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SOFTWARE QUALITY THESIS AND DISSERTATION CONTEST

SBQS 2023: The 22nd Brazilian Symposium on Software Quality

November 07th to 10th, 2023, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

 

SBQS

The Brazilian Software Quality Symposium (SBQS) is the main Brazilian forum dedicated to research on Software Quality. Software quality manifests itself in two complementary and dependent aspects: Software Process Quality and Software Product Quality. With the dependence of today's society on software and aggregated services, research on software quality and its application in products and services is both a necessity and a differentiating factor to providing value to organizations and their business. Over the years, SBQS has excelled in the exchange of experiences between academia and industry, where researchers, educators, and practitioners of Software Quality and Software Engineering meet to present and discuss ideas, experiences, and discoveries aiming at innovation to improve the software industry.

Objective

The Software Quality Thesis and Dissertation Contest (CTDQS) aims to publicize and reward the best Doctoral Thesis and Master's Dissertation in the area of ​​Software Quality. The thesis or dissertation must have been concluded, defended, and approved in Brazil in the last year. The theses and dissertations awarded should have a relevant impact on society and companies, as well as a significant and outstanding contribution to the scientific area of ​​Software Quality.

Awards

Up to three best Doctoral Theses and the three best Master's Dissertations will be awarded. These works must be presented by the author (former student) at the 22nd Software Quality Brazilian Symposium (SBQS 2023). It should be noticed that, since 2008, the best Master's Dissertation has received the “Prof. Arnaldo Dias Belchior” award, in honor of the aforementioned researcher, in memoriam. Moreover, since 2020, the Best Doctoral Thesis receives the award called “Prof. Ricardo Falbo”, a special tribute from SBQS to the distinguished researcher and major contributor to the Brazilian Software Quality community, in memoriam.

Target Audience

Those who hold Doctorate Degree and Master's Degree in the area of ​​Software Quality and who have defended their theses or dissertations in Brazil between January 1 and December 31, 2022.

Manuscript Preparation and Submission

Candidates must submit their work electronically through the JEMS system (SBQS 2023 - CTDQS) and choose the category that corresponds to their work (Doctoral Thesis or Master's Dissertation). The following documents must be submitted all together:

  • The full text of the Thesis or Dissertation, in PDF format;
  • A paper presenting the Thesis or Dissertation with up to 10 pages (following the submission instructions presented below), in PDF format;
  • A certificate of completion and approval of the Thesis or Dissertation, issued by the Course Coordination, containing the name of the Graduate Program, the date of the defense, the names of the advisor(s) and members of the Committee Board, the email and the name of the candidate, and the title of the Thesis/Dissertation, in PDF format;
  • A signed letter from the advisor highlighting why he/she believes the candidate deserves the award, in PDF format.

The acceptance of a paper implies that at least one of the authors must register to SBQS to present it during the symposium and that authors must provide extra files required by the general chair (for example, the previous presentation video following the requested format by SBQS). Additionally, for the purpose of speeding up the publication process, authors of accepted papers must fill some forms requested by the proceedings chair on specific dates.

The SBQS organizing team will support *** CTDQS 2023 *** to be held as two hybrid sessions allowing remote presenting/interaction. We encourage authors to attend CTDQS for in-person interactions in Brasília, but *** CTDQS 2023 presenters *** will be allowed to register for the event and do virtual presentations on the contest date (November 07th, 2023).

Submission Instructions

All submissions must be in PDF format and must follow the two-column ACM format for conferences (Interim template), available in ACM SIG Proceedings Templates. The use of LaTex (sigconf) is strongly recommended. In this case, authors should use the acmart.cls class provided in the template with the conference format enabled in the preamble of the document: \documentclass[sigconf]{acmart} and also apply the ACM-Reference-Format.bst bibliography style provided in the template: \bibliographystyle{ACM-Reference-Format}.

If authors choose to use the Word format, they should be aware of the fact that the two-column version (Interim Template) must be used for the submission. However, this is an outdated version of the ACM and, if the paper is accepted, the authors will have to move to the new simple column format (ACM Primary Article Template - Microsoft Word: Mac 2011, Mac 2016 and Windows) and deal with macro errors when importing into the ACM system until the paper version is correct and validated.

