- The 6th IWESEP will be located in Japan this year (November 12-13, Osaka, Japan).
- Accepted full research papers will be available in the IEEE Computer Society Digital Library and IEEE Xplore.
- Two types of submissions
full research papers (max 6 pages) for oral presentations
fast abstracts (max 700 words) for poster presentations
- Abstract submission: July 31, 2014 AOE Time
- Paper submission: August 2, 2014 AOE Time

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CALL FOR PAPERS - IWESEP 2014

The 6th International Workshop on Empirical Software Engineering in Practice
Nov. 12 - 13, 2014
Osaka, Japan
http://iwesep2014.naist.jp/
Co-located with IPSJ SIGSE

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The objective of the 6th International Workshop on Empirical Software Engineering in Practice (IWESEP) is to foster the development of the area by providing a forum where researchers and practitioners can report on and discuss new research results and applications in the area of empirical software engineering. The workshop encourages the exchange of ideas within the international community so as to be able to understand, from an empirical viewpoint, the strengths and weaknesses of technology in use and new technologies, with the expectation of furthering the more generic field of software engineering.

The workshop focuses on the processes, design and structure of empirical studies as well as the results of specific studies. These studies may be on original or replicated studies, varying from controlled experiments to field studies, from quantitative to qualitative. We solicit the following two types of submissions: full research papers (max 6 pages) for oral presentations and fast abstracts (max 700 words) for poster presentations.
Please check the website for more information.

Accepted full research papers will be submitted to the IEEE Computer Society Digital Library and IEEE Xplore.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Empirical studies of software process and product
- Comparison of cost estimation techniques
- Analysis of the effects of design methods and characteristics
- Evaluation of the readability of coding styles
- Development, derivation and/or comparison of organizational models of
software development
- Evaluation of testing methodologies
- Reports on the benefits derived from using development environments
- Development of predictive models reliability from real data
- Infrastructure issues, such as measurement theory, experimental design,
qualitative modeling and analysis approaches
- Experiences with research methods such as grounded theory, protocol
studies or families of experiments
- Industrial experience in process improvement
- Quality measurement
- Process modeling and applications in industry
- Experience management

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Submission:

All papers must be formatted using the IEEE Conference Publishing Services
(CPS) Formatting Guidelines (two-column format) and should be submitted through EasyChair.
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iwesep2014

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Important Dates:
Abstract submission: Jul. 31, 2014 AOE Time
Paper submission: Aug. 2, 2014 AOE Time
Notification: Aug. 28, 2014
Camera Ready: Sep. 19, 2014
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Organization:

General Chair
Raula Gaikovina Kula (Osaka University, Japan)

Program Co-Chairs
Yoshiki Higo (Osaka University, Japan)
Zhen Ming Jiang (York University, Canada)

Tutorial Chair
Kazuhiro Yamashita (Kyushu University, Japan)

Registration Chair
Takao Nakagawa (Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)

Publication Chair
Eunjong Choi (Osaka University, Japan)

Web Chair
Kenji Fujiwara (NAIST, Japan)

Local Arrangements Chair
Hiroshi Igaki (Osaka University, Japan)

Publicity Co-Chairs
Hiroaki Hashiura (NIT, Japan)
Jacky Wai Keung (City University of Hong Kong, HK)
Takeshi Nagaoka (Toshiba Solutions Corp., Japan)

Finance Chair
Patanamon Thongtanunam (Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)

Steering Committee
Akinori Ihara (NAIST, Japan)
Yasutaka Kamei (Kyushu University, Japan)
Shinsuke Matsumoto (Kobe University, Japan)
Masateru Tsunoda (Kinki University, Japan)

Advisory Committee
Katsuro Inoue (Osaka University, Japan)
Shinji Kusumoto (Osaka University, Japan)
Kenichi Matsumoto (NAIST, Japan)

Program Committee
Bram Adams (MCIS, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada)
Neil Ernst (SEI, Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
Daniel German (University of Victoria, Canada)
Marco Gerosa (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Hideaki Hata (NAIST, Japan)
Shinpei Hayashi (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
Keisuke Hotta (Osaka University, Japan)
Akinori Ihara (NAIST, Japan)
Yasutaka Kamei (Kyushu University, Japan)
Iman Keivanloo (Queen's University, Canada)
Foutse Khomh (Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada)
Thierry Lavoie (Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada)
David Lo (Singapore Management University, Singapore)
Haroon Malik (University of Waterloo, Canada)
Shane Mcintosh (Queen's University, Canada)
Osamu Mizuno (Kyoto Institute of Technology, Canada)
Meiyappan Nagappan (Queen's University, Canada)
Peter Rigby (Concordia University, Canada)
Zhenchang Xing (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Thomas Zimmermann (Microsoft Research, USA)