Description
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Requirements Engineering (RE) is a critical factor for developing high-quality and successful software, systems, and services. The REFSQ working conference series is a well-established leading international forum for discussing current and state-of-the-art RE practices, now celebrating its 25th edition: REFSQ started in 1994 and has been organized as a stand-alone conference since 2010. In April 2019, we again welcome participants to attend REFSQ'19 in Essen, Germany.


Scope
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REFSQ 2019 seeks reports of novel ideas and techniques that enhance the quality of RE’s products and processes, reflections on current research and industrial RE practices, as well as new views on RE. We invite submissions on any aspect of RE. We encourage researchers and practitioners from the fields of RE, software engineering, information systems, service science, embedded systems, and product management to present original work. Contributions from further related areas such as systems engineering, economics, and management are also very welcome for the insights they provide to RE. The special theme of REFSQ’19 is “Laying the foundation for Speed and Flexibility in Development” and we seek contributions related to increased pace of developing, deploying, using, and evolving software based systems and services.


Submissions
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We invite original submissions in several categories:

- Technical design papers (15 pages) describe and explain new artefact design, i.e. novel solutions for requirements-related problems or significant improvements of existing solutions.

- Scientific evaluation papers (15 pages) investigate existing real-world problems, evaluate existing real-world implemented artifacts, or validate newly designed artifacts, e.g. by means such as case studies, experiments, simulation, surveys, systematic literature reviews, mapping studies, or action research.

- Vision papers (6 pages) state where the research in the field should be heading.

- Research previews (6 pages) describe well-defined research ideas at an early stage of investigation which may not be fully developed.

Please submit your paper through the EasyChair system.


Other Contributions
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REFSQ’19 also calls for workshops focussing on relevant topics, posters, and doctoral symposium submissions. Check out the webpage!


Programme Co-Chairs
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Eric Knauss – Chalmers | University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Michael Goedicke – University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany


Workshop Co-Chairs
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Paola Spoletini – Kennesaw State University, USA

Patrick Mäder – Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany


Posters and Tools Co-Chairs
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Mehrdad Sabetzadeh – Universtiy of Luxemburg

Andreas Vogelsang – Technische Univ. Berlin, Germany


Doctoral Symposium Chair
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Thorsten Weyer – University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany


Industry Track Co-Chairs
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Sarah Gregory– Intel, USA

Frank Houdek – Daimler AG, Germany


Research Methodology Track Chair
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Maya Daneva – University of Twente


Head of Background Organisation
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Klaus Pohl – University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany


Social Media, Web, Publicity Chair
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Mehdi Mirakhorli – Rochester Institute of Technology, USA


Website Chair and Local Organisation
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Vanessa Stricker – University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany


Full PC list
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https://refsq.org/2019/organization/programme-committee/