Apologizes for cross posting. ****************** * Call for Contribution * ****************** Ninth IEEE International Conference on Global Software Engineering (ICGSE) Fudan University, Shanghai, China August 18-21, 2014 www.icgse.org Strict deadline for Paper submissions: February 24, 2014 Globally collaborative software and IT industries are bringing huge opportunities for each and every country all over the world. Shanghai, as the economy and finance center of China, has a rapidly developing industry of software and information technology. ICGSE 2014 will be held in Crowne Plaza Shanghai Fudan, a luxury five- star hotel. It will be a good place to meet researchers and practitioners from all around the world who are interested in GSE topics. Your benefits: - As practitioner you will get access to best practices and experiences in global software engineering an distributed teams. - As researcher you can share your latest results, experiments and get hands-on experience from industry and fellow researchers. - All will expand their networks, contacts and lots of stimulus how to succeed with global software engineering. Get ready to share your thoughts and ideas! Submit your papers, now! *********** * Venue * *********** ICGSE 2014 will be hosted by Fudan University in Shanghai, the economy and finance center of China. The city has a rapidly developing industry of software and information technology. Many technology companies are setting up business here with a global vision. Shanghai boasts a variety of attractions, such as the famous Bund, 400-year-old Yu Garden, tea houses and beautiful river cruises. ******************* * Important Dates * ******************* Paper abstract submissions: February 24, 2014 Paper submissions: February 24, 2014 (strict deadline) Notification to all authors April 28, 2014 Camera-ready copies May 19, 2014 Workshop proposals January 10, 2014 Tutorial proposals March 3, 2014 Students Events March 10, 2014 Industrial abstracts: May 12, 2014 ********************** * Topics of interest * ********************** Main Theme: Global Software Development and Engineering - Trends and Evolution The 9th International Conference on Global Software Engineering (ICGSE) brings together researchers and practitioners interested in solving the challenges of distributed software development. ICGSE 2014 invites academic and industrial individuals and teams to contribute to the fast growing field of global software development and engineering. Practice: Global Software Engineering addresses real-world challenges, and so we especially seek industry knowledge. We invite industrial participants to share observations and experiences in the conference by publishing papers and making presentations. Research: We invite academic researchers to submit papers discussing GSE research and GSE education. Papers with empirical evidence are encouraged and will be given preference. Topics - Project management of distributed software projects - Collaborative requirement development - Software design and architecture for distributed development - Agile and lean development in distributed teams and organizations - Software testing in a globally distributed environment - Communication, coordination and collaboration - Strategic issues in distributed development - Working with globally distributed contractors - Industrial offshoring and out sourcing experiences - Tools and infrastructure support for distributed software development - Cloud computing and crowdsourcing - Methods and processes for global organizations - Education in global software engineering ******************** * Paper Submission * ******************** Submissions are invited for papers describing unpublished, original work, in any of the following categories: + Research Papers that describe theoretical frameworks, technical solutions, or empirical studies. Maximum length: 10 pages. + Practice Papers that describe problems, lessons learned, solutions implemented, and challenges and opportunities encountered in industrial global software engineering environments. Maximum length: 5 pages. All papers will be handled electronically through ICGSE 2014 online submission system and peer reviewed by at least three reviewers. Papers should conform to the two-column IEEE CS Press format. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings by IEEE CS Press and be available in the IEEE CS Digital Library. ***Authors of the best papers will be invited to submit a revised and extended version of their papers to a special section in an issue of the Information and Software Technology journal published by Elsevier. We also invite industry abstracts, submissions for the doctoral symposium, and proposals for workshops and tutorials. Further information and updates will be available. For further details, please visit ICGSE 2014 website (http://www.icgse.org) **************************** * Organizing Committee * **************************** General Chair: Wenyun Zhao, Fudan University, China Program Chairs; Yuanfang Cai, Drexel University, United States Jude Fernandez, Infosys, India Steering Committee Chair: Christof Ebert, Vector Consulting Services, Germany Local Organizing Chair: Xin Peng, Fudan University, China Workshop Chairs: Qianxiang Wang, Peking University, China Aurora Vizcaino, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain Doctoral Symposium Chair: M. Ali Babar, The University of Adelaide, Australia Tutorial Chairs: Raghu Sangwan, Pennsylvania State University, United States Cleidson de Souza, Vale Technological Institute, Brazil Proceedings Chair: Liwei Shen, Fudan University, China Poster & Panel Chairs: Tony Clear, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand Bedir Tekinerdogan, Bilkent University, Turkey Industry Liaison Alberto Avritzer, Siemens, US Gang Zhang, University of Shanghai for Science & Technology, China Publicity Chairs Mansooreh Zahedi, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark Eduardo Almeida, UFBA, Brazil Martin Nordio, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Shilpi Jain, IMI, India Junchao Xiao, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Finance Chair Yijian Wu, Fudan University, China Webmaster Lu Shi, Fudan University, China ******************** * More Information * ******************** More information about ICGSE 2014 is available at: http://www.icgse.org ************************************************************************************