INVITATION:

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Please consider to contribute to and/or forward to the appropriate
groups the following opportunity to submit and publish original
scientific results to:

- SOFTENG 2021, The Seventh International Conference on Advances and
Trends in Software Engineering

SOFTENG 2021 is scheduled to be April 18 - 22, 2021 in Porto, Portugal
under the NexComm 2021 umbrella.

The submission deadline is January 19, 2021.

Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended article
versions to one of the IARIA Journals: https://www.iariajournals.org

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============== SOFTENG 2021 | Call for Papers ===============

CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, PANELS


SOFTENG 2021, The Seventh International Conference on Advances and
Trends in Software Engineering

General page: https://www.iaria.org/conferences2021/SOFTENG21.html

Submission page: https://www.iaria.org/conferences2021/SubmitSOFTENG21.html

Event schedule: April 18 - 22, 2021

Contributions:
- regular papers [in the proceedings, digital library]
- short papers (work in progress) [in the proceedings, digital library]
- ideas: two pages [in the proceedings, digital library]
- extended abstracts: two pages [in the proceedings, digital library]
- posters: two pages [in the proceedings, digital library]
- posters: slide only [slide-deck posted at www.iaria.org]
- presentations: slide only [slide-deck posted at www.iaria.org]
- demos: two pages [posted at www.iaria.org]

Submission deadline: January 19, 2021

Extended versions of selected papers will be published in IARIA
Journals: https://www.iariajournals.org
Print proceedings will be available via Curran Associates, Inc.:
https://www.proceedings.com/9769.html
Articles will be archived in the free access ThinkMind Digital Library:
https://www.thinkmind.org

The topics suggested by the conference can be discussed in term of
concepts, state of the art, research, standards, implementations,
running experiments, applications, and industrial case studies. Authors
are invited to submit complete unpublished papers, which are not under
review in any other conference or journal in the following, but not
limited to, topic areas.

All tracks are open to both research and industry contributions, in
terms of Regular papers, Posters, Work in progress,
Technical/marketing/business presentations, Demos, Tutorials, and Panels.

Before submission, please check and comply with the editorial rules:
https://www.iaria.org/editorialrules.html

SOFTENG 2021 Topics (for topics and submission details: see CfP on the site)

Call for Papers: https://www.iaria.org/conferences2021/CfPSOFTENG21.html

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SOFTENG 2021 Tracks (topics and submission details: see CfP on the site)

Software requirements for smart environments and smart devices/systems
Design with software energy efficiency in mind; Software for portable
devices; Synchronization constraints in smart cities systems; Combining
multiple representation models; Sustainability design and apps for smart
devices; Dealing with small-size screens; Software handling service
recovery; Smart big data analytics as a service for smart systems;
Design patterns for socially-aware computing on portable, wearable and
implantable devices; Local/remote computation balance based on
computation heat on wearable and implantable devices; Multithreading
software for real-time scheduling smartly-equipped citizens; Software
for fine grained access control with extended permissions and
inheritable roles; Driving behavior prediction apps using multi-sensory
data on a smartphone; Monitoring sentiment/citizens paths via open
source via mobile apps; Cognitive apps for real-time mobile
devices/systems; Apps for sensing human intention via self-adaptive
systems; Test suites for real-time man-in-the-middle smart systems; Apps
exploiting social context in personalized web-tasking applications;
Testing large-scale software smart systems; Dedicated apps for smart
cyber-physical systems; Prioritizing software requirements for smart
environments; Software development for scaling mechanisms in smart
mobile environments

Software requirements
Fundamentals on software engineering requirements; Informal and formal
representation of software requirements; Languages, schemes, patterns,
tools for gathering software requirements; Tracking implementation for
specific requirements; Functional and non-functional requirements;
Requirements for ambient systems software; Requirements for body
networks software; Requirements for smart devices and applications;
Requirements for wearable/implantable software; Requirements for
embedded software; Requirements for adaptive software/systems;
Uncertainty specification in software requirements; Requirements for
software dedicated to Internet of Things; Special requirements for data
centers and cloud applications; Requirements for mobile software; Tools
for requirements gathering; Requirements tracking tools; Tools for
requirements conflict detection

Software designing and production
Methodologies and tools for software design and deployment; Agile
development; Model-driven software development and DSL design; Software
design for interactive applications; Software design for web-driven
services; Combining classical and Agile software development methods;
Empirical software engineering methods; Specific methods for dedicated
software; Formal models and methods; Parallel programming; Visual tools;
Empirical distribution parameters; Package management systems;
Crowdsourcing software development; Model checking specifications;
Software product lines; Tools and platforms for software development and
deployment; Code generation environments; Specification and
implementation of patterns/antipatterns

Software reuse
Software reuse approaches; Pros and cons on software reuse; Software
reuse failures and lessons learned; Automation and high level
abstraction in software reuse; Reusable components; Third-party software
and component reuse; Software reuse metrics; Reuse patterns; Software
reuse candidates (specifications, designs, tests cases, data,
prototypes, plans, documentation, frameworks, and templates); Online
reuse aspects; Weak and strong reuse; Testing and validating reuse-based
software; Duplication and reuse; Code clones; Detecting and measuring
similarity in code clones; Open areas for research in software reuse

