ICSA 2021: IEEE International Conference on Software Architecture 2021 University of Stuttgart Stuttgart, Germany, March 22-26, 2021 |
Conference website | https://icsa-conferences.org/2021/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icsa2021 |
Abstract registration deadline | December 9, 2020 |
Submission deadline | December 16, 2020 |
IEEE International Conference on
Software Architecture (ICSA 2021)
Virtual Event
March 22-26, 2021
https://icsa-conferences.org/2021
Call for Papers
The IEEE International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA 2021) is the premier gathering of practitioners and researchers interested in software architecture, component-based software engineering, and quality aspects of complex software systems. ICSA continues the tradition of a working conference, where researchers meet practitioners and where software architects can explain the problems they face in their day-to-day work and try to influence the future of the field. Interactive working sessions will be the place where researchers meet practitioners to identify opportunities to create the future.
The COVID-19 situation is challenging systems and their software architectures in different ways: the way we are collaboratively creating software architectures without the typical in-person activities such as workshops, brainstorming sessions, reviews; the challenges facing our systems in terms of new usage patterns and business opportunities; and the impact they are having on our social and economic well-being. The theme of ICSA 2021 is “Software Architecture in the COVID-19 Reality.”
We call on both researchers and practitioners for contributions that advance our understanding of architectures in real-world software, facilitate empirical research by making architectural artifacts and tools publicly available, and promote replicability of results through common datasets and benchmarks. We welcome original papers that explore and explain the role of architecture in current systems and future systems. This conference looks at what can be learned from our software architecture history, experience, studies, and best practices.
Topics
Topics of interest for the conference include (but are not limited to) the following themes:
- Architecture & CI/CD, DevOps, Containerization, Serverless platforms
- Microservices and event-driven architectures
- Model driven engineering for continuous architecting
- Agile architecting and other approaches to architecting
- Architecting specific types of systems, such as Systems of Systems, IoT systems, AI/ML systems, CPSs, software ecosystems, self-adaptive systems, or autonomous systems
- Component based software engineering
- Architecture evaluation and quality aspects of software architectures
- Automatic extraction and generation of software architecture descriptions
- Refactoring and evolving architecture design decisions and solutions
- Architecture frameworks and architecture description languages
- Linking architecture to requirements and/or implementation
- Architecture conformance
- Reusable architectural solutions
- Software architecture knowledge management
- Software architecture for legacy systems and systems integration
- Architecting families of products
- Cultural, ethics, economic, business, financial, and managerial aspects of software architecture
- Software architect roles and responsibilities
- Training, soft skills, coaching, mentoring, education, and certification of software architects
- Stakeholder management and collaborating with other business and technical domains
- State-of-the-art and state-of-practice in software architecture
- Industrial experiments and case studies
Tracks & Important Dates
Technical Track (http://icsa-conferences.org/2021/call-for-papers/technical-papers): The Technical Track enables researchers and practitioners to present original contributions that advance the state-of-the-art in software architectures.
Abstract: Dec 9th, 2020
Paper: Dec 16th, 2020
Notification: Jan 22nd, 2021
Camera-ready: Feb 19th, 2021
Journal-First Track (https://icsa-conferences.org/2021/call-for-papers/journal-first-track): The Journal-First Track enables authors of journal-first papers accepted by Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), IEEE Software, and Journal of Systems and Software (JSS) to present their work at ICSA 2021.
Proposal: Dec 16th, 2020
Notification: Jan 22nd, 2021
Camera-ready: Feb 19th, 2021
Software Architecture in Practice Track (http://icsa-conferences.org/2021/call-for-papers/engineering-track-papers): The Software Architecture in Practice Track provides a platform to present and discuss recent innovations and findings in the field of software architecture by means of experience reports and talks.
Abstract: Dec 9th, 2020
Paper: Dec 16th, 2020
Notification: Jan 22nd, 2021
Camera-ready: Feb 19th, 2021
New and Emerging Ideas Track (http://icsa-conferences.org/2021/call-for-papers/new-and-emerging-ideas): The New and Emerging Ideas (NEMI) track at ICSA 2021 provides the means to share new visions and ideas that can potentially challenge the status quo of the research and practice in software architecture.
Abstract: Dec 9th, 2020
Paper: Dec 16th, 2020
Notification: Jan 22nd, 2021
Camera-ready: Feb 19th, 2021
Early Career Researchers Forum (http://icsa-conferences.org/2021/call-for-papers/early-career-forum): The Early Career Researchers Forum enables early career researchers in the field of software architecture to gather and discuss ongoing research in any stage, from ideas to results.
Abstract: Jan 4th, 2021
Paper: Jan 11th, 2021
Notification: Feb 8th, 2021
Camera-ready: Feb 19th, 2021
Workshops (https://icsa-conferences.org/2021/call-for-papers/workshops): Please refer to the Workshops page for additional information.
Paper submission: January 20th, 2021 (firm)
Paper notification: February 8th, 2021 (firm)
Camera-Ready due: February 15th, 2020 (firm)
Submission
All submissions must conform to the IEEE paper formatting and submission instructions, as indicated in the CFP for each track, along with the explicit evaluation criteria for each type of paper. Please note that ICSA 2021 will pursue a double-blind review process for technical research papers only.
All papers are to be submitted electronically via the EasyChair submission system:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icsa2021
Submissions must be uploaded by the submission deadline and they must not have been submitted for publication elsewhere nor published before.
Publication
All accepted technical research papers will be published in ICSA 2021 proceedings, and appear in IEEE Xplore Digital Library. At least one author of an accepted contribution is required to register and present the work at the conference.
Organization
General Chairs
Steffen Becker, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Frank Leymann, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Program and Journal First Track Chairs
Grace A. Lewis, Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute, USA
Anton Jansen, Philipps Innovation Services, The Netherlands
Software Architecture in Practice Track Chairs
Heiko Koziolek, ABB Corporate Research, Germany
Carola Lillienthal, WPS Workplace Solutions, Germany
New and Emerging Ideas Track Chairs
Romina Spalazzese, Malmö University, Sweden
Javier Camara, University of York, UK
Early Career Track Chairs
Catia Trubiani, Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), L’Aquila, Italy
Philippe Kruchten, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Workshop Chairs
Christoph Fehling, Mercedes-Benz AG, Stuttgart, Germany
Oliver Kopp, Mercedes-Benz AG, Stuttgart, Germany
Publication Chair
Stéphanie Challita, University of Rennes, Rennes, France
Publicity Chair
Jacopo Soldani, University of Pisa, Italy