PROFES 2013: Third Call for Papers and other contributions

*** THIRD CALL FOR PAPERS AND OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS ***
14th International Conference on Product Focused Software Development 
and Process Improvement (PROFES 2013)
June 12-14, 2013, Paphos, Cyprus
http://www.profes-conferences.org
CONFERENCE BACKGROUND AND TOPICS
PROFES is the premier forum for practitioners, researchers, and 
educators to present and discuss experiences, ideas, innovations, as 
well as concerns related to software process and product quality 
improvement. PROFES 2013 will be the 14th edition of the conference 
and will take place in Azia Resort Hotel in Paphos, Cyprus (http://www.aziaresort.com 
).
The technical program will feature keynote talks, research papers, and 
experience reports on the most relevant topics related to process 
diversity management. Empirical studies (i.e. experiments, industrial 
experiences, cases studies, etc.) are welcome. In addition, we will 
host a number of workshops and tutorials. We will also host a Doctoral 
Symposium. Details about the program can be found on the conference 
website.
The proceedings of PROFES 2013 will be published by Springer in the 
Lecture Notes on Computer Science (LNCS) series (http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs 
).
Traditionally, PROFES has provided topics, which are up-to-date, 
important, and interesting. To ensure that PROFES will retain its high 
standards and that it will keep focusing on the most relevant research 
issues, we are looking for original research on software engineering 
techniques, methods, and technologies for product-focused software 
development and process improvement as well as their practical 
application in an industrial setting. The topics of interest include, 
but are not restricted to, the following:
* Product quality models for software, systems, and services
* Project management techniques
* Service orientation and cloud
* Software development for Cyber Physical Systems
* Evidence-Based Software Engineering
* Software Process Improvement (SPI)
* Agile and lean processes
* Global software development
* Outsourcing, near-shoring, and off-shoring
* Process modeling, management, and assessment
* Processes for COTS and OSS-based development
* Service engineering processes
* Software business models
* Industrial experiences and case studies on the topics above
SUBMISSION OF TECHNICAL PAPERS AND EXPERIENCE REPORTS
All submitted papers will undergo a rigorous peer review process. 
Papers will be selected based on originality, quality, soundness and 
relevance. All contributions must be original, not published, accepted 
or submitted for publication elsewhere. All papers should be submitted 
in PDF format through Easychair (https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=profes2013 
). The maximum length of the research and experience report papers is 
15 pages. Submitted papers must conform to the Springer LNCS layout 
rules (http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-7-72376-0).
SUBMISSION OF OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS
The submission details for short papers, posters, PhD descriptions and 
proposals for workshops and tutorials, will soon be available at the 
conference website.
TENTATIVE DATES
* Paper Submission Deadline: Jan. 31, 2013
* Notification of Acceptance: Mar. 18, 2013
* Camera-Ready Version: Apr. 1, 2013
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
General Chair
Andreas Jedlitschka, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany
Program Committee Co-Chairs
Markku Oivo, University of Oulu, Finland
Jens Heidrich, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany
Workshop and Tutorial Co-Chairs
Andreas Andreou, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
Michael Klaas, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany
Ph.D. Consortium Chair
Barbara Russo, Free University of Bozen Bolzano, Italy
Organizing Chair
George Angelos Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
For a complete listing of all chairs and program committee members, 
please visit the conference website.