Papers should not exceed 10 pages, including all figures, tables, appendices, references, and acknowledgments. Submissions should be made electronically through the JEMS system, including all the documents required.

Papers should be written in Portuguese or English. The SBQS proceedings will be indexed online. The symposium is in the process of negotiating to publish the full papers of the SQBS tracks in the ACM DL.

All works, either full or short versions, will be published at the CTDQS section in the proceedings of SBQS, following the same template of the files submitted to CTDQS. Publication in the proceedings of SBQS requires the CTDQS paper to be original. If the work has already been published in another venue (journal or conference, including SBQS itself), a short version up to 3 pages, containing the metadata, title, abstract and keywords ONLY IN ENGLISH (even if the text is written in Portuguese), together with the other sections of the paper, will be published. The short version must be prepared by the authors and must contain a reference to the complete, published version of the paper. If the short version presents an overview of the work, the previous publications and the thesis or dissertation must be cited and included as references.

Selection

Only works that expand or deepen the knowledge about the subject of Software Quality will be accepted. Works that only use or mention Software Quality will not be considered. The selection will be based on the evaluation of the full text of the thesis or dissertation.

In the 1st phase, the theses and dissertations submitted to CTDQS will undergo an evaluation process by a committee composed of professionals from universities and research institutions with recognized research achievements in the area of ​​Software Quality. Members of the Evaluation Committee who supervise candidates competing in one category (Doctorate or Master's) will only evaluate works in the other category.

In the 2nd phase, up to three works in each category (Doctorate or Master's) will be invited for presentation at SBQS. Only the author who defended the Doctoral thesis or Master's dissertation shall present it. A board of experts with no competing interests will evaluate the presentation as well as the quality of the work, and may also ask questions. The board members will have access to the full texts of the Doctoral theses and Master's Dissertations prior to the symposium. As such, the classification of CTDQS will consider the evaluation of the full texts of the works and the presentation held during the symposium as well.

In the 3rd phase, only the board members will meet in a private room to reach a consensus on the classification of the awarded works in each category. Next, the board will inform the CTDQS chairs on the consolidated result, so that they can announce it at the opening ceremony of SBQS.

Important dates

  • Submission via JEMS, including all documents mentioned above: April 24th, 2023 -> May 08th, 2023 (23:55h Brasília time) [HARD DEADLINE]
  • Notification of the finalists: June 12th, 2023
  • Camera-ready version: June 26th, 2023
  • SBQS - CTDQS: November 07th, 2023
  • CTDQS Awards: November 08th, 2023 (SBQS opening ceremony)

CTDQS Chairs

Rodrigo Santos (UNIRIO) - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Alessandro Garcia (PUC-Rio) - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

SBQS Steering Committee

Adriano Bessa Albuquerque (UNIFOR)

Davi Viana (UFMA)

Edna Canedo (UnB)

Gleison Santos (UNIRIO)

Ivan Machado (UFBA)

Monalessa Perini Barcellos (UFES)

Rodrigo Santos (UNIRIO)

Sheila Reinehr (PUCPR)

Tayana Conte (UFAM)

Proceedings Chair

Simone Dornelas Costa (UFES) 

Program Committee

Adenilso Simao (ICMC-USP)

Alexandre Vasconcelos (UFPE)

Alfredo Goldman (IME/USP)

Aline Vasconcelos (IFFluminense)

André Menolli (UENP)

Bruno Cafeo (UNICAMP)

Carla Silva (UFPE)

Davi Viana (UFMA)

Elisa Nakagawa (ICMC-USP)

Genaina Rodrigues (UnB)

Heitor Costa (UFLA)

Ivaldir Farias Junior (UPE)

Johnny Marques (ITA)

Marcelo Maia (UFU)

Maria Istela Cagnin (UFMS)

Pablo Oliveira Antonino (Fraunhofer IESE)

Regina Braga (UFJF)

Toacy Cavalcante (COPPE/UFRJ)

Vera Werneck (UERJ)