The Second International Software Testing Education Workshop
(TestEd 2023), co-located with the 16th IEEE International
Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation (ICST
2023), focuses on knowledge diffusion of software
testing—especially promoting best practices in software testing
education. The research community has created enormous amounts of
knowledge for how to test software, yet many professional software
engineers have little of this knowledge. This is despite the fact
that testing is crucial to the success of all types of modern
software products. We will specifically focus on two goals. First,
how can we teach more testing within computing degrees? Second,
how can we better teach the knowledge and skills of software
testing? This workshop will give an opportunity for those who
teach testing to share their ideas, for those in industry to share
their experiences and demand, and for all of us to learn more
about teaching software testing.
Topics and types of contributions
Topics include—but are not limited to—teaching materials, active
classroom exercises, theory vs. practice, how to solve classroom
problems, how to teach specific skills (e.g., test design, test
automation, etc.), how to teach students to think like a tester,
and professional ethics. Shared experiences could come from
courses at any level in academia or industry. It could also come
from teaching a dedicated course in software testing or a software
engineering course where testing is a small part. Our goal is to
have a minimum of “talk at” and a maximum of “sharing with.”
Hence, we are looking for multiple types of contributions,
including traditional paper-based presentations, talks about
specific strategies and tactics, and demonstrations of classroom
activities and nifty assignments. We also welcome you to organize
an activity such as a group discussion about tricks of the trade
or an audience-focused panel to answer questions about teaching
software testing. We accept:
- Full papers (6-8 pages, to be included in proceedings)
- Short papers (2-4 pages, to be included in proceedings)
- Talk proposals (1 page, not in proceedings)
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Demonstration activities and nifty assignments (1 page, not in
proceedings)
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Panels and group discussion proposals (1 page, not in
proceedings)
Submission
Full and short papers must conform to the two columns IEEE
conference publication format and must be submitted in PDF format
via
EasyChair. These submissions will be evaluated according to the relevance
and originality of the work and to their ability to generate
discussions between the participants of the workshop. Three
reviewers will review each paper and all the accepted papers will
be published as part of the ICST proceedings.
Proposals for talks, demonstration activities and nifty
assignments, discussions or other need not conform to the
publication format but should be limited to one page, and
submitted in PDF via EasyChair. These submissions will be
evaluated according to several criteria, including novelty,
potential for participants to learn, and maturity of the planned
session. Three reviewers will evaluate each proposal. All
materials for accepted contributions, including slides, summaries,
and lesson plans, will be published on a public website.
Important Dates
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Paper submission:
27 31 January 2023 AOE
(extended)
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Notification:
17 21 February 2023 (extended with apologies to authors)
- Camera-ready: 3 March 2023
- Workshop date: 16 April 2023
Submission Site
Submissions must be uploaded on EasyChair:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=tested2023
Lin Deng, Towson University, USA
Upsorn Praphamontripong, University of Virginia, USA
José Miguel
Rojas, The University of Sheffield, UK
Bingyang Wei,
Texas Christian University, USA