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ICSE 2023
Sun 14 - Sat 20 May 2023 Melbourne, Australia

Goals

We are looking for insightful and thought-provoking papers that address the various roles of software engineering in society. This year, we are especially interested in papers addressing irssues around connecting different communities such as scientific communities, industry, academia, disciplines across academia, sub-disciplines across software engineering, under-represented communities, and communities across countries and continents at large. We seek 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 areas listed below. 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 areas 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 areas including, but not limited to:

    • Diversity and Inclusion

      • Diversity and Inclusion (e.g. Intersectional Issues related to gender, race, ethnicity, disability, socioeconomic background, sexual orientation, etc.)., Fostering Inclusion, Allyship, Covering, Privilege, Organizational Culture;

      • Designing, Engineering, and Testing Software for Diverse Users;

      • Communication and collaboration (e.g., code of conduct, hostile or inappropriate behaviour, conflict and resolution, successful and unsuccessful communication or collaboration patterns)

      • The impact of COVID-19 on software development, including underrepresented groups within software engineering

      • Opinion pieces on why diversity and inclusion are important for software engineering;

      • Experience reports, reviews, visions and roadmaps on diversity and inclusion

    • Software Engineering for Sciences, Design, Arts and Engineering

      • Medicine and public health (e.g., Health Informatics, software technologies for aging);

      • Physical Sciences (e.g., Computational Chemistry, Genomic, Biotechnologies)

      • Environmental Sciences (e.g., Sustainability, Urban Planning, Ecology, Climate Change);

      • Social Sciences (e.g., Organizational Psychology, Software Fairness, Regulatory Compliance);

      • Management (e.g. socio-technical ecosystems, technical debt, social debt);

      • Economics (e.g., Electronic payments, Blockchain technologies);

      • Law (e.g., combating and investigating crime, impact on the legal system);

      • Manufacturing (e.g., Industry 4.0, smart factory);

      • Engineering emerging cyber-physical systems (e.g., autonomous vehicles, smart cities);

      • Arts (e.g. Digital Art, Performing Arts) and Crafts (e.g. DIY electronics);

      • Design (e.g., Value-sensitive Design, history of cultural change, future of cultural changes)

      • Interdisciplinary research (e.g. Cognitive Science, Digital Social Innovation);

      • Computing and Engineering (e.g., HCI, AI, Data Science, Distributed Computing);

    • Society and societal challenges

      • Security and Privacy (e.g., security and privacy preserving software development);

      • Ethics (e.g., Responsible AI, Whistleblowing, Free Speech, Gatekeepers, Politics);

      • Misinformation (e.g. Recognition, Impeding its Spread, Censorship);

      • 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);

      • Sustainability and UN sustainability goals

  • 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 social, technical, and/or socio-technical research approaches that have been applied to investigate and explain societal problems in depth and/or to address or to support solutions to societal problems. We especially welcome papers studying diversity, inclusion, belonging, and representation. 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, methods, frameworks, and theories that are relevant in these settings. SEIS authors are encouraged to contribute soundly motivated and novel research, both mature and emerging. SEIS welcomes multi- and inter-disciplinary research showcasing how software engineering can contribute to the many dimensions of software embedded in and influencing society.


Requirements

In line with this year’s special focus, we encourage all submissions to discuss the broader impacts of their work. What impact will this work have, or has already had, on the world and on diversity, inclusion, belonging, and representation? How does the work engage with underrepresented groups to bring new perspectives on research? These impacts should be directly related to the research focus of the paper.

This year, all submissions must include an additional section, a General Abstract: a 250-word summary of the paper written in plain English, intended to be read not by researchers, but by members of the public, who may have very little understanding of software engineering, software engineering research, or academic jargon. This will help make our work more accessible to the public, an important constituency and focus of our research. The General Abstract should come after the Abstract but before the paper’s Introduction section.


Evaluation

The primary criteria for acceptance of a paper submitted to SEIS are the scientific quality of the paper and the extent to which the paper meets the SEIS track goals and scope. The SEIS program committee will undertake the assessment with regard to the following criteria:

  • relevance to the Software Engineering community,

  • impact to society,

  • soundness of the technical contribution,

  • originality of the paper,

  • appropriate consideration of relevant literature,

  • acknowledgment of broader impacts, and

  • clarity of presentation.

