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CAPE TOWN 32nd International Conference on Software Engineering

2 — 8 May 2010 CapE Town, SouTh afrICaCape Town International Convention Centre

GEnEral announCEMEnT anD Call for papErSICSE is the premier forum for researchers to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, results, experiences and concerns in the field of software engineering. Encompassing a conference, technical tutorials and workshops, a programme of demonstrations and an exhibition along with social functions to provide an ideal opportunity to learn and network with like–minded colleagues from around the world, ICSE 2010 will take place in Cape Town, one of the world’s most beautiful cities, at a world–class Convention Centre.

In keeping with ICSE’s first time in Africa, the theme of the conference is new horizons. New challenges face our community: from new hardware platforms, increased software complexity and more demanding safety and dependability requirements to major global issues such as the environment and the economic downturn. Our community will play a critical role in meeting these challenges. The conference aims to provide a forum to discuss and report on new challenges in software engineering that will advance its principles and practice.

Cape Town, South africa is one of the most beautiful places in the world providing an ideal location for international events with six of South Africa’s top ten tourist attractions within an hour’s drive of Cape Town. It has beautiful beaches, world famous wine–lands, a warm climate and wide variety of restaurants and hotels. So grab this opportunity and CoME To CapE Town!

General ChairsJeff Kramer — Imperial College London, UKJudith Bishop — University of Pretoria, South Africa

program Committee Chairsprem Devanbu — University California Davis, USASebastian uchitel — University de Buenos Aires, Argentina and Imperial College London, UK

programme Committee MembersJoanne M. atlee — University of Waterlooantonia Bertolino — ISTI–CNR Victor Braberman — Universidad de Buenos Aireslionel Briand — Simula Research Lab. & U. of Osloantonio Carzaniga — University of LuganoSatish Chandra — IBM ResearchMarsha Chechik — University of Torontopaola Inverardi — Università dell’AquilaShing-Chi Cheung — Hong Kong U. of Science and Tech.Matthew Dwyer — University of Nebraska — Lincolnwolfgang Emmerich — University College Londonharald Gall — University of ZurichCarlo Ghezzi — Politecnico di MilanoDimitra Giannakopoulou — CMU/NASA Ames holger Giese — Hasso Plattner Institutepaul Grünbacher — Johannes Kepler University, LinzJohn Grundy — University of Aucklandahmed E. hassan — Queen’s University, KingstonJames herbsleb — Carnegie Mellon UniversityIngolf Krüger — University of California San DiegoMichele lanza — University of LuganoEmmanuel letier — University College LondonJeff Magee — Imperial College Londonnenad Medvidovic — University of Southern Californiaaudris Mockus — Avaya Labs Researchamy l. Murphy — Bruno Kessler Foundation — IRSTGail Murphy — University of British Columbianachiappan nagappan — Microsoft Research, RedmondBashar nuseibeh — The Open Universityalessandro orso — Georgia Institute of TechnologySriram K. rajamani — Microsoft Research, Indiayannis Smaragdakis — University of MassachusettsJin–Song Dong — National University of SingaporeMargaret–anne Storey — University of VictoriaZhendong Su — University of California DavisKevin Sullivan — University of Virginiafrank Tip — IBM T.J. Watson Research CenterJim whitehead — University of California, Santa Cruzalexander wolf — Imperial College LondonTao Xie — North Carolina State Universityandreas Zeller — Saarland University

Tutorial Chairsharold ossher — IBM TJ Watson Research Centre USAfrances paulisch — Siemens AG, Germany

workshop ChairsElisabetta Di nitto — Politecnico di Milano, Italyperi Tarr — IBM Watson Research Centre, Hawthorne, USAMassimiliano Di penta — University of Sannio, Italy

Doctoral Symposium ChairsMatthew Dwyer — University of Nebraska, USAShing-Chi Cheung — Hong Kong U. of Science and Tech.

Emerging faculty Symposium Chairshausi Mueller — University of Victoria, Canadaandreas Zeller — University of Saarland, Germany

Software Engineering Education Track ChairsCarlo Ghezzi — Politecnico de Milano, ItalyMehdi Jazayeri — University of Lugano, Switzerland

Software Engineering in practice Track Chairswillem Visser — Seven Networks, USAIngolf Krüger — U. of California, San Diego, USA

new and Emerging results Track Chairsnachiappan nagappan — Microsoft Research, USAMartin robillard — McGill University, Canada

research Demonstration Chairsandreas Zisman — City University, London, UKCornelius ncube — University of Bournemouth, UK

warm–up workshop Chairsnenad Medvidovic — U. of Southern California, USATesuo Tamai — University of Tokyo, Japan

Most Influential paper of 2000Bashar nuseibeh — Open University, UK

awards Chairleon osterweil — University of Massachusetts, USA

publicity ChairDaniela Damian — University of Victoria, Canada

proceedings ChairKathi fisler — Worcester Polytechnic Institute, UK

Student Volunteer ChairJim whitehead — U. of California, Santa Clara, USA

Exhibition Chairspeter aspinall — SBS Conferences, South AfricaTony parry — CSSA, South Africa

Sponsorshippeter aspinall — SBS Conferences, South Africaanthony finkelstein — University College London, UK

local arrangements & Conference Directorpeter aspinall — SBS Conferences, South Africa

www.sbs.co.za/icse2010ICSE 2010 Venue: Cape Town International Convention Centre,

with Cape Town CBD and Table Mountain in background

CAPE TOWN 32nd International Conference on Software Engineering

2 — 8 May 2010 CapE Town, SouTh afrICaCape Town International Convention Centre

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how to submitPlease read all of these instructions prior to submitting your paper.

