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          *&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ESEC/FSE
          2011&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; *&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>
          *&nbsp; 8th Joint Meeting of the European Software Engineering
          Conference and *<br>
          *&nbsp; the ACM SIGSOFT Symposium on the Foundations of Software
          Engineering&nbsp; *<br>
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          Szeged,Hungary&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; *<br>
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          OVERVIEW/SCOPE<br>
          **************<br>
          The joint meeting of the&nbsp; European Software Engineering
          Conference and the<br>
          ACM&nbsp; SIGSOFT&nbsp; Symposium&nbsp; on the&nbsp; Foundations of Software
          Engineering is an <br>
          internationally&nbsp; renowned&nbsp;&nbsp; forum&nbsp;&nbsp; for&nbsp; researchers,&nbsp;
          practitioners,&nbsp; and <br>
          educators to&nbsp; present&nbsp; and&nbsp; discuss the most&nbsp; recent&nbsp;
          innovations, trends, <br>
          experiences, and&nbsp; challenges in&nbsp; the&nbsp; field of&nbsp; software
          engineering. Held <br>
          bi- annually, ESEC/FSE&nbsp; brings together experts from academia
          and industry <br>
          to exchange&nbsp; the latest&nbsp; research&nbsp; results&nbsp; and&nbsp; trends,&nbsp; as
          well as their <br>
          practical application in all areas of software engineering.<br>
          <br>
        </font></small><small><font face="Courier New">Distinguished&nbsp;
          papers&nbsp; from&nbsp; ESEC/FSE 2011&nbsp; will&nbsp; be invited&nbsp; to&nbsp; submit a<br>
          revised&nbsp; and&nbsp; extended&nbsp; version&nbsp; of&nbsp; their&nbsp; paper&nbsp; to&nbsp; ACM
          Transactions on<br>
          Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM).<br>
          <br>
        </font></small><small><font face="Courier New">Topics of
          interest for ESEC/FSE include, but are not limited to:<br>
          - Agile software development<br>
          - Case studies and experience reports<br>
          - Computer supported cooperative work<br>
          - Empirical software engineering<br>
          - End user software engineering<br>
          - Engineering for mobile, ubiquitous and pervasive systems<br>
          - Engineering of distributed/parallel software systems<br>
          - Engineering of embedded and real&#8211;time software<br>
          - Engineering secure software<br>
          - Human&#8211;computer interaction<br>
          - Internet and information systems development<br>
          - Patterns and frameworks<br>
          - Program comprehension and visualization<br>
          - Reverse engineering and maintenance<br>
          - Software architecture and design<br>
          - Software components and reuse<br>
          - Software configuration management and deployment<br>
          - Software dependability, safety and reliability<br>
          - Software economics and metrics<br>
          - Software policy and ethics<br>
          - Software processes and workflows<br>
          - Software requirements engineering<br>
          - Software testing and analysis<br>
          - Software tools and development environments<br>
          - Theory and formal methods <br>
          <br>
          <br>
          RESEARCH TRACK<br>
          **************<br>
          We invite high quality submissions of technical/research
          papers describing<br>
          original and&nbsp; unpublished results&nbsp; of&nbsp; theoretical, empirical,
          conceptual, <br>
          and&nbsp; experimental&nbsp; software&nbsp; engineering research.&nbsp; Research
          papers should <br>
          describe innovative and significant original research relevant
          to ESEC/FSE.<br>
          Submissions&nbsp; of&nbsp; papers describing&nbsp; groundbreaking&nbsp; approaches
          to emerging <br>
          problems will be considered based on timeliness and potential
          impact.<br>
          <br>
          *Artifact Evaluation*<br>
          To reward creation of artifacts and replication of
          experiments, authors of<br>
          accepted&nbsp; research papers can have&nbsp; their artifacts ( tools,
          data, models, <br>
          videos, etc. )&nbsp; evaluated by an&nbsp; Artifact&nbsp; Evaluation
          Committee. Artifacts <br>
          that&nbsp; pass muster&nbsp; will be recognized&nbsp; formally, and&nbsp; be&nbsp;
          fast-tracked for <br>
          additional presentation. Artifacts that are&nbsp; deemed especially
          meritorious<br>
          will be singled out for&nbsp; special recognition in the
          proceedings and at the<br>
          conference.<br>
          <br>
          *Important Dates*<br>
          Submissions:&nbsp; 11 March, 2011<br>
          Notification: 3 June, 2011<br>
          <br>
          <br>
          INDUSTRY TRACK<br>
          **************<br>
          In&nbsp; 2011, a new&nbsp; industrial track will be added&nbsp; to the&nbsp;
          ESEC/FSE program. <br>
          Industrial&nbsp; track&nbsp; presentations are&nbsp; expected to&nbsp; have a&nbsp;
          strong focus on<br>
          industrial&nbsp;&nbsp; applications&nbsp; of&nbsp; software&nbsp; engineering&nbsp;&nbsp;
          techniques,&nbsp; tools, <br>
          methodologies,&nbsp; processes, and practices, and on&nbsp; case studies
          and reports <br>
          on their actual usage in industry.<br>
          <br>
          *Important Dates*<br>
          Submissions:&nbsp; 3 April, 2011<br>
          Notification: 3 June, 2011<br>
          <br>
          <br>
          NEW IDEAS TRACK<br>
