Software Engineering: Status and Perspectives

Dear Colleagues,

Software engineering has become the backbone of technological advancements in today's rapidly evolving digital landscape. From building intuitive mobile applications to developing complex algorithms and systems, software engineers are at the forefront of innovation. Therefore, staying up-to-date with the latest trends and perspectives is crucial for professionals and businesses. This Special Issue focuses on explaining the status of software engineering, highlighting the key developments and exploring new possibilities. It will explore the latest software engineering trends, challenges, and perspectives.

This Special Issue covers topics related to the general software development process and its detailed phases or activities. It also includes non-process-oriented topics related to automation, tool support, management, data analysis, and decision support. This Special Issue will present theoretical advancements and their applications in practice. Particular attention will be paid to papers highlighting the transformation, evolution and improvement in software engineering methods, tools and applications. This Special Issue also welcomes all results even if they do not follow popular and well-established research paths as we attempt to look for new ideas.

Several types of submissions are welcome: (1) original research papers reporting results from performed experiments, (2) surveys, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses, as well as tertiary studies that aggregate results from individual studies, and (3) experience-based papers considering various practical aspects of applications of methods or tools. All of these types of submissions should reflect and follow a scientific approach necessary for research papers.

Dr. Łukasz Radliński
Dr. Aleksander Jarzębowicz
Dr. Włodzimierz Wysocki
Dr. Ireneusz Miciuła
Guest Editors

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