Research papers should describe innovative and significant original research relevant to ICSE as described above. Papers submitted for consideration should not have been published elsewhere and should not be under review or submitted for review elsewhere during the duration of consideration.

aCM plagiarism policies and procedures [http://www.acm.org/publications/policies/plagiarism_policy] shall be followed for cases of double submission.

All papers must conform, at time of submission to the ICSE 2010 format and Submission Guidelines, and must not exceed 10 pages, including all text, references, appendices and figures. All submissions must be in English. Submissions must be in PDF format.

Submissions that do not comply with the foregoing instructions will be desk rejected without review.

note: camera–ready copy will utilize the same format and length limits required of submissions, and thus, your submission should reflect the form that you anticipate your camera–ready copy will take. Papers must be submitted electronically through CyberChairpro: http://cyberchairpro.borbala.net/icsepapers/submit

review and Evaluation CriteriaEach submission will be reviewed by at least two members of the Program Committee. Submissions will be evaluated on the basis of originality, importance of contribution, soundness, evaluation, quality of presentation and appropriate comparison to related work. The program committee as a whole will make final decisions about which submissions to accept for presentation at the conference.

Some paper authors, as determined by the PC chairs, may be given the opportunity to submit by November 15 a short text with clarifications for reviewers based on their comments. These clarifications will be considered when the program committee as a whole makes a final decisions on papers.

acceptanceUpon notification of acceptance, all authors of accepted papers will be asked to complete an ACM Copyright form and will receive further instructions for preparing their camera ready versions. At least one author of the paper is expected to present the results at the ICSE 2010 conference. All accepted contributions will be published in the conference electronic proceedings which will also be available as printed proceedings.

ConfErEnCE Submission Datesabstracts 1 September 2009papers 6 September 2009acceptance 18 December 2009

Both deadlines are hard and non–negotiable, and an abstract must be submitted for each paper submission.

Conference TopicsConference Topics of interest for ICSE include, but are not limited to:

• Agile software development

• AI and knowledge based software engineering

• Aspect–orientation and feature interaction

• Computer supported cooperative work

• Empirical software engineering

• End user software engineering

• Engineering for mobile, ubiquitous and pervasive systems

• Engineering of distributed/parallel software systems

• Engineering of embedded and real–time software

• Engineering secure software

• Human–computer interaction

• Internet and information systems development

• Patterns and frameworks

• Program comprehension and visualization

• Programming languages

• Reverse engineering and maintenance

• Software architecture and design

• Software components and reuse

• Software configuration management and deployment

• Software dependability, safety and reliability

• Software economics and metrics

• Software policy and ethics

• Software processes and workflows

• Software requirements engineering

• Software testing and analysis

• Software tools and development environments

• Theory and formal methods

3 Day MaIn ConfErEnCE: technical / research papersSubmission procedures for the related events may be found on the conference web site: www.sbs.co.za/icse2010

Call for papErS

rElaTED EVEnTSFurther information and submission procedures for the related events may be found on the conference web site: www.sbs.co.za/icse2010

rElaTED EVEnTS Submission Datesworkshops proposals 17 September 2009Tutorials, Education and SE in practice Tracks 5 October 2009Doctoral and Emerging faculty Symposia 26 November 2009research Demos and new Ideas & Emerging results Track 7 January 2010

Student Volunteers 1 February 2010

proMoTIonal opporTunITIESOver 1000 of the world’s leading software engineers are expected to attend ICSE 2010 providing outstanding exhibition and sponsorship opportunities for suppliers to:

1 Promote their brand and products to a global audience

2 Gain valuable information for future product development

3 Establish valuable contacts with specialists in their field

4 Expand their client base

Contact Peter Aspinall at SBS Conferencesfor details: peter@sbs.co.za

loCal orGanISErSlocal Conference and Exhibition organizers:

SBS Conferences P O Box 1059, Bellville, 7535, South Africa

Tel: +2721 914 2888

fax: +2721 914 2890

Email: Registrar@sbs.co.za

We invite high quality submissions of technical / research papers describing original and unpublished results of theoretical, empirical, conceptual, and experimental software engineering research. Incremental improvements over previously published work should have been evaluated through systematic, comparative, empirical or experimental evaluation. Submissions of papers describing groundbreaking approaches to emerging problems will be considered based on timeliness and potential impact.

www.sbs.co.za/icse2010