We invite submissions to the following tracks related to the topics of interest of the conference.

• Technical Papers
• Industry Papers
• Emerging Results and Vision Papers
• Journal-First Submissions

All submissions must be written in English and must be submitted via EasyChair in the PDF format, and they must be formatted according to the IEEE manuscript template for conference proceedings, which can be found at:

IEEE manuscript templates for conference proceedings

For all papers (except Journal-First papers), a structured abstract is required with the headings: Background, Aims, Method, Results, and Conclusions. Papers should contain an explicit description of the empirical strategy used or investigated. The submission must also comply with the ACM plagiarism policy and procedures and the IEEE Policy on Authorship. In particular, it must not have been published elsewhere and must not be under review elsewhere while under review for ESEM.

ESEM 2019 will employ a double-blind review process (except for Journal-First papers). Thus, regular submissions may not reveal its authors’ identities. The authors must make every effort to honor the double-blind review process. In particular, the authors’ names must be omitted from the submission and references to their prior work should be in the third person. Further advice, guidance, and explanation about the double-blind review process can be found on the conference website.

All submissions will be peer-reviewed by at least three experts from the international program committee of each track and will receive an additional meta-review. Any papers that are outside the scope of the symposium, exceed the maximum number of pages for the respective category, or do not follow the formatting guidelines will be desk rejected without review.

Finally, please note that each accepted contribution must have a minimum of one author registered (at the full conference rate) by the deadline for the camera-ready submission for their respective paper type. Note that registration for the conference is per paper rather than per author, i.e., if you have more than one paper accepted for the conference, then you will need to register and pay for each paper accepted. Also, each paper must be presented by one of the authors, in person, in Porto de Galinhas. Failure to meet these criteria will result in the paper’s removal from the proceedings.

Submissions will be accepted by EasyChair. Authors should select the right track when submitting. Specific guidelines for each track are shown below:

Technical Papers: submissions in this track are limited to 10 pages excluding references and 12 pages with references.

Industry Papers: Submissions to this track are limited to 6 pages.

Emerging Results and Vision Papers: Submissions to this track are limited to 6 pages.

Journal-first Submissions: Submissions to this track are limited to 2 pages presentation proposal consisting of the following information: paper title, authors, abstract, the name of the journal that accepted the paper, pointer to the original paper, and the justification for why this work is relevant to the ESEM audience.

The EasyChair submission link is https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=esem2019 (submissions automatically open one month before the track deadlines). During the submission, please select the appropriate track for your submission as indicated in the calls of the respective tracks.