Forum for Academic Software Engineering Volume 5, Number 09, Tue Mar 28 07:51:27 CST 1995 Topics: Proving Software Engineering's Legitimacy CRA Taulbee Survey Now On CRA's Web Server Web Pages for Women's Groups Journal Announcement - Software Process:Improvement and Practice First World Conference on Integrated Design & Process Technology Public Domain CASE Tools Web Page 1995 Asian Computing Science Conference Workshop Announcement - CS1 and 2 A------------------------------------------------------- From: frailey@mkcase1.dseg.ti.com (Dennis Frailey 952-2511) Subject: Proving Software Engineering's Legitimacy IT SEEMS "SOFTWARE ENGINEERING" is a term universities are hearing over and over again these days from their customers. Some of these universities are trying to hire "software engineering" faculty, mainly because that's what a lot of the students want to study. But many universities have rejected active practitioners for the faculty positions because they do not fit their idea of a "good researcher." Sometimes I think the typical university's idea of a good software- engineering researcher is a computer- science theoretician with some remote connection to software development. When I protest this attitude, my colleagues respond that all they read about software engineering is either applied work or academically "fluffy" work that would never get funded. (Twenty-five years ago, when I entered academia, computer science was viewed as a mostly applied field whose only "research" content was in some obscure branches of mathematics. How times have changed and academic prejudices have not!) I need to convince these colleagues that software engineering is a legitimate academic discipline in which people are really doing research, funding is available, and academic respectability is not suspect. I have spent so much time doing this lately that I've decided to go about it in a methodical way and make a small research project out of it. I need some help compiling a comprehensive list of 1. research publications in the field of software engineering; 2. major research topics in the field of software engineering; 3. major organizations, universities, and so on that are doing research in software engineering; and 4. major sources of funding for research in the field of software engineering. I promise to send the results to anyone who responds with legitimate information. Please reply to specific questions with the numbers indicated, so I can sort through this in an organized way. And send your email and mailing addresses so I can send you the results. Dennis J. Frailey Texas Instruments Incorporated Plano, Texas frailey@acm.org A------------------------------------------------------- From: josuna@cra.org (Juan Osuna) Subject: CRA Taulbee Survey Now On CRA's Web Server Check out recent additions to CRA's web server at http://cra.org/. We have made available results of the 1994 CRA Taulbee Survey on degree production, student enrollment, faculty growth and faculty salaries. Also, you will find a new database of web links to industrial research labs and information about the 1996 federal budget, extracted from the March issue of Computing Research News. A------------------------------------------------------- From: lwerth@cs.utexas.edu (Laurie Werth) Subject: Web Pages for Women's Groups: Web Pages for Women's Groups: Univ of Wisconsin, Women in Computer Science: http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~karavan/wics.html Caltech, Women's Center/Women in Science and Engineering: http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~wcenter http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~wiseup/wise.html PipeLINK at RPI: http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~walkere/pipelink Univ of Calgary, Women in Science and Engineering: http://www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca:80/~fremont/wise/wise.html Stanford Univ, Women in Computer Science: http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~womencs/ UC Berkeley, Women in Computer Science and Engineering: http://http.cs.berkeley.edu/students/wicse/ CMU, SCS Women: http://www.cs.cmu.edu:8001/afs/cs.cmu.edu/org/women/www/home.html Pages of General Interest to Women: The Ada Project (TAP): http://www.cs.yale.edu/HTML/YALE/CS/HyPlans/tap/tap.html Women Undergrads in Computer Science: http://infomac1.science.unimelb.edu.au/cielle/women/wucs.html Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility: http://cpsr.org/cpsr/gender/gender.html/ Ellen Spertus' Gender page: http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/ellens/gender.html/ Information Technology Research Centre: http://itrc.on.ca A------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Journal Announcement - Software Process:Improvement and Practice From: Gaynor Redvers-Mutton \---------------------------------------/ \ / \ S O F T W A R E P R O C E S S / \ Improvement and Practice / \ JOURNAL / \---------------------------------------/ * A new journal - Pilot Issue: Spring 1995 * * Request complimentary copy from spip@wiley.co.uk * EDITORS-IN-CHIEF ------------------ DEWAYNE E PERRY WILHELM SCHAEFER AT & T Bell Laboratories, Universitaet Paderborn 600 Mountain Avenue, FB17 - Informatik Murray Hill, D-33095 Paderborn New Jersey 07974, USA Germany Tel: +1 908 582 2529 Tel: +49 5251 602428 Email: dep@research.att.com Email: Wilhelm@uni-paderborn.de INDUSTRIAL EDITORS -------------------- VOLKER GRUHN LAWRENCE G VOTTA, JR LION GmbH, AT & T Bell Laboratories, Universitaetsstr. 