CLOSED: Special Issue on Revisiting Software Testing
Computer seeks submissions for this upcoming special issue.
Publication: May 2025
Topics relevant to computing professionals and scientists can be timely (sometimes fads of short duration), timeless, or both. In Computer, we seek a balance between timeless and timely computing technology articles. Software testing theory and practice nestles precisely in this sweet spot. In this forthcoming Special Issue of Computer, we will explore where software of all kinds of systems testing is today in both theory and practice.We seek papers that will explore the following and closely related questions:
What are the most significant advances in testing in the last decade or decades?
Has the cost of testing (as ratio of overall software cost) increased or decreased?
How can time to market be minimized without compromising testing phases?
How much more testing is practical for reducing security vulnerabilities, beyond testing basic functionality?
Are we any better at knowing when to stop testing?
Where do formal methods fit in with testing?
What are the best ways to approach the test oracle problem?
Many advanced testing methods exist for certain critical mission systems such as avionics. How can these techniques be applied efficiently in other industries?
How have changes in management methods affected the use of testing?
Does consumer software have adequate testing?
How can traditional software test methods be applied to hardware description languages?
What is the state of the art in automated testing?
Testing of object-oriented vs in-OO software
What are the latest developments in testing metrics?
What are the latest Special approaches to testing open-source software, particularly for security testing and detection of auto-generated code?
Many test methods for conventional software don't apply well to AI/ML. What methods can help?
Submission Guidelines
For author information and guidelines on submission criteria, please visit the Computer Author Information page. Please submit papers through the ScholarOne system, and be sure to select the special issue name. Manuscripts should not be published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. Please submit only full papers intended for review, not abstracts.
Important Submission Instructions:
As of 19 November 2024, Computer Magazine will use the IEEE Author Portal for all new submissions.
If you have not yet started the submission process, please use the IEEE Author Portal to submit your article.
If you have started a draft of your submission OR if you submitted your paper prior to the IEEE Author Portal launch, you will finish the peer review life cycle of submission(s) currently under review through ScholarOne Manuscripts. You do not need to submit a new manuscript. All new and future submissions will be submitted entirely through the IEEE Author Portal.
