CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS

CASCON 2014
24th Annual International Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering

"Smarter Systems of Interactions"

Hilton Suites Toronto/Markham Conference Centre, Markham, Ontario, Canada
November 3–5, 2014

https://www-927.ibm.com/ibm/cas/cascon/2014.jsp

Sponsored by
CAS (Centre for Advanced Studies) Research, IBM Canada Software Laboratory

CASCON 2014 is the 24th annual international conference hosted by the CAS Research, IBM Canada Software Laboratory. Using the motto, "Innovation that matters", this conference provides an exciting forum for exchanging ideas and experience in the ever-expanding and critical fields of software engineering and computing. The theme of this year, "Smarter Systems of Interactions", highlights the confluence of software platforms and technologies that are transforming our lives every day.

The CASCON 2014 program will include keynote presentations, technical papers, workshops, a technology showcase, and position papers. The technical papers track will feature both original research papers and experience reports in the general area of software technology and applications, but particularly addressing this year's theme. The workshops will provide sessions to discuss emerging ideas and results in research and practice. The technology showcase will feature demonstrations and poster presentations of research in progress. Position papers will share visions, highlight technology gaps, and outline emerging advances related to the conference theme. As such, CASCON 2014 will be an excellent venue for presenting original work, exchanging new ideas, sharing results and experiences, as well as for networking with over 1300 researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and government.


(1) Technical Papers

https://www-927.ibm.com/ibm/cas/cascon/paper.jsp

Important Dates

Friday, June 23, 2014: Abstracts for technical papers (extended)
Friday, June 27, 2014: Submissions of technical papers (extended)
Friday, August 1, 2014: Technical papers notification
Friday, August 22, 2014: Camera-ready technical papers

Theme

"Smarter Systems of Interactions"

The confluence of technologies such as mobile platforms, social computing, cloud computing, big data, and analytics is bringing fundamental and revolutionary transformations in industry and society. The purposeful interaction, integration, and interoperation of these technologies together will create novel, high-value business capabilities, services, and solutions. This leads to exciting opportunities for the advancement of science and engineering in emerging areas like the Internet of Things, as well as possibilities for new software products and services like never before in commerce, manufacturing, education, healthcare, and government.

Research Topics

CASCON 2014 invites authors to submit original papers addressing these challenges and others in the broad area of software systems and technologies, including but not limited to the following topics:

* Integrated Solution Areas and Applications:
smarter city solutions, industrial applications, healthcare solutions, media services
* Smarter Systems and Services:
smart interactions, context-awareness, personal agents, end-user programming, mash- ups, web interaction frameworks, semantic web, ontologies
* Internet of Things:
wearable computing, anticipatory computing, quantified self, gamification, personal analytics, smart devices, integration and connectivity, machine-to-machine platforms, embedded sensors, monitoring and control, security
* Software as a Service:
systematic business and computing models, large-scale system integration, economic and societal issues, legal and privacy concerns
* Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing:
mobile application platforms, mobile web, write once run anywhere, mobile application security, mobile application management
* Social Computing:
collaboration environments, social analytics, interaction patterns, human-computer interaction
* Cloud Computing and Infrastructure:
cloud platforms and frameworks, self-managed systems, adaptive systems, virtualization
* Big Data and Databases of the Future:
big data, data integration, data warehouses, integrated data management, database technology, text data, stream data, XML, linked data, query processing and optimization
* Business Intelligence and Analytics:
predictive analytics, text analytics, risk analytics, intelligent search, data mining, knowledge discovery, information visualization, OLAP
* Software Processes and Tools:
agile methods, collaboration and awareness, open source, compilers and interpreters, scripting languages, development environments, service-oriented programming, distributed systems, ultra-large scale software systems
* Software Analysis and Modelling:
software analysis, mining software repositories, program comprehension, software testing, model checking, metrics
* Dynamic Business Processes:
business process modeling, service-oriented architecture, REST services
* Energy Aware Computing:
energy-aware platform architecture, energy-aware development tools, energy-aware resource management
* Next Generation Systems:
multi-core systems, stream processing systems, graphical processing systems, FPGA

Best Paper Awards

Two paper awards—for Best Paper and Best Student Paper—will be given to recognize the best technical contributions of the event in terms of originality, clarity, and potential impact. To be eligible for the "Best Student Paper" award, a student must have primarily authored the paper, and student(s) at the time must have done the work described; only the student author(s) receive this award.

