[fg-arc] Call for Papers - 2021 IEEE International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA 2021)

[Jacopo Soldani]

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IEEE International Conference on

Software Architecture (ICSA 2021)

 

Virtual Event

March 22-26, 2021

 

 <https://icsa-conferences.org/2021> https://icsa-conferences.org/2021

 

 

Call for Papers

The IEEE International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA 2021) is
the premier gathering of practitioners and researchers interested in
software architecture, component-based software engineering, and quality
aspects of complex software systems. ICSA continues the tradition of a
working conference, where researchers meet practitioners and where software
architects can explain the problems they face in their day-to-day work and
try to influence the future of the field. Interactive working sessions will
be the place where researchers meet practitioners to identify opportunities
to create the future.

 

The COVID-19 situation is challenging systems and their software
architectures in different ways: the way we are collaboratively creating
software architectures without the typical in-person activities such as
workshops, brainstorming sessions, reviews; the challenges facing our
systems in terms of new usage patterns and business opportunities; and the
impact they are having on our social and economic well-being. The theme of
ICSA 2021 is “Software Architecture in the COVID-19 Reality.”

 

We call on both researchers and practitioners for contributions that advance
our understanding of architectures in real-world software, facilitate
empirical research by making architectural artifacts and tools publicly
available, and promote replicability of results through common datasets and
benchmarks. We welcome original papers that explore and explain the role of
architecture in current systems and future systems. This conference looks at
what can be learned from our software architecture history, experience,
studies, and best practices.

 

Topics

Topics of interest for the conference include (but are not limited to) the
following themes:

*	Architecture & CI/CD, DevOps, Containerization, Serverless platforms
*	Microservices and event-driven architectures
*	Model driven engineering for continuous architecting
*	Agile architecting and other approaches to architecting
*	Architecting specific types of systems, such as Systems of Systems,
IoT systems, AI/ML systems, CPSs, software ecosystems, self-adaptive
systems, or autonomous systems
*	Component based software engineering
*	Architecture evaluation and quality aspects of software
architectures
*	Automatic extraction and generation of software architecture
descriptions
*	Refactoring and evolving architecture design decisions and solutions
*	Architecture frameworks and architecture description languages
*	Linking architecture to requirements and/or implementation
*	Architecture conformance
*	Reusable architectural solutions
*	Software architecture knowledge management
*	Software architecture for legacy systems and systems integration
*	Architecting families of products
*	Cultural, ethics, economic, business, financial, and managerial
aspects of software architecture
*	Software architect roles and responsibilities
*	Training, soft skills, coaching, mentoring, education, and
certification of software architects
*	Stakeholder management and collaborating with other business and
technical domains
*	State-of-the-art and state-of-practice in software architecture
*	Industrial experiments and case studies

 

Tracks & Important Dates 

Technical Track (
<http://icsa-conferences.org/2021/call-for-papers/technical-papers>
http://icsa-conferences.org/2021/call-for-papers/technical-papers): The
Technical Track enables researchers and practitioners to present original
contributions that advance the state-of-the-art in software architectures.

Abstract: Dec 9th, 2020

Paper: Dec 16th, 2020

Notification: Jan 22nd, 2021

Camera-ready: Feb 19th, 2021

 

Journal-First Track (
<https://icsa-conferences.org/2021/call-for-papers/journal-first-track>
https://icsa-conferences.org/2021/call-for-papers/journal-first-track): The
Journal-First Track enables authors of journal-first papers accepted by
Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), IEEE Software, and Journal of Systems
and Software (JSS) to present their work at ICSA 2021.

Proposal: Dec 16th, 2020

Notification: Jan 22nd, 2021

Camera-ready: Feb 19th, 2021

 

Software Architecture in Practice Track (
<http://icsa-conferences.org/2021/call-for-papers/engineering-track-papers>
http://icsa-conferences.org/2021/call-for-papers/engineering-track-papers):
The Software Architecture in Practice Track provides a platform to present
and discuss recent innovations and findings in the field of software
architecture by means of experience reports and talks.

Abstract: Dec 9th, 2020

Paper: Dec 16th, 2020

Notification: Jan 22nd, 2021

Camera-ready: Feb 19th, 2021

 

New and Emerging Ideas Track (
<http://icsa-conferences.org/2021/call-for-papers/new-and-emerging-ideas>
http://icsa-conferences.org/2021/call-for-papers/new-and-emerging-ideas):
The New and Emerging Ideas (NEMI) track at ICSA 2021 provides the means to
share new visions and ideas that can potentially challenge the status quo of
the research and practice in software architecture. 

Abstract: Dec 9th, 2020

Paper: Dec 16th, 2020

Notification: Jan 22nd, 2021

Camera-ready: Feb 19th, 2021

 

Early Career Researchers Forum (
<http://icsa-conferences.org/2021/call-for-papers/early-career-forum>
http://icsa-conferences.org/2021/call-for-papers/early-career-forum): The
Early Career Researchers Forum enables early career researchers in the field
of software architecture to gather and discuss ongoing research in any
stage, from ideas to results.

Abstract: Jan 4th, 2021

Paper: Jan 11th, 2021

Notification: Feb 8th, 2021

Camera-ready: Feb 19th, 2021

 

Workshops ( <https://icsa-conferences.org/2021/call-for-papers/workshops>
https://icsa-conferences.org/2021/call-for-papers/workshops): Please refer
to the Workshops page for additional information.

Paper submission: January 20th, 2021 (firm)

Paper notification: February 8th, 2021 (firm)

Camera-Ready due: February 15th, 2020 (firm)

 

Submission

All submissions must conform to the IEEE paper formatting and submission
instructions, as indicated in the CFP for each track, along with the
explicit evaluation criteria for each type of paper. Please note that ICSA
2021 will pursue a double-blind review process for technical research papers
only. 

 

All papers are to be submitted electronically via the EasyChair submission
system:

 

 <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icsa2021>
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icsa2021

 

Submissions must be uploaded by the submission deadline and they must not
have been submitted for publication elsewhere nor published before.

 

Publication

All accepted technical research papers will be published in ICSA 2021
proceedings, and appear in IEEE Xplore Digital Library. At least one author
of an accepted contribution is required to register and present the work at
the conference.

 

Organization

General Chairs

Steffen Becker, University of Stuttgart, Germany

Frank Leymann, University of Stuttgart, Germany

 

Program and Journal First Track Chairs

Grace A. Lewis, Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute, USA

Anton Jansen, Philipps Innovation Services, The Netherlands

 

Software Architecture in Practice Track Chairs

Heiko Koziolek, ABB Corporate Research, Germany

Carola Lillienthal, WPS Workplace Solutions, Germany

 

New and Emerging Ideas Track Chairs

Romina Spalazzese, Malmö University, Sweden

Javier Camara, University of York, UK

 

Early Career Track Chairs

Catia Trubiani, Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), L’Aquila, Italy

Philippe Kruchten, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

 

Workshop Chairs

Christoph Fehling, Mercedes-Benz AG, Stuttgart, Germany

Oliver Kopp, Mercedes-Benz AG, Stuttgart, Germany

 

Publication Chair

Stéphanie Challita, University of Rennes, Rennes, France

 

Publicity Chair

Jacopo Soldani, University of Pisa, Italy

 

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