Track Chair
Dr. James McCaffrey
Volt VTE
Redmond, WA
jmccaffrey@volt.com

Track Committee
Dr. Peli de Halleux,
Microsoft Corporation,
Redmond, WA,
jhalleux@microsoft.com

Dr. Ece Kamar,
Microsoft Corporation,
Redmond, WA, e-mail:
eckamar@microsoft.com

Dr. Kenneth Anderson,
University of Colorado,
Boulder, CO,
kena@cs.colorado.edu

Important Dates:

Submission:
Oct 31, 2012
Author Notification:
Nov 30, 2012
Advance Registration:
Jan 11, 2012
Camera Ready:
Feb 1, 2012

Scope:

The aim of the ITNG 2012 Software Testing track is to bring together researchers and practitioners in an effort to highlight the state-of-the-art and to present and discuss ideas and experiences to explore new directions for improving software testing theories, technologies, processes, models, tools, and fundamental paradigms. We strongly encourage submissions of both a theoretical and practical nature, from both academia and industry.

Topics:

• Software test automation
• Software testing certification
• Software testing metrics
• Software testing quantitative techniques
• Software test driven development
• Agile software testing
• Model based software testing
• Software testing with Open Source tools
• Static code analysis
• Artificial intelligence and software testing
• Software performance testing
• Software security testing
• Software load and stress testing
• Software code coverage analysis
• Software mutation testing
• Automatic test case generation
• Software testing tools
• Software testing case studies
• Software application UI testing
• Software testing heuristics

Paper Submission:

Papers should be original and contain contributions of theoretical or experimental nature, or be unique experience reports. Interested authors should submit a 6-page summary of their original and unpublished work including 5 keywords in the CPS format to the track chair. Electronic submission in the PDF, PS or MS Word format is strongly encouraged. For instructions on electronic submissions, Click here (we will update this link later on the main page).

Evaluation Process

Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity, and soundness. Per ITNG policy, except for invited papers, all papers will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings with an ISBN.

Best Student Paper:

The Best Student Paper will be awarded at the conference. To be eligible, the student must be the sole author of the paper, or the first author and primary contributor. (The winner of the award will present the paper in a plenary session at the conference). A cover letter to the General Chair/Track Chair must identify the paper as a candidate for this competition at the time of submission.