SSBSE 2011 - 3rd International Symposium on Search Based Software Engineering (SSBSE 2011)

3rd International Symposium on Search Based Software Engineering (SSBSE 2011)

10-12 September, 2011 - Szeged, Hungary

Co-located with ESEC/FSE 2011

http://www.ssbse.org


We are pleased to announce SSBSE 2011, the third edition of the annual
symposium dedicated to Search Based Software Engineering (SBSE). The
symposium builds on the flourishing interest in SBSE and provides a
welcoming forum for discussion and dissemination that will strengthen
the rapidly-growing international SBSE community. SSBSE 2011 is
co-located with ESEC/FSE in Szeged, Hungary, see
http://2011.esec-fse.org.


CALL FOR PAPERS

We invite the submission of high quality papers describing original
and significant work in all areas of Search Based Software
Engineering, including theoretical work, research on SBSE
applications, empirical studies, and reports on industrial experience.
Applications may be drawn from throughout the software engineering
lifecycle. Search methods may include, but are not limited to,
operations research techniques and optimisation methods inspired by
nature, such as evolutionary algorithms and simulated annealing. We
particularly encourage papers that describe software engineering
applications to which SBSE has not previously been applied.


FORMAT AND SUBMISSION

Papers must not have been previously published, or be in consideration
for, any journal, book, or other conference. Papers will be evaluated
by members of the program committee based on their originality,
technical soundness and presentation quality. Submissions must conform
to Springer's LNCS format (http://www.springer.com/lncs) and should
not exceed 15 pages, including all text, figures, references and
appendices. If the paper is accepted, at least one author is expected
to attend the symposium and to present the paper. Further information
on paper formatting and submission is available from the symposium
website, http://www.ssbse.org.


GRADUATE STUDENT TRACK

We also invite papers for a special Graduate Student track that will
provide a venue for students to showcase their SBSE research and to
receive feedback from senior members of the SBSE community. Papers
submitted to this track should be no more than 6 pages in length using
the regular symposium format. To be eligible, a student must be
registered on a doctoral or masters programme and must not yet have
completed their studies. It is the expectation that the student will
give the presentation at the symposium, though there may be other
authors on the paper.


FAST ABSTRACTS

Fast abstracts feature novel ideas that are not yet fully developed or
validated. Fast abstract have a later deadline than technical papers,
and are subject to a lighter reviewing process. Fast abstracts should
comprise no more than 6 pages using the regular symposium format.
Accepted fast abstracts will be presented at the symposium and
published on the symposium website.


SPECIAL ISSUE

The authors of selected symposium papers that include significant
experimental work will be invited to submit extended versions of their
papers for a special issue of Empirical Software Engineering,
journal/10664" target="_blank">http://www.springer.com/computer/swe/journal/10664.


PRIZES

There will be a prize of EUR 1000 for the best paper at SSBSE 2011, as
decided by the program committee. The best paper prize is provided
courtesy of SSBSE sponsors Berner & Mattner, IBM, Sulake, Softeam and
the FITTEST project.


IMPORTANT DATES

FULL PAPERS & GRADUATE STUDENT TRACK
Abstract submission 15 April 2011
Full paper submission 29 April 2011
Notification 17 June 2011
Camera Ready 1 July 2011

FAST ABSTRACTS
Submission 22 July 2011
Notification 29 July 2011


KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

We are delighted to announce our keynote speakers:
Darrell Whitely (University of Colorado) Promoting Shared Subsolutions for Better Recombination
Andreas Zeller (Saarland University) Search Based Program Analysis

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

GENERAL CHAIR
Phil McMinn, â?¨University of Sheffield, UK

PROGRAM CHAIRS
Myra Cohen, University of Lincoln-Nebraska, US
Mel O Cinneide, University College Dublin, Ireland

GRADUATE STUDENT TRACK CHAIR
Westley Weimer, University of Virginia, US

INDUSTRIAL CHAIR
Sigrid Eldh, Ericsson AB, Sweden

PUBLICITY CHAIRS
Mathew Hall, University of Sheffield, UK
Gregory M. Kapfhammer, Allegheny College, US
Tanja Vos, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain


PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Enrique Alba, University of Málaga, Spain
Giuliano Antoniol, Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada
Andrea Arcuri, Simula Research Laboratory, Norway
Rami Bahsoon, University of Birmingham, UK
Marcio Barros, Uni. Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Leonardo Bottaci, University of Hull, UK
Jeremy Bradbury, University of Ontario Inst. of Tech., Canada
Francisco Chicano, University of Málaga, Spain
Betty Cheng, Michigan State University, USA
John Clark, University of York, UK
Vittorio Cortellessa, University of L'Aquila, Italy
Massimiliano Di Penta, University of Sannio, Italy
Robert Feldt, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Yann-Gael Gueheneuc, Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada
Gregory Kapfhammer, Allegheny College, Pennsylvania, USA
Mark Harman, University College London, UK
Rob Hierons, Brunel University, UK
Colin Johnson, University of Kent, UK
Yvan Labiche, Carleton University, Canada
Spiros Mancoridis, Drexel University, USA
Mark O'Keeffe, Amartus Ltd., Ireland
Simon Poulding, University of York, UK
Xiao Qu, ABB Research, USA
Marek Reformat, University of Alberta, Canada
Marc Roper, University of Strathclyde, UK
Guenther Ruhe, University of Calgary, Canada
Jerffeson Souza, Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Brazil
Paolo Tonella, Fondazione Bruno Kessler - IRST, Italy
Laurence Tratt, Middlesex University, UK
Tanja Vos, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
Joachim Wegener, Berner & Mattner, Germany
Tao Xie, North Carolina State University, USA
Shin Yoo, University College London, UK
Yuanyuan Zhang, University College London, UK


SPONSORS

Berner & Mattner, Ericsson, IBM, Sulake, Softeam, the FITTEST project
and the University of Sheffield


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