CONTEXT
We invite you to submit proposals for one-day or two-day workshops in any area related to the field of system and software product lines. In particular, workshops on challenging, emerging areas related to the conference topics are specially sought. We particularly encourage proposals for highly interactive and collaborative workshops, rather than mini-conferences. The expected dates of the workshops would be before the main track of the conference, September 25th and 26th, 2017.
IMPORTANT DATES (AoE)
- Workshop proposal: Feb 14, 2017
- Notification: Feb 28, 2017
- Call for workshop papers and workshop website (incl. finalized PC): Mar 14, 2017
- Workshop papers submission: May 24, 2017
- Workshop papers notification: Jun 14, 2017
- Final version of papers + summary of the workshop: Jun 22, 2017
SPLC workshop papers will be published in volume 2 of the SPLC conference proceedings published by ACM. Moreover, a one-page summary of each accepted workshop will be published in volume 1 of the proceedings.
Workshop proposals should be authored by at least two organizers, preferably from different institutions, and they should contain the following three sections and address each corresponding points:
1. Organizers
- Name: organizers’ full names
- Contact information: affiliations, job titles, postal addresses, e-mail addresses, URLs, and phone
- Brief biography: 100-200 words, focusing on the organizers’ expertise in the field and experience as workshop organizers
2. Workshop content
- Title: workshop title and acronym
- Abstract: max 150 words describing the workshop (suitable for the conference’s website)
- Topics and motivation:
- What are the topics, themes, and areas of interest of the workshop?
- How is the workshop relevant to SPLC?
- How does the workshop connect SPLC to other research communities?
- Goals and expected results:
- Explicitly state the goals of the workshop and how you intend to reach them
- What are the expected results of the workshop?
- How will these results be disseminated?;
- Format:
- What is the planned workshop format (paper presentations, working sessions, lightning talks, demonstrations, etc.)?
- What will be done to stimulate collaborative interaction?
- What are the planned pre- and post-workshop activities?
- What are the planned pre- and post-workshop activities?
- Participants:
- What is the expected number of submissions and participants? Provide a plan for attracting sufficient submissions and promoting attendance
- If applicable, specify the participant selection process
- If applicable, please provide information from previous or related workshops. Have there been previous workshops on the same or a closely related topic? When, where and with how many participants?
- Required equipment: Overhead projector, PC projector, whiteboard, flip charts, microphone, etc.
- Program committee: list of tentative program committee members, names and affiliations.
3. Preliminary Call for Papers: this will necessarily repeat some of the information from the previous sections, but should be targeted towards prospective participants. It should address the following items:
- Overview of the motivation, topics, and goals
- Workshop format
- Deadlines of the workshop (see dates in this call for proposals)
- Submission guidelines and review process
- References to previous workshops (websites)
Please send your workshop proposals using EasyChair (login as author to: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=splc2017 and select the track “Workshops”). Proposals must be submitted in PDF format. Relevant supporting material, such as proceedings from previous offerings of the proposed workshop or other workshops run by the proposal authors, should be included if available but are not required for submission. A workshop proposal must be at most 4 pages.
Acceptance Criteria
Each workshop proposal will be evaluated according to the relevance of its topic, the expertise and experience of the workshop organizers, and the workshop’s potential for attracting participants and generating useful results. We underline the importance of active and creative workshops that foster a collaborative environment of interest to both practitioners and researchers, aiming, e.g., to evolve the field of software product lines and to identify elements of joint future work. To obtain a balanced and cohesive workshop program, the Organizing Committee will collaborate closely with workshop organizers and reserves the right to circulate proposals to other submitters in view of possible workshop mergers. The organizers of accepted workshops will be required to create and maintain a Web site in a timely manner to serve as a workshop information center and to provide a repository for documenting pre- and post-workshop activities.
- Roberto Lopez, École de Technologie Supérieure
- Thomas Thüm, TU Braunschweig