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style="font-family: Consolas;">Dear colleagues,</span></div><div><font
face="Consolas">Due to many requests, the submission deadline to META¹2016
is extended to <b><font color="#ff2600">September 30,
2016</font></b>.</font></div><div><font
face="Consolas"><br></font></div><div><font
face="Consolas">Regards,</font></div><div><font
face="Consolas">Ilhem</font></div><div><font
face="Consolas"><br></font></div><div><font face="Consolas">Apologies for
cross-postings. </font></div><div><font
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0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align:
center; border: none; padding: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-size:
14pt;">Special Session Call for Papers</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p
class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center; border: none;
padding: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-size:
14pt;"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center"
style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,
sans-serif; text-align: center; border: none; padding: 0cm;"><b><span
style="font-size: 14pt;">META'2016 Special Session
on </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center"
style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,
sans-serif; text-align: center; border: none; padding: 0cm;"><b><span
style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Metaheuristics for
software engineering</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"
align="center" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;
font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center; border: none; padding:
0cm;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p
class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center; border: none;
padding: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">International Conference on
Metaheuristics and Nature Inspired
Computing (META'2016)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"
align="center" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;
font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center; border: none; padding:
0cm;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">27-31 Oct 2016 Marrakech,
Morocco</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:
rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm
0cm 0.0001pt 35.4pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Times
New Roman', serif;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:
rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm
0cm 0.0001pt 35.4pt; text-align: justify;"><b>SCOPE</b><o:p></o:p></p><p
class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri,
sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 35.4pt; text-align:
justify;">In the last years, a great interest has been devoted to the
application of search-based optimization to Software Engineering, an area
known as Search-Based Software Engineering (SBSE).<o:p></o:p></p><p
class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri,
sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 35.4pt; text-align:
justify;">The SBSE approach is of particular interest to researchers and
practitioners from the software engineering community because it provides a
suite of adaptive automated and semiautomated solutions in situations
typified by large complex search space with many conflicting
constraints. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0,
0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm
0.0001pt 35.4pt; text-align: justify;">SBSE has been widely applied to many
problems throughout the Software Engineering lifecycle, from requirements
and project planning to maintenance and re-engineering.<o:p></o:p></p><p
class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri,
sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 35.4pt; text-align:
justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0,
0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm
0.0001pt 35.4pt; text-align: justify;">This special session invites the
submission of works, which explore the applicability of search-based
optimisation techniques in various software engineering related tasks
including but not limited to:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size:
12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 35.4pt; text-align:
justify;"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst"
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size:
12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 70.85pt; text-align: justify; text-indent:
-22.75pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">-<span
style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New
Roman';"> </span></span>Software
Testing and Test Data Generation<o:p></o:p></p><p
class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 70.85pt;
text-align: justify; text-indent: -22.75pt;"><span style="font-family:
Cambria, serif;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New
Roman';"> </span></span>Softw
are Maintenance, Refactoring, Program Construction and
Transformation<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size:
12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 70.85pt; text-align: justify; text-indent:
-22.75pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">-<span
style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New
Roman';"> </span></span>Verif
ication and Specification<o:p></o:p></p><p
class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 70.85pt;
text-align: justify; text-indent: -22.75pt;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt;
font-family: 'Times New Roman',
serif;"> </span>Requirement
Engineering<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size:
12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 70.85pt; text-align: justify; text-indent:
-22.75pt;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',
serif;"> </span>Project
Management<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:
rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm
0cm 0.0001pt 70.85pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -22.75pt;"><span
style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt;
font-family: 'Times New
Roman';"> </span></span>Progr
am Comprehension, Optimization and Analysis<o:p></o:p></p><p
class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 70.85pt;
text-align: justify; text-indent: -22.75pt;"><span style="font-family:
Cambria, serif;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New
Roman';"> </span></span>Softw
are Engineering Predictive Modeling<o:p></o:p></p><p
class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 70.85pt;
text-align: justify; text-indent: -22.75pt;"><span style="font-family:
Cambria, serif;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New
Roman';"> </span></span>Model
manipulation and management (transformation, merging, evolution,
Š)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color: rgb(0,
0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm
0.0001pt 70.85pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -22.75pt;"><span
style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt;
font-family: 'Times New
Roman';"> </span></span>Devel
oping self-adaptive systems<o:p></o:p></p><p
class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 70.85pt;
text-align: justify; text-indent: -22.75pt;"><span style="font-family:
Cambria, serif;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New
Roman';"> </span></span>Cloud
computing<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:
rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm
0cm 0.0001pt 70.85pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -22.75pt;"><span
style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt;
font-family: 'Times New
Roman';"> </span></span>Softw
are Product Lines<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size:
12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 70.85pt; text-align: justify; text-indent:
-22.75pt;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',
serif;"> </span>Š<o:p><
/o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 35.4pt;
text-align: justify;"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size:
12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 35.4pt; text-align: justify;"><b>IMPORTANT
DATES</b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p
class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri,
sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 35.4pt; text-align:
justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:
0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 70.85pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -17.45pt;"><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size:
12pt;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New
Roman';"> </span></span
><strike style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;
font-size: 12pt;"><b>May 6, 2016</b>: Paper submission
deadline</strike><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri,
sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><font
face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:
16px;"><strike><o:p></o:p><b><font>NEW SUBMISSION DEADLINE: May 27,
2016</font></b></strike></span></font></p></div></div></div></span></div></s
pan></div></span></div></span><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;
font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b style="font-size: 16px;
text-align: justify; text-indent: -23.266666412353516px;"><font
color="#ff2600"><span class="Apple-tab-span"
style="white-space:pre"> </span>DEADLINE EXTENSION: September 30,
2016</font></b></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION" style="font-family:
Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div
style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break:
after-white-space;"><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION" style="color: rgb(0, 0,
0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div
style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break:
after-white-space;"><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="word-wrap:
break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break:
after-white-space;"><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="word-wrap:
break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break:
after-white-space;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt
35.4pt; text-align: justify;"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size:
12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 35.4pt; text-align: justify;"><b>SUBMISSION
GUIDELINES</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0,
0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm
0.0001pt 35.4pt; text-align: justify;">This special session will be held as
part of the META¹16 conference. Please submit your paper using the online
submission system, as described in the instructions for authors. During the
submission process you should indicate that the paper is for a special
session, which is: Œ<b>Metaheuristics for software engineering</b>¹.
Detailed instructions for submitting the papers are provided on the
conference home page at:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:
rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm
0cm 0.0001pt 35.4pt; text-align: justify;"><a
href="http://meta2016.sciencesconf.org/" style="color:
purple;">http://meta2016.sciencesconf.org/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p
class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri,
sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 35.4pt; text-align:
justify;"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0,
0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm
0.0001pt 35.4pt; text-align: justify;"><b>CATEGORIES OF
SUBMISSIONS </b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:
rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm
0cm 0.0001pt 35.4pt; text-align: justify;">Several categories of submissions
may be accepted:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0,
0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm
0.0001pt 35.4pt; text-align: justify;"> <o:p></o:p></p><p
class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 70.85pt;
text-align: justify; text-indent: -17.45pt;"><span style="font-family:
Cambria, serif;">S1)</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span
style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span></span><b>Short papers</b>: Extended abstracts of
work-in-progress and position papers of a maximum of 3
pages<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:
rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0cm
0cm 0.0001pt 70.85pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -17.45pt;"><font
face="Cambria,serif"><span style="font-size: 16px;">S2)</span></font><span
style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span><b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size:
12pt;">Long papers</b><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;">: Original research contributions of a maximum of
10 pages<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size:
14px; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 70.85pt; text-align: justify; text-indent:
-17.45pt;"><font face="Cambria,serif"><span style="font-size:
16px;">S3)</span></font><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';
font-size: 7pt;"> </span><b style="font-family: Calibri,
sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Journal papers</b><font
face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">: High-quality
manuscripts that have recently, within the last year, been submitted or
accepted for journal <span class="Apple-tab-span"
style="white-space:pre"> </span>publication<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><
p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri,
sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 35.4pt; text-align:
justify;"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0,
0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm
0.0001pt 35.4pt; text-align: justify;"><b>CONFERENCE
PROCEEDINGS </b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:
rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm
0cm 0.0001pt 35.4pt; text-align: justify;">Accepted papers in
categories <b>S1</b> and <b>S2</b> will be published in
the proceedings that will be available at the conference. In addition, a
post-conference Springer book and special issue of Journals is planned to be
published. Participants will be invited to submit extended versions of their
work for consideration. P<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size:
12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 35.4pt;"> <o:p></o:p></p><p
class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri,
sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 35.4pt; text-align:
justify;"><b>SPECIAL SESSION ORGANIZERS:</b><o:p></o:p></p><p
class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;
font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 70.85pt; text-indent: -17.45pt;
color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">-<span
style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New
Roman';"> </span></span
>Ilhem BOUSSAÏD (University of Sciences and Technologies Houari Boumediene,
Algeria, <a
href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask]</a>)</p></div></span></d
iv></span><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;
font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span"
style="white-space:pre"> </span> <span
style="font-size: 16px; text-indent: -23.266666412353516px; font-family:
Cambria, serif;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New
Roman';"> </span></span><span
style="font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Marouane KESSENTINI
(University of Michigan, USA, </span><span style="font-size: 16px;
text-align: justify;"><a
href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask]</a></span><span
style="font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">) </span></div><span
id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri,
sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word;
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><span
id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri,
sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word;
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color:
rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="font-family:
Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 70.85pt;
text-indent: -17.45pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">-<span
style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New
Roman';"> </span></span
>Patrick SIARRY (University of Paris-Est Créteil, France, <a
href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask]</a>)<o:p></o:p></p><p
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