Call for Papers
VISSOFT 2024 (12th IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization)
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VISSOFT 2024: 6-7 October 2024, Flagstaff, Arizona, U.S.
http://vissoft.info/2024
New: Special Issue for invited VISSOFT 2024 papers under exploration.
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Software visualization is a broad research area whose general goal is to
enhance and promote the theory, realization, and evaluation of approaches
to visually encode and analyze software systems, including software
development practices, evolution, structure, and software runtime behavior.
Software visualization is inherently interdisciplinary, drawing on theories
and techniques from areas such as information visualization, human-computer
interaction, computer graphics, and data science, and applying these in the
software engineering domain.
The VISSOFT conference is principally a venue for publishing and discussing
research related to software visualization. Consequently, VISSOFT brings
together a community of researchers from software engineering, information
visualization, human-computer interaction, computer graphics, and data
science to discuss theoretical foundations, algorithms, techniques, tools,
and applications related to software visualization.
VISSOFT, co-located with ICSME, encourages a variety of submissions that
address outstanding challenges in software systems using visualization.
This includes technical papers, evaluations, and papers that present novel
ideas and tools.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to
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Innovative visualization and visual analytics techniques for the
analysis of software engineering data. This includes source code,
dependencies, repositories, developer social networks like StackOverflow
and GitHub, mobile app reviews, documentation, runtime logs, and DevOps data
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Visualization to support software development activities, including
design, requirements engineering, software maintenance, program
comprehension, software performance, software testing, and debugging
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Visual tools and frameworks for the direct development and maintenance
of software, including visual programming languages and visual development
environments
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Interaction techniques and algorithms for software visualization
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Visualization-based techniques in software engineering education
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Integration of software visualization tools with development environments
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Empirical evaluation of software visualizations, including eye-tracking
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Industrial experience with using software visualization
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Applications of new technologies to enhance software visualization,
including virtual reality, augmented reality, speech, and machine learning
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Analytical approaches to understanding software-related aspects based on
data science concepts
We solicit papers that present original, unpublished research results.
Papers will be rigorously reviewed by an international program committee.
In addition to full technical papers, VISSOFT features both a New Ideas and
Emerging Results (NIER) Track and a Tools Track whose purpose is to present
an idea still under development or to demonstrate the functionality of a
newly developed tool. All accepted submissions will appear in the
conference proceedings and the IEEE Digital Library.
Submission Types
Research Track
A technical paper contribution must describe an in-depth and mature
research result relevant to software visualization. The content of a
technical paper can be a maximum of 10 pages long (including all figures,
tables, and appendices). However, the 10-page limit does not include the
bibliography, which is limited to two additional pages.
All papers are required to include a user evaluation demonstrating their
effectiveness, such as showcasing improvements over comparable tools or, if
novel, demonstrating their utility and practical application. These papers
will undergo evaluation using the same criteria as those in the Research
track.
The submission of a video (up to 5 minutes in length) to accompany the
paper is highly encouraged to show interaction possibilities where this
matters for understanding of the paper. Authors who wish to submit a video
should add a URL to the video at the end of the abstract (e.g., Video URL:
https://youtu.be/XXX).
Paper Awards: VISSOFT 2024 may award distinguished technical papers.
Artifact Evaluation: Paper authors are encouraged to submit research
artifacts (e.g., tools, data repositories, frameworks, videos) for
evaluation. For more details, please refer to the Artifact Evaluation Track.
Important Dates (23:59:59 AoE)
Paper Abstract: June 9, 2024
Paper Submission: June 16, 2024
Notification: July 15, 2024
Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=vissoft2024
NIER Track
The NIER Track of VISSOFT accepts New Ideas and Emerging Results. NIER
contributions have a limit of 5 pages (including bibliography).
NIER contributions describe work-in-progress and preliminary, exciting
ideas and results. Authors are encouraged to include open questions and
even provocative hypotheses to get early feedback on their research ideas.
NIER contributions do not require an evaluation. One of the goals of the
NIER Track is to foster collaboration among different research groups, by
showcasing ideas which may lead to joint research activities.
Paper Awards: VISSOFT 2024 may award distinguished NIER papers.
Important Dates (23:59:59 AoE)
Paper Abstract: June 9, 2024
Paper Submission: June 16, 2024
Notification: July 15, 2024
Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=vissoft2024
Tools Track
The Tools Track of VISSOFT accepts submissions describing already
implemented and functional tools. Contributions to the Tools Track have a
limit of 4 pages for short papers, and a limit of 10 pages for long papers
(in both cases including all figures, tables, and appendices). For
bibliography, short papers can use up to one additional page, and long
papers up to two additional pages.
