Web2SE 2011 - Web2SE 2011 2nd International Workshop on Web 2.0 for Software Engineering

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Social software is built around an "architecture of participation" where user data is aggregated as a side-effect of using Web 2.0 applications. Web 2.0 implies that processes and tools are socially open, and that content can be used in several different contexts. Web 2.0 tools and technologies support interactive information sharing, data interoperability and user centered design. For instance, wikis, blogs, tags and feeds help us organize, manage and categorize content in an informal and collaborative way. Some of these technologies have made their way into collaborative software development processes and development platforms. These processes and environments are just scratching the surface of what can be done by incorporating Web 2.0 approaches and technologies into collaborative software development. Web 2.0 opens up new opportunities for developers to form teams and collaborate, but it also comes with challenges for developers and researchers. Web2SE aims to improve our understanding of how Web 2.0, manifested in technologies such as mashups or dashboards, can change the culture of collaborative software development.

Topics of interest
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Current use of Web 2.0 mechanisms by software developers
- Role of Web 2.0 technologies in software development
- Adaption of Web 2.0 tools by software developers
- Software development as a "socially open" process
- Using Web 2.0 tools to support informal communication in distributed teams
- Enhancements of development environments with regard to Web 2.0
- Tools that bring Web 2.0 into software development
- Mining Web 2.0 data from software repositories
- New opportunities in software engineering using Web 2.0
- Privacy challenges due to using Web 2.0
- Challenges for researchers studying Web 2.0 use by software developers

Goals
- Collect an overview of the latest developments with regard to the use of Web 2.0 technologies in software development. Some Web 2.0 technologies such as wikis, facebook, blogs and tags have already in part been adopted by software developers and by development environments. The workshop will highlight pertinent research and tools.
- Explore new opportunities that Web 2.0 creates in software development. Some Web 2.0 technologies such as micro-blogging are still fairly new and it is unclear if and how they could improve team-based software development processes. Web 2.0 enables new ways for developers to form teams to create software, to bypass traditional hierarchies of power in organizations and get ideas heard and acted upon from any organization member, to socialize and promote their ideas, and to use new forms of computation such as Mechanical Turk to solve previously difficult, yet impactful problems. Through discussion, we hope to explore opportunities arising from the use of Web 2.0 in software development.
- Investigate to which extent the "socially open" attitude of Web 2.0 applies to software development. Web 2.0 applications are increasingly data-driven and the key advantage of Internet applications is the extent to which users add their own data. By the end of the workshop we hope to have a notion of how to balance architecture of participation and individual productivity.
- Explore how Web 2.0 technologies can be incorporated into and adapted to software engineering processes and methods.
- Discuss potential risks of using Web 2.0 in software development. Protecting the privacy and reputation of individuals participating in Web 2.0 systems and making sure that data stored in those systems has proper access restrictions is essential.
- Address challenges for researchers who are studying the use of Web 2.0 in software development. Researchers, even when trying out prototypes, have a responsibility to ensure that tools are consistent with the values of the organizations in which they are deployed. Another challenge is given by the fact that it is practically impossible to create new social networks to test new tool ideas. We will discuss ways in which researchers can create and evaluate new tools despite the difficulties of achieving wide-spread adoption that is essential to the success of Web 2.0 tools.

Workshop Format
Following a discussion to set the stage for the day, we will have presentations of accepted papers and posters, and working sessions on thought-provoking topics from the submissions. Throughout the workshop, participants will use Web 2.0 technologies such as Google Docs and twitter to collaboratively gather the ?ndings from the workshops. The ?ndings will be made available to all workshop participants.

Submission Procedure and Publication
We welcome research papers (max. 6 pages) as well as poster and position papers (max. 2 pages) as submissions. The ?nal version of the accepted papers will be published in the ICSE Companion and will also be made available during the workshop.

The submission website is online at http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=web2se2...

Papers must follow the ACM conference format and must not exceed the page limits mentioned above, including ?gures and references. All submissions must be in English. Papers must be submitted electronically, in PDF format, using the submission website.

Important Dates
Paper submission: January 28, 2011
Notification: February 18, 2011
Camera ready: March 10, 2011
Workshop: May 24, 2011

Workshop Organizers
Christoph Treude, University of Victoria, Canada, ctreude-AT-uvic.ca
Margaret-Anne Storey, University of Victoria, Canada, mstorey-AT-uvic.ca
Arie van Deursen, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, arie.vandeursen-AT-tudelft.nl
Andrew Begel, Microsoft Research, USA, andrew.begel-AT-microsoft.com
Sue Black, University College London, UK, s.black-AT-cs.ucl.ac.uk

Program Committee
Jorge Aranda, University of Victoria, Canada
Marcelo Cataldo, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Li-Te Cheng, IBM Watson Research Center, USA
Kate Ehrlich, IBM Watson Research Center, USA
Harald Gall, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Adrian Kuhn, University of Bern, Switzerland
Michele Lanza, University of Lugano, Switzerland
Kelly Lyons, University of Toronto, Canada
Mira Mezini, TU Darmstadt, Germany
Peri Tarr, IBM Watson Research Center, USA
Gina Venolia, Microsoft Research, USA
Thomas Zimmermann, Microsoft Research, USA