Submission Instructions

To submit a technical paper, follow these instructions.
1. Create an EasyChair account by visiting http://www.easychair.org/ if you do not already have one.
2. Visit https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cascon2014 to log in to the CASCON 2014 submission system on EasyChair.
3. After logging in, click "New Submission" to enter a submission for your paper.

Technical papers should be at most 15 pages long in 2-column, 10-point font format. LaTeX and Word templates can be found on the CASCON 2014 web site. CASCON 2014 will not accept submissions that have been previously published, are in press, or have been submitted elsewhere. Accepted technical papers will be included in the conference proceedings published by CASCON and included in the ACM Digital Library. If you have any questions, please contact: cascon2014 AT easychair DOT org.

Program Committee

Bram Adams - École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada
José Nelson Amaral - University of Alberta, Canada
Giuliano Antoniol - École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada
Ebrahim Bagheri - Ryerson University, Canada
Jeremy S. Bradbury - University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada
Marsha Chechik - University of Toronto, Canada
Mariano P. Consens - University of Toronto, Canada
Daniela Damian - University of Victoria, Canada
Thomas R. Dean - Queen's University, Canada
Massimiliano Di Penta - University of Sannio, Italy
Sudhakar Ganti - University of Victoria, Canada
Dragan Gasevic - Athabasca University, Canada
Michael Hind - IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, USA
Daqing Hou - Clarkson University, USA
Diane Kelly - Royal Military College of Canada
Diwakar Krishnamurthy - University of Calgary, Canada
Diana Lau - CAS Research, IBM Canada Software Lab, Canada
Timothy C. Lethbridge - University of Ottawa, Canada
Grace A. Lewis - Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute, USA
Marin Litoiu - York University, Canada
Kelly A. Lyons - University of Toronto, Canada
Dwight Makaroff - University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Mike McAllister - Dalhousie University, Canada
Maurizio Morisio - Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Gail C. Murphy - University of British Columbia, Canada
Tinny Ng - CAS Research, IBM Canada Software Lab, Canada
Iosif-Viorel Onut - CAS Research, IBM Canada Software Lab, Canada
Wendy Powley - Queen's University, Canada
Chanchal K. Roy - University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Julia Rubin - IBM Research, Israel
Arthur G. Ryman - IBM Canada Software Lab, Canada
Mohammad Sadoghi - IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, USA
Kenneth Salem - University of Waterloo, Canada
Kamran Sartipi - University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada
Janice Singer - National Research Council, Canada
Michael Smit - Dalhousie University, Canada
Ladan Tahvildari - University of Waterloo, Canada
Alex Thomo - University of Victoria, Canada
Norha M. Villegas - Icesi University, Colombia
Paul A. S. Ward - University of Waterloo, Canada
Jens H. Weber - University of Victoria, Canada
Joe Wigglesworth - IBM Canada Software Lab, Canada
Ding Yuan - University of Toronto, Canada
Mohammad Zulkernine - Queen's University, Canada
Calisto Zuzarte - CAS Research, IBM Canada Software Lab, Canada


(2) Emerging Technologies Track - Position Papers

https://www-927.ibm.com/ibm/cas/cascon/positionPaper.jsp

Important Dates

Friday, August 15, 2014: Abstracts for position papers
Friday, August 22, 2014: Submissions of position papers
Friday, September 19, 2014: Position papers notification
Friday, October 3, 2014: Camera-ready position papers

Emerging Technologies Track (ETT)
Position Papers

Emerging technologies such as low-cost sensing, wireless and mobile devices, social and cloud computing platforms, and big data analytics are fundamentally transforming the information technology industry. The confluence of these technologies offers amazing opportunities for advancement, innovation, and paradigm shifts, creating new and high-impact solutions for critical, real-world problems in numerous industrial domains, such as commerce, finance, energy, and health care. We invite position papers to share visions, ideas, and insights on these advancements, highlight technology gaps, research agendas, and integrated solutions, and initiate discussion, feedback, and further collaboration.

Submission Instructions

Beginning in early August 2014, to submit a position paper, follow these instructions.
1. Create an EasyChair account by visiting http://www.easychair.org/ if you do not already have one.
2. Visit https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ettcascon2014 to log in to the CASCON 2014 submission system on EasyChair.
3. After logging in, click "New Submission" to enter a submission for your paper.

