PAPER SUBMISSION
Two types of submissions are invited:
Regular paper (up to 7 pages): technical contributions from both academia and industry; and
Position paper (up to 4 pages): new ideas, positions, or perspectives of research that are not fully validated.
All papers submitted to the workshop must be unpublished work and must not be simultaneously
under review or submitted elsewhere. All papers will be judged on the basis of their clarity, relevance, originality,
and contribution. All submissions must be in English, formatted according to the ECSA Workshops 2018 Format and Submission Guidelines
(ACM template) and submitted in either PDF or
Postscript format through online upload to the workshop submission website at
http://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wdes2018.
Best Paper Award: author(s) of the best paper will be granted a certificate. The author(s) will be invited to submit an extended version of the best paper for evaluation/publication in a special issue of a selected journal (to be confirmed).
Best Paper Award: author(s) of the best paper will be granted a certificate. The author(s) will be invited to submit an extended version of the best paper for evaluation/publication in a special issue of a selected journal (to be confirmed).
TOPICS
- The workshop will focus on the following (and similar) themes for theoretical foundations and practical implications of architecture of complex systems:
- Systems-of-Systems (SoS)
SoS analysis & architecture (requirements, architectural design, evaluation, and evolution)
SoS model-based engineering
SoS construction and evolution
SoS experience from industrial perspectives and successful case studies
SoS general issues including SoS characterization, quality, development processes and project management, challenges and directions for SoS architecture
- Software Ecosystems (SECO)
Platform development
Ecosystem architectures
Requirements engineering for SECO
Ecosystem governance
SECO modelling and analysis
Business and social aspects of SECO
SECO classes (open source, mobile, etc.)
Developer ecosystems
Business models and collaboration
Empirical studies for SECO
Challenges and directions for SECO architecture
- Distributed Software Development (DSD)
DSD processes and methods
Cloud computing and Crowdsourcing in DSD
Communication and coordination for DSD
Agile development in DSD
Business models for DSD
Project management in DSD
Social and human aspects of DSD
Social network analysis and mining for DSD
Open source in DSD
Security and privacy in DSD
Challenges and directions for DSD architecture
- SoS & SECO & DSD
Strategies, relationships and applications of the three topics
Technical, economical and social issues associated to software engineering
Reuse-based development
Knowledge management
Decision-making process
Diversity management
Sustainability in software systems
Case studies, experiments and industrial experience reports
Systematic reviews and mappings