3rd International Workshop on Quality in Web Engineering (QWE'12)
July 23-27 2012 Berlin, Germany
http://www.dsic.upv.es/workshops/qwe12

Co-located with the 12th International Conference on Web Engineering (ICWE)
http://icwe2012.webengineering.org/

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IMPORTANT DATES
Paper Submission: May 18,2012
Author Notification: June 15, 2012
Camera-ready Papers: June 29, 2012
Workshop date: July 23, 2012


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The "Quality in Web Engineering" workshop (QWE) is aimed at bringing together professionals and researchers interested in discussing recent trends and perspectives in the role of quality in Web Engineering. The purpose of QWE is to assess the effectiveness of existing approaches for evaluating and managing the quality of Web resources (e.g., quality models, quality evaluation methods, information quality tools, logging tools, automatic metric capture tools, etc.), with the final objective of allowing researchers and practitioners to discuss recent trends and open issues. Special emphasis will be posed on Web Engineering methods, and the way in which their early artifacts (process and product models) can improve both the quality of the development process and the quality of the final applications and content.
This year’s edition will also extend its scope to target the broader concept of quality both in Web processes, Web artifacts, Web products (applications, services) and in Web content. In particular, the workshop will try to encourage the discussion on the current trends in the creation of modern Web applications, commonly referred to as Web 2.0 applications.

More information on the Workshop can be found at the Workshop Web site: http://www.dsic.upv.es/workshops/qwe12

TOPICS OF INTEREST

Relevant topics include, but are not limited to:

* Quality definition and assessment
o Information quality dimensions: estimation of information
age, provenance, validity, coverage, and completeness or
correctness.
o Web sources reputation and trustworthiness
o Quality assessment and improvement methods
o Comparative analysis of quality metrics
o Theoretical/empirical validation of quality metrics
o Tools for automatic quality assessment
* Quality-aware design and development
o Quality guidelines, factors, criteria, metrics, patterns,
and recommendations
o Ergonomic/HCI criteria and principles
o Usability and accessibility
o Quality of information integration on the Web
o Management of quality requirements in Web projects
o Role of groups, communities
o Integration of quality assessment activities in the
development processes
o Early quality assessment (e.g., based on models, user
interfaces prototypes, etc.)
o User Experience
o Empirical studies
o Industrial experiences

Papers focusing on Web 2.0 applications are especially encouraged. However, contributions focusing on more traditional Web domains are also welcome.

SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION

The proceedings of ICWE 2012 workshops will be published by Springer in its Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. Paper length is 12 pages. For formatting guidelines and submission instructions please consult the Paper Submission page at http://users.dsic.upv.es/workshops/qwe12/submission.html. We are also reaching an agreement with an international journal for a post-workshop special issue.

WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS

Cinzia Cappiello, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Adrian Fernandez, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
Luis Olsina, National University of La Pampa, Argentina

STEERING COMMITTEE
Silvia Abrahão, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Cristina Cachero, University of Alicante, Spain
Cinzia Cappiello, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Maristella Matera, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

PROGRAM COMMITTEE (TBC)
* Giorgio Brajnik, University of Udine, Italy
* Paolo Buono, University of Bari, Italy
* Ismael Caballero, University of Castilla-la-Mancha, Spain
* Coral Calero, University of Castilla-la-Mancha, Spain
* Tiziana Catarci, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy
* Sven Casteleyn, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain
* Florian Daniel, University of Trento, Italy
* Bernd Heinrich, Innsbruck University School of Management, Austria
* Emilio Insfran, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain
* Sergio Lujan, University of Alicante, Spain
* Vicente Luque Centeno, University Carlos III, Spain
* Roberto Polillo, Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, Italy
* Gustavo Rossi, LIFIA, UNLP, Argentina
* Carmen Santoro, ISTI-CNR, Italy
* Monica Scannapieco, ISTAT, Italy
* Marco Winckler, University Paul Sabatier, France