• Submissions
• Tool presentations
• Deadlines
• Evaluation of Papers

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We invite submissions of original papers related to the aforementioned topics. Submissions must be in English, IEEE double-column format, and must indicate the above paper type. Submitted papers should not exceed 10 pages (2 pages for tool demonstrations). Additional material for the aid of the reviewers (e.g., proofs) can be sent in a clearly marked appendix. Papers must be unpublished and not be submitted for publication elsewhere. PC members, except program co-chairs, may submit papers.

All accepted papers (including tool demonstrations) will appear in the Conference Proceedings published by the Conference Publishing Services (CPS), and must be presented at the conference by one of the authors. A best-paper award will be presented at the conference.

It is planned that selected papers will appear in a special issue of an international journal.

Tool presentation sessions will be arranged to present and demonstrate tools relevant to conference topics. Accepted tool descriptions will appear in the conference proceedings.

All submitted papers will be thoroughly judged by at least three reviewers on the basis of their originality, technical quality, scientific or practical contribution to the state of the art, methodology, clarity, and adequacy of references. QEST considers five types of papers with additional reviewing criteria (in no particular order):

1. Theoretical: advance our understanding, apply to non-trivial problems and be mathematically rigorous.
2. Methodological and technical: describe situations that require the development and proposal of new analysis processes and techniques. Process structure and the individual steps should be clearly described. If the methodology has already been evaluated with applications, a brief description of the lessons learned would be very helpful.
3. Application: describes a novel application, and compares with previous results (if any).
4. Tools: should motivate the development of the new tools and the formalisms they support. Tool papers need neither discuss their theoretical underpinnings nor their algorithms. Instead, they should focus on the software architecture and discuss its practical capabilities with particular reference to the size and type of model it can handle within reasonable time and space limits.
5. Tool demonstration: describe a relevant tool, as well as its features, evaluation, or any other information that may demonstrate the merits of the tool.