140, 1000 E. Warrenville Road, D-44799 Bochum, Naperville, Germany Illinois 60566, USA Tel: +49 234 9709 326 Fax: +49 234 9709 111 Tel: +1 708 713 4612 Email: gruhn@lucky.lion.de Fax: +1 708 713 4982 STANDARDS EDITOR ------------------- ALEC DORLING Brameur, Technology House, Lissadel Street, Salford, M6 6AP, UK Tel: +44 745 7444 Fax: +44 737 7700 Email: brameur@a.sss.co.uk EDITORIAL BOARD ------------------ Chairman of the Board COLIN TULLY, UK ROBERT M BALZER, USA BARRY BOEHM, USA JEAN-CLAUDE DERNIAME, France CHRISTER FERNSTROEM, France DENNIS FRAILEY, USA ALFONSO FUGGETTA, Italy CARLO GHEZZI, Italy WATTS HUMPHREY, USA TAKUYA KATAYAMA, Japan BARBARA KITCHENHAM, UK GUENTER KOCH, Spain MANNY LEHMAN, UK LEON OSTERWEIL, USA MARK PAULK, USA MARIA H PENEDO, USA H DIETER ROMBACH, Germany ALEXANDER L WOLF, USA AIMS AND SCOPE -------------- The objective of 'Software Process: Improvement and Practice' is to facilitate improvement in the quality, productivity, performance and assessment of the software development process by disseminating practice and experience papers. 'Software Process' aims to be the vehicle of scientific record for all advances in software process models and descriptions. It will seek contributions on the impact of the SEI capability maturity model, on standardisation issues and the results of initiatives such as ESSI, and on all the following topics: process discovery and capture process description and formalisms process architecture process analysis and visualisation process-centred environments process monitoring and measurement process experiments and experimental paradigms relationships between software and non-software processes process support mechanisms - instantiation, customisation, evolution - change propagation - guidance and conformance - cooperation and coordination - state reification - binding process assessment, feedback and improvement novel software processes * FORTHCOMING AND TYPICAL CONTENTS * * Two Case Studies in Modeling Real Corporate Processes by N. BARGHOUTI * Process Compostion: An Approach to Modeling Quality Management Frameworks by K. INOUE * The Evolution of the SEI's Capability Maturity Model for Software by Mark PAULK * SPICE: A Framework for Software Process Assessment by Terrence P. ROUT * Return on Investment from Process Improvement as Measured by US Industry by Judith G. BRODMAN and Donna JOHNSON * Towards a Software Process Research Agenda Robert BALZER * Software Process Improvement by Business Process Orientation Volker GRUHN and Stefan WOLF * Workshop Reports * Book Reviews ORDERING INFORMATION ---------------------- 'SOFTWARE PROCESS: Improvement and Practice' is published jointly by John Wiley & Sons Ltd and Gauthier-Villars.A Pilot Issue will be published in Spring '95. To order your complimentary copy, send your name and address to: spip@wiley.co.uk marked "pilot issue request". or by mail to: EITHER OR Dept AC, Subscription Dept 'C', John Wiley & Sons Ltd, John Wiley & Sons Inc, Baffins Lane, Chichester, 605 Third Avenue, West Sussex, New York, PO19 1UD, UK NY10158, USA SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS ---------------------- ISSN: 1077 4866 Volume 1 (1995) 2 Issues Institutional $75.00/Personal $35.00 Volume 2 (1996) 4 Issues Institutional $175.00/Personal $90.00 SPECIAL COMBINED SUBSCRIPTION RATE AVAILABLE FOR VOLUMES 1 & 2 - SAVE UP TO $50.00 Volumes 1 & 2 Combined (1995-96) 6 Issues Institutional $200.00/Personal $100.00 You can telephone your credit card order on +44 243 770400, or fax on +44 243 776128 CALL FOR PAPERS ------------------ Contributions to the journal are sought. INDUSTIRAL EXPERIENCE PAPERS: An industrial practice section of the journal will report on experiences in applying software process technology. Industrial members of the board will monitor this section checking submissions for appropriateness and relevance to the goals of the journal. TECHNICAL AND RESEARCH PAPERS: Papers submitted to the research section of the journal will be refereed. If you would like to submit a paper for publication in the journal, please read the Notes for Contributors. NOTES FOR CONTRIBUTORS ------------------------- 1. Submission of manuscripts Initial submission. Five copies of the manuscript should be mailed to one of the two Editors-in-Chief: Dewayne E. Perry, AT&T Bell Laboratories, 600 Mountain Avenue, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974, USA, or Wilhelm Schaefer, Universitaet Paderborn, FB17 - Informatik, D-33095 Paderborn, Germany. All submissions must include the contact author's name; e-mail and street address; and telephone, fax and numbers. Papers should be printed doubled-spaced and in font size of at least 10 points. Research papers should be no more than 12,000 words long. Industrial papers should be no more than 3,000 words long. Submission of accepted papers. All accepted papers should be submitted to the appropriate editor, at one of the above addresses, in final form. Accepted papers should be provided on disk if possible. Two identical