Software Engineering Track
Aims and Topics

The Objective of the Software Engineering (SE) Track is to provide an open forum for discussing a wide range of experience and ideas of developing high-quality software applications more effectively and efficiently. The SE track examines both macroscopic and microscopic aspects of in-depth theories, tools, and practices in the field of software engineering. It provides a platform for academic researchers and industry practitioners to seek collaboration opportunities, and identify the state-of-art technologies, which are vital to the software engineering community.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
Architecture, Framework, and Design Patterns
Requirements Engineering
Process, Standards, and Project Management
Software Maintenance and Evolution
Software Testing and Verification
Quality Assurance and Management
Verification, Validation, Testing, and Analysis
Safety, Security, Privacy, and Risk management
Dependability and Reliability
Fault Tolerance and Availability
Metrics and Measurement
Formal Methods and Theories
Aspect-Oriented Software Development and Design
Component-Based Development and Reuse
Empirical Studies, Benchmarking, and Industrial Best Practices
Applications and Tools
Pervasive, Ubiquitous, Smart Service-Oriented Computing
Search-based Software Engineering
Mining Software Repositories
Important Dates

September 10, 2018: Paper submission Due
November 10, 2018: Author notification
November 25, 2018: Camera-ready copy
December 10, 2018: Author registration
Paper Submission & Selection

Research papers and experience reports related to the above topics are solicited. Submissions must not have been published or be concurrently considered for publication elsewhere. Papers should be submitted in the PDF format using the ACM-SAC proceedings format via the START submission system. Each submission will be reviewed in a double-blind process according to the ACM-SAC Regulations. To facilitate blind review, author’s names and affiliations should be entered separately at the submission site and must NOT appear in any part of the paper including title, paper body, references, and any self-reference should be in the third person.

Paper selection is based on the originality, technical contribution, presentation quality, and relevance to the SE Track. Note that all submissions will be reviewed as regular paper. Based on the evaluation scores, we will decide which papers are selected as regular paper or poster papers. Upon paper acceptance, prospective authors must provide a camera-ready version which takes into account the review comments. The conference proceedings will be published by ACM and also available online through the ACM Digital Library.

Paper registration is required, allowing the inclusion of the regular paper/poster paper in the conference proceedings. An author or a proxy attending SAC MUST present the paper. This is a requirement for the paper/poster to be included in the ACM/IEEE digital library. No-show of scheduled papers and posters will result in excluding them from the ACM/IEEE digital library.
Note for the Page Limit of Accepted Papers

The length of each regular paper is 8 pages + 2 pages at extra charge (max of 10 pages).
The length of each poster paper is 3 pages + 1 page at extra charge (max of 4 pages). In addition, the poster authors need to prepare and bring to the conference a large poster for display and presentation. The poster size information will be posted on the SAC 2019 website.
The length of each SRC abstract is 4 pages (no extra pages allowed).
Student Research Abstracts Competition

Graduate students are invited to submit research abstracts following the instructions published at SAC 2019 SRC website through the START SRC Submission System.
SIGAPP Student Travel Award Program

The SIGAPP Student Travel Award Program (STAP) was established to provide financial support for SIGAPP student members to attend SIGAPP primary conference (SAC) to present their accepted work. Student primary authors and co-authors are eligible to apply for these awards. Applications are evaluated on a competitive basis. The application deadline is December 20, 2018 and notifications will be sent out by January 20, 2019. For more details about the eligibility and how to apply, refer to SIGAPP Student Travel Award Program (STAP) page.
Track Co-Chairs

Tao Zhang (Lead TC) Byungjeong Lee
Harbin Engineering University, China University of Seoul, Korea
Email: cstzhang@hrbeu.edu.cn Email: bjlee@uos.ac.kr

Eunjee Song
Baylor University, USA
Email: eunjee_song@baylor.edu
Program Committee

Mathieu Acher, University of Rennes 1, France
Mehmet Aksit, University of Twente, Netherlands
Doo-Hwan Bae, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea
Rami Bahsoon, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
José Creissac Campos, Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Alejandra Cechich, Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral Caleta Olivia, Argentina
Chih-Hung Chang, Hsiuping University of Science and Technology (HUST), Taiwan
Byoungju Choi, Ewha Womans University, Korea
Insang Chung, Hansung University, Korea
Hyunsook Do, University of North Texas, USA
Tadashi Dohi, Hiroshima University, Japan
Kecia Ferreira, Federal Center for Technological Education of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Filomena Ferrucci, University of Salerno, Italy
Ronald Finkbine, Indiana University Southeast, USA
Francesca Arcelli Fontana, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Rogério Eduard Garcia, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Brazil
Marie-Pierre Gervais, Université de Paris-6, France
Rubing Huang, Jiangsu University, China
He Jiang, Dalian University of Technology, China
Mario Jino, State University of Campinas, Brazil
Dae-Kyoo Kim, Oakland University, USA
In-Young Ko, Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea
Herbert Kuchen, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany
Paul Leger, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile
Bixin Li, Southeast University, China
Horst E. Lichter, Rheinisch-Westfälische Techinische Hoschschule Aachen, Germany
Richard Lipka, University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic
Yi Liu, South Dakota State University, USA
David Lo, Singapore Management University, Singapore
Somayeh Malakuti, ABB Corporate Research, Germany
Humberto T. Marques-Neto, Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Katharina Mehner-Heindl, Offenburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Sandro Morasca, Universita degli Studi dell'Insubria, Italy
Mohamed Mosbah, University of Bordeaux, France
Shin Nakajima, National Institute of Informatics, Japan
Thomas Noll, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Germany
Markus Roggenbach, Swansea University, United Kingdom
José Amancio Santos, State University of Feira de Santana, Brazil
Tiberiu Seceleanu, ABB AB, Corporate Research, Sweden
Hasan Sozer, Özyeğin University, Turkey
Mu-Chun Su, National Central University, Taiwan
Robert Tairas, Vanderbilt University, USA
Bedir Tekinerdogan, Wageningen University, Netherlands
Guilherme Travassos, Federal University of Rio de Janeior, Brazil
Thein Than Tun, The Open University, United Kingdom
Auri Marcelo Rizzo Vincenzi, Federal University of Goiás (UFG), Brazil
Linzhang Wang, Nanjing University, China
Xin Xia, Zhejiang University, China
Xiaoyuan Xie, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Frank Xu, Bowie State University, USA
Hongji Yang, Bath Spa University, United Kingdom
Huafeng Yu, Boeing Research & Technology, USA
Tewfik Ziadi, University Pierre et Marie Curie, France
General Inquiries

For further information, please visit SAC SE Track CFP and SAC 2019 conference website, or feel free to contact the Track Co-Chair, Tao Zhang, Harbin Engineering University, China.