          ***************<br>
          We&nbsp; invite&nbsp; short&nbsp; papers&nbsp; on&nbsp; ideas&nbsp; in&nbsp; early&nbsp;&nbsp; stages&nbsp; of&nbsp;
          development.<br>
          Participants&nbsp; will&nbsp; have the&nbsp; opportunity&nbsp; to&nbsp; present a&nbsp;
          summary of their <br>
          work in the form of a short talk, with a paper and/or a
          poster.<br>
          <br>
          *Important Dates*<br>
          Submissions:&nbsp; 12 June, 2011<br>
          <br>
          <br>
          TOOL DEMONSTRATIONS TRACK<br>
          *************************<br>
          We invite innovative&nbsp; research tool demonstrations, intended
          to show early<br>
          implementations of novel&nbsp; software engineering concepts, as
          well as mature <br>
          prototypes.<br>
          <br>
          *Important Dates*<br>
          Submissions:&nbsp; 12 June, 2011<br>
          <br>
          <br>
          TECHNICAL BRIEFINGS TRACK<br>
          *************************<br>
          At ESEC/FSE Technical Briefings, participants will be able to
          attend topic<br>
          presentations&nbsp; of their&nbsp; choice to&nbsp; learn&nbsp; about&nbsp; the&nbsp;
          state-of-the-art in <br>
          different&nbsp; areas&nbsp; of&nbsp;&nbsp; Software&nbsp; Engineering.&nbsp; Proposals&nbsp; for&nbsp;
          topics&nbsp; and <br>
          presenters are welcome.<br>
          <br>
          *Important Dates*<br>
          Submissions:&nbsp; 3 April, 2011<br>
          Notification: 3 June, 2011<br>
          <br>
          <br>
          DOCTORAL SYMPOSIUM<br>
          ******************<br>
          The symposium will provide PhD students with an opportunity to
          present and<br>
          discuss their research with senior researchers in the software
          engineering<br>
          community.<br>
          <br>
          *Important Dates*<br>
          Submissions:&nbsp; 3 April, 2011<br>
          Notification: 3 June, 2011<br>
          <br>
          <br>
          PHD WORKING GROUPS<br>
          ******************<br>
          This year we will&nbsp; establish&nbsp; PhD Working Groups to&nbsp; stimulate
          interaction <br>
          within the student community and between students and the
          wider conference.<br>
          The groups will&nbsp; be open to&nbsp; both current PhD students and to
          early career <br>
          researchers. The&nbsp; aim of&nbsp; each group&nbsp; will be to identify&nbsp; and
          clarify the <br>
          principal research&nbsp; questions and&nbsp; challenges within a&nbsp;
          current subarea of <br>
          software engineering research.<br>
          <br>
          <br>
          WORKSHOPS<br>
          *********<br>
          ESEC/FSE&nbsp; 2011&nbsp; is&nbsp; soliciting&nbsp; proposals&nbsp; for&nbsp; workshops&nbsp; to&nbsp;
          be&nbsp; held in<br>
          conjunction (before or after)&nbsp; with the main conference.&nbsp;
          Workshops aim to<br>
          provide&nbsp; opportunities&nbsp;&nbsp; for&nbsp; exchanging&nbsp; views ,&nbsp; advancing&nbsp;
          ideas ,&nbsp; and <br>
          discussing&nbsp; preliminary&nbsp; results in various areas of&nbsp; software
          engineering <br>
          research&nbsp; and&nbsp; applications.&nbsp; Workshops are&nbsp; not an&nbsp;
          alternative forum for <br>
          presenting&nbsp; full research&nbsp; papers. If you&nbsp; would&nbsp; like to
          bring together a <br>
          group of researchers on a&nbsp; topic&nbsp; you&nbsp; consider relevant and
          exciting, you <br>
          should consider submitting a workshop proposal.<br>
          <br>
          *Important Dates*<br>
          Submissions:&nbsp; 21 March, 2011<br>
          Notification: 8 April, 2011<br>
          <br>
          <br>
          ORGANIZING COMMITTEE<br>
          ********************<br>
          <br>
          *General Chair*<br>
          Tibor Gyim&oacute;thy, University of Szeged, Hungary<br>
          <br>
          *Program Chair*<br>
          Andreas Zeller, Saarland University, Germany<br>
          <br>
          *Workshop Chairs*<br>
          Henry Muccini, University of L'Aquila, Italy<br>
          Marsha Chechik, University of Toronto, Canada<br>
          <br>
          *Industrial Track Chairs*<br>
          Frank Tip, IBM, USA<br>
          Volker Gruhn, Universit&auml;t Duisburg-Essen, Germany<br>
          <br>
          *New Ideas Track Chair*<br>
          Martin Robillard, McGill University, Canada<br>
          <br>
          *Doctoral Symposium Chairs*<br>
          Mark Harman, University College London, UK<br>
          Antonia Bertolino, ISTI-CNR, Italy<br>
          <br>
          *Tool Demonstrations Track Chairs*<br>
          Michele Lanza, University of Lugano, Switzerland<br>
          Anthony Cleve, University of Namur &amp; Universit&eacute; Libre de
          Bruxelles, Belgium<br>
          <br>
          *Technical Briefings Track Chair*<br>
          Lionel Briand, Simula Research Laboratory, Norway<br>
          <br>
          *Artifact Evaluation Chairs*<br>
          Shriram Krishnamurthi, Brown University, USA<br>
          Carlo Ghezzi, Polictecnico di Milano, Italy<br>
          <br>
          *Publications Chair*<br>
          Gordon Fraser, Saarland University, Germany<br>
          <br>
          *Publicity Chair*<br>
          Andrian Marcus, Wayne State University, USA<br>
          <br>
          *Local Organization Chairs*<br>
          &Aacute;rp&aacute;d Besz&eacute;des, University of Szeged, Hungary<br>
          L&aacute;szl&oacute; Vid&aacute;cs, University of Szeged, Hungary<br>
          <br>
          *Web chair*<br>
          L&aacute;szl&oacute; Vid&aacute;cs, University of Szeged, Hungary<br>
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