Organization:SIGSOFT
| Formation | 1976 |
|---|---|
| Products | Software development |
Key people | Executive Committee |
| Website | www.sigsoft.org |
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)'s[1] Special Interest Group on Software Engineering[2][3] provides a forum for computing professionals from industry, government and academia to examine principles, practices, and new research results in software engineering.
SIGSOFT was officially formed in 1976 as the Special Interest Committee on Software Engineering (SICSOFT), and converted to SIGSOFT in 1977.
SIGSOFT focuses on issues related to all aspects of software development and maintenance, with emphasis on requirements, specification and design, software architecture, validation, verification, debugging, software safety, mining software repositories, software processes, software management, measurement, user interfaces, configuration management, software engineering environments, AI for software engineering, and CASE tools.
SIGSOFT (co-)sponsors conferences and symposia including the International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE),[4] the ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (ESEC/FSE)[5][6][7] and other events.[8]
SIGSOFT publishes the informal bimonthly newsletter Software Engineering Notes (SEN) newsletter[9][10] with papers, reports and other material related to the cost-effective, timely development and maintenance of high-quality software.
SIGSOFT sponsored and co-sponsored conferences
| Acronym | Name | Co-located with | Budget | Sponsorship |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIWare | ACM International Conference on AI-Powered Software | FSE | with FSE | SIGSOFT |
| Internetware | Asia-Pacific Symposium on Internetware | FSE | separate | SIGSOFT(25%) / China Computer Federation (75%) |
| ISSTA | International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis | FSE (not always) | mostly separate | SIGSOFT |
| AST | International Conference on Automation of Software Test | ICSE | with ICSE | IEEE/ACM |
| CAIN | International Conference on AI Engineering – Software Engineering for AI | ICSE | with ICSE | IEEE/ACM |
| FORGE | International Conference on AI Foundation Models and Software Engineering | ICSE | with ICSE | IEEE/ACM |
| FormaliSE | International Conference on Formal Methods in Software Engineering | ICSE | with ICSE | IEEE/ACM |
| ICPC | International Conference on Program Comprehension | ICSE | with ICSE | IEEE/ACM |
| MOBILESoft | International Conference on Mobile Software Engineering and Systems | ICSE | with ICSE | IEEE/ACM |
| MSR | International Conference on Mining Software Repositories | ICSE | with ICSE | IEEE/ACM |
| SEAMS | International Symposium on Software Engineering for Adaptive and Self-Managing Systems | ICSE | with ICSE | IEEE/ACM |
| Techdebt | International Conference on Technical Debt | ICSE | with ICSE | IEEE/ACM |
| SAM | System Analysis and Modelling Conference | MODELS | with MODELS | IEEE/ACM |
| ASE | International Conference on Automated Software Engineering | separate | IEEE/SIGSOFT/SIGAI (25%) | |
| DEBS | International Conference on Distributed and Event-based Systems | separate | SIGSOFT/SIGMOD | |
| EDTconf | International Conference on Engineering Digital Twins | with MODELS | SIGSOFT/IEEE CS | |
| ESEM | International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement | separate | IEEE/ACM | |
| FSE | International Conference on the Foundations of Software Engineering | separate | SIGSOFT | |
| ICGSE | International Conference on Global Software Engineering | separate | ||
| ICPE | International Conference on Performance Engineering | separate | SIGSOFT(25%) / SIGMETRICS(25%) / SPEC(50%) | |
| ICSE | International Conference on Software Engineering | separate | IEEE / ACM | |
| ICSSP | International Conference on Software and System Processes | separate (used to be with ICSE) | ||
| MODELS | International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems | separate | IEEE/ACM | |
| SPLC | International Systems and Software Product Line Conference | separate |
SIGSOFT Awards
SIGSOFT Outstanding Research Award
The SIGSOFT Outstanding Research Award is presented annually to an individual or individuals who have made significant and lasting research contributions to the theory or practice of software engineering.