disk copies of the final version of the paper should be accompanied by a hardcopy. If the disk and the hardcopy differ, the hardcopy will be used as the definitive version. The disk must be labelled with a six letter acronym representing the journal title (3) and the author's name (3), for example, SPIDEP. The label should also include the date, author's name, hardware and software used. Most software is acceptable but WordPerfect, Word or Tex are best. Illustrations. If illustrations are available in PostScript form, they should be supplied on the disks accompanying the manuscript. Each illustration should be supplied in a separate file. The Figure captions should not be included in PostScript files. Artwork not electronically incorporated into the manuscript should be supplied as originals on plain paper for photographic reproduction. A distinct black image must be supplied. Copies reproduced on raster devices are acceptable only if they have a resolution greater than or equal to 300 dots per inch. Drawings must be about twice the final size and the lettering must be clear and 'open', and must be large enough to be reduced in the same proportion to a final size of about 8pt. Half-tone illustrations are to be restricted in number to the minimum necessary. Good glossy bromide prints should accompany the manuscript, and should not be attached to manuscript pages. Prints from existing half-tone illustrations cannot be accepted. Photographs should be enlarged sufficiently to permit clear reproduction in half-tone after reduction. If words or numbers are to appear on a photograph, two prints should be sent, the lettering being clearly indicated on one print only. Colour illustrations will be accepted only if the costs are borne by the authors. All printed items of artwork or illustrative material should be clearly identified on the back in pencil with the author's name and the Figure number. Copyright. Only original papers (not published or not simultaneously submitted to another journal) will be considered for publication. Copyright for published papers must be assigned to the publisher. All submissions must be accompanied by a completed publishing agreement, copies of which are printed in the journal or available from the publisher or the Editors-in-Chief. It is the author's responsibility to obtain written permission from the copyright holders to quote material which has appeared in another publication. 2. Points of style (a) The language of the journal is English and the spelling should conform to that of the Oxford English Dictionary, or Webster's New World Dictionary for papers from the USA. (b) The body of the manuscript should be preceded by a Summary (maximum length 200 words) which should be a summary of the entire paper, not of the conclusions alone. (c) The Summary should be followed by a list of not more than six key words; these will be used to compile an annual key word index. (d) The paper should be reasonably divided into sections, and if necessary, subsections. Numbering of these is optional. (e) Tables should be numbered consecutively and titled. The title should be placed before the body of the table. All table columns should be placed before the body of the table. All table columns should have an explanatory heading. Tables should not repeat data available elsewhere in the paper, e.g. in a line diagram. (f) References to published literature should be quoted in the text by enclosing the author's last name and the year of publication in parentheses at the point of reference, e.g. (Dyer 1992). Where reference is made to more than one paper by the same author(s) with the same date, use the form 1992a, etc. Where three or more authors are involved, use 'Dyer et al' in the text, but all of the authors' names should appear in the list of references. A list of references in alphabetical order should be typed out in full. References should conform to the Harvard style, e.g. Dyer, M. 1992. The Cleanroom Approach to Quality Software Development. Wiley, New York. Ince, D.C. 1987. The automatic generation of test data. The Computer Journal, 30, 63-69. 3. General Notes (a) Submitted material will not be returned to authors following publication unless the material is accompanied by a request to do so when it is first submitted. (b) The publisher will do everything possible to ensure prompt publication. It will therefore be appreciated if submitted text and illustrations conform from the outset to the style of the journal. Corrected proofs must be returned to the publisher within three days to minimise the risk of the author's contribution having to be held over to a later issue. (c) The editors and publishers do not accept responsibility for the correctness of published program code. A------------------------------------------------------- From: lwerth@cs.utexas.edu (Laurie Werth) Subject: First World Conference on Integrated Design & Process Technology ANNOUNCING: The First World Conference on INTEGRATED DESIGN & PROCESS TECHNOLOGY to be held at IC2 Institute at the University of Texas, Austin, December 7-9, 1995 Sponsored by the Society for Design and Process Science Co-Sponsored by RGK Foundation Innovation Creativity and Capital (IC2) Institute Institute for Design and Advanced Technology (IDEATE) Instituto