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CALL FOR PAPERS

40th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA 2014)

Verona, Italy
August 27-29, 2014

http://euromicro.org/seaa/
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SEAA 2014:
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The Euromicro Conference series on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA) is a long-standing international forum for researchers, practitioners from business and industry, and students to present and discuss the latest innovations, trends, experiences, and concerns in the field of Software Engineering and Advanced Applications in information technology for software-intensive systems.

SEAA 2014 will take place in Verona, Italy. Information about the venue is available at http://euromicro.org/seaa/

IMPORTANT DATES:
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Paper Submission: Mar. 6, 2014
Notification of Acceptance: April 28, 2014
Camera-ready Paper Due: May 19, 2014
Conference: Aug. 27-29, 2014
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SEAA 2014 is co-located with the 17th Euromicro Conference on Digital Systems Design (http://euromicro.org/dsd/)
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CONFERENCE TRACKS AND SESSIONS:
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Relevant topics at SEAA2014 are represented by the main CONFERENCE TRACKS:

* Model-based Development, Components and Services (MOCS)
* Software Process and Product Improvement (SPPI)
* Software Management (SM)
* Embedded Software Engineering (ESE)
* Cloud Software (CS)
* Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS)

SPECIAL SESSIONS include:

* SPLSeco: Software Product Lines and Software Ecosystems (inside the MOCS track)
* EsPreSSE: Estimation and Prediction in Software & Systems Engineering (inside the SM track)
* MeSVAM: Measurement as a Strategy for Software Value Management (inside the SPPI track)
* TET-DEC: Teaching, Education and Training for Dependable Embedded and Cyberphysical Systems (inside the ESE track)

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SEAA 2014 encourages the submission of research papers (4-8 pages), experience reports (4-8 pages), tool demonstrations (2 pages+poster (optional)), and posters (1 page+poster(mandatory)). Papers must contain original unpublished work, describe significant novel contributions, and provide evidence on the validation of results. In particular, reports on industrial applications are welcome. Please find details on the two new categories tool demo paper and poster paper on the SEAA 2014 homepage.

IEEE Computer Society Press will publish accepted papers in the conference proceedings and the IEEE Xplore Digital library.

Authors of best papers will be invited to revise and re-submit extended versions of their papers for publication in the Elsevier Information and Software Technology Journal: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/information-and-software-technology/).

The SEAA conference will also provide best papers awards.

All information about the various calls can be found at http://euromicro.org/seaa/

Submissions will be handled via EasyChair: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=seaa2014

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CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

SEAA 2014 General Chair:
Davide Quaglia, University of Verona, Italy

SEAA 2014 Program Chairs:
Rick Rabiser, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
Richard Torkar, Chalmers and Gothenburg University, Sweden

Publication Chair:
Amund Skavhaug, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

Organising Committee:
Marta Capiluppi, University of Verona, Italy

SEAA Steering Committee:
Pekka Abrahamson, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
Stefan Biffl, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Michel Chaudron, Chalmers and Gothenburg University, Sweden
Ivica Crnkovic, Mälardalen University, Sweden
Paul Grünbacher, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

SEAA Track and Special Session Organizers:

SPPI Track
Stefan Biffl, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Dietmar Winkler, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

SM Track
Onur Demirörs, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
Carmine Gravino, University of Salerno, Italy

ESE Track
Mark Bartlett, University of York, United Kingdom
Patrick Graydon, Mälardalen University, Sweden
Etienne Borde, Telecom Paris Tech, France

MOCS Track
Kung-Kiu Lau, The University of Manchester, UK
Tomas Bures, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic

CS Track
Ivan Porres, Åbo Akademi University, Finland

CPS Track
Horst Wedde, Technical University of Dortmund, Germany
Christian Berger, Chalmers and the University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Karl-Erwin Großpietsch, Euromicro, Germany

MeSVAM Session
Cigdem Gencel, Free University of Bolzano-Bozen, Italy
Maya Daneva, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
Luigi Buglione, Ecole de Technologie Superieure, France

EsPreSSE Session
Ramler Rudolf, Software Competence Center Hagenberg, Austria
Dietmar Winkler, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

TET-DEC Session
Erwin Schoitsch, AIT, Austria
Amund Skavhaug, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

SPLSeco Session
Goetz Botterweck, Lero, University of Limerick, Ireland

See you in Verona, Italy!

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