- 1997 – Barry Boehm
- 1998 – David Parnas
- 1999 – Harlan Mills
- 1999 – Niklaus Wirth
- 2000 – Victor Basili
- 2001 – Michael Jackson
- 2002 – Gerard Holzmann
- 2003 – Leon J. Osterweil
- 2004 – Nancy Leveson
- 2005 – Jeff Kramer and Jeff Magee
- 2006 – David Harel
- 2007 – Elaine J. Weyuker
- 2008 – Axel van Lamsweerde
- 2009 – Richard N. Taylor
- 2010 – Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson (computer scientist), and John Vlissides
- 2011 – David Garlan and Mary Shaw
- 2012 – Lori Clarke
- 2013 – David Notkin
- 2014 – Alexander Wolf
- 2015 – Carlo Ghezzi
- 2016 – James Herbsleb
- 2017 – Daniel Jackson
- 2018 – Andreas Zeller
- 2019 – Mark Harman (computer scientist)
- 2020 – Michael D. Ernst
- 2021 – Prem Devanbu
- 2022 – Lionel Briand
- 2023 – Gail Murphy
- 2024 – Tsong Yueh Chen
- 2025 – Martin Rinard
- 2026 – Tao Xie
SIGSOFT Distinguished Service Award
The SIGSOFT Distinguished Service Award is presented annually to individuals who have contributed dedicated and important service to the software engineering community.
- 1995 – Tony Wasserman
- 1996 – Rick Adrion
- 1997 – Peter G. Neumann
- 1998 – Bruce Barnes
- 1999 – Bill Riddle
- 2000 – Marvin Zelkowitz
- 2001 – Kouichi Kishida
- 2002 – Lori Clarke
- 2003 – Axel van Lamsweerde
- 2004 – Will Tracz
- 2005 – Richard N. Taylor
- 2006 – Carlo Ghezzi
- 2007 – David Notkin
- 2008 – John C. Knight
- 2009 – Stuart Zweben
- 2010 – Mary Lou Soffa
- 2011 – Jeff Kramer
- 2012 – Alexander Wolf
- 2013 – Wilhelm Schäfer
- 2014 – Leon J. Osterweil
- 2015 – Bashar Nuseibeh
- 2016 – Martin Glinz
- 2017 – Laura Dillon
- 2018 – David S. Rosenblum
- 2019 – Matt Dwyer
- 2020 – Nenad Medvidović
- 2021 – Tao Xie
- 2022 – Joanne M. Atlee
- 2023 – John Grundy
- 2024 – Massimiliano Di Penta
- 2025 – Mauro Pezzé
- 2026 – Thomas Zimmermann
SIGSOFT Influential Educator Award
The SIGSOFT Influential Educator Award is presented annually to an educator or educators who have made significant contributions to, and impact on, the field of software engineering with his or her accomplishments as a teacher, mentor, researcher (in education or learning), author, and/or policy maker.
- 2009 – Laurie Williams (software engineer)
- 2009 – Nico Habermann
- 2010 – Leon J. Osterweil
- 2011 – Ian Sommerville (software engineer)
- 2012 – Mehdi Jazayeri
- 2012 – David Notkin
- 2013 – Tony Wasserman
- 2014 – Mary Lou Soffa
- 2015 – Barbara Ryder
- 2016 – Lori Pollock
- 2017 – Bertrand Meyer
- 2018 – Shriram Krishnamurthi
- 2019 – Ahmed E. Hassan
- 2020 – Greg Wilson
- 2021 – Katsuro Inoue
- 2022 – Miryung Kim
- 2023 – Tao Xie
- 2024 – Martin Robillard
- 2025 – Andreas Zeller
- 2026 – Daniela Damian
References
- ↑ Association for Computing Machinery, ACM.
- ↑ ACM Special Interest Group on Software Engineering, SIGSOFT.
- ↑ History of ACM SIGSOFT.
- ↑ International Conference on Software Engineering, ICSE.
- ↑ ACM SIGSOFT Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering, FSE History.
- ↑ Past and Upcoming International Symposia on the Foundations of Software Engineering, FSE.
- ↑ European Software Engineering Conference / International Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering, ESEC-FSE.
- ↑ Events sponsored or co-sponsored by SIGSOFT
- ↑ Software Engineering Notes, SEN homepage.
- ↑ ACM Digital Library, SEN issues.
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