The purpose of the ICSOFT-EA 2013, the 8th International Conference on Software Engineering and Applications, is to bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners interested on information technology, with a practical focus on software engineering and applications. The conference tracks are "Enterprise Software Technologies", "Software Engineering and Systems Security", "Distributed Systems", and "Software Project Management".

Software technologies are essential for developing any enterprise information system, encompassing a large number of research topics and applications: from programming issues to the more abstract theoretical aspects of software engineering; from software security to mobile applications; Distributed systems, ubiquity, software quality as well as project management and other related topics are included in the scope of ICSOFT-EA.
CONFERENCE AREAS:
Each of these topic areas is expanded below but the sub-topics list is not exhaustive. Papers may address one or more of the listed sub-topics, although authors should not feel limited by them. Unlisted but related sub-topics are also acceptable, provided they fit in one of the following main topic areas:
1. ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES
2. SOFTWARE ENGINEERING METHODS AND TECHNIQUES
3. DISTRIBUTED AND MOBILE SOFTWARE SYSTEMS
4. SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT

AREA 1: ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES
Business Process Modelling
Client/Server Computing
IT Service Management
Customer Relationship Management
Enterprise Resource Planning
Interoperability
Middleware
Business Intelligence
Decision Support Systems
Intelligent Problem Solving
User Modelling and HCI
Virtual Organizations

AREA 2: SOFTWARE ENGINEERING METHODS AND TECHNIQUES
Requirements Elicitation and Specification
Software Integration
Software Testing and Maintenance
Model-driven Engineering
Software Quality
Software and Information Security
User Identification and Intrusion Detection
Web Services
Formal Methods
Programming Languages

AREA 3: DISTRIBUTED AND MOBILE SOFTWARE SYSTEMS
Distributed Architectures
Cloud Applications
Web-based Software Development
Mobile Technologies and Applications
Pervasive Computing and Communications
Ambient Intelligence
Agents and Multi-agent Systems
Communication Networks and Protocols
Parallel and High Performance Computing
Process Coordination and Synchronization
Distributed Systems Privacy

AREA 4: SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Project Management Software
Scheduling and Estimating
Software Metrics
Project Planning, Monitoring and Control
Agile Methodologies
Performance Evaluation
Risk Management
Quality Assurance
Certification
Case Studies of Project Management

Conference Chair:
José Cordeiro, Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal / INSTICC, Portugal

Program co-chairs:
David Marca, University of Phoenix, United States

Program Committee:
http://www.icsoft-ea.org/ProgramCommittee.aspx


IMPORTANT DATES:
Conference Date: 29 - 31 July, 2013
Regular Paper Submission: February 6, 2013
Authors Notification (regular papers): April 4, 2013
Final Regular Paper Submission and Registration: April 23, 2013