Call for Papers

QRS 2018
IEEE International Conference on
Software Quality, Reliability & Security

http://paris.utdallas.edu/qrs18
July 16 - 20
Lisbon, Portugal



The 18th IEEE International Conference on Software Quality,
Reliability & Security (QRS 2018) will be held from
July 16 to 20 in Lisbon, Portugal.

Please visit http://paris.utdallas.edu/qrs18 for more details.`

The conference consists of many components including

(1) Research Track (regular and short papers)
(2) Industry Track
(3) Fast Abstract Track
(4) Student Doctoral Program
(5) Poster Sessions
(6) Tutorials
(7) Workshops
(8) Panels
(9) Keynote Speeches

We cordially invite you to submit papers to QRS 2018.
Please refer to the following for more details.

Ina Schieferdecker (General co-Chair)
Yuanshun Dai (General co-Chair)
Rui Maranhão Abreu (Program co-Chair)
Hongyu Zhang (Program co-Chair)
David Lo (Publicity Chair)
Benedikt Eberhardinger (Social Media Chair)

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International Software Testing Contest
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The 2nd IEEE International Software Testing Contest will also
be held in conjunction with QRS 2018 on July 17.

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Conference Proceedings
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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.

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Important Dates
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Workshop Proposals: January 15, 2018
Abstracts (Regular & Short): March 8, 2018
Regular & Short Papers: March 15, 2018
Workshop Papers: April 1, 2018
Student Doctoral Program: May 1, 2018
Fast Abstract: May 1, 2018
Industry Track: May 1, 2018
Author Notification: May 15, 2018

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SOCIAL MEDIA
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Twitter: @QRS_conference
Facebook: fb.me/QRSconference

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TOPICS OF INTEREST
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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 quality 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, industrial applications, and empirical studies

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SUBMISSION
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Submit original manuscripts (not published or considered
elsewhere) with a maximum of twelve pages (regular papers),
eight pages (short papers, workshop papers, and Student
Doctoral Program), and two pages (Fast Abstract Track and
poster sessions). Each paper should include a title and the
name and affiliation of each author. Except for the Fast
Abstract Track and posters, each submission should also include
a 150-word abstract and up to 6 keywords. The format of your
submission must follow the guidelines for IEEE conference proceedings
(http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html).
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/qrs18.

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GENERAL INQUIRIES
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For more detailed and updated information, please refer to
http://paris.utdallas.edu/qrs18, or contact
Professor W. Eric Wong, Chair, Steering Committee at
ewong@utdallas.edu or General Chairs:
Professor Ina Schieferdecker (Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany)
at ina.schieferdecker@fokus.fraunhofer.de and
Professor Yuanshun Dai (University of Electronic Science
and Technology of China) at 1125105129@qq.com