Goal

The objective of the Industry Track program is to establish an efficient dialogue between software practitioners and software engineering researchers concerning the challenges, findings (both positive and negative), encountered obstacles, and lessons learned on software reliability. Of particular interest is information on applying novel software development, verification and validation practices in diverse lifecycle styles, industry sectors, and software types.

The Industry Track papers and presentations will address the application of software engineering practices (which may include work on principles, techniques, tools, methods, processes) to a specific domain or to the development of a substantial software system. In particular, we are interested in techniques that increase system reliability by preventing, detecting or correcting bugs early during the development lifecycle. Also, we are interested in downstream bug metrics and prediction methods.

We expect Industry papers and presentations to be of interest to software development professionals, as well as to software quality and process improvement groups with concrete relation to industrial application.

Best Practice Paper Award

There will be a best paper award given to a paper in the main industry track. All accepted submissions to this track are eligible for the award.

One or more best papers submitted to ISSRE Research track as practical experience reports or submitted to ISSRE Industry track will be invited to submit a revised version to the upcoming special issue on Software Reliability in IEEE Software, scheduled for July/August 2017. These papers will undergo regular peer review process with IEEE Software.

Topics of Interest

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Submission and formatting guidelines

Given the large number of high quality industry papers in the past few years and the success of the Industry track, we have created a new track of "full papers". All accepted papers will be submitted for publication to IEEE Xplore. Read details below:

There are two different alternatives for ISSRE Industry Track submissions, each with a separate submission requirement and due date:

1. Four-page papers: will be reviewed within four weeks of submission, and all authors will be notified immediately upon completion of the reviews. Accepted papers will be submitted for publication to IEEE Xplore 

2. One-page abstracts: These abstracts (or papers or presentations, if the author wishes) will be reviewed within three weeks of submission, and all authors will be notified immediately upon completion of the reviews.

Papers must be written in English, and be formatted according to the IEEE Computer Society Format Guidelines. Papers that exceed the page limits specified below, or are outside the scope of the symposium, or do not follow the formatting guidelines will be rejected without review.

If a presentation is accepted, the author(s) are required to submit a PDF presentation for publication in the conference proceedings. The slide set shall contain:

• an industrial challenge or problem definition, and its importance in the industrial setting;

• potential solutions that have been attempted by the author(s);

• analysis, discussion and conclusions of the results, and implications of the findings.

The maximum number of slides in the presentation is 20. Each accepted presentation will be allotted a maximum of ten pages (two slides per page) in the ISSRE 2016 supplemental proceedings.

Our intent is to send reviews and acceptance status to authors as quickly as possible, to allow as much time as possible for industry attendees to make arrangements for travel to Ottawa

All high quality submissions will be accepted – there are no limitations on how many papers will be accepted, and no concern for the percentage of papers or abstracts accepted.

The goal is to encourage wide industry participation – in recent years, the ISSRE industry program has expanded and has covered a wide range of topics, including cloud computing, agile development, mobile communications, defect prediction, release management, defect classification, rejuvenation, security, customer experience/satisfaction, availability, social network analysis, big data analysis, and specific reliability concerns of the automotive, aviation, healthcare, telecomm, and other industry sectors.

Submission Page

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Review Process

The abstracts will be reviewed by the Industry Track Program Committee and the selected authors will have a chance to present a talk (20 to 30 minutes) at the ISSRE 2016 conference.

Important dates

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Contacts

For further clarifications contact:

Industry Track Chairs

Sigrid Eldh 

E-mail: sigrid (dot) eldh (@) ericsson (dot) com

Brian Robinson

E-mail: brian (dot) p (dot) robinson (@) us (dot) abb (dot) com