CALL FOR PAPERS - RESEARCH 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. 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):
- Acquisition of IT Services
- Acquisition of Software Products
- Agile Software Development
- Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, and Software Quality
- Generative Artificial Intelligence and Software Quality
- Configuration Management
- Continuous Software Engineering
- Design and Integration of Software and IT Services
- Ethics and Software Quality
- High Maturity and Statistical Process Control
- Human Factors and Social Aspects in Software Quality
- IT Service Process Improvement
- Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning
- Models and Standards of Capacity and Maturity
- People Management
- Portfolio and Project Management
- Process Evaluation
- Process Modeling
- Product Rating
- Quality Assurance of IT Services
- Requirements Engineering
- Services and Software Reuse
- Software Maintenance and Evolution
- Software Measurement
- Software Process Improvement
- Software Process Lines
- Software Processes, Methods, and Tools
- Software Product Lines
- Software Product Management
- Software Quality Assurance
- 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): June 23th, 2025 July 16th, 2025
- Paper submission: June 30th, 2025 July 23th, 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 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 Research Track adopts a double-anonymous review process (see Anonymization topic in Instructions for Manuscript Preparation and Submission.
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 on JEMS3: https://jems3.sbc.org.br/events/369
To assist with formatting, the following materials are available:
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 on 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.
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 2025 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 2025:
- 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, 2025;
- 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 2025 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 - Sheila Reinehr (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) e Gleison Santos (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) - with the subject "Journal First - SBQS 2025" until August 21, 2025. 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
Sheila Reinehr (PUCPR)
Gleison Santos (UNIRIO)
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
Adenilso Simao (Universidade de São Paulo)
Adolfo Gustavo Serra Seca Neto (Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná)
Adriana Lopes Damian (Universidade Federal do Amazonas)
Adriano Bessa Albuquerque (Universidade de Fortaleza)
Alexandre Marcos Lins de Vasconcelos (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco)
Alfredo Goldman (Universidade de São Paulo)
Ana Carolina Oran (Universidade Federal do Amazonas)
Ana Regina C. Rocha (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)
Anderson Belgamo (Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo)
André Luís Andrade Menolli (Universidade Estadual de Londrina)
Anna Beatriz Marques (Universidade Federal do Ceará)
Auri Marcelo Rizzo Vincenzi (Universidade Federal de São Carlos)
Awdren de Lima Fontão (Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul)
Breno Bernard Nicolau de França (Universidade Estadual de Campinas)
Bruno B. P. Cafeo (Universidade Estadual de Campinas)
Bruno Gadelha (Universidade Federal do Amazonas)
Crescencio Lima (Instituto Federal da Bahia)
Daniel Lucrédio (Universidade Federal de São Carlos)
Daniel Porto (Universidade de Brasília)
Davi Viana (Universidade Federal do Maranhão)
Debora Maria Barroso Paiva (Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul)
Edna Dias Canedo (Universidade de Brasília)
Edson Oliveira Jr (Universidade Estadual de Maringá)
Elaine Venson (Universidade de Brasília)
Eliezer Dutra (Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica do Rio de Janeiro e Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro)
Everton L.G. Alves (Universidade Federal de Campina Grande)
Fabiana Freitas Mendes (Aalto University)
Fabio Santos (Colorado State University)
Felipe Curty do Rego Pinto (Universidade Federal Fluminense)
Francisco Henrique Cerdeira Ferreira (Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora)
Glauco Carneiro (Universidade Salvador)
Guilherme Horta Travassos (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)
Heitor Augustus Xavier Costa (Universidade Federal de Lavras)
Henrique Prado de Sá Sousa (Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro)
Hudson Silva Borges (Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul)
Ismayle Santos (Universidade Estadual do Ceará)
Ivan C Machado (Universidade Federal da Bahia)
Jéssyka Vilela (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco)
Johnny Cardoso Marques (Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica)
José Carlos Maldonado (Universidade de São Paulo – Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação, São Carlos)
Kathia Marçal de Oliveira (Université de Valenciennes et du Hainaut-Cambrésis)
Kathia Oliveira (Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France)
Larissa Rocha Soares Bastos (Universidade do Estado da Bahia)
Leonardo Gresta Paulino Murta (Universidade Federal Fluminense)
Leonardo Marques (Universidade Federal do Amazonas)
Marcelo Marinho (Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco)
Márcia S. Lima (Universidade do Estado do Amazonas)
Marcio Ribeiro (Universidade Federal de Alagoas)
Marcos Borges (Universidade Federal do Ceará)
Monalessa P. Barcellos (Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo)
Monica Anastassiu (Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro)
Natália Chaves Lessa (Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro)
Patricia Gomes Fernandes Matsubara (Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul)
Paulo Malcher (Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia)
Paulo Afonso Parreira Júnior (Universidade Federal de Lavras)
Paulo Sérgio M. Santos (Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro)
Rafael Maiani de Mello (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)
Rafael Parizi (Instituto Federal Farroupilha)
Rafaela Fontana (Universidade Federal do Paraná)
Regina Albuquerque (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná)
Regina Braga (Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora)
Rita Suzana Pitangueira Maciel (Universidade Federal da Bahia)
Rodrigo Pereira dos Santos (Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro)
Rodrigo Quites Reis (Universidade Federal do Pará)
Rossana Andrade (Universidade Federal do Ceará)
Sabrina dos Santos Marczak (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul)
Sandro Ronaldo Bezerra Oliveira (Universidade Federal do Pará)
Sávio Freire (Instituto Federal do Ceará)
Suzana Sampaio (Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco)
Tadeu Moreira de Classe (Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro)
Tayana Conte (Universidade Federal do Amazonas)
Uirá Kulesza (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte)
Valdemar Vicente Graciano Neto (Universidade Federal de Goiás)
Valéria Lelli (Universidade Federal do Ceará)
Vânia de Oliveira Neves (Universidade Federal Fluminense)
Walter Nakamura (Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná)
