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Name: Paulo Borba Affiliation: Informatics Center, Federal University of Pernambuco Email address: phmb@cinNOSPAM.ufpe.br

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TECHNICAL CONTENT

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o Clarity of motivation behind the work [ ]1 [ ]2 [ ]3 [ ]4 [ ]5 o Clearly defined technical objectives [ ]1 [ ]2 [ ]3 [ ]4 [ ]5 o Soundness of the proposed approach [ ]1 [ ]2 [ ]3 [ ]4 [ ]5 o Novelty of the proposed approach [ ]1 [ ]2 [ ]3 [ ]4 [ ]5 o Technical depth of the proposed approach [ ]1 [ ]2 [ ]3 [ ]4 [ ]5 (whether of an archival nature or not) o Clear relationship with related work [ ]1 [ ]2 [ ]3 [ ]4 [ ]5 o Clarity and strength of the conclusion [ ]1 [ ]2 [ ]3 [ ]4 [ ]5

STRUCTURE AND STYLE

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o Appropriateness of the title, abstract and keywords [ ]1 [ ]2 [ ]3 [ ]4 [ ]5 o Style of English [ ]1 [ ]2 [ ]3 [ ]4 [ ]5 o Clarity of presentation [ ]1 [ ]2 [ ]3 [ ]4 [ ]5 o Structure of the discussion [ ]1 [ ]2 [ ]3 [ ]4 [ ]5 o Style and suitability of the references [ ]1 [ ]2 [ ]3 [ ]4 [ ]5 o Coherence of argument [ ]1 [ ]2 [ ]3 [ ]4 [ ]5

EVALUATION OF THE PROPOSED CONCEPTS

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o Validation of the proposed concepts through implementation, case studies, industrial applications, etc. [ ]1 [ ]2 [ ]3 [ ]4 [ ]5 o Soundness of the evaluation approach and its results [ ]1 [ ]2 [ ]3 [ ]4 [ ]5 o Relevance to AOSD [ ]1 [ ]2 [ ]3 [ ]4 [ ]5

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