Full research papers describe mature, original research contributions. Reported results should be supported by evaluation or validation, and papers should also include a justification for the choice and suitability of the validation method. In addition, evidence of use in practice and/or demonstration of scalability is valued. We also welcome survey papers that compare the characteristics of different technologies or data sets that can be exploited in current or future research. (max 14 pages)

Full research papers proposals should be submitted as a single PDF file in the EasyChair system as described in the SUBMISSION INFORMATION SECTION

Important dates

• Abstract submission deadline: January 8, 2018
• Submission deadline: January 18, 2018
• Acceptance notification: February 21, 2018
• Camera ready: March 12, 2018

Program Chair - programchair.icwe2018@webengineering.org

Short research papers present emerging research contributions, preliminary results, and/or ongoing research that include original concepts, but lack the completeness (e.g., validation, evaluation, implementation) of full research papers. The goal of this category is to allow authors of promising work and late breaking results to attend ICWE, with an opportunity to obtain early feedback on their research. (max 8 pages)

Vision papers are intended to generate debate on emerging issues that will impact Web engineering in the coming years. To this end, they can provide discussion, analysis, criticism, proposal, and/or original positions about relevant aspects of Web Engineering topics. (max 8 pages)

Short research and Vision papers proposals should be submitted as a single PDF file in the EasyChair system as described in the SUBMISSION INFORMATION SECTION

Important dates

• Submission deadline: February 28, 2018
• Acceptance notification: March 21, 2018
• Camera ready: March 31, 2018

Short/Vision Papers Chair - shortpaperschair.icwe2018@webengineering.org

Web Engineering in practice papers introduce innovative and insightful descriptions of real-world applications, case studies, trends in the market, industry applications, and experiences from the field. Moreover, the papers may also challenge the community to find solutions to new problems, thus stimulating discussion and collaboration. (max 8 pages)

Web Engineering in practice papers proposals should be submitted as a single PDF file in the EasyChair system as described in the SUBMISSION INFORMATION SECTION

Important dates

• Submission deadline: February 28, 2018
• Acceptance notification: March 21, 2018
• Camera ready: March 31, 2018

Web Engineering in practice Chair - industrychair.icwe2018@webengineering.org

Demo papers are intended to showcase innovative uses of already existing tools, totally new systems that demonstrate a novel idea, and/or practical approaches to real-life challenges. All submissions should describe working systems that are based on state-of-the-art Web technology and clearly explain what will be demonstrated. (max 4 pages)

Demo papers proposals should be submitted as a single PDF file in the EasyChair system as described in the SUBMISSION INFORMATION SECTION

Important dates

• Submission deadline: February 28, 2018
• Acceptance notification: March 21, 2018
• Camera ready: March 31, 2018

Demonstrations Chair - demonstrationschair.icwe2018@webengineering.org

Poster papers provide an opportunity to showcase and present late-breaking results, recent advances, or work in progress in an informal setting. The goal is to stimulate discussions and foster collaboration among participants. (max 4 pages)

Posters papers proposals should be submitted as a single PDF file in the EasyChair system as described in the SUBMISSION INFORMATION SECTION

Important dates

• Submission deadline: February 28, 2018
• Acceptance notification: March 21, 2018
• Camera ready: March 31, 2018

Poster Chair - posterchair.icwe2018@webengineering.org

PhD Symposium is a forum for PhD students to present ongoing research in a collaborative and friendly environment. To promote participation, two means are now available to participants:

• All accepted PhD symposium presenters will enjoy a 150 euros full conference fee. This includes coffee breaks, meals and any social activity, except the banquet
• Besides the technical feedback, students will participate in a hands-on tutorial on Design Science where their submissions will be used as a case study on the use of this research methodology

To participate, students should prepare a research plan answering the following questions:

• What is the problem you intend to investigate?
• Why is the work important?
• How are you going to do the work?
• When what has already been done and what remains to be done?

In detail, the following structure and content is strongly recommended (max 6 pages):

1. Front matter
   • Title, your name, email address, personal website, abstract
2. Introduction and Motivation
   • Introduction (area of study); description of the problem (that you tackle); what the literature says about this problem (where does existing work fail?); how you (plan to) tackle this problem; which are the requirements of a potential solution; how you (plan to) implement your solution/envisioned result; how you (plan to) validate your solution.
3. Research Issues, Objectives, and Questions (and Hypotheses)
   • The main research issues/objectives/questions/hypotheses clearly stated
4. Research Methodology and Research Design
   • The research method(s) you are using or plan to use, with appropriate references. The research design: how you concretely plan to apply the method(s), e.g., data collection and analysis, set-up for measurements/experiments, case studies, etc. How do you plan to evaluate your results? Threats to validity?
5. Preliminary key results or contributions
   • Outline/Overview of the proposed solution, results of preliminary data analysis, etc. An example to explain how the solution would work (this is very important!). What is expected to be the main result or contribution?
6. Work plan
   • Outline of the structure of your thesis. Work accomplished so far and work remaining to be done. Publication plan and other tasks planned. A detailed work plan for the next 6-12 months.
7. Key references
   • The idea of the research plan is to provide clear material to be useful as a basis for guidance and discussion. Therefore, students should think about the above points carefully and try to make their ideas as concrete and clear as possible. Students at relatively early stages of their research will certainly have difficulty addressing some of these, but should still attempt to do the best they can. It is strongly recommended that students discuss these points with their supervisors!

