Call for Papers

Goal and Scope

The goal of the New Ideas and Emerging Results (NIER) track is to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners to present innovative, promising ideas in the early stages of research. The NIER track provides constructive feedback by fostering discussion around challenging, cutting-edge, and innovative early-stage research. As such, these ideas do not require a strong empirical evaluation, but preliminary results that provide initial support for the feasibility of the proposed ideas are welcome. The topics of interest for this track are the same as for the main research track, that is, all the topics in software maintenance and evolution research and practice. Papers submitted to ICSME NIER 2024 must not have been published elsewhere, and must not have been under review or submitted for review elsewhere during consideration for ICSME NIER 2024.

Evaluation

Submissions will be evaluated on how well they characterize the following:

• The basis of the contribution’s originality
• The importance of the contribution
• The potential to stimulate discussion
• The potential to challenge/disrupt current practices
• Soundness
• Overall quality and consistency of presentation
• Appropriate comparison with related work

Special emphasis will be put on the originality and timeliness of the proposed contribution, that is, a full evaluation of the proposed ideas is not required. Each submission will be reviewed by at least three members of the ICSME NIER 2024 Program Committee.

Publication and Presentation

Upon notification of acceptance, all authors of accepted papers will be asked to complete an IEEE Copyright form and will receive further instructions for preparing their camera-ready versions. Accepted papers will be published in the electronic conference proceedings, which will also be available in the IEEE Digital Library.

Accepted papers will be presented in a formal setting. At least one author of the paper must register and present the paper at the conference for the paper to be published in the proceedings. More details about the presentations will follow the notifications.

How to Submit

Submissions will be reviewed following a double-anonymous reviewing process. Submitted papers must adhere to the following rules:

• Author names and affiliations must be omitted. (The track co-chairs will check for compliance before reviewing begins.)
• References to the authors’ own related work must be in the third person. (For example, not “We build on our previous work…” but rather “We build on the work of…”)
• Please see the Double-Anonymous Reviewing FAQ for more information and guidance.
• Submissions must be in English and conform to the ICSME 2024 Formatting Instructions. Please see the Research Track Call for Papers for more information.
• Papers must not exceed five pages for all text and figures, plus 1 page for references.
• All submissions must be in PDF format and submitted online through Easychair.

Submission Link

Please use the following link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icsme2024

Important Dates

All submission dates are at 23:59 AoE (Anywhere on Earth)

• Abstract Submission: June 20, 2024
• Paper Submission: June 25, 2024
• Author Notification: August 1, 2024
• Camera-ready Submission: August 20, 2024