Software/hardware interfaces
General hardware/software modeling; Hardware/software interface
codesign; Configurable and parametrized abstract interface
architectures; Multi-processor system on chip interfaces; Interoperable
hardware/software interfaces; Interface-based design methodology;
Abstract models for concurrent hardware/software design; Interfaces for
embedded software; Interfaces for ambient software; Interfaces for
software in mobile/smart devices; Control flow; Parallel processing
interfaces; Language translation modeling; Hardware/software partitioning

Agile software organization
Agile software organization structure; Agile teams and roles;
Generalizing agile specialists; System integration in agile structures;
Agile analysis and design; Scalable agile frameworks; Performance
management in agile organizations; Metrics for agile software
organization; Business models and agile origination; Strategy and
guidance for agile software organization; Tools and guidance for
agile-oriented business control

Software sustainability
Long lasting software; Environmental impact and economic balance;
Modeling software product sustainability; Factors affecting software
sustainability; Techniques for measuring sustainability; Formal and
informal methods for software sustainability; Software sustainability
and non-functional requirements; Software sustainability maturity model;
Sustainable open source; Sustainability and reliability,
(self-)adaptability, maintainability, context-awareness, agility;
Software sustainability for green IT; Energy consumption and e-waste
from computers during software upgrades; Governance models; Software
sustainability and sustainable human behaviors; Operational risks,
health and safety

Software testing and validation
Program analysis and software verification; Model-based testing; Testing
system composition/orchestration; Data flow testing; Debugging and
validation; Discovering vulnerabilities; Defects localization; Defects
and failures in software libraries; Testing and run-time analysis based
on verification technology; Testing evolving software; Testing embedded
applications; Testing citizen-oriented software; Testing game software;
Testing apps and on-line software; Testing web-based software; Testing
mobile software; Testing software for smart devices; Testing software
for wearable services/devices; Testing APIs; Testing software-intensive
systems; Malpractice process models; Tools and methodologies for
testing real-time software; Testing software performance; Testing for
malware presence; Automatic testing methodologies; Software testing
certification; Code validation; Metrics for software quality prediction

Maintenance and life-cycle management
Software rejuvenation; Software termination; Software duplication,
redundancy; Software versions and configuration control; Software
evolution; Conformance and traceability; Automated refactoring
validation; Verification techniques; Software certification; Managing
software versions; Maintenance over cross-platforms; Maintaining
evolutionary code; Validation of software configuration changes;
Software patching metrics; Software evolution quality metrics; Removing
unintentional implementations/features; Software visualization tools;
Tasks-oriented maintenance; Updates dependency control; Maintenance for
processing chains; Maintenance of clouds-based platforms; Maintenance of
embedded software; Maintenance of automated tests; Maintenance of
open-sources; Maintenance for legacy systems; Maintenance based on
empirical evidence; Feature-to-code tracking and maintaining;
Maintenance of functional and non-functional features; Maintaining
user-priority features; Costs of maintenance efforts

Software reliability, robustness, safety
Metrics and measurements, estimation, prediction of quality/reliability;
Software reliability modeling; Automatic repair; Safety critical
systems; Software defect prediction models; Software reliability
testing; Reliability, availability, and safety of software systems;
Risk-based testing; Validation and verification; Vulnerability analysis;
Software dependability; Fault tolerance, survivability, and resilience
of software systems; Bug fixing; Systems (hardware + software)
reliability engineering; Services reliability engineering; Open source
software reliability engineering; Safety-critical systems; Collision
analysis to prevent hazards; Safety, assurance, certification;
Supporting tools and automation; Industry use cases and best practices;
Empirical studies and benchmarks

Software security
Security anomaly detection; Detecting software sabotage; Runtime
dependability; Threats for software libraries; Data analytics for
security verification; Internet threats and countermeasures; Open
systems dependability; Trusted component reuse; Security and safety;
Trusted software; Detecting code clones in malware; Authentication
schemes and software; Trustworthiness in Cloud environments;
Communication integrity in critical embedded systems; Latent security
vulnerabilities

Challenges for dedicated software, platforms, and tools
Enterprise application integration; Platforms and tools for agile
software; Platforms an tools for special software; Lessons learned on
domain-oriented software; eHealth software; Mobile applications;
Software for smart devices; Software for mobile devices; Assistive
software; Remote sensing software; Touch-user interfaces; Middleware
software; Social networks software; Video-game software; Emerging
interfaces; User-intensive web applications; Avionic software; Real-time
software; Embedded software; Simulation software; Automotive software

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SOFTENG 2021 Committee:
https://www.iaria.org/conferences2021/ComSOFTENG21.html

Publicity Chairs
Lorena Parra, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
Jose Luis García, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
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