ERA Track

The goal of the Early Research Achievements (ERA) track is to provide researchers and practitioners with a forum for presenting great, promising ideas in early stages of research. These ideas do not require a strong empirical evaluation! The 2013 ERA track aims to provide constructive feedback to guide you from your initial idea and limited evaluation towards a solid ICSM 2014 paper with strong empirical underpinnings. The topics of interest for this track are the same as for the main research track, i.e., all the topics in the research and practice of software maintenance and evolution. Papers submitted to the ERA track must not have been accepted previously for publication or submitted for review to another conference, journal, or book.

Topics of Interest include but not limited to:

• Software repository analysis and mining
• Run-time evolution, dynamic reconfiguration and self adaptation
• Reverse engineering, re- engineering and migration
• Software refactoring, restructuring and renovation
• Software and system comprehension
• Code cloning, code provenance, concept location and related research
• Change and defect management
• Evolution of non-code artefacts (e.g., requirements, design models, documentation, software architectures, business process models)
• Maintenance-related testing (e.g., regression testing)
• Maintenance and evolution processes
• Software quality improvement
• Software evolution for emerging paradigms
• Human aspects of software evolution

Format

Submissions must be in English and conform to the IEEE proceedings style. They must be four-page long, including all text, references, appendices, and figures. They must be submitted electronically as PDF files via EasyChair at
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icsmera2013.
They will be reviewed by members of the ERA Program Committee.

Review and Evaluation Criteria

Submissions will be evaluated on the basis of their originality, importance of contribution, soundness, evaluation (if available), quality and consistency of presentation, and appropriate comparison to related work. Special emphasis will be put on the originality and timeliness of the proposed contribution, i.e., a full evaluation of the proposed ideas is not required.

Publication and Presentation

Upon notification of acceptance, all authors of accepted papers will be asked to complete an IEEE Copyright form and will receive further instructions for preparing their camera ready versions. At least one author of the paper must register and present the paper at the conference, for the paper to be published in the proceedings. All accepted papers will be published in the conference electronic proceedings, which will also be available in the IEEE Digital Library. The papers will be presented in a formal setting and as a poster. More details on the presentations will follow the notifications.