Each submission will be reviewed by at least three members of the program committee.


Evaluation of Different Submission Types

For full research papers, all the above criteria are expected to be met as much as possible and to a high degree. Evaluation of short papers may focus on one of the criteria more to make up for some weaknesses in another. For example, evaluating the “soundness of the contribution” may be limited for papers presenting approaches that have not been fully evaluated, and a greater attention may be paid to the “originality” criterion in such cases. For experience reports, “appropriate consideration of relevant literature” will be interpreted as at a level appropriate for an experience report, i.e. not a full or systematic review but due consideration of closely related research and practitioner works. For opinion, vision, method, and meta-research papers, “soundness of the contribution” will be evaluated by considering the soundness of the arguments presented and the feasibility of the new ideas for real-world application, whether in software practice or research.


By submitting to this track, authors acknowledge that they are aware of and agree to be bound by the ACM Policy and Procedures on Plagiarism ( https://www.acm.org/publications/policies/plagiarism ) and the IEEE Plagiarism FAQ ( https://www.ieee.org/publications/rights/plagiarism/plagiarism-faq.html ). In particular, papers submitted to ICSE 2023 SEIS must not have been published elsewhere and must not be under review or submitted for review elsewhere whilst under consideration for ICSE 2023. Contravention of this concurrent submission policy will be deemed a serious breach of scientific ethics, and appropriate action will be taken in all such cases. To check for double submission and plagiarism issues, the chairs reserve the right to (1) share the list of submissions with the PC Chairs of other conferences with overlapping review periods and (2) use external plagiarism detection software, under contract to the ACM or IEEE, to detect violations of these policies.

By submitting to this track, authors acknowledge that they conform to the authorship policy of the ACM ( https://www.acm.org/publications/policy-on-authorship ), and the authorship policy of the IEEE ( https://journals.ieeeauthorcenter.ieee.org/become-an-ieee-journal-author/publishing-ethics/definition-of-authorship/ ).

Submissions not accepted for publication in the SEIS Track may be invited to submit a 2 page abstract to the ICSE Poster Track for additional review.


Format

  • Full research paper, up to 10 pages documenting results and findings, where the research presented has followed established research methods;

  • Short research paper, up to 4 pages, reporting novel approaches that have not been fully evaluated, which will be presented as a poster;

  • Experience report, up to 10 pages, reporting on real-world problems and innovative solutions, or tools;

  • Opinion, vision, method, meta-research paper, up to 4 pages, reporting on well-founded arguments to support diversity and inclusion.

For all papers, references may extend as many pages beyond the page limit as you need.


How to Submit

All submissions must conform to the IEEE conference proceedings template, specified in the IEEE Conference Proceedings Formatting Guidelines (title in 24pt font and full text in 10pt type, LaTeX users must use \documentclass[10pt,conference]{IEEEtran} without including the compsoc or compsocconf options). Submissions must strictly conform to the IEEE conference proceedings formatting instructions specified above . Alterations of spacing, font size, and other changes that deviate from the instructions may result in desk rejection without further review.

Note, we use double-anonymous reviewing. Be sure to remove the list of authors from the submitted paper. If citing your own prior work, please do so in the third person to obscure the relationship you have with it. For advice, guidance, and explanation about the double-anonymous review process, see ICSE Technical Track’s Q&A page: https://conf.researchr.org/track/icse-2023/icse-2023-technical-track#Q-A .

All papers must be written in English.

All papers should be made accessible to people with disabilities. See some guidelines from the folks at SIGACCESS here: https://assets21.sigaccess.org/creating_accessible_pdfs.html .

Please submit your paper on HotCRP: https://icse2023-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. The presentation is expected to be delivered in person, or online if this is impossible due to travel limitations (related to, e.g., health, visa, or COVID-19 prevention).


