About ISE'25

The Fourth Brazilian Workshop on Intelligent Software Engineering (ISE'25) will be held in person. ISE'25 is is co-located with the 16th Brazilian Conference on Software (CBSoft 2025).

Aims and Scope

In modern society, software is ubiquitous, being present in almost every aspect of life. However, developing software is costly. Therefore, there is a continuous effort for innovative designs for helping make software more reliable, maintainable, and reduce its development cost. Further, there is an increase of AI-enabled software, bringing new software engineering challenges.

This year's edition of ISE will include a special focus on intelligent sensing platforms, particularly at the application level. With the increasing deployment of IoT and sensor-based systems across various domains, the software supporting these platforms faces new challenges in data integration, observability, real-time AI inference, and decision-making automation. We encourage contributions that explore how Intelligent Software Engineering can address these challenges, emphasizing scalable, secure, and efficient solutions for sensor-driven platforms.

In recent years, Intelligent Software Engineering (ISE) has emerged as a promising means to address these challenges. ISE is ambidextrous, including solutions based on (i) applying Intelligent Techniques to Software Engineering problems, but also on (ii) applying Software Engineering to developing Intelligent Systems.

An Intelligent Technique is defined as a technique that explores data (from digital artifacts or domain experts) for knowledge discovery, reasoning, learning, planning, natural language processing, perception, or supporting decision-making. Examples of Intelligent Techniques are search and optimization (e.g., Genetic Algorithm), Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Data Mining, Recommender Systems, Reasoning Under Uncertainty (e.g., Bayesian Networks), Software Analytics, and Decision Analysis. An intelligent system is a system that applies an Intelligent Technique for a given domain, such as a bug prediction, code recommendation, code quality analysis, code refactoring, software testing automation, team formation, requirements analysis, software project management, risk management and continuous integration and deployment.

The goal of ISE'25 is to strengthen the Intelligent Software Engineering community by integrating researchers and professionals from different areas (Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Analytics, etc) to discuss and advance the state of the art and practice of ISE, its use, and application in the industry.

Topics that are within the scope of this workshop include (but are not limited to):

As part of this year’s special theme on Intelligent Sensing Platforms, we also invite papers on the following topics:

Submission Guidelines

Paper Format

ISE accepts papers in two formats.

Technical Papers (6 pages)

- ISE accepts papers within the context of "Intelligent Software Engineering" and "Intelligent Sensing Platforms". Both positive and negative results are welcome, though negative results should still be based on rigorous research and provide details on lessons learned.

Industry papers / Emerging Results (2-4 pages)

- Results, challenges, lessons learned from industrial applications of "Intelligent Software Engineering" and "Intelligent Sensing Platforms".
- New and inspiring ideas, as well as on ongoing research with preliminary and interesting results on applications of "Intelligent Software Engineering" and "Intelligent Sensing Platforms".

Instruction for Authors

Papers can be submitted in Portuguese or English. Submission in English is strongly encouraged. The acceptance of a paper implies that at least one of its authors will register at CBSoft 2025 to present it. All submissions must be in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) and must comply with the ACM 2-column conference format (ACM_SigConf) available at this link. LaTeX users must use the acmart.cls class provided in the template with the conference format enabled at the document preamble: \documentclass[sigconf]{acmart}

Authors must use the ACM-Reference-Format.bst bibliography style also provided in the template: \bibliographystyle{ACM-Reference-Format}

Submissions must be no longer than the limits defined in the Paper Format section, including all figures and references.

Papers should be electronically submitted through JEMS. Submissions that are not in compliance with the required submission format, are out of the scope of the symposium, or were submitted or published in any other forum (conference or journal) will be rejected without review. All other papers will be reviewed by at least three Program Committee members.

We strongly encourage authors to submit their tools and data to Zenodo, which adheres to FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, and re-usable) principles and provides DOI versioning.

Double-Blind Submission

ISE'25 will follow a double-blind review process. All submitted papers should conceal the identity of the authors. Both author names and affiliations must be omitted. In addition, the following rules should be addressed:

After the paper acceptance, all the paper information (without anonymization) can be included in the camera-ready version.

Any questions about the preparation of the paper following the double-blind rules can be sent to the Program Committee Chairs.

Organization, Chairs and Important Dates

Organization:

ISE is a workshop organized and promoted by UFCG, UECE, and supported by VIRTUS/UFCG.

Chairs:

Publicity Chair:

Important Dates:

Tentative plan

Keynote

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Roberta Arcoverde

Software Engineering at Google

Short Bio: Roberta Arcoverde is a seasoned software engineer with extensive experience. She holds a degree in Computer Science from the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), and a master's degree in Informatics from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). ​ In 2013, Roberta joined Stack Overflow as a software developer, becoming the first Brazilian to be part of the site's team. Over her tenure, she contributed to various teams and projects, eventually becoming Director of Engineering. ​Currently, Roberta is an engineering manager at Google, where she continues applying her software engineering expertise. ​Beyond her professional roles, Roberta co-hosts the Hipsters.tech podcast, sharing insights on technology and software development. She has also participated in industry events and conferences, including as a keynote speaker at SBCARS 2023.​ Her career exemplifies a robust blend of professional practice and academic contribution to software engineering.

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Rodrigo Vilar

Lumenalta (EUA) / VIRTUS

Short Bio: ​Rodrigo Vilar is a Full Stack Developer with a solid academic background in Computer Engineering from the Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG). Currently, he serves as a Full Stack Developer at Lumenalta (formerly Clevertech), where he applies his software development skills to deliver innovative technological solutions.​ Rodrigo has accumulated diverse experiences throughout his career, including roles such as Founder, Assistant Professor, Technical Leader, and Senior Software Engineer. These positions have allowed him to comprehensively understand the software development lifecycle, from conception to implementation and maintenance.​ His professional journey is marked by his ability to lead teams, share knowledge, and adapt to different technological contexts. His robust academic training and practical experience highlight Rodrigo as a versatile professional committed to excellence in software engineering.

Best Paper Award

The ISE/CBSoft Steering Committee will appoint a committee to award the best papers of ISE Technical Papers. Awarded papers will be announced during the ISE/CBSoft. The two best papers will be invited to submit an extended version in English to the Journal of Software Engineering Research and Development (JSERD).

Program Committee

Workshop Program

Pre-Event Timetable*

(*) The confirmation of the paper presentation schedule will depend on (i) submitting the final version of the paper and (ii) registering at least one of the authors for the workshop. Consequently, there is a possibility of modifications to this schedule.

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ISE'25 is a workshop organized and promoted by UFCG, UECE, and supported by VIRTUS/UFCG.

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