[ecoop-info] ECSA 2015: Workshop proposals

[Matthias Galster]

***CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS***

Workshops at the 9th European Conference on Software Architecture

http://ecsa-conference.org/2015/


OVERVIEW
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The 9th European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA) will be held
from September 8th to September 11th, 2015 in Dubrovnik/Cavtat, Croatia.
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit proposals for
workshops to be held in conjunction with ECSA 2015. Workshop topics should
be related to software architecture and its applications. Example topics
include (but are not limited to) requirements engineering and software
architectures, architecture analysis, validation and verification,
architecture-based support for reconfigurable, adaptive or mobile
applications, architectures for ultra-large-scale and long-lived systems,
software architecture education, and cross-fertilization between industry
and academia.

Workshops at ECSA 2015 provide a forum for exchanging and discussing ideas
and theories that are still at an early stage and before they have matured
to warrant conference or journal publication. Typically, a workshop will
either address a focused topic in depth or explore connections between
topics that tend to be studied in loosely connected sub-communities.

Workshops will be scheduled the day before the ECSA main conference.
Workshops produce proceedings. Participation in workshops is typically
open but papers published in the proceedings are selected following a
peer-review process. Papers accepted for the workshops will be published
in the ACM Digital Library.


PROPOSALS
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Workshop proposals must not exceed four (4) pages in length, must follow
the ACM formatting and submission instructions
(http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates) and must
include the following information, in the order specified:
- Title of workshop and acronym
- Abstract: 150-200 words describing the workshop, suitable for the
conferences website; if your workshop is accepted then this description
will be used as early publicity for the workshop
- Workshop organizers: Full contact information for all organizers of the
workshop and the main contact person
- Workshop theme: Outline of topics, scope and goals of the workshop,
including motivation and its significance and relevance to the field of
software architecture and ECSA topics
- Proceedings, including:
-- Types of papers (long, short, position papers)
-- Paper selection and review process
-- Draft list of potential PC members
- Workshop format, including:
-- Plans for participant solicitation and dissemination, procedure for
workshop announcement and attracting participants; expected number of
participants
-- Workshop structure: paper presentations, invited talks, brainstorming
sessions, etc.
-- Plans for generating and stimulating discussion
-- Duration of workshop (full-day, half-day); there are four 1.5 hour
sessions in a typical full-day workshop
- Workshop history: If applicable, a description of past editions of the
workshop, including year, organizers, submission and acceptance numbers,
number of attendees
- Organizers' bios: brief 2-3 sentence biography for each workshop
organizer; if applicable, a brief description of each organizer's relevant
past experience in organizing conferences and workshops
- Optional information: link to preliminary website; special requirements
that the workshop may have

Proposals must be submitted electronically as one PDF to the ECSA 2015
workshops chair: mgalster at ieee dot org. Submissions will be confirmed.


EVALUATION
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Workshops will be selected based on their relevance to the conference,
their target audience, and advances in their respective fields. In
particular, proposals will be evaluated according to the following
criteria:
- Workshop's potential to advance the state of software architecture
research and / or practice
- Relevance to software architecture and topics targeted for ECSA 2015
- Potential for attracting a sufficient number of participants
- Innovative aspects, timeliness and expected interest in the workshop
topics
- Organizers' commitment to stimulate discussion at the workshop
- Organizers' experience and ability to lead a successful workshop
- Balance and synergy between the proposed workshops


INFORMATION FOR ACCEPTED WORKSHOPS
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ECSA will provide the following:
- Workshop proceedings published in the ACM Digital Library; note that
workshop papers must be collected and checked for compliance by workshop
organizers
- Links to the workshop websites from the ECSA website
- Meeting rooms
- Coffee-breaks
- Lunches
- On-line and on-site registration to the workshop

Workshop organizers are responsible for the following:
- Workshop publicity and advertising (including a workshop website, call
for papers, etc.)
- Paper submission and review process (including paper submission system,
program committee, review and selection process)
- Scheduling of workshop activities in collaboration with the ECSA
workshop chair
- Support ECSA workshop chair in the publication of the workshop
proceedings with ACM

Workshop paper submissions:
- Workshop papers must follow the ACM format and submission guidelines
(http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates) and must have
a maximum length of 7 pages.
- ECSA 2015 will not pay for registration, travel, or other arrangements
for workshop organizers or any of their invited speakers or guests.
- All workshop participants, including workshop organizers, keynote
speakers, and invited guest, must register for the workshop.


IMPORTANT DATES
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Workshop submissions:
- Workshop proposals submission deadline: March 1, 2015
- Notification of acceptance of workshop proposals: March 7, 2015

For accepted workshops:
- Preliminary workshop web page(s) set up: March 18, 2015
- Workshop call for papers out: March 18, 2015
- Workshops: September 8, 2015

Deadlines to be set by the organizers of accepted workshops:
- Workshop paper submission due: to be decided by workshop organizers
- Notification of authors: June 5, 2015
- Camera-ready copies due: June 29, 2015

For more information please contact Matthias Galster (ECSA 2015 workshops
chair): mgalster at ieee dot org.