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CALL FOR PAPERS - RESEARCH TRACK

SBQS 2024: The 23rd Brazilian Symposium on Software Quality

November 5th to 8th, 2024, Salvador, BA, Brazil

 

SBQS

The Brazilian Symposium on Software Quality (SBQS) is the main Brazilian forum dedicated to Software Quality. Software Quality is manifested in two complementary and dependent perspectives: Process Quality and Product Quality. With the current heavy reliance on software and aggregated services, research into software quality and its application in products and services is both a necessity and a differential to provide value to organizations and their businesses.

Since its creation, the SBQS has excelled in the exchange of experiences between academia and industry, where researchers, educators, and the Software Quality and Software Engineering practice community meet to present and discuss ideas, experiences, and discoveries with a view to the potential to positively influence the software industry.

Aim and Scope

The Research Track focuses on high-quality technical papers describing original results related to Software Quality that have not yet been published. Papers describing pioneering research results in the area of Software Quality with an academic contribution are expected. The papers may present theoretical and empirical studies as well as Software quality evaluation tools/environments studies. The SBQS encourages the publication of the evaluation and analysis of the results presented in the papers. Results obtained by means of experimental techniques, whether primary or secondary, and qualitative or quantitative analyses are welcome.

Topics of Interest

Submissions on all topics related to Software Quality are welcome. Topics of interest to the track include (but are not limited to):

  • High Maturity and Statistical Process Control
  • Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, and Software Quality
  • Acquisition of Software Products
  • Acquisition of IT Services
  • Process Evaluation
  • Product Rating
  • Requirements Engineering
  • Continuous Software Engineering
  • Ethics and Software Quality
  • Human Factors and Social Aspects in Software Quality
  • Quality Assurance of IT Services
  • Software Quality Assurance
  • Configuration Management
  • Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning
  • Portfolio and Project Management
  • People Management
  • Software Process Lines
  • Software Product Lines
  • Software Product Management
  • Software Maintenance and Evolution
  • Software Measurement
  • IT Service Process Improvement
  • Software Process Improvement
  • Agile Software Development
  • Process Modeling
  • Models and Standards of Capacity and Maturity
  • Software Processes, Methods, and Tools
  • Design and Integration of Software and IT Services
  • Quality of Software applied to IT Services
  • Services and Software Reuse
  • Sustainability in Software Quality
  • Usability and User Experience
  • Value in Software Quality
  • Verification, Validation, and Testing

Evaluation Criteria

Papers on this track will be evaluated considering their originality, relevance, technical solidity, and clarity of presentation.

Important Dates

  • Paper registration (abstract submission): July 3rd, 2024 - July 22, 2024 - July 29, 2024 (Hard deadline)
  • Paper submission: July 10th, 2024 - July 26, 2024 - August 02, 2024 (Hard deadline)
  • First notification: September 18th, 2024 - September 04th, 2024
  • Rebuttal period: September 18th to September 24th, 2024 - September 04th to September 10th, 2024
  • Second notification: September 29th, 2024 - September 20th, 2024
  • Camera-ready version: October 6th, 2024

Manuscript Preparation and Submission  

​Read the Manuscript Preparation and Submission instructions.

Important points for the Research Track:

  • Articles must be no more than 10 pages plus 2 pages for references. Submissions must be made electronically through the JEMS system.
  • Articles submitted to the Research Track must fully comply with the format instructions, fit the track's scope, not have been submitted simultaneously to another forum (scientific event or periodical), and not have been previously published.
  • The SBQS 2024 Research Track adopts a double-anonymous review process (see Anonymization topic in Manuscript Preparation and Submission instructions.

Important: In order to exercise impartial judgment, the track chairs cannot submit to the same tracks they organize. However, the program committee members are allowed to submit. 

Submission link: https://submissoes.sbc.org.br/home.cgi?c=4631 

Review Process

Submissions will be rejected without review if (1) they do not comply with all submission instructions presented in this call for papers, (2) they are outside the scope of the SBQS 2024 Research Track, or (3) they have been submitted or published in any other forum (conference or journal). All other submissions will be reviewed by at least three program committee members. If the submission is accepted, the authors must consider the reviewers’ comments to prepare the final version of the paper.

