(Apologies for cross-posting)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SECOND INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL ON SEARCH-BASED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

University of Malaga, Spain 
 
28-30 June, 2017 
https://ss-sbse2017.uma.es
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

HIGHLIGHTS

Registration deadline: May 31st, 2017

Keynotes: 
	Justyna Petke: Genetic Improvement - new direction in SBSE
	Robert Hierons: Optimal Product Selection from Feature Models
	
Seminars: 
	Daniel Rodríguez: Software Defect Prediction in Software Engineering
	Jose Antonio Parejo & Aurora Ramirez: QoS-Aware web service composition 
		with multi-objective  evolutionary algorithms

SCOPE

Research in the area of Search-Based Software Engineering (SBSE) has flourished
in the last years. This Summer School aims to present current research in
different topics of SBSE research organized in a series of exciting keynotes,
talks and seminars followed by questions and debate. This Summer School is open
to participants from both Academy and Industry all around the world. We
particularly encourage graduates and postgraduates (especially, PhD students),
as well as researchers and professionals interested in SBSE to join us and
participate in the event.

The Second International Summer School on Search-Based Software Engineering 
(SS-SBSE 2017) [https://ss-sbse2017.uma.es] is supported by SEBASENet 
[https://www.uco.es/SEBASENet] (the Spanish Excellence  Network on Search-Based
Software Engineering), SISTEDES [http://www.sistedes.es] (Spanish Society of 
Software Engineering and Software Development Technologies), and it is hosted 
by the NEO Research Group [http://neo.lcc.uma.es] at the University of Malaga 
[http://www.uma.es], Spain.

VENUE

SS-SBSE 2017 will be hosted in the touristic city of Malaga, a well-known 
destination in Southern Spain, in Andalusia [http://www.malagaturismo.com/en].
Malaga’s history spans about 2,800 years, making it one of the oldest cities in 
the world. The archaeological remains and monuments from the Phoenician, Roman, 
Arabic and Christian eras make the historic center of the city an "open museum",
displaying its history of more than 3,000 years.

The event will be held in the Computer Science School of the University of Malaga
[http://www.uma.es/etsi-informatica/] located in the Teatinos University Campus
[https://goo.gl/maps/8BJfzqUyxG62].

Malaga's airport (AGP) is Spain’s third largest one after Madrid and Barcelona. 
More than 60 companies operate flights to and from Malaga, including both major 
airlines (Iberia, British Airways, Air France, Lufthansa, KLM, Alitalia, ...) 
and low-cost ones (Easyjet, Ryanair, AerLingus, Germanwings, ...). There are 
direct flights from most major European cities and from USA. Malaga can also be 
reached by regular and high velocity trains and highway. More information on 
traveling options can be found in the Web page of the Summer School.

PARTICIPATION

Registration fees and details are available at https://ss-sbse2017.uma.es/registration .
Registration includes:

* Attendance to all the activities of the Summer School
* Lunches
* Coffee breaks
* Regular dinner (June 28th)
* Gala Dinner (June 29th)
* Social event

The tentative program of the Summer School is available on-line 
[https://ss-sbse2017.uma.es/schedule/]. There will be two keynote talks 
given by Robert Hierons and Justyna Petke [https://ss-sbse2017.uma.es/category/speakers/keynotes/], 
two seminars on Software Defect Prediction (Daniel Rodriguez) and QoS-aware
Web Service Composition (Jose Antonio Parejo and Aurora Ramirez), participant's 
talks and a student's activity, where the young researchers will have to outline 
a research project in groups and convince a committee of the novelty, relevance 
and viability  of the project (there will be an award for the winner group). 

Participants willing to give a talk at SS-SBSE 2017 should send the title and 
abstract with the registration information.

ORGANIZATION

Steering Committee

* Francisco Chicano, University of Malaga (Spain)
* Robert Hierons, Brunel University London (UK)
* Inmaculada Medina-Bulo, University of Cadiz (Spain)
* Francisco Palomo-Lozano, University of Cadiz (Spain)
* Jose Raul Romero, University of Cordoba (Spain)
* Chris Simons, University of the West of England (UK)

Organizing Committee (University of Malaga, Spain)

* Enrique Alba
* Francisco Chicano (chair)
* Christian Cintrano
* Miguel Angel Dominguez
* Javier Ferrer
* Gabriel Luque
* Jamal Toutouh
* Daniel Stolfi

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------