3rd International Workshop on Software Engineering Methods in Spreadsheets (SEMS 2016)
When : 2016-07-04
Where : Austria
Submission Deadline : 2016-04-18
Categories : Software Engineering & Security , Computer Science & Information Technology
3rd International Workshop on Software Engineering Methods in Spreadsheets (SEMS 2016)
July 4, 2016
Austria
Call For Papers
Spreadsheets are heavily used in industry as they are easy to create and evolve through their intuitive visual interface. They are often developed as simple tools initially, but over time, spreadsheets can become increasingly complex, up to the point where they become too difficult to maintain. Indeed, in many ways, spreadsheets are similar to "professional" software: both are used for storage and manipulation of data and the presentation of results to the user. But unlike in "professional" software, in spreadsheets activities like design, implementation, and maintenance have to be undertaken by end-users, not trained professionals. This makes applying methods and techniques from other software technologies a challenging task. The role of SEMS is to explore the possibilities of adopting successful methods from other software contexts to spreadsheets. Some, like testing and modeling, have been tried before and can be built upon. For methods that have not yet been tried on spreadsheets, SEMS will serve as a platform for early feedback.
Topics
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- Understandability/Maintainability of spreadsheets
- Error finding/Debugging
- Modeling with spreadsheets
- Learnability
- Alternatives for the spreadsheet interface
- Comparative studies of spreadsheet environments