We invite research submissions of two types:

Technical solution papers present solutions for requirements-related problems which are novel or significantly improve existing solutions. A technical solution paper must include a preliminary validation of the proposed solution.
Evaluation criteria: The proposed solution technique or its application to this kind of problem must be novel and sound. The author(s) must provide a preliminary validation of the proposed solution, for example, a proof-of-concept and/or sound arguments that the solution technique will work and that it will scale to real-world-sized problems. Results must be stated clearly so that the author(s) or others can further validate them in later research. A technical solution paper should also be clear about its contributions with respect to related work by others and to previous work by the author(s).
Size: A paper of this category must not exceed 10 pages.

Scientific evaluation papers evaluate existing problem situations or validate / refute proposed solutions with scientific means, i.e. by empirical studies, experiments, case studies, simulations, formal analyses, mathematical proofs, etc. Scientific reflection on problems and practices in industry also falls into this category.
Evaluation criteria: The topic of the evaluation presented in the paper as well as its causal or logical properties must be clearly stated. The evaluation method or analysis approach must be sound and appropriate. The research must be novel or, otherwise, the results must constitute a significant increase of knowledge. The results must be relevant and/or (statistically) significant. Furthermore, the research should be situated in the context of related work by others and previous work by the author(s).
Size: A paper of this category must not exceed 10 pages.

In order to organize and initialize the reviewing process, all authors who intend to submit a paper must submit the title, abstract (max. 200 words), and author information of their paper by February 4, 2008.

Full papers must be submitted by February 11, 2008. Papers must be properly formatted in IEEE CS proceedings format and may not exceed 10 pages (this limit will be strictly enforced).

Please note that only full paper submissions will be reviewed. Abstract-only submissions will be discarded without further notice after February 11, 2008.