TOPICS OF INTEREST

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. •Cognitive theories for program comprehension, including experiments and case studies
   

2. •Comprehension of specific types of software systems, such as web-based systems, multi-language systems, legacy systems, object-oriented frameworks, component-based software, product line systems, and other large-scale systems
   

3. •Comprehension in the context of specific lifecycle activities, such as maintenance, reengineering, migration, security auditing, inspection before purchase, security, and testing
   

4. •Visualization in support of program comprehension
   

We are soliciting participation through the submission of research papers, the organization of working sessions, the presentation of posters, or the demonstration of tools.  The proceedings for the conference will be published by IEEE and will appear in the IEEE digital library. A selection of the best research papers will be invited for consideration in a special issue of the Software Quality Journal (Springer).

TECHNICAL PAPERS

Papers must be original work and are limited to 10 pages for full papers and 4 pages for short papers, in the IEEE CS proceedings style. Submissions must not be previously published in, currently submitted to, or currently in consideration for any journal, book, conference, or workshop. For an accepted paper to appear in the proceedings, at least one author must attend the event and present the work. A number of full technical paper submissions may be accepted as short papers.

WORKING SESSIONS

The ICPC working sessions are forums for small groups of people who are engaged in research in the same subfield. The working sessions are meant to foster the exchange of ideas and to advance the state of research through focused interactions of the participants. The descriptions of the accepted working sessions will be included in the conference proceedings (up to 4 pages in the IEEE CS proceedings style). The proposals should indicate a set of issues to be discussed in the session and should indicate some likely participants.

POSTERS

Posters describing preliminary research ideas will be exhibited in a separate session to foster an informal exchange between the exhibitors and the participants. Poster submissions are not required to cover completed major research results. Accepted posters will be included in the conference proceedings.  See CALL FOR POSTERS for details.

TOOL DEMONSTRATIONS

A session for tool demonstrations will cover both industry-strength tools and academic prototypes. Accepted tool demonstrations will be included in the conference proceedings.

See CALL FOR TOOL DEMONSTRATIONS for details.