NEXTA2022: 5th IEEE Workshop on NEXt level of Test Automation 2022 ICST2022 Online, Sweden, April 8, 2022 |
Conference website | https://icst2022.vrain.upv.es/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=nexta2022 |
Submission deadline | January 27, 2022 |
Camera ready | February 25, 2022 |
5th International Workshop on the Next Level of Test Automation (NEXTA)
Test automation has been an acknowledged software engineering best practice for years. However, the topic involves more than the repeated execution of test cases that often comes first to mind. Simply running test cases using a unit testing framework is no longer enough for test automation to keep up with the ever-shorter release cycles driven by continuous deployment and technological innovations such as microservices and DevOps pipelines. Now test automation needs to rise to the next level by going beyond mere test execution. The NEXTA workshop will explore how to advance test automation to further contribute to software quality in the context of tomorrow's rapid release cycles. Takeaways for industry practitioners and academic researchers will encompass test case generation, automated test result analysis, test suite assessment and maintenance, and infrastructure for the future of test automation.
Submission Guidelines
NEXTA solicits the following types of original papers:
- Technical Papers (max. 8 pages in IEEE format). Full papers presenting research results or industrial practices related to the next generation of test automation.
- Position and Experience Papers (max. 4 pages in IEEE format). Short papers introducing challenges, visions, positions, or preliminary results within the scope of the workshop. Experience reports and papers on open challenges in the industry are especially welcome.
- Tool Papers (max. 4 pages in IEEE format). Tool papers introduce tools that implement an approach to support the transition to the next generation of test automation. A tool paper submission must include either 1) a URL to a screencast of the tool in action, or 2) a runnable version of the tool for evaluation by the program committee.
List of Topics
- Test execution automation
- Test case generation
- Automatic test design generation
- Analytics, learning, and big data in relation to test automation
- Automatic aspects management in test, progress, reporting, planning, etc.
- Visualization of test
- Evolution of test automation
- Test suite architecture and infrastructure
- Test environment, simulation, and other contextual issues for automated testing
- Test tools, frameworks, and general support for test automation
- Testing in an agile and continuous integration context, and testing within DevOps
- Orchestration of test
- Metrics, benchmarks, and estimation on any type of test automation
- Any type of test technology relying on automation of test
- Process improvements and assessments related to test automation
- Test automation maturity and experience reports on test automation
- Automatic retrieval of test data and test preparation aspect
- Maintainability, monitoring, and refactoring of automated test suites
- Training and education on automated testing
- Automated test for product lines and high-variability systems
- Test automation patterns
- Automated test oracles
Committees
Program Committee
- Sahar Tahvili, Ericsson AB, Sweden, sahar.tahvili@ericsson.com
- Vahid Garousi, Queens University of Belfast, UK, v.garousi@qub.ac.uk
- Kristian Sandahl, Linköpings University, Sweden, kristian.sandahl@liu.se
- Michael Felderer, University of Innsbruck, Austria,Michael.Felderer@uibk.ac.at
- Jeremy Bradbury, Ontario Tech University, Canada, Jeremy.Bradbury@ontariotechu.ca
- Sigrid Eldh, Ericsson AB, Sweden, sigrid.eldh@ericsson.com
Organizing committee
- Sahar Tahvili, Ericsson AB, Sweden, sahar.tahvili@ericsson.com
- Vahid Garousi, Queens University of Belfast, UK, v.garousi@qub.ac.uk
- Kristian Sandahl, Linköpings University, Sweden, kristian.sandahl@liu.se
- Michael Felderer, University of Innsbruck, Austria,Michael.Felderer@uibk.ac.at
- Jeremy Bradbury, Ontario Tech University, Canada, Jeremy.Bradbury@ontariotechu.ca
Publication
Submissions will be received through EasyChair and reviewed by at least three members of the program committee for quality and relevance. Submissions that are not in compliance with the required submission format or that are out of the scope of the workshop will be rejected without being reviewed. Every submission will be reviewed by at least one PC member from the industry. We plan to invite a mix of academic researchers and practitioners from the industry to the NEXTA program committee.
Venue
The conference will be held Online.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to sahar.tahvili@ericsson.com