Papers with a clear acceptance (i.e. all reviewers decided for paper acceptance) during the 1st review and discussion period will be accepted, and their authors will be notified on the date of the 1st Notification. The authors should ensure that all reviewers' points are observed in the final version.

The authors of the other papers will be invited to participate in the rebuttal phase. During this phase, they will have access to the reviewers' comments and may present arguments and responses to comments and questions submitted by the reviewers before the final decision to accept or reject the paper. The authors of these papers will be notified on the date of the second Notification.

The acceptance of a paper implies that at least one of the authors must register to SBQS, including the respective publication fee(s), to present it in person during the event, and that authors must provide extra files required by the organization committee. Additionally, to speed up the publication process, authors of the accepted papers must fill in some forms requested by the proceedings chair on specific dates.

Double-anonymous

The SBQS 2024 Research Track adopts a double-anonymous review process. Thus, submitted papers must omit any information that would allow their authors to be identified. To this end:

  • Authorship information should be omitted (i.e., the paper should not include authors' names and affiliations, as well as other information that would allow authors to be identified, such as university name, project identification, or funding information);
  • References to previous work by the authors should be presented in the third person (e.g., use "in the work of Sousa et al." instead of "in our work") or by anonymizing the reference in the references section (e.g., instead of "this work evolves the proposal of Sousa et al.", one can use "this work evolves our previous proposal presented in [ref]", and the reference [ref] can be included as "[ref] Reference omitted due to double-anonymous review process" in the references section);
  • If the paper includes links to artifacts related to the work, only repositories or websites that do not allow identification of the authors should be cited. To anonymize GitHub-based repositories, you can use the anonymous service (https://anonymous.4open.science/).

Note that reviewers will not be encouraged to search other sources for references that identify the authors. Searching digital libraries or existing artifacts does not compromise the double-anonymous review process.

If the article is accepted, information omitted in the submitted version should be included in the final version.

Best Paper Award

SBQS rewards the best papers of each track every year. The Research Track Chairs and SBQS Steering Committee will choose the winning papers from the Program Committee reviews. The award-winning papers will be announced at the event.

Authors of the best papers will be invited to submit extended versions for publication in the Journal of Software Engineering Research and Development (JSERD).

JOURNAL FIRST

The SBQS is partnering with the international journal "Journal of Software Engineering Research and Development" (JSERD) to incorporate the journal's papers as Journal First into the SBQS 2024 Technical Program.

Authors of papers published recently in this journal that meet the evaluation criteria are invited to present their research papers in the SBQS. This provides an opportunity for authors to discuss their work with the software quality community and enrich the SBQS technical program.

The following evaluation criteria will be used to select papers as Journal First in SBQS 2024:

  • The paper should have been published at JSERD as: Research Paper, Case Study, or Systematic Review;
  • The paper describes original results that are not extensions of papers from previous conferences;
  • The paper was accepted for publication in the journal before May 1st, 2024;
  • The paper was not presented at any other conference such as Journal First;
  • At least one of the authors of the selected paper as Journal First must register and attend SBQS 2024 to present it..

Authors interested in submitting a paper as Journal First in SBQS 2024 need to send an email to the Program Co-Chairs - Tayana Conte (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) and José Carlos Maldonado (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) - with the subject "Journal First - SBQS 2024" until July 10th, 2024. The following information should be provided: (i) the title of the paper; (ii) the list of authors; (iii) the link to the web page to access the paper; and (iv) a brief statement on how the work meets the above criteria.  

Program Committee Co-Chairs - Research Track

José Carlos Maldonado (ICMC-USP)

Tayana Conte (UFAM)

SBQS Steering Committee

Adriano Bessa Albuquerque (UNIFOR)

Davi Viana (UFMA)

Edna Dias Canedo (UnB)

Gleison Santos (UNIRIO)

Ivan Machado (UFBA)

Monalessa Perini Barcellos (UFES)

Rodrigo Santos (UNIRIO)

Sheila Reinehr (PUCPR)

Tayana Conte (UFAM)

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