ERA Papers

Goals and Scope

The goal of the Early Research Achievements (ERA) track is to provide researchers and practitioners with a forum for presenting novel ideas in early stages of research. The proposed ideas and promising work submitted to this track are not required to have been fully evaluated. The topics of interest for this track are the same as the main research track and concern all the topics in the research and practice of software maintenance and evolution.

The ERA track is specifically looking for fresh, innovative, provocative ideas. We aim to create an open atmosphere where discussion and feedback stands central.

Papers submitted to the ERA must not have been previously accepted for publication or submitted for review to another conference, journal, or book.

Format

Submissions must be in English and conform to the IEEE proceedings style. They must be five-page long, including all text, references, appendices, and figures. Papers must be submitted electronically as PDF files via Easychair.

Review and Evaluation Criteria

Submissions will be evaluated on the basis of their originality, importance of contribution, soundness, evaluation, quality of presentation, and appropriate comparison to related work. Emphasis will be put on the originality and timeliness of the proposed contribution; a full evaluation of the proposed ideas is not required. Each submission will be reviewed by at least two members of the ERA Program Committee.

Accepted Papers

Accepted papers will get a short presentation and also a poster presentation.


Program committee

Carlos Noguera, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Vadim Zaytsev, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica, The Netherlands
Georgios Gousios, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Michael Würsch, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Elmar Juergens, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
Gul Calikli, Ryerson University, Canada
Daniele Romano, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Robert Hirschfeld, University of Potsdam, Germany
Emad Shihab, Rochester Institute of Technology, United States
Christoph Treude, McGill University, Canada
Alexandre Bergel, University of Chile, Chile
Latifa Guerrouj, Polytechnic School of Montreal, Canada
Bogdan Dit, The College of William and Mary, United States
Jurgen Vinju, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica, The Netherlands
Ali Mesbah, University of British Columbia, Canada
Kim Mens, Université catholique De Louvain, Belgium
Oscar Nierstrasz, University of Bern, Switzerland
Paul Klint, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica, The Netherlands

For further details contact your ERA track chairs Andy Zaidman and Coen De Roover.