<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_3027"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4325">Call for papers: 1st International Workshop on Refactoring (IWoR) 2016<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4326"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4327">September 4, 2016, Singapore, Singapore.<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4328">http://www.softrefactoring.com/<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4329"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4330">Co-located with the 31st IEEE/ACM Automated Software Engineering Conference (ASE 2016)<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4331"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4332">Important Dates<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4333">------------------------------<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4334">Deadline for submissions: June 13, 2016<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4335">Notification of authors: July 3, 2016<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4336">Camera-ready: July 20, 2016<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4337">Workshop date: September 4, 2016<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4338"> <br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4339">Workshop summary<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4340">------------------------------<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4341">Successful software products evolve through a process of continuous changes as bugs are fixed,<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4342">new features added, and quality issues addressed. Refactoring supports the volatile<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4343">software lifecycle by providing better ways to reduce and manage the growing complexity of<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4344">software systems while improving developer productivity. Refactoring can be performed at all<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4345">levels from requirement specification down to source code level, and, in essence, involves<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4346">improving the internal structure of a software artefact without altering its functionality.<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4347">In spite of the popularity of refactoring both in practice and as a research topic, many open<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4348">questions remain, particularly in terms of understanding how refactoring is performed, measuring<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4349">the impact of refactoring, and improving tool support in all areas of refactoring.<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4350"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4351">We invite submissions from both academia and industry on any topic that is refactoring<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4352">related, including, but not limited to:<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4353"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4354"> - Source code refactoring<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4355"> - Requirement, design and architectural refactoring<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4356"> - Refactoring of mobile, web and cloud applications<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4357"> - Refactoring opportunities detection and recommendation<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4358"> - Tool support for refactoring<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4359"> - Mining refactoring changes from software repositories<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4360"> - Evaluation and benchmarking of refactoring methods<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4361"> - Refactoring in Model Driven Engineering<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4362"> - Code smell detection and correction<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4363"> - Search based refactoring<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4364"> - Effect of refactoring on system complexity and quality<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4365"> - Empirical studies and experience reports<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4366"> - Software remodularization<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4367"> - Model transformation<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4368"> - Introduction of design patterns through refactoring<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4369"> - Machine learning applied to software refactoring<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4370"> - Role of refactoring in evolution and migration<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4371"> - Refactoring in the software lifecycle<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4372"> - Refactoring and testing<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4373"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4374">Workshop format<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4375">------------------------------<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4376">The objective of the 1st ACM International Workshop on Refactoring (IWoR 2016)<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4377">is to provide an informal interactive forum for researchers and practitioners to<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4378">exchange ideas and experiences, streamline and foster research on software refactoring,<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4379">identify some common ground for their work, share lessons and challenges, thereby<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4380">articulating a vision for the future of software refactoring research.<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4381"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4382">We solicit four types of submissions: full research papers (max 8 pages), position papers (max 4 pages),<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4383">and tool demo papers (max 4 pages), and industrial presentation. Please check the website for more information.<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4384"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4385">Proceedings and Special Issue<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4386">------------------------------<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4387">Accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings in the ACM digital library.<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4388"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4389">A selection of the best papers will be invited to submit extended versions for tentative publication in a Special <br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4390">Issue of the journal Information and Software Technology published by Elsevier.<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4391">Journal website: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/infsof<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4392"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4393">Submission<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4394">------------------------------<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4395">All submissions must be formatted according to the ACM style (http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates <br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4396">LaTeX users, use the style Option 2) and should be submitted through EasyChair at: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iwsr2016<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4397"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4398">Each paper will be reviewed by at least three referees.<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4399"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4400">Organization<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4401">------------------------------<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4402">General Chair:<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4403"> - Ali Ouni, Osaka University, Japan<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4404"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4405">Program Co-Chairs:<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4406"> - Marouane Kessentini, University of Michigan, USA<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4407"> - Mel Ó Cinnéide, University College Dublin, Ireland<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4408"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4409">Publication Chair:<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4410"> - Norihiro Yoshida, Nagoya University, Japan<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4411"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4412">Web Chair:<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4413"> - Wiem Mkaouer, University of Michigan, USA<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4414"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4415">Program Committee:<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4416"> - Aiko Yamashita, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Norway<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4417"> - Christopher Simons, University of the West of England, UK<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4418"> - Christian Bird, Microsoft Research, USA<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4419"> - Danny Dig, Oregon State University, USA<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4420"> - Don Batory, University of Texas at Austin, USA<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4421"> - Francesca Arcelli Fontana, University of Milano Bicocca, Italy<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4422"> - Gabriele Bavota, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4423"> - Gustavo Pinto, UFPE, Brazil<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4424"> - Houari Sahraoui, Université de Montréal, Canada<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4425"> - Iman Hemati Moghadam, Vali-Asr University, Iran<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4426"> - Jeff Gray, University of Alabama, USA<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4427"> - Jun Sun, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4428"> - Katsuro Inoue, Osaka University, Japan<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4429"> - Manuel Wimmer, Vienna University of Technology, Austria<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4430"> - Mark Harman, University College London, UK<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4431"> - Massimiliano Di Penta, University of Sannio, Italy<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4432"> - Nikolaos Tsantalis,Concordia University, Canada<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4433"> - Serge Demeyer, Universiteit Antwerpen (ANSYMO), Belgium<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4434"> - Shinpei Hayashi, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4435"> - Simon Thompson, University of Kent, UK<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4436"> - Steve Counsell, Brunel University, UK<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4437"> - Tom Mens, University of Mons, Belgium<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4438"> - Wiem Mkaouer, University of Michigan, USA<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4439"> - Xin Peng, Fudan University, China<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4440"> - Yoshiki Higo, Osaka University, Japan<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4441"> - Yun Lin, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4442"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4443"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461971861811_4474" dir="ltr"> <br></div></div></body></html>