The Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering (SBES) is the flagship event on software engineering in Brazil. Promoted annually by the Brazilian Computer Society (SBC), the event typically has gathered nearly 500 people, including researchers, students, and practitioners.

SBES is an event of the I Brazilian Conference on Software: Theory and Practice (CBSoft) - http://cbsoft.dcc.ufba.br – which will also host SBLP (XIV Brazilian Symposium on Programming Languages) and SBCARS (IV Brazilian Symposium on Components, Software Architecture and Software Reuse). In its 24th edition, the symposium will be held at the Bahia Othon Palace Hotel, Salvador, Bahia, from September 27 to October 01, 2010.

The symposium program includes invited talks, courses, panels, demonstration of software tools, a PhD? and MSc thesis workshop, and several other satellite events. This CFP is seeking high quality papers to be presented at SBES. Topic of interest are (suggested, but not limited to):

Agent-oriented SE
Aspect-oriented SE
Component-based SE
CSCW and SE
Experimental SE
Industrial applications of SE
Methods, techniques, languages and tools for SE
Model driven software development
Requirements Engineering
SE for the World Wide Web
Software maintenance
Social aspects of SE
Software metrics and measurement
Software dependability
Software processes (including agile methods)
Software product lines
Software quality and quality models
Software reengineering
Software reuse
Software verification, validation and testing
Theoretical foundations of SE and formal methods
PAPER SUBMISSION
Submitted papers can be written in Portuguese or English. Submission in English is strongly encouraged since the symposium proceedings are made available at the IEEE Digital Library. Papers submitted to SBES must not have been simultaneously submitted to any other forum (conference or journal), nor should they have already been published elsewhere. The acceptance of a paper implies that at least one of its authors will register for the symposium to present it.

Submitted papers will be reviewed at least by three referees, based on its originality, relevance, technical soundness and clarity of presentation. They must be no longer than 16 A4 pages (single column), including all the figures and references. All submissions must be in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) and must follow the SBC conference format available at http://www.sbc.org.br/index.php?language=1&subject=60

Go to the bottom left window and click on the link "Modelos para publicação de artigos" to download the templates. All templates are in English (MS Word, Latex and Open Office).

Papers should be submitted electronically at the following address: https://submissoes.sbc.org.br/cbsoft-sbes2010

Please contact thais at ufrnet.br for further information.

BEST PAPER AWARD
Every year the SBES Steering Committee appoints a committee to award the best papers of the symposium. These papers are indicated to a journal special edition and are recognized during the event. Journals that have recently published the SBES best papers include: The Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society (JBCS), Journal of Systems and Software (JSS), IET Software, and Information Systems (INS).

ORGANIZATION AND COORDINATION
CBSoft 2010 General Chair

Manoel Mendonça, UFBA

SBES General Chairs

Christina Chavez, UFBA
Cláudio Sant'Anna, UFBA

Program Committee Chair

Thais Batista, UFRN

Tutorials Chair

Alessandro Garcia, PUC-Rio

Workshops and Satellites Events Chair

Marcio Delamaro, ICMC/USP-SC

Workshop of Thesis and Dissertations

Leonardo Murta, UFF

Tools Session

Uirá Kulesza, UFRN

Software Engineering Education Forum

Márcio Barros, UNIRIO

Industrial Track

Rafael Prikladnicki, PUC-RS

Steering Committee

Alessandro Garcia, PUC-Rio
Itana Gimenes, UEM
Manoel Mendonça, UFBA
Paulo Borba, UFPE
Thais Batista, UFRN

PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Thais Batista, UFRN, Program Chair

to be announced.

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XXIV Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering (SBES)
Salvador, BA - Brazil
September 27 to October 01, 2010
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