The Proceedings of the 17th Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering (SBES 2003) bring the papers selected and presented in the edition of the event held in Manaus/AM, from October 08-10, 2003, as part of the 18th Brazilian Symposium on Databases (SBBD 2003). In this issue, the proceedings include 20 full papers. These papers were selected through a peer-review, from a total of 129 full papers submitted, which implied an acceptance rate of 15.5%. The coordination of the organizing committee of the event was by Altigran Soares da Silva (UFAM). The general coordination of the event was by Guilherme Horta Travassos (UFRJ). The articles in this volume were submitted on 05/12/2003, accepted for publication on 07/10/2003, with the final version submitted on 07/31/2003.
You can find more information about SBES 2003 by visiting the website of the event (Archive).
