Vol. 63, No. 1, February 2017
Table of Contents

Front page:


In Memory:


Society Announcements:


Members & Chapters:

Dallas Chapter Activities:

Boston Chapter Activity:


RS Events & News:


Links:

Call for Papers
QRS 2017

IEEE International Conference on
Software Quality, Reliability & Security
http://paris.utdallas.edu/qrs17
July 25 - 29
Prague, The Czech Republic

We are very pleased to announce that the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability & Security (QRS 2017) will be held from July 25 to 29 in Prague, the Czech Republic.

Since 2015, the SERE conference (IEEE International Conference on Software Security and Reliability) and the QSIC conference (IEEE International Conference on Quality Software) have combined into one large conference, QRS, with Q representing Quality, R for Reliability, and S for Security. This conference is sponsored by the IEEE Reliability Society. This conference provides engineers and scientists from both industry and academia a platform to present their ongoing work, relate their research outcomes and experiences, and discuss the best and most efficient techniques for the development of reliable, secure, and trustworthy systems. It also represents an excellent opportunity for the academic community to become more aware of subject areas critical to the software industry as practitioners bring their needs to the table.

We cordially invite you to submit papers to QRS 2017. Please refer to the following for more details.


IMPORTANT DATES

Regular & Short Papers
Workshop & Student Doctoral Program
Fast Abstract
Industry Track
Author Notification

March 15, 2017
April 1, 2017
April 1, 2017
May 1, 2017
May 25, 2017


SPECIAL SECTION in IEEE Transactions on Reliability

Authors of selected best papers from the conference will be invited to submit an extended version to a special section of the IEEE Transactions on Reliability.
TOPICS OF INTEREST

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following subjects:

  • Reliability, security, availability, and safety of software systems
  • Software testing, verification and validation
  • Program debugging and comprehension
  • Information and software assurance
  • Fault tolerance for software reliability improvement
  • Modeling, prediction, simulation, and evaluation
  • Metrics, measurements, and analysis
  • Secure and reliable storage
  • Software penetration and protection
  • Software vulnerabilities
  • Formal methods
  • Malware detection and analysis
  • Intrusion detection and prevention
  • Operating system security and reliability
  • Mobile and smartphone applications
  • Internet of things and cloud computing
  • Information and knowledge management
  • Benchmark, tools, and empirical studies


SUBMISSION

There are SIX (6) different submission categories:

  • Regular Papers
  • Short Papers
  • Fast Abstracts
  • Student Doctoral Program
  • Workshops
  • Industry Track

12 pages
8 pages
2 pages
8 pages
8 pages
one-page description of the presentation
or 2-page extended abstract

The format of your submission must follow the guidelines for IEEE conference proceedings. The first author of a Student Doctoral Program submission must be a student. At least one Best Paper Award with a cash prize will be presented. Detailed instructions for paper submission can be found at http://paris.utdallas.edu/qrs17.


CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

The proceedings will be published by IEEE Computer Society Conference Publishing Services (CPS). Accepted papers will also be submitted for inclusion into the IEEE Xplore and to other abstracting and indexing partners such as the Ei Compendex


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

General Chairs




Program Chairs






China Liaison


South America Liaison


Local Organizing Chair

 Mladen Vouk
North Carolina State University, USA
Irena Bojanova
National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA

Manuel Nunez
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Tadashi Dohi
Hiroshima University, Japan
Xiaoying Bai
Tsinghua University, China

Yuanshun Dai
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China

Jose Maldonado
University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Rudolf Blazek
Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic


STEERING COMMITTEE

  • W. Eric Wong (Co-Chair), University of Texas at Dallas, USA
  • T.H. Tse (Co-Chair), The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • Franz Wotawa, Graz University of Technology, Austria
  • Karama Kanoun, LAAS-CNRS, France
  • Fevzi Belli, University of Paderborn, Germany
  • T.Y. Chen, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia


GENERAL INQUIRIES

For more detailed and updated information, please refer to http://paris.utdallas.edu/qrs17, or contact Professor W. Eric Wong, Chair, Steering Committee or General Chairs: Professor Mladen Vouk or Dr. Irena Bojanova.