Update: Authors with papers accepted in the workshop will be invited to submit an extended version of their work to an open call for a Special Issue on Software Fairness in the Information and Software Technology Journal.
In contemporary society, technology plays an important role in various domains, including work, education, politics, and leisure. Consequently, without a robust commitment to fairness in software engineering across education, research, and industry, software products may inadvertently inflict harm, particularly by marginalizing certain user groups. Today, as AI systems become more widespread, the expectation for software to represent society’s diversity is not just a technical requirement, but an ethical responsibility. In this context, software fairness has become an essential non-functional requirement and quality attribute, especially for data-driven systems.
Software fairness involves ensuring that software systems, algorithms, and their outcomes are equitable, just, and unbiased across all user demographics, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status. In software engineering, this entails the prevention of discrimination, the promotion of equitable outcomes, and the systematic mitigation of biases throughout the design, development, deployment, and usage phases of software systems. However, despite the critical importance of these considerations, progress in advancing software fairness has been gradual.
The International Workshop on Fairness in Software Systems (Fairness’2025) is a unique event that brings together academics, industrial researchers, and practitioners to exchange experiences, solutions, and new ideas, combining both technical and societal aspects to advance the state of the art in software fairness. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
We welcome articles presenting novel and strong contributions to deal with software fairness, including (i) state-of-the-art methods, models, and tools (with evidence of use and study of practical impact) or bridging the gap between practice and research, (ii) empirical studies in the field, addressing one or many human, technical, social, and economic issues of software fairness through qualitative and/or quantitative analyses, and (iii) industrial experiences, including good practices and lessons learned from managing software fairness in specific contexts or domains.
Authors must comply with the following deadlines:
Deadline | Time |
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Abstract Submission | November 22, 2024 - 23:59 PM (AoE) |
Paper Submission | November 29, 2024 - 23:59 PM (AoE) |
Author Notification | December 20, 2024 - 23:59 PM (AoE) |
Camera Ready | January 10, 2025 - 23:59 PM (AoE) |
Workshop | March 4, 2025 |
Submitted papers must have been neither previously accepted for publication nor concurrently submitted for review in another journal, book, conference, or workshop. All submissions must come in PDF format and conform, at the time of submission, to the IEEE Conference Proceedings Formatting Guidelines. Submissions can be of the following types:
The workshop will follow a double-anonymous peer review process in alignment with SANER’s Review Process policies.
Research papers will be reviewed by at least two members of the Program Committee. Submissions will be evaluated based on the following criteria:
Accepted papers will become part of the workshop proceedings, which will be included as a separate section of the proceedings of the main conference. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions of their work to the Information and Software Technology Special Issue on Software Fairness.
Co-Chair University of Calgary
Co-Chair Virginia Commonwealth University
Media Chair Louisiana State University
Media Chair Federal Rural University of Pernambuco
In case you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact us:
Ronnie de Souza: ronnie.desouzasantos@ucalgary.ca