Goal

The symposium will be a one-day workshop held in conjunction with the IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering. The symposium has three goals: (1) to provide constructive feedback and guidance to doctoral students who are performing their dissertation research in the field of software reliability engineering; (2) to develop a supportive community of researchers and potential collaborators; (3) to help students interact with established researchers and practitioners.

Topics of Interest

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Scholarships

A limited number of free registrations will be available to PhD students. Priority will be based on date of submission.

Review Process

The organizers will apply a screening process based on the research summary and an advisor's recommendation. The following criteria will be considered:

• Quality of the research
• Relevance of the research to the conference
• Quality of the summary
• Strength of the recommendation
• Diversity of background, research topic, and approach
• Potential for practical benefits
• Maturity of the research

What to Submit

1. A research summary of at most two pages. Your summary must include:

• Student name, university, research advisor, and project name. To clarify: The student is the author of this document, and the advisor is acknowledged.
• The problem to be addressed by your thesis (justify the importance and show that it has not yet been addressed)
• Your research hypothesis
• The expected contributions of your dissertation research
• Your proposed research approach
• Summary of results to date
• How you plan to evaluate your results and a dissemination plan

Your research summary must conform to the ISSRE 2016 Format and Submission Guidelines and must be a maximum of two pages with main text in 10 point font, including all text, references, appendices, and figures. All submissions must be in English.

2. A letter of recommendation. The letter should be from your dissertation advisor and must include:

• Name of the student
• Name of the advisor
• A candid assessment of the current status of the student's dissertation research
• An expected date for dissertation submission.

Presentation and Publication

Presentations will be 15 minutes and limited to 10 slides. The time limit will be strictly enforced. After the public presentation, the students will receive oral feedback from a panel of researchers and practitioners. The students may also seek advice regarding such things as completion of a PhD, how to perform research, how to design and execute empirical research, etc. Accepted research summaries will be published in the supplementary conference proceedings, which will not be available online. Upon notification of acceptance, all authors of accepted research summaries will be asked to complete a Copyright form and will receive further instructions for preparing their camera ready versions.

Important dates

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Submission Page

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Contact

For further clarifications contact:

Tanja E. J. Vos

Doctoral Symposium Chair 

E-mail: tvos (@) dsic (dot) upv (dot) es