ICGSE 2016 - 11th IEEE International Conference on Global Software Engineering

Effectively engineering software in a global context is a key competitive advantage in today’s IT and software industry. However, the increased globalization of software development creates challenges due to the impact of time zones, diversity of culture and communication, or distance. This requires novel and effective techniques and practices to achieve intended productivity and quality targets.
The 11th International Conference on Global Software Engineering (ICGSE) brings together researchers and practitioners interested in solving the challenges of continentally distributed software engineering. The ICGSE 2016 organizing committee invites academic and industrial communities to contribute to the expertise of the international global software engineering community.
ICGSE 2016 is being held in Irvine, Orange County, California. Over 600 IT companies are located in Orange County, with IT being OC’s #1 industry in terms of revenue. Orange County recently ranked second in the nation in the number of high-tech clusters . A sampling of OC’s diverse IT industry includes: e-commerce and data analytics companies such as Amazon, Experian, Google, Houzz and Zillow; game development studios such as Blizzard Entertainment, inXile Entertainment, Obsidian Entertainment, and NCSOFT; software and services companies such as IBM, MSC, and Oracle; financial service firms such as PIMCO; software intensive design and manufacturing companies such as Broadcom, Conexant, and Western Digital; and healthcare IT companies such as Optum.
The conference is being hosted at the University of California, Irvine, celebrating it's 50th anniversary this year.