ICSE 2027 - Workshops

Call for Workshops

Call for Workshops

The workshops at the International Conference on Software Engineering 2027 (ICSE) provide a forum for groups of 20-50 participants to discuss topics in software engineering research and practice in-depth and in an interactive style. ICSE Workshops can be quite diverse. They serve as incubators for scientific communities that form and share a particular research agenda. They also provide opportunities for researchers to exchange and discuss scientific and engineering ideas at an early stage, before they have matured to warrant conference or journal publication.

Workshops at ICSE 2027 will be held between Sunday, April 25, and Tuesday, April 27, or Saturday, May 1, 2027, in Dublin, Ireland. In general, participation in ICSE workshops is open. The workshop papers will be published by the IEEE.

Submissions

All proposals must not exceed 5 pages, including a maximum of 4 pages for the proposal text, references, appendices and figures, plus 1 page for the draft Call for Submissions.

Submissions of workshops should be in pdf format. Submissions can use the official 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without including the compsoc or compsocconf options) Since the workshop submissions will not be published (they will only be used to gather information to decide about acceptance, and to enable advertising your workshop), they do not need to adhere strictly to the IEEE style.

The main body (max 4 pages) of each proposal must include the following information, in the order specified:

Workshop Title and Acronym
Abstract (200 words or fewer), for inclusion on the ICSE 2027 website
Contact Information for all workshop organizers, including the main contact person
Motivation and Objectives
Relevance of the workshop to the field of software engineering.
Anticipated goals and outcomes (e.g., open research problems to pursue, validation objectives, empirical studies).
Format and Required Services
Workshop format (e.g., paper presentations, keynotes, breakout sessions, panel-like discussions) and plans for generating discussions.
Intended length (1 or 2 days) and preferred dates (before or after the main ICSE 2027 conference).
Special services, logistic, and/or equipment constraints.
Target Audience
Expected background of the workshop attendees.
Plans regarding the mix of industry and research participation.
Expected minimum and maximum number of workshop participants.
Plans for soliciting and selecting workshop participants, including whether the workshop will be open or closed (in case of a closed workshop, provide a justification).
Proceedings
Types of contributions (e.g., position papers, research papers) and their estimated number and page limits.
Review and evaluation process to decide about the acceptance of submissions.
Program committee, including tentative and already committed members.
Link to the preliminary website of the workshop.
A proceeding chair, who will be responsible to send the list of accepted papers (paper titles, authors, emails) to the publishers.
Workshop History
Number of registered attendees, submission counts, accepted paper counts, and websites of previous editions of the workshop (if any).
Organizers’ bios
A brief description of each organizer’s background, including relevant past experience in organizing conferences and workshops.

Submission Site: https://icse2027-workshops.hotcrp.com

Proposal Review Criteria

ICSE welcomes long-running, successful workshops. Therefore, the chairs may desk-accept proposals for workshops that have had at least 20 participants, on average, over the prior two years’ instances of that workshop, but such proposals must still be submitted via HotCRP for appreciation and motivate why running a subsequent edition is essential in the proposal. Proposals for new workshops should carefully consider existing workshops and co-located events to avoid duplication or significant overlaps as these may be desk-rejected. All other proposals that meet the basic requirements identified in the call will be evaluated by at least three members of the program committee.

For Accepted Workshops

For all accepted workshops, ICSE 2027 requires uniform deadlines for workshop papers submission, notification of authors, and camera-ready copies, as described in the Important Dates below. All accepted workshops must use the HotCRP online submission system (to be provided by the ICSE Organizing Team after proposal notification). Moreover, regular papers must have a maximum length of eight pages and short papers are allowed up to five pages**.** It is not possible to pay for extra pages. For workshops that will opt for publication in IEEE prior to the event, the call for submissions must include the following statement:

“The official publication date of the workshop proceedings is the date the proceedings are made available by IEEE. This date may be up to two weeks prior to the first day of ICSE 2027. The official publication date affects the deadline for any patent filings related to published work.”

Conditions

ICSE 2027 is not able to pay for registration, travel, or other arrangements for workshop organizers. Additionally, ICSE 2027 cannot guarantee to honor specific requests for holding the workshop on specific dates. All participants, including workshop organizers, keynote speakers, and invited guests, must register for the workshop. Depending on the number of workshop participants, ICSE may be able to provide a budget that can be used for workshop arrangements (e.g., dinners, keynote speaker travel, etc.).

Workshop organizers cannot submit (refereed) papers to their own workshop. This restriction extends to workshop organizer’s current directly supervised students, even if the particular submitted work does not include the workshop organizer.