The ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM) is the premier conference for research results related to empirical software engineering. These include discussions of:
• empirical methods and the design and analysis of empirical studies;
• the strengths and weaknesses of software engineering technologies and methods from a strong empirical viewpoint, including quantitative, qualitative, and mixed studies;
and
• the systematic use of data and measurement to understand, evaluate, and model
software engineering phenomena.
We encourage the submission of both novel work and replication studies.
ESEM provides a stimulating forum where researchers and practitioners can present and discuss recent research results on a wide range of topics, in addition to also exchanging ideas, experiences and challenging problems.
The relevant topics include, but are not restricted to, the following:
● New ideas pertaining to empirical evaluation of software engineering technologies,
methods, and tools, e.g., transferring and applying empirical methods from other
disciplines to empirical software engineering
● Infrastructures and novel techniques/tools for supporting any phase of empirical studies
● Empirical studies using qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods
● Cross- and multi-disciplinary methods and studies
● Experiments and quasi-experiments
● Case studies, action-research, and field studies

● Survey research
● Systematic literature reviews and mapping studies
● Meta-analysis, qualitative and quantitative synthesis of studies
● Replication of empirical studies and families of studies
● Empirically-based decision making
● Evaluation and comparison of techniques and models
● Development and evaluation of empirical prediction systems or software estimation
models
● mining software engineering repositories
● Modeling, measuring, and assessing product and/or process quality
● Simulation-based studies in software engineering
● Assessing the benefits / costs associated with using certain development technologies
● Industrial experience, Software project experience, and knowledge management
● Software technology transfer to the industry