About SEA4DQ

Modern software systems are centered on data, using data on an increasing scale and in novel and intelligent ways. Key drivers for increased data availability include the Internet of Things (IoT), data-sharing platforms, as well as open data portals. Data quality is crucial, as the data acquired and used by modern software systems strongly impacts on the reliability, robustness, efficiency, and trustworthiness of these systems.

How can software engineering and artificial intelligence (AI) help manage and tame data quality issues?

This is the question we aim to investigate in the workshop SEA4DQ. The SEA4DQ 2024 workshop is the fourth workshop of the series and provides a venue for researchers and practitioners to exchange and discuss trending views, ideas, state-of-the-art, work in progress, and scientific results highlighting aspects of software engineering and AI to address the problem of data quality in modern systems.

Topics of Interest

  • Advancing Requirements Engineering for Optimal Data Quality
  • Architectural Frameworks in Software for Enhanced Data Quality Management
  • AI/LLM and Software Strategies for Data Ingestion and Acquisition
  • AI/LLM-Driven Approaches for Data Pre-processing and Cleaning
  • Software Tools for Data Quality Testing and Profiling
  • Quantitative Measures of Data Quality
  • Evaluating Data Quality Techniques: Case Studies on Real-World Systems
  • Balancing Data Quality and Security: Understanding the Trade-offs
  • Secure Data Sharing: Methods for Trust and Integrity
  • Standardization and Certification Processes in Data Quality
  • Data Engineering for AI/LLM-based Systems

Call for Papers

SEA4DQ 2024 workshop has the following tracks calling for contributions:

  • Research Track: (max 10 pages) Papers describing original research, including novel approaches, tools, datasets, and studies related to the workshop topics.
  • Ideas, Visions and Reflections Track: (max 4 pages) Papers that aim to disrupt the status quo in our discipline with radical, innovative, thought-provoking new ideas, and research directions, as well as lessons learned from the past.
  • Industry Track: (max 4 pages) Papers that discuss industry challenges and lessons learned from practice.

For all contributions, the SEA4DQ 2024 workshop will accompany the presentation of the paper with a 10- or 20-minute discussion session. The discussion session will actively involve the audience and will be moderated by the session chair. The session chair will prepare a set of guiding questions for the presenters and help the audience engage in the discussion. The goal of the discussion session is to foster the exchange of ideas and provide feedback to the authors on their work.

Contribution Type Paper [page limit] Presentation [minutes] Discussion [minutes]
Research Track 10 20 10
Ideas, Visions and Reflections Track 4 10 20
Industry Track 4 15 10

All submissions must be in English and in PDF format. Submission Format: Follow the guideline on "How to Submit" at FSE 2024 website. Note that SEA4DQ employs a Single-Anonymous peer review process. Therefore, authors are not required to conceal their identity in the submission.

Each submission will be reviewed by at least three members of the program committee. Following the review submission, there will be an online discussion period. The PC chairs together with the general chair will make the final decision on acceptance. Submitted papers must not have been previously published and must not be under review or submission for review anywhere at the time of submission.

The accepted papers will be published in the workshop's proceedings (will be proposed for publication in the ACM digital library). As a published ACM author, you and your co-authors are subject to all ACM Publications Policies, including ACM's new Publications Policy on Research Involving Human Participants and Subjects. At least one author of each accepted paper must register and present the paper in person at SEA4DQ 2024 to have the paper appear in the FSE companion proceedings.

Special Issue

All papers accepted at SEA4DQ 2024 will be invited to be revised and extended for consideration in a special issue of the Springer Empirical Software Engineering Journal (EMSE). Please note that the extended papers will be subject to a new review process. The official call for papers for the special issue is available at https://emsejournal.github.io/special_issues/2024_SI_SEA4DQ.html.


Download CfP

Download Call for Papers Poster

Submission Link

Submissions to SEA4DQ 2024 that meet the above requirements can be made via the submission site at https://sea4dq24.hotcrp.com.

Important Dates

  • Paper Submission Deadline: March 15, 2024 March 29, 2024
  • Notification of Acceptance: April 26, 2024
  • Camera-Ready Submission: May 17, 2024
  • Workshop Day: July 15, 2024

Schedule (TBC)

July 15, 2024 - All times are in Porto de Galinhas local time (GMT-3)

Start - End Topic Presenters Session Chairs
09:00 - 09:15 Welcome, Objectives and Agenda Organization Committee
09:15 - 10:15 Introduction Keynote TBD TBD
10:15 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 12:00 Paper Session 1 TBD TBD
12:00-13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 - 15:00 Paper Session 2 TBD TBD
15:00 - 15:15 Break
15:15 - 16:30 Paper Session 3 TBD TBD
16:30 - 17:00 Panel Discussion TBD TBD
17:00 Closing Organization Committee

Organization Committee

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Tim Menzies (Main Contact)
General Co-Chair
North Carolina State University, USA
tjmenzie@ncsu.edu
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Bowen Xu (Main Contact)
General Co-Chair
North Carolina State University, USA
bxu22@ncsu.edu
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Hong Jin Kang
Program Co-Chair
University of California, Los Angeles, USA
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Jie M. Zhang
Program Co-Chair
King's College London, UK

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Jiri Gesi
Industrial Co-Chair
Amazon Science, USA
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Sagar Sen
Industrial Presentation Co-Chair
SINTEF, Norway
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Beatriz Cassoli
Industrial Presentation Co-Chair
TU Darmstadt, Germany
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Nicolas Jourdan
Web Co-Chair
TU Darmstadt, Germany
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Jieke Shi
Web Co-Chair
Singapore Management University, Singapore
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Phu Nguyen
Publicity Co-Chair
SINTEF, Norway
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Valentina Golendukhina
Publicity Co-Chair
University of Innsbruck, Austria


Program Committee*

  • Ezequiel Scott, University of Tartu, Estonia
  • Fabian Gilson, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
  • Helena Holmström Olsson, Malmö University, Sweden
  • Heng Li, Polytechnique Montréal, Canada
  • Jan Nygård, Cancer Registry of Norway, NIPH, Norway
  • Katinka Wolter, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
  • Lei Ma, University of Tokyo, Japan & University of Alberta, Canada
  • Mehdi Mirakhorli, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
  • Mohamed Soliman, Paderborn University, Germany
  • Sami Hyrynsalmi, LUT University, Finland
  • Sudipto Ghosh, Colorado State University, USA
* PC members list is in alphabetical order.