ISEC 2021, Innovations in Software Engineering Conference 2021, is the annual conference of iSOFT, the India chapter of ACM SIGSOFTunder the umbrella of ACM India. The 14th edition of the conference will be held at KIIT Deemed-to be- University, Bhubaneswar, Oisha, India, during 25th-27th February 2021. ISEC will bring together researchers and practitioners from across the world to share the results of their work.

The Start-up Track is a track whose objective is to provide a platform for startups to show-case either their products or their innovative use of technology, methods or processes in the area of Software Engineering to the ISEC audience consisting of researchers, practitioners, startups, andstudents.

Selected applicants will be provided with a stall where they can demo their product / process / tools during the conference, as well as a presentation slot.

Who can apply?

Any SME startup developing Tools/ Products using the Software Engineering technologies listed can apply to the ISEC 2021 and demonstrate the Tool / Product during the conference.

Startups should clearly demonstrate the below to the attendees:

• The ProblemStatement
• Solution offering tousers
• The technology behind the offeredsolution
• Validationresults

Why apply?

ISEC brings together people from industry, as well as academia, from all over India and abroad. This is a great place to showcase your product or your company to potential customers, prospective collaborators, proficient employees, and credible future employees (students), budding investors andinclusive media.

Also invited to ISEC, will be local ecosystem members - funds, incubators, mentorship platforms, who can support the future journey of your start-up.

How to Apply?

• Step 1: Open Application Form.
• Step 2: Fill the complete applicationform.
• Step 3: The selection committee will shortlist theapplications.
• Step 4: The final shortlisted startups will be invited to demonstrate their product at ISEC2021.

What’s for startups?

Networking and Market opportunities

• ISEC aims to bring together industrial and research professionals of software engineering, who are eager to share and brainstorm novel ideas and advancements of commoninterest.
• Showcase product / tool to Industry Leaders from across thecountry.
• Find the Potential Customer orPartners.

Important dates

Last date for Submitting Application	31 October 2020 15th November, 2020
Acceptance Notification	30 November 2020

List of Technologies

We are inviting Startups developing the products / tools from the below mentioned areas, though not limited to them:

• Software Engineering Processes and Methodologies
  • Agile Methods
  • Software Testing
  • Engineering for Quality Requirements
  • Security and Privacy
  • Software Analytics
  • Software Reliability
• Software Deployment and Operations
  • Green / Sustainable Data-Center Management
  • DevOps
  • Container Based Software Artifacts
  • Fault Isolation and Repair in Large Enterprise
• Software for theCloud
  • Security
  • Data Obfuscation
  • Cross Cloud Deployment
  • Performance Engineering for CloudApps
• OtherTopics
  • System Verification and Validation
  • Support for Service Metering and Billing
  • Platform Services
  • Innovative use of Software Engineering for e-business applications in any domain
  • AI applications in Software Engineering
  • Machine Learning / Deep Learning applications in Software Engineering
  • IoT Applications
  • Android Apps