Call for papers, Future’s Track
- A future’s paper is an invited “vision statement” about the future of software engineering in a special collection called “the future”
- A carefully stated opinion, perhaps yet without supporting experimentation. For example, see Edgar Dijkstra: Go To Statement Considered Harmful.
- 3 pages minimum, 8 pages max ( by invitation from an Associated Editor_
- (Non-invited authors may submit a 1 page proposal of what they might say).
We caution Ph.D. students that “futures” does not mean “Ph.D. prospectus”; i.e. it does not mean as-yet-undeveloped preliminary notes. Rather, a Futures paper should be based on extensive experience with some area.
| Track | Associate Editor | Contact | Appointed |
|---|---|---|---|
| The future of generative AI and SE | Xin Xia | xin.xia.zju@gmail.com | April 16 |
| The future of Automation + Qualitative SE | John Grundy | john.grundy@monash.edu | April 16 |
| The future of SE development | Burak Turhan | turhanb@computer.org | April 16 |
| The future of software analytics | Hongyu Zhang | Hongyu.Zhang@newcastle.edu.au | April 16 |
Review Criteria
Authors of futures papers should apply the following checklist before submission.
- Is the work relevant to software engineering? (Mandatory)
- Is the paper 3-8 pages long?
- Is the paper current and timely? (We don’t really want to publish something that could have been written 5,10 years ago)
- Is it a useful vision:? (Essential requirement)
- Is it a breathtaking vision? (Optional, but desirable).
- Is it a useful vision? i.e.
- Does it list relevant work ?
- Does it offer numerous open challenges?
- Does it rank challenges most to least pressing?
- Does it miss anything that would be useful to add ? (But don’t go crazy on this one— don’t want these papers to get too long).
- e.g. what are the key over/under-researched areas to date?
- e.g. what are real-world ASE deployments to date/needed in future?
- e.g. the usual suspects: security, open science, ethics, LLMs, etc
- In the writing, are there any anti-patterns?
- Is the paper short (Definitely less than 9, ideally less than 5 pages. This is an optional requirement but short and to the point is better);
- Is there some IMPORTANT paragraph buried in the body (when it really should be on p1)?