Paper submission deadline extended to APRIL 24

Dear ,

IWSM Mensura is the premier international conference on measurement and data analytics. Each year practitioners and researchers from all over the world meet to discuss practical challenges and solutions in the field of software and IT measurement and data analytics.

On October 5-7, 2016 the IWSM Mensura conference will be held in Berlin, Germany. The conference venue will be at the Berlin School of Economics, Campus Lichtenberg, near the famous Tierpark.

The deadline to submit research papers has been extended with one week until Sunday April 24. We have had some requests to allow more time to finish the paper submissions. Therefore we will allow everyone one week extra to make a final submission to this year's theme:

On Monday April 25 the reviews will start and no additional papers can be accepted. More details can be found on the website.

Value of DATA

Software and IT measurement are keys for successfully managing and controlling software develop-ment projects. Data analytics and measurement are essential for both business and engineering. They enrich scientific and technical knowledge regarding both the practice of software development and empirical research in software technology. The conference focuses on all aspects of software meas-urement and data analytics.

This year focus is the Value of Data, i.e. how to maximize the value for an organization from making use of data from their software applications and systems. The trend towards digitization also dramati-cally increases the amount of data that becomes available. The value of a company is increasingly hid-den in its data and can only be exploited fully if these are used efficiently along the entire value chain. Big data becomes an important keyword to deal with. The conference also focuses on novel approach-es and innovative ideas on how to optimize existing products and processes making use of data as well as using Big Data as an enabler for new application cases.

We have confirmation of the following keynote speakers:

·          Big Data Algorithms by Ulrich Meyer (University of Frankfurt)

·          Big Data Management and Apache Flink by Volker Markl (Berlin Big Data Center)

·          Data-driven Innovation for Growth and Well-being by Christian Reimsbach-Kounatze (OECD)

·          Solution-Based Estimation by Eric van der Vliet (CGI Estimation Center)

 

We hope to meet you in Berlin

·          Christof Ebert

·          Jens Heidrich

·          Frank Vogelezang

·          Manfred Seufert

·          Andreas Schmietendorf