PhD Symposium papers proposals should be submitted as a single PDF file in the EasyChair system as described in the SUBMISSION INFORMATION SECTION

Important dates

• Submission deadline: February 28, 2018
• Acceptance notification: March 21, 2018
• Camera ready: March 31, 2018

PhD Symposium Chair - phDsymposiumchair.icwe2018@webengineering.org

ICWE 2018 invites proposals for tutorials in a broad range of Web Engineering topics. Assumed participants include researchers and practitioners who are seeking to gain insight and knowledge of up-to-date strategies, methodologies, technologies, and tools used for developing, maintaining and evolving Web applications. All proposed tutorials should be half-day (3 hours) in length. Upon special, justified request, we will however consider well-justified one-day tutorial proposals.

The length of tutorial proposals is limited to 4 pages. Proposals must clearly define both the scope and the depth of the tutorial, and they must clearly identify the intended audience, the assumed background knowledge and learning objectives. All tutorial proposals must include the following information:

• Title of the Tutorial
• Contact information of the presenters (name, affiliation, email, mailing address, phone)
• Abstract outlining the goals and content of the tutorial (max 250 words)
• Definition of intended audience and assumed background and knowledge
• Overview of the tutorial structure, list of topics covered, and short description of learning objectives/outcomes
• Biographies of presenter(s), including information regarding their expertise relevant to the tutorial
• Any relevant references to the work of the presenters or other references relevant to the tutorial
• Statement about any previous related tutorial presentations, including information regarding how the ICWE 2018 tutorial would differ
• Sample slides of the tutorial, if available

Accepted Tutorials will have either one free full-registration pass per tutorial or a monetary compensation of 300€ per tutorial. However, the tutorial may still be cancelled if the number of registrations for them is very small.

Along with a notification of acceptance, presenters will receive further instructions on how to prepare a two-page summary of the tutorial to be included in the conference proceedings, tutorial notes to be made available on the conference website, and a brief biography to be published in the conference programme.

Tutorials papers proposals should be submitted as a single PDF file in the EasyChair system as described in the SUBMISSION INFORMATION SECTION

Important dates

• Submission deadline: February 28, 2018
• Acceptance notification: March 21, 2018
• Camera ready: March 31, 2018

Tutorials Chair - tutorialschair.icwe2018@webengineering.org

ICWE’18 is inviting for proposals for high-quality workshops to complement its scientific program. Workshop topics should fall within the broad area of Web Engineering, but we specifically welcome workshops tackling novel, cutting-edge topics, workshops covering lesser-addressed Web Engineering sub-areas, and cross-discipline workshops. The workshops are highly encouraged to include interactive and hands-on sessions.

The organizers of approved workshops are responsible for advertising their workshops, collecting papers, managing the review process, making accepted papers available to workshop participants (e.g., workshop website), and collecting the camera-ready copies and copyright forms of accepted papers (verifying that they comply with formatting rules). Organizers are expected to physically attend, run, and manage their workshops. Conference facilities such as meeting rooms, wireless Internet and meals will be provided by the local organizers.

ICWE’18 provides workshop organizers with the opportunity to publish workshop proceedings as part of its dedicated post-workshop proceedings to appear in Springer's LNCS series. Typically, workshop papers are 12 pages long and peer-reviewed; other forms of contributions can be discussed and agreed on with the workshop chairs. Organizers who prefer their own proceedings are of course welcome as well.

• General Information
  • Title of the workshop
  • Organizers and primary contact (name/affiliation/email)
  • Abstract (200 words), intended for the ICWE’18 website
  • Expected length of the workshop (full day, half day)
  • Relation and connection to ICWE, its topics, and its community
• Objectives and Scope
  • Goals of the workshop including a list of possible workshop topics; if available, outcomes and results of previous editions of the workshop
  • Plans for advertising the workshop and making the workshop visible to the community
  • Estimated number of submissions and of papers to be accepted. If applicable, relevant information on previous editions of the workshop
  • Estimated number of participants. If applicable, relevant information on previous editions of the workshop
• Organization Details
  • Information about workshop organizers: names, addresses, affiliations, short bio, and name of the main contact person. (Including relevant past experience in workshop organization)
  • Planned/ list of PC members
• Workshop Format
  • Format of the workshop (paper-based, discussion-based, invitation-based, work sessions, or similar) – at least 1 hands-on session is highly recommended (see following point)
  • Format of hands-on session(s) (demos, hackaton, brainstorming, discussions, case elaboration, etc.)
• Workshop web page (URL of the draft web page, if one exists)
• Draft Call for Papers for the workshop (the Call for Papers that you intend to send out if your workshop is accepted)

Workshops papers proposals should be submitted as a single PDF file in the EasyChair system as described in the SUBMISSION INFORMATION SECTION

Important dates

• Submission deadline: January 8, 2018
• Acceptance notification: January 21, 2018

Workshop Chair - workshopchair.icwe2018@webengineering.org

All submitted papers must be formatted in accordance to the information for Springer LNCS authors at http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html and submitted in PDF. Accepted contributions will be included into the ICWE 2018 Springer LNCS proceedings.

Submissions and reviewing are supported by the EasyChair system.

ICWE’18 will follow the single-blind review process. Consequently, all submissions should include the names and affiliation of all authors, and this information is made visible to the reviewers. Still, the identity of the reviewers will be kept confidential from the authors.

Papers submitted to ICWE’18 must not be under review elsewhere while under consideration for ICWE’18, nor may they have been previously published elsewhere.

Submissions that do not comply with the required submission format or that fall outside the scope of the conference will be desk rejected without reviewing.

At least one author of each accepted submission must register for the conference and present the work during the corresponding session.