Introduction

The Symposium on Software Engineering in Africa (SEiA) is a forum for researchers, innovators, and leading professionals to discuss the state and future of software engineering in Africa. SEiA 2018 has been organized with the purpose of increasing participation of researchers from Africa in international Software Engineering community. The event provides a platform for exchanging ideas on the role of software engineering in socio-economic development of the continent, the future directions of software engineering research and education in Africa, creating networks with the global software engineering community, and sharing exciting results with the global community.

The SEiA 2018 track will include keynote talks from prominent software engineering professionals, entrepreneurs, innovators and researchers; experience and scientific paper presentations; demonstrations; posters; and focussed meetings.

Call for paper

Important date

2018-01-15
Abstract submission deadline
2018-01-22
Draft paper submission deadline
2018-03-01
Draft paper acceptance notification
2018-03-15
Final paper submission deadline

We are seeking high quality papers from researchers, professionals, and innovators on but not limited to the following topics:

  1. Software Engineering research addressing social-economic challenges in the areas of importance for the African continent including but not limited to:
  • Financial Services
  • Agriculture
  • Sustainable Cities
  • Healthcare
  • Education
  • Transportation
  • Environment and Climate Change
  • Energy (e.g., smart grids)
  • Conflict and Crisis Management
  • Process Improvement
  1. Software Engineering Education and Training in Africa
  2. Building Research Networks
  3. Software Innovations and Startups
  4. Growing the IT-Industry
  5. Setting up IT-Outsourcing
  6. Data Science, Internet of Things and Cloud Computing in Africa
  7. Open Source Software and Software Ecosystems in Africa
  8. National Policies for Growing the IT Industry
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Important Date

  • Conference Date

    May 27

    2018

    to

    Jun 03

    2018

  • Jan 15 2018

    Abstract Submission Deadline

  • Jan 22 2018

    Draft paper submission deadline

  • Mar 01 2018

    Draft Paper Acceptance Notification

  • Mar 15 2018

    Final Paper Deadline

  • Jun 03 2018

    Registration deadline

Organized By
Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Software Engineering - ACM SIGSOFT
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