About SOMET 2018

The SOMET conference highlights and reflects the state-of-art and new trends on software methodologies, tools and techniques. You are invited to participate to help build a forum for exchanging ideas and experiences to foster new directions in software development methodologies and related tools and techniques. This conference is focused on exploring innovations, controversies, and challenges facing the Software Engineering community today. The conference brings together theory and experience to propose and evaluate solutions to Software Engineering problems. The conference also provides a forum and an opportunity to assess the current state-of-the-art in intelligent Software techniques and to chart software science initiated from experience to theory. This workshop is an opportunity for us in the software science community to think about where we are and today and where we are going.

Call For Papers

Sierra Nevada

 

Contact

General Chairs

Program Chairs

Organizing Chairs

Publicity Chairs

  • Manuel Jesus Cobo, University of Cadiz, Cadiz, Spain (mjcobo@decsai.ugr.es)
  • Gajo Petrovic, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan

Important Dates

  • Submission deadline: Extended to April 15, 2018
  • Final Notification: to be concluded by May 30, 2018
  • Registration for authors/paper: June 25, 2018
  • Final Camera-ready Paper due: June 29, 2018
  • Early registration period (non-authors): up to July 4, 2018
  • Late registration period (non-authors): July 5, 2018 - September 10, 2018

 

TOPICS included (but no limited)

  • Requirement engineering, especially for high‐assurance system, and requirement elicitation.
  • Software methodologies, and tools for robust, reliable, non-fragile software design.
  • Software developments techniques and legacy systems.
  • Automatic software generation versus reuse, and legacy systems.
  • Software quality and process assessment for business enterprise.
  • Intelligent software systems design, and software evolution techniques.
  • Agile software and Lean Methods.
  • Software optimization and formal methods for software design.
  • Static, dynamic analysis on software performance model, software maintenance.
  • Software security tools and techniques, and related Software Engineering models.
  • Formal techniques for software representation, software testing and validation.
  • Software reliability, and software diagnosis systems.
  • Mobile code security tools and techniques.
  • End-user programming environment, User-centered Adoption-Centric Reengineering techniques.
  • Ontology, cognitive models and philosophical aspects on software design.
  • Medical Informatics, Software methods and application for biomedicine.
  • Artificial Intelligence Techniques on Software Engineering.
  • Software design through interaction, and precognitive software techniques for interactive software entertainment applications.
  • Creativity and art in software design principles.
  • Axiomatic based principles on software design.
  • Model Driven Development (DVD), code centric to model centric software engineering.
  • Software methods for medical Informatics, bioinformatics, and bioinformatics.
  • Emergency Management Informatics, software methods for supporting Civil Protection, First Response and Disaster Recovery.
  • Software methods for decision support systems and recommender systems

2018
September 26-28

Granada
Spain

XX
Special Sessions

XX
Keynote Speakers

Program Committee (Tentative)

