Tool demos – call for contributions

Overview

11th European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA 2017) tool demonstrations track provides an opportunity for both practitioners and researchers to present and discuss the most recent advances, experiences and challenges in the field of software architecture by means of live tool presentations. Tool demo submissions addressing any aspect of tool support to help software architects can belong in two distinct categories:

• Tools used in practice, either from commercial vendors or open source projects. These demonstrations should focus on practical applications within the different activities of software architecting and should particularly show how they advance the current state of the practice. New ideas and features are particularly welcome.
• Research tools from academic or industrial research environments. These demonstrations are intended to highlight underlying scientific contributions and show how scientific approaches have been transferred into a working tool.

Both categories may range from early prototypes to in house or pre-commercialized products. Authors of regular ECSA 2017 research papers are also welcomed to submit an accompanying tool paper and supplement additional information regarding the tool (such as, multimedia and tool maturity).

Accepted tool demos will be published in the ECSA 2017 Proceedings Companion Volume, and as in previous editions these shall appear in the ACM Digital Library.

 

Submissions

Submissions of papers for architecture tool demonstrations must:

• have a maximum length of 4 pages, describing the technology or approach, how it relates to other industrial or research efforts, including references, and what the expected benefits are,
• have an appendix (not included in the page count) that provides a brief description of how the presentation will be conducted, information on tool availability, maturity and the web-page for the tool (if one exists),
• state clearly the tool category, either in practice or research. In practice tool demonstrations should also state whether they opt to be considered for inclusion in the proceedings.

Submissions may be accompanied by a video (with audio commentary) of maximum 5 minutes length and of high resolution (details of the tool’s functionality should be clearly visible). The video is to be uploaded on a video server (e.g., YouTube) and the link should be included in the submission.

All contributions must be formatted according the ACM format and submission guidelines. Contributions should be submitted using the online submission site (EasyChair ECSA 2017 Tool DemosTrack).

Important dates

All the important dates are available here.

Program Committee

Khalil Drira, LAAS-CNRS, France (Chair)
Rami Bahsoon, University of Birmingham, UK
Ismael Bouassida Rodriguez, University of Sfax, Tunisia
Ernesto Exposito, University of Pau, France
Henry Muccini, University of L'Aquila, Italy
Elisa Yumi Nakagawa, University of São Paulo, Brazil

For more information, please contact ECSA 2017 Tool Demos Chair: Khalil Drira