Important Dates

  • SEIS Submissions Deadline: 13 October 2022 - Submissions close at 23:59 AoE (Anywhere on Earth, UTC-12)

  • SEIS Acceptance Notification: 21 December 2022

  • SEIS Camera Ready: 10 February 2023

  • Author Registration: 10 February 2023


Organization and Contact

If there are queries regarding the CFP, please contact the SEIS Co-Chairs:



Dates
Wed 17 May 2023
Thu 18 May 2023
Fri 19 May 2023
Tracks
ICSE DEMO - Demonstrations
ICSE Journal-First Papers
ICSE NIER - New Ideas and Emerging Results
ICSE Posters
ICSE SEET - Software Engineering Education and Training
ICSE SEIP - Software Engineering in Practice
ICSE SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
ICSE Showcase
ICSE Technical Track
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Wed 17 May

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11:00 - 12:30
11:45
15m
Full-paper
Designing for Cognitive Diversity: Improving the GitHub Experience for Newcomers
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Italo Santos Northern Arizona University, João Felipe Pimentel Northern Arizona University, Igor Wiese Federal University of Technology, Igor Steinmacher Northern Arizona University, Anita Sarma Oregon State University, Marco Gerosa Northern Arizona University
Pre-print
15:45 - 17:15
16:30
15m
Paper
Security Thinking in Online Freelance Software Development
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Irum Rauf The Open University, UK, Marian Petre School of Computing and Communications, The Open University, UK, Thein Tun School of Computing and Communications,The Open University, UK; Simply Business, UK, Tamara Lopez The Open University, Bashar Nuseibeh The Open University, UK; Lero, University of Limerick, Ireland

Thu 18 May

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11:00 - 12:30
Studies on gender in SESEIS - Software Engineering in Society / Technical Track / SEET - Software Engineering Education and Training at Meeting Room 101
Chair(s): Ita Richardson Lero - The Irish Software Research Centre and University of Limerick
11:45
15m
Paper
Fundamentalists, Integrationists, & Transformationists: An Empirical Theory of Men Software Engineers' Orientations in Gender Inequalities
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Yi Wang Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Xinyue Zhang Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Wei Wang Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
12:00
15m
Paper
Draw a Software Engineer Test - An Investigation into Children's Perception of Software Engineering Profession
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Claudia Maria Cutrupi Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Irene Zanardi USI Università della Svizzera italiana, Letizia Jaccheri Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Monica Landoni USI Università della Svizzera italiana
12:15
15m
Full-paper
Benefits and Limitations of Remote Work to LGBTQIA+ Software Professionals
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Ronnie de Souza Santos Cape Breton University, Cleyton V. C. de Magalhaes CESAR School, Paul Ralph Dalhousie University
Pre-print
11:00 - 12:30
11:45
15m
Experience report
Hackathons as Inclusive Spaces for Prototyping Software in Open Social Innovation with NGOs
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
13:45 - 15:15
Diversity and inclusion in SESEIS - Software Engineering in Society at Meeting Room 101
Chair(s): Xiao Liu School of Information Technology, Deakin University
13:45
15m
Paper
At the Margins: Marginalized Groups' Ethical Concerns about Software
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Lauren Olson Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Emitzá Guzmán Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Florian Kunneman Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Pre-print File Attached
14:00
15m
Paper
Do Users Act Equitably? Understanding User Bias Through a Large In-Person Study
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Yang Liu Rochester Institute of Technology, Heather Moses Rochester Institute of Technology, Mark Sternefeld Rochester Institute of Technology, Samuel Malachowsky Rochester Institute of Technology, Daniel Krutz Rochester Institute of Technology
14:15
15m
Paper
Developing Software for Diverse Socio-Economic End Users: Lessons Learned from A Case Study of Fisherfolk Communities in Bangladesh
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Tanjila Kanij Monash University, Misita Anwar Monash University, Gillian Oliver Monash University, Md Khalid Hossain Monash Universit
14:30
15m
Full-paper
Walking Down the Road to Independent Mobility: An Adaptive Route Training System for the Cognitively Impaired
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Konstantin Rink Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, Tristan Gruschka Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, Patrick Palsbröker Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, Marcos Baez Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, Dominic Becking Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, Udo Seelmeyer Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, Gudrun Dobslaw Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, Patricia Stolz Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences and Arts
14:45
15m
Paper
Diversity Awareness in Software Engineering Participant Research
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Riya Dutta Concordia University, Diego Costa Concordia University, Canada, Emad Shihab Concordia Univeristy, Tanja Tajmel Concordia University
Pre-print
15:00
7m
Vision and Emerging Results
Harmful Terms in Computing: Towards Widespread Detection and Correction
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Hana Winchester Saint Ursula Academy, Alicia Boyd New York University, Brittany Johnson George Mason University
15:15 - 15:45
15:15
2m
Short-paper
Values@Runtime: An Adaptive Framework for Operationalising Values
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Amel Bennaceur The Open University, UK, Diane Hassett Lero, University of Limerick, Ireland, Bashar Nuseibeh The Open University, UK; Lero, University of Limerick, Ireland, Andrea Zisman The Open University, UK
15:21
2m
Short-paper
Contradicting Motivations in Civic Tech Software Development: Analysis of a Grassroots Project
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Antti Knutas LUT University, Dominik Siemon LUT University, Natasha Tylosky LUT University, Giovanni Maccani Ideas for Change
Pre-print
15:33
2m
Short-paper
Gender Representation Among Contributors to Open-Source Infrastructure - An Analysis of 20 Package Manager Ecosystems
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Huilian Sophie Qiu Carnegie Mellon University, Zihe H Zhao Rice University, Tielin Katy Yu Carnegie Mellon University, Justin Wang Carnegie Mellon University, Alexander Ma Carnegie Mellon University, Hongbo Fang Carnegie Mellon University, Laura Dabbish Carnegie Mellon University, Bogdan Vasilescu Carnegie Mellon University
15:35
2m
Short-paper
Software Engineering for Smart Things in Public Spaces: Initial Insights and Challenges
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Amna Batool Deakin University, Seng W.Loke Deakin University, Niroshinie Fernando Deakin University, Jonathan Kua Deakin University
15:38
2m
Short-paper
Workplace Discrimination in Software Engineering: Where We Stand Today
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Xin Zhao Seattle University, Riley Young Seattle University

Fri 19 May

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15:45 - 17:15
16:15
15m
Paper
Metamorphic Testing and Debugging of Tax Preparation Software
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Saeid Tizpaz-Niari University of Texas at El Paso, Verya Monjezi University of Texas at El Paso, Morgan Wagner University of Texas at El Paso, Shiva Darian University of Colorado Boulder, Krystia Reed University of Texas at El Paso, Ashutosh Trivedi University of Colorado Boulder
Pre-print
15:45 - 17:15
15:52
7m
Vision and Emerging Results
Treat societally impactful scientific insights as open-source software artifacts
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Cynthia C. S. Liem Delft University of Technology, Andrew M. Demetriou Delft University of Technology
Pre-print

Unscheduled Events

Not scheduled
Short-paper
A Novel Approach to Improving the Digital Literacy of Older Adults
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Mehr Vaswani University of St Andrews, Dharini Balasubramaniam University of St Andrews, Kenneth Boyd University of St Andrews

Accepted Papers

Title
A Novel Approach to Improving the Digital Literacy of Older Adults
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
At the Margins: Marginalized Groups' Ethical Concerns about Software
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Pre-print File Attached
Benefits and Limitations of Remote Work to LGBTQIA+ Software Professionals
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Pre-print
Contradicting Motivations in Civic Tech Software Development: Analysis of a Grassroots Project
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Pre-print
Designing for Cognitive Diversity: Improving the GitHub Experience for Newcomers
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Pre-print
Developing Software for Diverse Socio-Economic End Users: Lessons Learned from A Case Study of Fisherfolk Communities in Bangladesh
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Diversity Awareness in Software Engineering Participant Research
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Pre-print
Do Users Act Equitably? Understanding User Bias Through a Large In-Person Study
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Draw a Software Engineer Test - An Investigation into Children's Perception of Software Engineering Profession
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Fundamentalists, Integrationists, & Transformationists: An Empirical Theory of Men Software Engineers' Orientations in Gender Inequalities
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Gender Representation Among Contributors to Open-Source Infrastructure - An Analysis of 20 Package Manager Ecosystems
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Hackathons as Inclusive Spaces for Prototyping Software in Open Social Innovation with NGOs
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Harmful Terms in Computing: Towards Widespread Detection and Correction
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Metamorphic Testing and Debugging of Tax Preparation Software
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Pre-print
Security Thinking in Online Freelance Software Development
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Software Engineering for Smart Things in Public Spaces: Initial Insights and Challenges
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Treat societally impactful scientific insights as open-source software artifacts
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Pre-print
Values@Runtime: An Adaptive Framework for Operationalising Values
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Walking Down the Road to Independent Mobility: An Adaptive Route Training System for the Cognitively Impaired
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Workplace Discrimination in Software Engineering: Where We Stand Today
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society

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