CALL FOR PAPERS – SOFTWARE QUALITY EDUCATION TRACK
SBQS 2025: The 24rd Brazilian Symposium on Software Quality
November 4th to 7th, 2025, São José dos Campos, BA, Brazil
SBQS
The Brazilian Symposium on Software Quality (SBQS) is the main Brazilian forum dedicated to Software Quality. The quality of the software is manifested in two complementary and dependent aspects: 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 Software Quality Education Track of SBQS is interested in contributions that address challenges, innovations, and best practices in teaching Software Quality. Its primary purpose is to discuss how to promote meaningful learning about Software Quality to future professionals and researchers in the field.
Topics of Interest
Submissions on all topics related to teaching and learning in Software Quality are welcome. There is particular interest in articles addressing curriculum development, empirical studies, best practices, personal or institutional experiences, and conceptual and theoretical works. There is openness to a diversity of topics, including (but not limited to):
- Innovative best practices for teaching software quality
- Methodological aspects of teaching software quality
- Innovative curriculum or course formats
- Software quality education in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, and other related fields
- Teaching of software quality processes, methods, techniques, and tools
- Use of active learning methodologies in software quality education
- Use of Artificial Intelligence in software quality education
- Problem-based teaching of software quality
- Tools and methods for assessing learning in software quality
- Use of tools, simulators, and games in software quality education
- Gamification in software quality education
- Integration of practical experiences in teaching software quality
- Synergy between research and practice for software quality education
- Interdisciplinary teaching of software quality (with other disciplines and courses)
- Innovative methods for keeping teachers updated on teaching software quality
- Methods for e-teaching/e-learning in software quality
- Software quality education stimulating entrepreneurship
- Cooperation between Industry and Academia for software quality education
Evaluation Criteria
Papers on this track will be evaluated considering their originality, relevance, technical solidity, and quality of presentation.
- Originality: novelty or innovation of the article in relation to the state of the art, including approaches, methods, and tools for Software Quality education, among others.
- Relevance: importance of the contributions to improving the body of knowledge about challenges, good practices, experiences and innovations in Software Quality education;
- Soundness: application of appropriate research methods that support the contributions, and adequate discussion of the limitations of the work and threats to the validity of the results;
- Presentation: quality of the article's writing, including clarity of text, appropriate use of English and Portuguese, legibility of figures and tables, and compliance with formatting instructions.
Important Dates
- Paper registration (abstract submission): June 23th, 2025
- Paper submission: June 30th, 2025
- First notification: September 4th, 2025
- Rebuttal period: September 4th to September 10th, 2025
- Second notification: September 19th, 2025
- Camera-ready version: October 13th, 2025
Manuscript Preparation and Submission
Read the Manuscript Preparation and Submission instructions.
Important points for the Education 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 Education 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.
- For the SBQS 2025 Software Quality Education track, authors have the option of identifying themselves in the submitted article. If authors choose the “single-anonymous review process”, they must present their names and affiliations in the submitted PDF file and there is no need to anonymize supplementary materials that are made available from the article (e.g. study packages). If the authors choose the “double-anonymous review process”, the submitted article (as well as supplementary materials that are made available) must omit the identity of the authors. Both authors' names and affiliations must be omitted. For anonymization, authors should see the topic Anonymization in the Instructions for Manuscript Preparation and Submission.
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.
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 accepted papers must fill in some forms requested by the proceedings chair on specific dates.
Link for submission on JEMS3: https://jems3.sbc.org.br/sbqs_te2025
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).
Program Co-Chairs
Monalessa Barcellos (UFES)
Sávio Freire (IFCE)
SBQS Steering Committee
Adriano Bessa Albuquerque (UNIFOR)
Davi Viana (UFMA)
Edna Dias Canedo (UnB)
Gleison Santos (UNIRIO)
Ismayle de Sousa Santos (UECE)
Ivan Machado (UFBA)
José Carlos Maldonado (ICMC-USP)
Monalessa Perini Barcellos (UFES)
Rodrigo Santos (UNIRIO)
Sheila Reinehr (PUCPR)
Tayana Conte (UFAM)
Program Committee
(to be definied)
Walter Nakamura (UTFPR)
