PROFES, the International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, is among the top recognized software development and process improvement conferences. The 19th edition of PROFES will be held in Wolfsburg, Germany, from November 28 to 30, 2018. PROFES organization is composed of local and international recognized researchers in software engineering.

The objective of PROFES is to provide a premier forum for practitioners, researchers, and educators to present and discuss experiences, ideas, innovations, as well as concerns related to professional software development and process improvement driven by product and service quality needs. PROFES especially welcomes contributions emerging from applied research to foster industry-academia collaborations of leading industries and research institutions.

PROFES conferences encourage the exchange of ideas that help explore, understand, and model phenomena in software engineering from the point of view of process-product relationships. Traditionally, PROFES provides topics, which are up-to-date, important, and interesting to both practitioners and researchers. To ensure that PROFES will retain its high standards and that it will keep focusing on the most relevant research issues, we are looking for original research on current trends in software engineering aspects addressing products and services. Further, PROFES asks for studies reporting about the application of respective methods or technologies in real settings.

PROFES 2018 is part of a series of conferences presented by profes-conferences.org

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Submissions
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PROFES offers manifold opportunities to share scientific and practical findings and experiences. We thus invite submissions of

- Full Research and Short Papers
- Workshops and Tutorials
- Industry Papers
- Industry Talks (new)

PROFES also provides room for workshops and tutorials. To propose a workshop or a tutorial, please visit the Call for Workshops and Tutorials page.
Important Dates and Submission Procedures

All papers, workshop and tutorial proposals must be submitted in PDF via EasyChair. Please visit the Submission Procedures page to learn more about the details: https://profes2018.wordpress.com/calls/submissions/


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Important Dates
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Full Research and Industry Papers
- Submission: June 11, 2018
- Notification: July 16, 2018

Workshop/Tutorial Proposals
- Submission: March 30, 2018
- Notification: April 9, 2018

Short Papers, Tools, Demos, and Posters
- Submission: August 05, 2018
- Notification: August 22, 2018

Workshop Papers
Submission details will be announced on the website after the notification of the workshop proposals.


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Organisation
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General Chairs
- Marco Kuhrmann, Clausthal University of Technology, Germany
- Kurt Schneider, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany

Program Co-Chairs
- Dietmar Pfahl, University of Tartu, Estonia
- Sousuke Amasaki, Okayama Prefectural University, Japan

Industry Papers Co-Chair
- Marcus Ciolkowski, QAware, Germany

Short Paper Co-Chairs
- Paolo Tell, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark
- Regina Hebig, Chalmers | Gothenburg University, Sweden

Workshop and Tutorial Co-Chairs
- Krzyszstof Wnuk, BTH Karlskrona, Sweden
- Jürgen Münch, Reutlingen University, Germany

Web- and Proceedings Co-Chairs
- Jil Klünder, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
- Steffen Küpper, Clausthal University of Technology, Germany

Local Arrangements Co-Chair
- Andreas Rausch, Clausthal University of Technology, Germany

Social Media and Publicity Co-Chairs
- Silverio Martínez-Fernández, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany
- Marcos Kalinowski, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil