The Sixth International Workshop on Economics-Driven Software Engineering Research EDSER-6: Strengthening the Economic Foundations of Software Engineering



May 24-25, Edinburgh, Scotland (collocated with ICSE 2004) 







Traditionally, the study of software engineering has been primarily a technical endeavor with minimal attention given to its economic context. Often technical decisions are made without adequate links to economic and business considerations. The goal of the EDSER workshops is to improve the quality of decision making in software engineering based on sound economic justifications. To that end, EDSER-6 will provide an interactive forum to discuss and advance the state-of-the-art research and practice in economics-driven software engineering.  Work in this area utilizes methods and theories from different disciplines, such as decision theory, game theory, economics, and finance to solve technical and managerial problems in software engineering. As previous EDSER workshops, EDSER-6 will take place in conjunction with with ICSE and bring together many leading researchers in the area. 



Participants are solicited in two categories: regular participants and student participants.  



* Regular participants should submit a position statement describing their current interests and past work in software engineering economics and commenting on specific issues, approaches to tackle these issues, and the underlying needs. Newcomers, both researchers and practitioners, are welcome to EDSER-6. Newcomers can focus their position statement on issues and needs. Position statements should be prepared in using the template provided on the workshop web site and should not exceed four pages. The position statements will be used to plan and structure the workshop activities. 



* Student participants should submit a short paper proposing new ideas or reporting on work in progress. Student papers should be prepared in MS-Word format using the standard ICSE-IEEE template available on the workshop web site and should not exceed four pages. Student papers will undergo a shepherding process and presented in a plenary session.  The purpose of the student papers is to give the authors the opportunity to get constructive  feedback on their work. 



All accepted papers and position statements will be posted on the conference workshop and published in the workshop proceedings. 



For submission instructions and submission templates, visit the workshop website: 

http://www.soberit.hut.fi/edser-6/ 



Submissions must be received by March 8, 2004. 



Keynotes: 

- Dr. Michael Cusumano, "Software Business Models: Products or Services?", Distinguished Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management, Author of "Microsoft Secrets" and "The Software Business"



- Dr. Kevin J. Sullivan, "Title TBD", Associate Professor, University of Virginia, Founder of EDSER Workshops 



Organizers 



Hakan Erdogmus, National Research Council Canada 

Michael Cusumano, MIT Sloan School of Management 

Jyrki Kontio, Helsinki University of Technology 

David Raffo, Portland State University