Call for Workshops

Sholom Cohen, Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, USA SPLC 2013 Workshop Chair

The Organizing Committee of SPLC 2013 invites submissions for workshop proposals. The purpose of the workshop program is to provide a platform for current and emerging work in software product line development. We invite proposals for one-day or two-day workshops to be held in conjunction with SPLC 2012. We encourage proposals on conference-related topics that are novel or of emerging importance. Each workshop proposal will be evaluated according to the value and relevance of its topic, the expertise and experience of the workshop organizers, and the workshop's potential for attracting participants and generating useful results. We stress the importance of active and creative workshops that foster a collaborative environment of interest to both practitioners and researchers. We encourage workshop proposals that are highly interactive, rather than mini-conferences.

Workshops and are expected to be arranged on the first and second conference day, 26th and 27th August 2013.

Submission Guidelines

Proposals for workshops should be authored by at least two organizers, preferably from different institutions, and should contain the following three sections:

Organizers

• Name: organizer's full name
• Contact information: affiliation, job title, postal address, e-mail address, URL, phone number, and fax number
• Brief biography: 100-200 words, focusing on the organizer's expertise in the field and experience as a workshop organizer
• Primary contact: identify one organizer as the primary contact

Workshop content

• Title: workshop title and acronym
• Abstract: 150-200 words describing the workshop, suitable for the conference Web site and advance program
• Topics and motivation: What are the topics, themes, and areas of interest of the workshop? How is the workshop relevant to SPLC? How does the workshop connect SPLC to other research communities?
• Goals and expected results: Explicitly state the goals of the workshop and how you intend to reach them. What are the expected results of the workshop ? How will these results be disseminated?
• Format: What is the planned workshop format (paper presentations, working sessions, etc.)? What will be done to stimulate collaborative interaction? What are the planned pre- and post-workshop activities? Preliminary schedule for the workshop.
• Participants: Preliminary program committee ? if applicable. What is the expected number of participants? Plan for attracting submissions and promoting attendance. Explain why this workshop will attract a sufficient number of attendees. Specify the participant selection process.
• Previous workshops: Have there been previous workshops on the same topic? When, where, and how many participants?
• Required equipment: Overhead projector, PC projector, whiteboard, flip charts, microphone, etc

Preliminary Call

This will necessarily repeat some of the information from the previous sections, but should be targeted towards prospective participants. The workshop call for papers should address the following items:

• Overview of the motivation, topics, and goals
• Workshop format
• Deadlines of the workshop (see Important Dates above)
• Submission guidelines and review process
• References to previous workshops (Web sites)

Submission Requirements

Proposals are due by 6 March 2013. Please send your workshop proposals using EasyChair (login as author to: https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=splc2013 and select SPLC 2013 Workshop). Proposals must be submitted in ASCII text or PDF format. Relevant supporting materials, such as proceedings from previous offerings of the proposed workshop (or other workshops run by the proposal authors), should be included if available but are not required for submission. All workshop proposals must conform to the ACM SIG proceedings format, three pages maximum.

A one-page summary of each accepted workshop will be published in the SPLC proceedings. Options for publishing accepted papers are still to be determined.

Acceptance Criteria

To obtain a balanced and cohesive workshop program, the Organizing Committee will collaborate closely with workshop organizers and reserves the right to circulate proposals to other submitters in view of possible workshop mergers. The organizers of accepted workshops will be required to create and maintain a Web site in a timely manner to serve as a workshop information center and to provide a repository for documenting pre- and post-workshop activities.