short paper, up to 4 pages, including references, reporting novel approaches that have not been fully evaluated, which will be presented as a poster;
  • Case study paper, up to 10 pages, including references, reporting on real-world problems and innovative solutions, or tools.

How to Submit

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.

Note, We do not use double-blind review (i.e., authors do not have to hide their identities in their papers).

Please use the link to submit your paper: https://icse2020-seis.hotcrp.com/

Conference Attendance Expectation

If a submission is accepted, at least one author of the paper is required to register for and attend the full 3-day technical conference and present the paper in person.

Important Dates

  • Submission deadline: 29 Oct 2019
  • Notification to authors: 15 Jan 2020
  • Camera-ready deadline: 7 Feb 2020

Contact

If there are queries regarding the CFP, please contact the SEIs chairs (Anita Sarma and Seok-Won Lee): seis2020chairs@gmail account.

Organization

Co-Chairs:

  • Anita Sarma, Oregon State University, USA
  • Seok-Won Lee, Ajou University, Republic of Korea