Tools Track papers describe the design or actual utilization of software
visualization tools, with a focus on the architecture of the tool or its
use to gain new insights. We also invite submitting significant evolutions
of tools already presented (in past VISSOFT editions or in other venues).
Short tool papers usually just describe the presented tool, and will be
evaluated mostly in terms of novelty and interest. Long tool papers are
expected to present a user evaluation which shows evidence of its
effectiveness, for instance, improvements over other similar tools, or if
it is novel, showing its utility and practical use. Long papers will be
evaluated following the same criteria as in the Research track.
The submission of a video (up to 5 minutes in length) to accompany the
paper is mandatory. Authors should add a URL to the video at the end of the
abstract (e.g., Video URL: https://youtu.be/XXX).
Paper Awards: VISSOFT 2024 may award distinguished tool papers.
Showcase session: During the conference, we will organize an informal tool
demonstration session where authors of TD papers are invited to demonstrate
their tools.
Artifact Evaluation: Paper authors are encouraged to submit their tools and
other related artifacts (e.g., data repositories, videos) for evaluation.
For more details, please refer to the Artifact Evaluation Track.
Important Dates (23:59:59 AoE)
Paper Abstract: June 9, 2024
Paper Submission: June 16, 2024
Notification: July 15, 2024
Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=vissoft2024
Artifact Evaluation Track
Also this year, ICSME, VISSOFT, and SCAM have joined forces and present a
single Artifact Evaluation Track for all three venues. We invite authors of
papers of all lengths accepted to VISSOFT 2024 to submit artifacts
associated with those papers for evaluation. Papers with artifacts that
meet the review criteria will be awarded badges, noting their contributions
to open science in SE.
More information on the Call for Papers of the Joint Artifact Evaluation
Track will be available at the ICSME 2024 web page (
https://conf.researchr.org/home/icsme-2024, see “Tracks” drop-down menu).
Journal-First Track
A submission to the VISSOFT 2024 call for journal-first paper presentations
must adhere to the following criteria:
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The paper was accepted by a relevant journal and it is in the scope of
the conference
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The paper was published between July 1, 2021 and July 19, 2024.
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The paper reports new research results and/or presents novel
contributions that significantly extend, and were not previously reported
in, prior work
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The paper has not been presented at and is not under consideration for
journal-first programs of other conferences
Authors of a paper that meets these criteria are invited to submit by email
to vissoft2024(a)easychair.org a one-page presentation proposal consisting of
the paper’s title, the paper’s authors, a short statement on how the work
satisfies the journal first criteria, and a pointer to the original journal
paper at the journal’s Website. If the paper is not online yet, then
specify so. The original paper (or a preprint) should also be sent during
submission.
The journal-first manuscripts are published through the journals and will
not be part of the Conference proceedings. The journal-first papers will be
listed in the conference program. Journal first presentations will have the
same presentation time as technical papers.
Important Dates (23:59:59 AoE)
Submission: July 19, 2024
Notification: July 29, 2024
Showcase Session
As successfully done in the past, at VISSOFT 2024 authors of all accepted
papers in all tracks, and specially in the Tools Track, will be invited to
demonstrate their approaches and tools to the participants in an informal
setting. More details will follow a few weeks before the conference.
How to submit
Papers must strictly adhere to the two-column IEEE conference proceedings
format and the page. Please use the available IEEE Manuscript Templates for
Conference Proceedings:
https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html
If a submission is accepted for the journal-first program, at least one
author of the associated journal paper must register and present the paper
at the conference.
Supplemental material (e.g., video, data, software) that might be helpful
for reviewers can be linked in your paper.
Note: VISSOFT uses a single-blind review process (i.e., the names and
affiliations of the authors are revealed to reviewers but reviewers'
identities are not revealed to authors).
Important Dates
All dates refer to midnight 23:59:59 AoE
<http://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aoe>.
Research, NIER, and Tools Track
Journal First Track
Paper Abstract:
June 9, 2024
Paper Submission:
June 16, 2024
July 19, 2024
Notification:
July 15, 2024
July 29, 2024
Conference Date:
October 6-7, 2024
Program Committee (to be completed)
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Nour Jihene Agouf
Researcher in Computer Science at SogetiLabs
