CfP - SEMS'18: 5th International Workshop on Software Engineering Methods in Spreadsheets

Topic

Spreadsheets are heavily used in industry, as they are easy to create and evolve through their intuitive visual interface. They are often initially developed as simple tools, but, over time, spreadsheets can become increasingly complex, up to the point they become too complicated to maintain. Indeed, in many ways, spreadsheets are similar to “professional” software: both concern the storage and manipulation of data, and the presentation of results to the user. However, unlike in “professional” software, activities like design, implementation, and maintenance in spreadsheets have to be undertaken by end-users, not trained professionals. This makes applying methods and techniques from other domains a challenging task.
The role of SEMS is to provide an annual event where researchers can meet and exchange their ideas. SEMS serves as a platform for early feedback for new techniques and tools.

The workshop welcomes submissions that cover (but that are not limited to) the following topics:
- End-user development for spreadsheets
- Methods bridging the gap between models and spreadsheets
- Spreadsheet testing and inspection techniques
- Spreadsheet smell detection
- Visualization approaches, e.g., data flow diagrams
- Experience reports
- Refactoring techniques
- Fault localization and correction techniques
- Tool demos

If you have doubts on the suitability of your paper, feel free to contact the organizers.

Submissions

We welcome full research papers (max. 8 pages), work-in-progress (max. 4 pages), and experience reports (max. 4 pages) written in English and prepared using the IEEE conference paper format.
Submission via easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sems18

Workshop Format

All accepted papers will be presented during the workshop. There will be extra time to discuss the problems and challenges that have been reported in the industrial experience reports and to develop/propose solutions. Furthermore, the SEMS program will include a general discussion session that aims to identify further research directions.

Proceedings

The accepted papers will be made available on arXiv.

Program Committee

Rui Abreu, IST, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Shing-Chi Cheung, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China
Jácome Cunha, Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Martin Erwig, Oregon State University, USA
João P. Fernandes, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Bennett Kankuzi, North-West University, South Africa
Daniel Kulesz, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Richard Paige, University of York, UK
João Saraiva, Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Peter Sestoft, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Leif Singer, Automattic Inc., USA

Organizing Committee

Birgit Hofer, Graz University of Technology, Austria
Jorge Mendes, Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Steering Committee

Felienne Hermans, TU Delft, The Netherlands
Richard Paige, University of York, UK
Peter Sestoft, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark