REFSQ'06 Call for Papers


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         REFSQ'06 -- The 12th International Working Conference on
        Requirements Engineering:  Foundation for Software Quality
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                           http://www.refsq.org
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Overview

Now in its twelfth year, REFSQ is a highly interactive forum for
researchers and practitioners to address the problem of ensuring software
quality through requirements engineering (RE). The last decade has
seen improvements in our understanding of RE with better practices
supported by better techniques, methods and tools.  Despite these
successes, many quality-related problems remain, while new challenges
for RE constantly emerge.  REFSQ seeks reports of innovative work in
RE that contributes to the achievement of higher software quality.
In particular, we encourage people from the requirements engineering,
software engineering, information systems, and embedded systems fields
to present their approaches to RE. Contributions from related areas
such as formal methods, systems engineering, economics and management
and social sciences are especially welcome.


Themes

Submissions may be on any aspect of RE and its relation to other fields,
for instance:
 - Estimation in RE
 - Best Practices in Specific Domains
 - RE for Autonomic and Self-conscious Systems
 - Encoding, Transferring, Analysing and Applying RE Knowledge
 - RE in Large Projects: Compositionality and Scalability
Case studies, experience reports and industrial problem statements are
particularly encouraged.


Format and Submissions

REFSQ has a long tradition of being a highly interactive forum.
In the past, attendance was limited to authors of accepted papers only.
This year, for the first time, attendance to the event is open to every
interested person.  Discussants and Discussion Facilitators will be
formally appointed for each paper and session, respectively, to ensure
an atmosphere of productive interaction. The working language is English.

Three types of paper are solicited: full papers (15 pages max, 12
recommended), position papers (6 pages max) and industrial problem
statements (6 pages max) -- see http://www.refsq.org for details about
format and evaluation criteria.  Submission is handled electronically
through the REFSQ web site.


Publication

Proceedings will be published, as in previous years, in volume form by
Essener Informatik Beiträge.  In addition, revised versions of the best
papers presented at the conference will be published in a special issue
of the Information and Software Technology journal (Elsevier)


Associated event

REFSQ is associated with the Workshop on the Interplay of Requirements
Engineering and Project Management in Quality Assurance (REProManQA) --
see the web site for details.


Important Dates

Submission deadline: 		March 15th, 2006
Notification of acceptance: 	April 18th, 2006
REFSQ'06 in Luxembourg: 	June 5th-6th, 2006


Program Co-chairs

Vincenzo Gervasi, University of Pisa, Italy
Pete Sawyer, University of Lancaster, UK
Barbara Paech, University of Heidelberg, Germany


Advisory Board

Klaus Pohl, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Andreas Opdahl, University of Bergen, Norway
Eric Dubois, CRP Henri Tudor, Luxembourg


Program Committee

I. Alexander	M. Goedicke	N. Maiden	 M. Rossi
T. Alspaugh	P. Haumer	J. Natt och Dag	 A. Russo 
A. Aurum	P. Heymans	A. Opdahl	 C. Salinesi 
D. Berry	F. Houdek	B. Paech	 K. Sandahl 
S. Brinkkemper	N. Juristo	A. Persson	 P. Sawyer 
P. Charrel	E. Kamsties	K. Pohl		 A. Silva 
K. Cox		J. Krogstie	N. Power	 G. Sindre 
A. Davis	G. Lami		J. Ralyte	 M. Winter 
E. Dubois	S. Lauesen	L. Rapanotti	 C. Wohlin 
V. Gervasi	P. Loucopoulos	B. Regnell	 E. Yu 
S. Gnesi	K. Lyytinen	C. Rolland	 D. Zowghi