QRS 2025: Call for Papers

The IEEE International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability, and Security (QRS) is celebrating its 25th anniversary and will be held in Hangzhou, China, from July 16-20, 2025.

QRS provides a platform for engineers and scientists from both industry and academia to present their ongoing work, relate their research outcomes and experiences, and discuss efficient techniques for the development of reliable, secure, and trustworthy systems.

Tracks

• Regular & Short Papers: Submit original manuscripts (not published or considered elsewhere) with a maximum of twelve (12) pages for regular papers and ten (10) pages for short papers. Accepted papers will be published in the QRS 2025 Proceedings.
• Workshops: Submit original manuscripts (not published or considered elsewhere) with a maximum of ten (10) pages. Accepted papers will be published in the QRS 2025 Companion.
• Industry Track: Submit a two-page paper or a description of your talk. Accepted papers will be published in the QRS 2025 Companion.
• Fast Abstracts: Submit original manuscripts (not published or considered elsewhere) with a maximum of two (2) pages. Accepted papers will be published in the QRS 2025 Companion.
• Posters: Submit a maximum of 10 PowerPoint slides for display at the conference. Authors may also submit a two-page summary for inclusion in the QRS 2025 Companions.
• Special Tracks:
  • Special Track on Advanced Computing and Intelligent Services (STACIS)
  • Special Track on Reliable Parallel Machine Learning Systems (STREML)
  • Special Track on Intelligent Maintenance with AI (STIMAI)
  • Special Track on Intelligent Diagnosis and Prognosis of Complex Equipment (STIDPCE)

Submission Guidelines

• All papers must conform to the QRS conference proceedings format and submission guidelines.
• Submissions must be in English and in PDF format.
• Each submission will be reviewed by at least three members of the Program Committee.
• Papers presented at the conference will be submitted for inclusion into the IEEE Xplore.
• Authors of top-quality papers will be invited to submit their extended versions to selected SCI Journals.

Format and Submission Details:

• Each paper can have at most 5 authors.
• Each author can have at most 3 accepted papers in the proceedings.
• Regular Papers: Maximum of twelve (12) pages.
• Short Papers: Maximum of ten (10) pages.
• Industry Track Papers: Maximum of two (2) pages.
• Fast Abstracts: Maximum of two (2) pages.
• Poster Summaries: Maximum of two (2) pages.
• Workshop Papers: Maximum of ten (10) pages.

Templates:

• PDF
• Word DOCX
• Latex

Important Dates

• Regular and Short papers due: April 15, 2025
• Author notification (regular and short papers): May 30, 2025
• Workshop papers due: June 3, 2025
• Fast Abstracts & Industry Track due: June 3, 2025
• Poster Track due: June 3, 2025
• Author notification (except for regular and short papers): June 10, 2025
• Camera-ready due: June 20, 2025
• Author registration due: June 20, 2025
• Conference dates: July 16 - 20, 2025

Awards

• Best Paper Award
• Most Influential Paper Award
• Special Recognition Award

Contact Us

• General Inquiries and Secretariat: QRS Secretariat

Call for Paper Download

• QRS 2025 Call for Paper (847 KB)