CFP: EASE 2012- 16th International Conference on Evaluation & Assessment in Software Engineering

[Craig Anslow]

This conference is of interest to the PLATEAU community.

EASE is ranked as “A” in the Excellence in Research for Australia
(ERA) journal & conference rankings

Dates: Monday 14 May and Tuesday 15 May 2012
Venue: Escuela Superior de Informática (Ciudad Real), University of
Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
URL: http://alarcos.esi.uclm.es/ease2012

Keynote Speakers
Professor Dieter Rombach, University of Kaiserslautern, Fraunhofer
Institute for Experimental Software Engineering (Fraunhofer IESE),
Germany.
Keynote´s title: “Empirical Models: Towards a Science of Software
Engineering”.
Professor Helen Sharp, The Open University, UK.
Keynote´s title: “Ethnographic studies in Software Engineering”.

For over fifteen years the International Conference on Evaluation &
Assessment in Software Engineering has provided a forum where
empirical researchers can present their latest research, and where
issues related to all forms of empirical and evaluation studies in
software engineering can be discussed. The EASE tradition is one of
providing a workshop-like atmosphere, in which papers can be presented
with time for constructive discussion of their results and processes.
We plan to continue with this format for the conference in 2012.
The theme of EASE 2012 will be “Empirical Grand Challenges for Agile
Development”; however, we continue to welcome papers on any aspect of
product and process evaluation and assessment, qualitative and
quantitative.

Topics
Topics encompass any relevant aspect of empirical studies of software
engineering, and include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Experiments (laboratory and field)
• Replications of empirical studies
• Case studies
• Surveys
• Observational studies
• Field studies
• Action research
• Methodological issues and practices
• Systematic reviews, mapping studies and meta-analysis

Submissions
We seek two types of submissions: Full and short papers.

Full papers. Full papers should be no longer than 10 pages in length.
Short papers. Short Papers should be no more than 5 pages in length.
Their goal is to promote current work, research, practices,
experiences, and issues that are not at a mature stage yet to be
submitted as full papers.
All papers will be included in the Proceedings, which will be
published and indexed by the IET.
Formatting guidelines for papers can be found at:
http://alarcos.esi.uclm.es/ease2012/Interfaces/Submission.aspx
All submissions will be handled using the EasyChair system, available
at:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ease2012

Key dates
20th January 2012: Full papers abstract submission
25th January 2012: Full Papers submission
29th February 2012: Notification of full papers outcome

1st March 2012: Short Papers submission
25th March 2012: Notification of short papers outcome
1st April 2012: Camera Ready full and short papers

Further details about dates and submission arrangements will be
provided on the EASE web site.

Journal Special Section
Authors of the best papers will be invited to submit extended versions
for a special section of the Information and Software Technology
Journal. More information about the journal can be found here:
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/525444/description#description.

The Venue
Ciudad Real (which means ‘Royal City’ in Spanish) is a city located in
the Southern Central part of Spain, in the region of Castilla-La
Mancha, which is the “Don Quixote” region. It is perfectly located for
transport connections, as it is only 1 hour away from the main cities
of Spain: Madrid (1 hr by high speed train) and Barcelona (less than 1
hour by plane).
It is a modern city, one of the very few in Spain where you can forget
your problems and have time to enjoy yourself. Ciudad Real’s citizens
love the outdoors, enjoying the weather and people. Their hospitality
and open mindedness make visiting this city an experience that nobody
should miss.

General Chair
Mario Piattini (University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain)
Program Co-Chairs
Marcela Genero (University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain)
Emilia Mendes (Zayed University, United Arab Emirates)
Short-papers Chair
Teresa Baldasarre (University of Bari, Italy)
Organizing Chair
José A. Cruz-Lemus (University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain)
Publicity Chair
Ismael Caballero (University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain)

Program Committee (to be completed)

Muhammad Ali Babar, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Teresa Baldassarre, University of Bari, Italy
Sarah Beecham, Lero, Ireland
Pearl Brereton, Keele University, UK
David Budgen, University of Durham, UK
Danilo Caivano, University of Bari, Italy
Cagatay Catal, TUBITAK (Research Council of Turkey), Turkey
Stuart Charters, Lincoln University, New Zealand
Peter Comer, Abellio Soutions, UK
Steve Counsell, Brunel University, UK
Karl Cox, University of Brighton, UK
Jose A. Cruz-Lemus, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Tore Dybå, SINTEF and Univ. of Oslo, Norway
Felix Garcia, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Marcela Genero, University of Castilla La Mancha, Spain
Tracy Hall, Brunel University, UK
Rachel Harrison, Oxford Brookes University, UK
Naveed Ikram, International Islamic University, Pakistan
Andreas Jedlitschka, IESE Fraunhofer, Germany
Magne Jørgensen, Simula Research, Norway
Natalia Juristo, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Barbara Kitchenham, Keele University, UK
Stephen Linkman , Keele University, UK
Emilia Mendes, Zayed University, United Arab Emirates
Matthias Müller, IDOS Software AG, Germany
Mahmood Niazi, Keele University UK/ KFUPM Saudi Arabia
Mario Piattini , University of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain)
Per Runeson, Lund University, Sweden
Martin Shepperd, Brunel University, UK
Dag Sjøberg, University of Oslo, Norway
Marco Torchiano (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
Guilherme Horta Travassos, (COPPE/UFRJ, Brazil)
Mark Turner, Keele University, UK
June Verner, Keele University, UK
Giuseppe Visaggio, University of Bari, Italy
Phillip Woodall, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom