Paper submissions 1
( Technical research papers, Research experience papers, Empirical results, Case studies )

Electronic submissions will be accepted at the RE'04 Paper submission site. Authors without web access must make advance arrangements with the Program Chair at least one week before the deadline. All paper submissions must be in the IEEE CS Press Proceedings format (see http://www.computer.org/cspress/instruct.htm) and not exceed 10 pages in length. Authors are reminded to check that they select the correct paper type for their submission. As a reminder, the paper types are described here.

Submission Closed

Paper submissions 2
( Industry experience reports )

Industry experience reports should be submitted directly to the Neil Maiden via e-mail as an attached PDF document. A report should conform to the IEEE CS Press Proceedings format (see http://www.computer.org/cspress/instruct.htm) and can be between 1 and 6 pages in length. Industry experience reports will be reviewed by a special committee for the clarity, detail and relevance of the described requirements work.

Submission Closed

Submitting a Workshop Proposal

A series of workshops will be held in conjunction with the RE'04 conference to encourage interaction between academia and industry, researchers and practitioners. In general, workshop topics should be in-line with the conference topics but could be extended to related Software Engineering topics of special interest for the host country. We could accept Japanese language proposals in order to stimulate local participation. Workshop proposals should clearly state the topic and overall objectives of the workshop; a short curriculum vitae of the proposed organizer(s) should also be included. We are particularly interested in workshop proposals that cover topics that may have controversial viewpoints or are new to the requirements engineering field, where focused dialogue among participants may lead to interesting follow-on research, empirical investigations or industrial practice improvement. Note that the workshops are intended to stimulate and prepare the workshop participants for the main conference in order to promote dialogue among participants before, during, and after the conference.

RE04 Workshop Proposal Guidelines
All workshop proposals should contain the following information :

Objective of Workshop:

• 2-3 sentences about the topic and objectives
• what are the anticipated outcomes of the workshop (e.g., open research problems to pursue, validation objectives, empirical studies etc.)

• what type of background should the workshop attendees have?
• what mix of industry and research participants is being sought?
• what is the cap (max number of attendees) for the workshop?
• is the workshop open to the public or on invitation only?

• what type of papers are being solicited for the workshop? (length, position, etc.)
• what type of evaluation process will be used (who will review the papers, how large will the PC be?)
• how will the proceedings be published?

• what will be the format for the workshop? (e.g., paper presentations, breakout sessions, panel-like discussions, combination thereof?)

• brief biosketch of proposer

• relevance to requirements engineering and topics targeted for RE'04
• potential for attracting sufficient number of participants
• special focus on attracting the RE/SE Japanese community

Submitting to the Doctoral Consortium

Call for submissions in PDF

The RE '04 Doctoral Consortium is a one-day workshop to be held immediately preceding the main conference.

Goal

The RE'04 Doctoral Consortium is intended to bring together PhD students working on foundations, techniques, tools and applications of requirements engineering and give them the opportunity to present and discuss their research their research in a constructive and international atmosphere. The goals of the Consortium are

• to provide a setting for mutual feedback on participants' current research and guidance on future research directions,
• to develop a supportive community of scholars and a spirit of collaborative research,
• to provide an opportunity for student participants to interact with established researchers and others in the requirements engineering community.

Organization

Selected students will present their work and receive constructive feedback both from a panel of experts and from other Doctoral Consortium students. The students will also have the opportunity to seek advice on various aspects of completing a PhD and performing research in requirements engineering. The proceedings of the Consortium will be published as an adjunct to the RE'04 conference proceedings.

Who should participate

Student participants should consider participating in the doctoral workshop at least six months before completion of their dissertation, but after having settled on a research area or thesis topic.

Review process

Each prospective student participant will submit a package of materials for consideration. The participants will be selected on the basis of their anticipated contribution to the consortium goals as well as the potential benefit to the students. Among the criteria that will be considered in reviewing submissions are

• the potential quality of the research and its relevance to requirements engineering,
• the stage of the research (see the Section 'Who should participate' above),
• the diversity of background, research topic, and approach.

Submissions

What to submit

Each submission consists of two elements:

1.	You have to submit a short paper describing your dissertation research.
2.	Your thesis advisor must send a letter of recommendation by e-mail to the Doctoral Consortium Chair at . The letter of recommendation must include an assessment of the current status of your thesis research and an expected date for thesis submission.

Your paper should clearly state

• the problem to be solved in your thesis (justify why this problem is important and make clear that previous research has not yet solved that problem),
• your research hypothesis (claim),
• your proposed solution,
• the expected contributions of your dissertation research,
• how you plan to evaluate your results and present credible evidence of your results to the community.

Submission format and rules

Your paper must be formatted in the IEEE proceedings format. The length of the paper (in this format) must be between 1 1/2 and 4 pages. The paper must be submitted as a single PDF-file, with all fonts included and with the last name of the author as its name (e.g., smith.pdf).

All submitted materials must be in English. Your submission should not contain any proprietary or confidential material and should not cite proprietary or confidential publications.

Submissions that do not comply with the instructions given in this call for submissions will not be considered.

How to submit

Prepare an e-mail providing the following information (in ASCII)

• your name, affiliation and full contact information (e-mail, phone, fax, postal address),
• the name, affiliation and full contact information of your advisor,
• a brief description of your research topic (25 words or less).

Attach your paper to this e-mail and send it to the RE'04 Doctoral Consortium Chair at . Make sure that your advisor submits the letter of recommendation for you.

RE'04 Doctoral Consortium Committee

Martin Glinz, University of Zurich, Switzerland (Chair)
Nancy Day , University of Waterloo, Canada
, University of Limerick, Ireland
Motoshi Saeki, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

Important dates

Submitting a Tutorial Proposal

RE '04 is seeking proposals for full-day (6-hour) and half-day (3-hour) tutorials to be offered on in conjunction with the conference. The tutorial program provides conference participants with the opportunity to explore requirements topics in depth and to gain new insights, knowledge, and skills. Tutorials are particularly effective mechanism for technology transfer and we encourage proposals for tutorials targeted to practitioners seeking to improve their requirements process. Proposals for tutorials given in Japanese language are especially welcome.

Tutorial proposals will be evaluated on the basis of anticipated interest and benefit to RE '04 participants. Tutorials may cover any topic of significant interest to participants including:

• Promising research results in greater depth than can be presented in a paper session.
• Methods that are ready to transition to practical application.
• Methods that have been used in practice and experience reports that can be applied immediately.
• Requirements Engineering foundations especially targeted to local industry in Japan.

Tutorial proposals should be written in English and must include:

• Topic (title)
• Abstract
• Intended audience,
• Instructor name(s)
• Brief bio sketch(es)
• Proposed length (half day or full day).

Please indicate whether the proposed tutorial has been given previously, and if so, where, when, and the approximate audience size and background of participants. If given previously, please include a sample of the tutorial material with the proposal. Proposals of 2-3 pages should be submitted electronically in Word or PDF format to RE '04 Tutorials co-Chairs: Didar Zowghi (didar@it.uts.edu.au) and Kenji Takahashi (takahashi.kenji@lab.ntt.co.jp).

Deadline for tutorial submissions: Submission Closed

Notification of acceptance: 1st March 2004

Submitting a Poster and Research Demonstrations Proposal

The 12th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE'04) invites submissions of high-quality posters and research demonstrations. The Posters and Research Demonstrations programme complements the main conference programme by offering an opportunity for researchers and practitioners to present late-breaking or as-yet incomplete research results, or significant work-in-progress in Requirements Engineering.

Review Process

Posters and Research Demonstrations will be reviewed based on their quality, relevance, originality, significance, and soundness. The proposals should describe the main technical contributions of the work and not how it will be physically presented as a poster or demonstration. Commercial products will not be accepted as research demonstrations (see Submitting for the Exhibition). Research demonstrations are not intended to be a forum for commercialization and marketing of a product.

Submission Process

Poster authors are invited to submit original proposals describing the work and the results that have not been submitted for review or published elsewhere. The proposal may include a small number of references, or even a figure or two.

Research Demonstration proposals should describe tools, techniques or methods of Requirements engineering, including references, benefits, and how the work relates to other industrial or research effort.

Both poster and research demonstration proposals must be written in English, submitted in PDF format, and should not exceed 2 pages. It is advisable to include an email address and a URL leading to more information about the work.

Submissions of both posters and research demonstrations should be sent by email to Andrea Zisman, RE�f04 Poster and Research Demonstration Chair, at a.zisman@soi.city.ac.uk.

Accepted Posters and Research Demonstrations

Accepted posters and research demonstrations will be given space in an exhibit area during the conference. In addition, there will be poster and research demonstration presentation tracks where each poster and research demonstration will be presented before an audience. Posters will be on display during the conference in a poster room. Research demonstrations will have extra designated hours during which the author(s) are expected to be at their assigned space to present their work. Each accepted poster and research demonstration will be published in the RE'04 proceedings as a 2 pages extended abstract. At least one author should register for the conference.

Important Dates

Submitting an Exhibit