SER&IPs 2014 - International Workshop on Software Engineering Research and Industrial Practices

The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers and practitioners to discuss current state of Software Engineering (SE) research and Industrial Practices (IPs), and advance collaboration to reduce gap between research and practice. Research is core part of modern business which can lead to innovation in the form of new products and improvements in existing products and services. Most companies involved in IT solutions and services are facing challenges to incorporate research output into practices. Therefore, the challenges are to identify the gaps and to discover ways in collaboration to use SE research for the benefit of IPs.
Different perceptions and expectations are obstacles in collaboration between SE researchers and practitioners. Researchers have a view that practitioners are reluctant to share real industry data due to confidentiality agreements. Practitioners believe that researchers are mostly working on some dated or futuristic theoretical challenges which are very far from IPs. Researchers believe that practitioners are looking for quick fixes to their problems instead of using systematic methods or going for research. Practitioners have a view that case studies in research do not represent complexities of real projects and have doubt on the results produced by research. Researchers expect good problems with real industry data and few years from practitioners to generate good publications which may affect a specific domain in a limited way. Practitioners expect a quick generalised solution which must earn substantial profit immediately. Researchers and practitioners need to overlap research and practice to build trust in their partnership. The workshop is a platform to discuss and address such challenges.