  • Alexander Vazhenin, University of Aizu, Fukushima
  • Andreas Speck, Kiel University
  • Antonio Gabriel López Herrera, University of Granada
  • Azlan In Mohd Zain, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
  • Azurah A Samah, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
  • Anna-Maria Di Sciullo, University of Quebec in Montreal & New York University
  • Balsam A. Mustafa, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia
  • Beata Czarnacka-Chrobot, Warsaw School of Economics
  • Bipin Indurkhya, Jagiellonian University, in Krakow
  • Carlos Porcel Gallego, University of Jaén
  • Cheah WaiShiang, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
  • Chi-Yo Huang, National Taiwan Normal University
  • Clemens Schaefer, It Factum Gmbh, Germany
  • Colette Rolland, Pantheon-Sorbonne University, Paris, France
  • Christoph Hannebauer, University of Duisburg-Essen
  • Daniel Riesco, National University of San Luis
  • Domenico Pisanelli, ISTC-CNR, Rome
  • Dmitry Mouromtsev, ITMO University Saint Petersburg
  • Elke Pulvermueller, Osnabrück University
  • Fernando Barbosa, Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco
  • Francisco Chiclana, De Montfort University
  • Francisco Mata Mata, University of Jaén
  • Francisco Pascual Romero Chicharro, Castilla La Mancha University
  • George A. Papadopoulos, Cyprus University
  • Guido Guizzi, University of Naples Federico II
  • Hector Perez-Morago, National University of Distance Education
  • Hector Perez-Meana, SEPI ESIME Culhuacan - Instituto Politécnico Nacional
  • Horvath Laszlo, Obuda University, Budapest
  • Hoshang Kolivand, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
  • Igor Kotenko, Saint Petersburg Institute for Informatics
  • Jesus Serrano Guerrero, Castilla La Mancha University
  • Jonathan Bowen, King's College London
  • José Ángel Olivas Varela, Castilla la Mancha University
  • José Antonio Moral-Muñoz, University of Cádiz
  • José Ignacio Pelaez Sanchez, University of Malaga
  • Juan Manuel Corchado, University of Salamanca
  • Juan Miguel Tapia García, University of Granada
  • Jun Hakura, Iwate Prefectural University
  • Love Ekenberg, Stockholm University
  • Mahadi Bahari, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
  • María José del Moral Ávila, University of Granada
  • Maroua Gasmi, INSAT, Tunisia
  • Masaru Teranishi, Osaka Prefecture University
  • Masaki Kurematsu, Iwate Prefectural University
  • Michifumi Yoshioka, Osaka Prefecture University
  • Miki Ueno, Toyohashi University of Technology
  • Nasser-Eddine Rikli, King Sud University
  • Nor Hidayati, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
  • Peter Brída, University of Zilina
  • Peter T. Breuer, Charles III University of Madrid
  • Ramón Alberto Carrasco Gonzalez, Complutense University of Madrid
  • Ramón López-Cózar Delgado, University of Granada
  • Raquel Ureña Perez, University of Granada
  • Roberto Revetria, University of Genova
  • Roliana Ibrahim, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
  • Ruben González Crespo, La Rioja International University
  • Rubén Heradio, National Distance Education University (Spain)
  • Rudolf Keller, PMOD, Zurich
  • Samir Ouchani, University of Luxembourg
  • Sebastia Massanet Massanet, Universitat de les Illes Balears
  • Sergei Gorlatch, University of Muenster
  • Shahida Sulaiman, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
  • Stefano-Niko Orzen, University of Timisoara
  • Stuart Charters, Lincoln University, New Zealand
  • Takeru Yokoi, Tokyo Metropolitan College of Industrial Technology
  • Tatiana Gavrilova, Saint Petersburg State University
  • Toru Yamamoto, Hiroshima University
  • Tutut Herwan, University of Malaya
  • Vladimir Dimitrieski, Novi Sad University, Serbia
  • Volker Gruhn, University of Duisburg-Essen
  • Yasue Mitsukura, Keio University
  • Yury Zagorulko, Novosibrisk University
  • Yutaka Watanobe, University of Aizu

Keynote Speakers

V. Loia

Prof. Vincenzo Loia

University of Salerno, Italy

Prof. Imre J. Rudas

Obuda University, Budapest, Hungary

Dr. Juan Bernabé-Moreno

EON Germany

Registration

Each paper must have at least one author registered by June 25th, 2018. Please send a scanned copy of your registration form by email to: H. Fujita (HFujita-799@acm.org)

Please take into account that for each registered accepted paper at least one author is required to attend the conference and present the paper. Papers without registration and payment will be not considered. All below is in EUR (€).

Conference Registration Fees Registration and Payment by June 25th, 2018 Early Registration
Start: anytime
End: July 4th, 2018		 Late Registration
Start: July 5th, 2018
End: September 10th, 2018
* Speakers; authors, co-author all category
(Up to 14 pages maximum)		 500 € (EUR) N/A N/A
Non-speaker participation N/A 350 € (EUR) 400 € (EUR)
** Extra pages (up to 6) 40 € (EUR) / page N / A N / A
Additional Banquet Ticket 100 € (EUR) per person

* Make sure that bank charge is paid by the applicant, so the beneficiary should not paid extra bank charge. If it occurs it will be requested at the registration desk.
** Registered Papers for more than 14 pages:
+ All papers should be up to 14 pages maximum (IOS format): it is included in the registration fee
+ Extra pages: each extra page will be charged 40 € (EUR) per page. This only applies for papers exceeding 14 IOS format style pages, up to a global maximum of 20 pages (14 included in the fee + 6 extra pages).

Other relevant registration information:

  • Conference Registration Fee includes: conference kit (book, six coffee breaks) and the banquet ticket.
  • Each paper should be registered with one registration.
  • An Author with more than one accepted papers could have 20 € (EUR) discount for the 2nd registered paper (only).
  • Click here to download the Registration Form, fill the appropriate fields and FAX it with the copy of the bank transfer to the following FAX number: +81-19-694-2579 or email them to H. Fujita (HFujita-799@acm.org)
  • REGISTRATION DEADLINES: June 25th, 2018. Each accepted paper at least one author should be registered by June 25th, 2018, (confirmed registration).

 

Payment Methods

Payment is only allowed by Bank Transfer. Bank Transfer related information:

  • Beneficiary Name: Hamido Fujita (SOMET)
  • Bank Name: BNP PARIBAS
  • IBAN: FR76 3000 4005 6700 0022 5016 029
  • RIB: 30004 00567 00002250160 29
  • Bank code: 3004
  • Branch code: 00567
  • Branch Name: PARIS Clientele Intel
  • Bank Address: 117 Boulevard Haussmann 75008 Paris - France, Paris, 75008 France
  • SWIFT Code: BNPAFRPPPOP
  • Tel: 33-820-820-001

 

Visa Information (Spain Entry Visa)

Visa application process can take several weeks, so we encourage attendees to apply for visas as early as possible. Please, check the following official website for information about procedures to follow and legislation in place concerning visa formalities for Spain.

Please, contact Embassy of Spain in the country of your origin to ask about required documents for a visa application (list of documents, type of Invitation letter, period of visa issuing etc.).

Visa letters will be issued to all co-authors by request. If you have specifc requirements, please send your full name as it appears on your passport, as well as your gender, date of birth, complete mailing address, passport number and country of issue, and phone number to F. Cabrerizo (cabrerizo@decsai.ugr.es). Please take into account that SOMET organization is not able to contact Spain Embassies in support of an individual attempting to gain entry into the host country to attend the conference.

For more information about VISA, please check:

Submissions & Publications

Papers must be submitted through the submission platform.

Papers must be written by using the IOS format up to 14 A4 pages for Regular papers, and up to 10 pages for Short papers.

The Proceedings of the conference will be published as a book by IOS international publisher in series: Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, that is indexed by SCOPUS.

Submit your contribution now!

 

Special Issue

The International Journal Knowledge-Based Systems intends to publish a special issue in 2018 about the conference. The authors of selected papers will be invited to submit journal extended versions to the special issue on specific topics to be decided.

Special Sessions

Conference Program & Event Schedule


Download the Conference Program

Event Location and Accomodation

SOMET 2018 will be held in Granada in the south of Spain.

There are two near airports: The Granada-Jaén airport (which mainly supports local flights, altought there are some international lines operating there) and the Málaga international airport. Both have good connections with Granada by bus.

The exact venue of the conference is the "Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Granada" (Tecnical Architecture School) which is located in a historical building in the Realejo Neighborhood, quite near the Alhambra. The exact address of the building is:

Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura
Plaza Campo del Principe s/n
18071, Granada
Spain

Granada is a very turistic city and offers plenty differrent accomodations. Here we suggest some hotels near the conference venue:

  • Hotel San Antón (****)
    Address: C/ San Antón 74, 18005 Granada
    Telephone: +34 858 88 08 68
    Web Page
  • Hotel Meliá (****)
    Address: C/ Ángel Ganivet, 7, 18009 Granada
    Telephone: +34 912 76 47 47
    Web Page
  • Hotel Saray (****)
    Address: C/ Profesor Enrique Tierno Galván, 4, 18006 Granada
    Telephone: +34 958 13 00 09
    Web Page
  • Hotel Occidental (****)
    Address: C/ Alhamar, 46, 18004 Granada
    Telephone: +34 958 29 03 03
    Web Page
  • Hotel Dauro (****)
    Address: Acera del Darro, 19, 18005 Granada
    Telephone: +34 958 22 21 55
    Web Page