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CESI 2013 : International Workshop on Conducting Empirical Studies in Industry

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Link: http://www.essi.upc.edu/~franch/cesi2013
 
When May 20, 2013 - May 20, 2013
Where San Francisco, USA
Submission Deadline Feb 7, 2013
Notification Due Feb 28, 2013
Final Version Due Mar 7, 2013
 

Call For Papers

CALL FOR PAPERS

First International Workshop on Conducting Empirical Studies in Industry (CESI 2013)
www.essi.upc.edu/~franch/cesi2013

Workshop held at ICSE 2013 (http://2013.icse-conferences.org/), the 20th May 2013

Workshop Organization
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Xavier Franch, U. Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
Nazim H. Madhavji, U. of Western Ontario, Canada
Bill Curtis, CAST Software, USA
Larry Votta, Brinco, USA

Keynote Speaker
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Barry Boehm, U. of Southern California, USA

Presentation
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Empirical studies lie at the heart of software engineering (SE). Researchers
increasingly face the need to demonstrate the validity of their technological
solutions by conducting credible studies, and there is a need for empirical
studies for theory building and evaluation. The quality of these studies is a
determinant of the success and future evolution of SE.

Empirical studies conducted in industrial settings are particularly
challenging because the actual environments are complex and what is first
observable by researchers is only tip of the iceberg. Yet, investigative
questions must be formulated, valid constructs need to be defined, trust needs
to be in place, quality data must be gathered within small time-frames
available, etc. In essence, researchers often need to start running with
studies when they are still learning how to walk.

The aim of this workshop is to discuss challenges and experiences in conducting
empirical studies in industrial settings; discuss strategies for overcoming
them; debate about the limitations of contemporary research methods; and project
towards their resolutions. Arguments, both positive and negative, will be sought
from both industry and academic participants so that the empirical SE community
has an improved understanding of the subject matter.

Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to: how to recognise issues
in practice that warrant conducting empirical studies in actual projects;
formulating investigative questions, responses to which would benefit the
purpose of the study; improving communication between researchers and
practitioners; dealing with threats in the design of, and in conducting,
empirical studies in industry; designing and conducting a family of studies;
interpreting results in industrial contexts; impact of industrial settings on
the design of, and on conducting, case studies, action research, studies in the
field, exploratory studies, longitudinal studies, etc.; designing and conducting
surveys; enablers for ensuring that results of a study are utilised fruitfully.

Paper categories
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Experience reports describe the experience with conducting studies in industry
over a period of time and lessons that have been learnt that would be useful to
add to the body of knowledge on conducting empirical studies in industry.

Technical papers are expected to focus on empirical studies conducted in industry,
highlighting original aspects concerning the way the studies were designed or
conducted to overcome industrial challenges, and their outcomes. Also expected in
these papers are comparisons of the advances made against the state-of-the-art.

Experience reports and technical papers are limited to be in the 4-6 pages range
for the core material. A further up to 2 pages is permitted as appendix.

Practitioner messages. Industry participants are particularly invited to submit
their views on conducting empirical studies in industry. For example, how much
value-add is there to business by following rigorous empirical study procedures
over "rough cut" and "quick" analysis of "good enough" quality and amount of data?
A contribution in this category is limited to 1-2 pages long.

Papers must describe original work not submitted or presented at other forums.
Accepted papers will be published in electronic ICSE proceedings. A post workshop
report is planned to be submitted to ACM SEN. A longer report may also be written
if the outcome of the workshop is especially challenging. Depending on the number
and quality of submissions, the organizers will explore the possibility of editing
a special issue in some major journal.

Submission information
======================
Submissions are required to be uploaded electronically in pdf form at the Easychair
workshop submission site, https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cesi2013.
They must be formatted according to ICSE 2013 formatting guidelines (see
http://2013.icse-conferences.org/content/submission-guidelines for
instructions and templates). More details on submission procedures will be timely
available on the workshop website.

Important dates
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Submission of papers: February 7, 2013
Notification: February 28, 2013
Camera-ready: March 7, 2013
Workshop: May 20, 2013

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