Position papers should be at most four pages long in 2-column, 10-point font format. LaTeX and Word templates can be found on the CASCON 2014 web site. CASCON 2014 will not accept submissions that have been previously published, are in press, or have been submitted elsewhere. Accepted position papers will be included in the conference proceedings published by CASCON and included in the ACM Digital Library. If you have any questions, please contact: ettcascon2014 AT easychair DOT org.

Position Papers Committee

Mark H. Chignell - University of Toronto, Canada
James R. Cordy - Queen's University, Canada
Kostas Kontogiannis - National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Patrick Martin - Queen's University, Canada
Hausi A. Müller - University of Victoria, Canada
Joanna Ng - IBM Canada Software Lab, Canada
Eleni Stroulia - University of Alberta, Canada
Yelena Yesha - University of Maryland, USA
Ying (Jenny) Zou - Queen's University, Canada


(3) Workshop Proposals

https://www-927.ibm.com/ibm/cas/cascon/workshops.jsp

Important Dates

Friday, August 22, 2014: Submissions of workshop proposals
Friday, September 5, 2014: Workshop proposals notification
Friday, September 26, 2014: Final materials

Workshops

Workshops at CASCON 2014 will provide a forum to present, discuss, and debate issues, problems, ideas, technology gaps, work-in-progress, and/or directions. The format of a workshop may include position papers, expert panels, hands-on exercises, and discussions. All submitted workshop proposals require long abstracts of 1500 words maximum, typically including the abstract, rationale, technical/research scope, organizers, workshop format, and expected outcomes. Long abstracts of accepted workshops will be included in the conference proceedings published by CASCON and and included in the ACM Digital Library.

Submission

Beginning in mid-May 2014, workshop proposals can be submitted through the CASCON 2014 web site:
https://www-927.ibm.com/ibm/cas/cascon/2014.jsp

Evaluation Criteria

Each workshop proposal will be reviewed and evaluated by the CASCON 2014 workshop committee. Acceptance will be based on an evaluation of the workshop's potential for generating useful results, the timeliness and expected interest in the topic, and the organizers' ability to lead a successful workshop.


(4) Technology Showcase Exhibit Proposals

https://www-927.ibm.com/ibm/cas/cascon/techshowcases.jsp

Important Dates

Friday, August 22, 2014: Submissions of exhibit proposals
Friday, September 5, 2014: Exhibit proposals notification
Friday, September 26, 2014: Final materials

Technology Showcase Exhibits

Additionally, the Technology Showcase at CASCON 2014 will provide an excellent opportunity to highlight your research results and generate interest in upcoming product and product areas aligned with the CAS Research Technology and Capability Themes, and Integrated Solutions. Exhibits on emerging technologies not explicitly listed as a CAS Research Technology Theme are also encouraged. The format of an exhibit may be a demonstration and/or poster presentation. A booth and signage are provided at no cost to the exhibitors. If hardware is required for the demonstrations, exhibitors are responsible for bringing the necessary equipment, i.e., machines, laptops, monitors, power cables, and security locks. Each demonstration booth will be set up with power and wireless internet access.

Beginning in mid-May 2014, exhibit proposals can be submitted through the CASCON 2014 web site:
https://www-927.ibm.com/ibm/cas/cascon/2014.jsp

Evaluation Criteria

Each exhibit proposal will be reviewed and evaluated by the CASCON 2014 Technology Showcase committee. Acceptance will be based on an evaluation of the exhibit's potential for generating useful results, the timeliness and expected interest in the topic, and the authors' ability and availability to present the exhibit during the Showcase.


Please help us publicize CASCON 2014 by linking to the conference web site https://www-927.ibm.com/ibm/cas/cascon/2014.jsp from your own web site and by bringing this announcement to the attention of your colleagues.

We look forward to receiving your submissions and meeting you at CASCON in November!

General Chair
Joanna Ng, CAS Research, IBM Canada Software Laboratory, Canada

Program Co-Chairs
Jin Li, IBM Canada Software Laboratory, Canada
Kenny Wong, University of Alberta, Canada

Emerging Technologies Track Co-Chairs
Hausi Müller, University of Victoria, Canada
Joanna Ng, CAS Research, IBM Canada Software Laboratory, Canada
Ying (Jenny) Zou, Queen's University, Canada

Workshop Chair
Tinny Ng, CAS Research, IBM Canada Software Laboratory, Canada

Technology Showcase Chair
Ivy Ho, Java Technology Center, IBM Canada Software Laboratory, Canada