1. The Systems and Software Product Line Conference (SPLC) is a premier forum where researchers,
practitioners, and educators can present and discuss the most recent ideas, trends, experiences, and
challenges in the area of software and system product lines engineering. Conference events include
opportunities to hear industry leaders’ real-world experiences and researchers’ latest ideas, and to
learn from both. For topics and submission details, see: www.splc2018.net
Research Papers (Abstract/Paper Submission Deadline: March 16/23, 2018)
We invite high-quality submissions describing original results of conceptual, theoretical, empirical,
and experimental research. The papers in this category must rely on theoretical and/or empirical
evaluation.
Industrial Systems And Software Product Lines Track (Deadlines as above)
We seek contributions from industry that share their challenges, successes, and adaptations of
existing practices in all stages of maturity. We explicitly encourage papers reporting on applications of
product line concepts in emerging domains and of novel concepts in a product line context.
Challenge Track (Submission Deadline for Cases/Solutions: January 12/May 25, 2018)
In phase 1, we invite submissions of case studies that tackle relevant product line problems and
challenge the state of the art. A case description can be (1) a particular data set with specific
questions or (2) a call for a solution to a particular problem in a given context. Call for solutions to the
accepted case studies will be released in phase 2.
Journal-First Track (Submission Deadline: May 23, 2018)
Journal first track seeks to include already published journal papers in the SPLC 2018 program.
Authors of published papers in high quality journals will be invited to send a proposal to present their
work at SPLC 2018. Also, authors can submit their proposals by their own.
Workshop Proposals (Workshop Proposal Deadline: February 15, 2018)
We invite submissions of proposals for one-/two-day workshops in the field of software product lines.
In particular, workshops on challenging, emerging areas related to the conference topics are sought.
Data, Demonstrations, and Tools Track (Paper Submission Deadline: April 10, 2018)
We invite submissions of either product-line tools, of substantial datasets to be shared with the
community, and of practices tackling current industrial challenges.
Doctoral Symposium (Submission Deadline: April 10, 2018)
We invite submissions of students who are at least in their second year of PhD. The submissions
should cover (1) the research problem being addressed, (2) the expected research contribution, (3)
research methodology and evaluation plan, (4) a description of the results achieved so far, and (5) a
planned timeline for completion.
Tutorials (Submission Deadline: May 16, 2018)
Tutorials may focus on introductory product line topics, such as how to introduce a product line
approach into an organization, or on advanced tools, approaches, methods, and best practices.
General Chairs
Jan Bosch
Dan Hao
Research Track Chairs
Thorsten Berger
Paulo Borba
Industrial Track Chairs
Götz Botterweck
Tommi Männistö
Conference Chair
Gul Calikli
Workshop Chairs
Jabier Martinez
Christoph Seidl
Demo/Tool Chairs
Philipe Collet
Jianmei Guo
Challenge Track Chairs
Timo Kehrer
Sarah Nadi
Journal First Chair
David Benavides
Tutorials Chairs
Christoph Elsner
Rick Rabiser
Doc. Symp. Chairs
Oscar Díaz
Julia Rubin
Panels Chair
Rafael Capilla
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