ICST 2020 Tool Demos Track

In addition to the tool track papers, ICST 2020 will also be accepting submissions of demonstrations of testing-related tools and prototypes.

Call for Papers

In addition to the tool track papers, ICST 2020 will also be accepting submissions of demonstrations of testing-related tools and prototypes. The goal is to provide a highly interactive session where researchers and practitioners can experiment and discuss their tools.

Demonstrations provide an opportunity to communicate how a scientific approach has been implemented or how a hypothesis has been assessed, including details such as implementation and usage challenges, data models and representations, APIs for tool and data access.

A demonstration should focus on novel aspects of early prototypes or mature tools. It must clearly communicate the following information to the audience:

• The software testing challenges it proposes to address.
• The envisioned users and the presumed methodology for these users.
• The results of validation studies already conducted for mature tools, or the design of planned studies for early prototypes.

Evaluation:

Each submission will be reviewed by at least two members of the organizing committee. The evaluation criteria include:

• The relevance of the proposed demonstration for the ICST audience.
• The technical soundness of the demonstrated tool.
• The originality of its underlying ideas.
• The quality of its presentation in the associated video.
• The degree to which it considers the relevant literature.

Submission:

Submissions will be handled via EasyChair (Tools, Demos, Artifacts track) of ICST 2020. The Tools, Demos, Artifacts track of ICST 2020 uses single-blind reviewing, which means that demos need not be anonymized.

Each submission must include a one page summary (PDF) describing:

• Demo title or name of the demonstrated tool.
• Authors and affiliations.
• Main goals of the demonstrated tool.
• Main contributions of the demonstrated tool.
• Capabilities and maturity of the demonstrated tool.

In addition to the one page summary, authors are expected to submit a video (up to five minutes long). The demonstration plan and/or video must clearly convey:

• Overview of the tool’s capabilities.
• Walkthrough of (some of) the tool capabilities.
• Where appropriate, provide clarifying voice-over and/or annotation highlights.
• Captions.

The video must be available online at the time of submission. A link to the video should be included in the one page summary submitted. There will be an award for the best demonstration.