Internacional de Intefracao de Sistemas CONFERENCE THEME You are invited to play a founding role in the First World Conference on Integrated Design & Process Technology (IDPT) which will be held December 7-9, 1995 at the IC2 Institute, University of Texas, Austin, Texas. The IDPT Conference is emerging as a major international forum for the integration of design and process technologies to create a symbolic relationship among scientists, engineers, decision makers, and other critical thinkers. This path-breaking conference is devoted to integrated product and process development through interdisciplinary symbiosis. CONFERENCE PAPERS The conference program consists of invited and selected papers emphasizing knowledge integration through the study of processes leading to the delivery of a more robust, high-quality, line of products and services. Plenary sessions and keynote addresses will be presented by prominent speakers. All technical papers will be reviewed by the Program Technical Committee and by three independent peer referees. Papers will be evaluated for inclusion in either a parallel session or a poster session based on content. All accepted papers will be published in the refereed Conference Proceedings. In addition, competitively selected papers will be reviewed and published in the SDPS Transactions: Journal of Integrated Design and Process Technology. POTENTIAL TOPICS OF RELEVANCE Researchers form traditional engineering disciplines, genetic engineering, bioengineering, systems analysis, architecture, chemistry, physics, medicine, business, management, fashion, arts and media, and other disciplines with major emphasis and interest in interdisciplinary technology development are invited to submit papers. Samples of relevant topics are: design and process methodologies, theories, and applications: interdisciplinary approaches for product design and development; design for manufacturability, dependability, availability, reliability, maintainability or quality, and their integration; design tool development and integration in product design and manufacturing; computer integrated manufacturing and engineering; computer-aided design of complex systems and integration; concurrent engineering design; software engineering and artificial intelligence in industrial production and engineering; object oriented data bases in design and process integration; image processing; neural networks; parallel processing; product and process simulation; engineering process control; business and management processes; business process reengineering; process improvement and environmental control; process planning and modelling; multimedia applications; and any other relevant subject. Papers describing innovative, interdisciplinary industrial or educational programs are also encouraged. AWARDS Best paper and outstanding professional achievement award will be presented at the conference. IMPORTANT DEADLINES Abstract submission April 17 1995 Notification of abstract relevance April 24, 1995 Submission of complete manuscript (4 copies) June 12, 1995 Final acceptance July 17, 1995 Final paper submission Sept 11,1995 Authors and coauthors must provide complete addresses and phone numbers. FAX numbers and e-mail addresses should be provided if available. A------------------------------------------------------- From: kpierce@d.umn.edu (Keith Pierce) Subject: Public Domain CASE Tools Web Page [From INFOSYS] ANNOUNCEMENT - Public Domain CASE Tools Web Page Ian Ferguson, University of Sunderland * A WWW page, from which demo versions, shareware and public domain CASE can be downloaded is now available at: http://osiris.sunderland.ac.uk/sst/casehome.html Please feel free to download all, some or non of them, but please remember, we are an academic site, our server power is limited, please try to avoid using it during UK working hours if at all possible (Otherwise this service will disappear as quickly as it was created). This page was created in such a rush, that we haven't had time to try all of the tools, so....... reviews and descriptions of your experiences of these tools are always welcome, and we'll try to put anything relevant on the web page. Contributions of new tools, and info on non PC based stuff is also welcome. The maintainer of the page (and the man to thank for it's creation) is Simon Stobart - simon.stobart@sunderland.ac.uk - so details of anything new to him or Ian Ferguson, (cs0rfe@isis.sund.ac.uk). Don't forget you can always create your own tools with the MetaCASE tools available from the WWW MetaCASE page at: http://osiris.sunderland.ac.uk/rif/metacase/metacase.home.html A------------------------------------------------------- Subject: 1995 Asian Computing Science Conference From: Kanchana Kanchanasut FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS 1995 ASIAN COMPUTING SCIENCE CONFERENCE 11-13 December, 1995 Pathumthani, THAILAND An interenational Conference co-organized by: The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (INRIA), United Nations University Institute of Software Technology (UNU/IIST). The conference is intended to provide a forum in Asia for researchers in computer science. A major goal of ACSC is to foster communication and cooperation among the diverse communities involved in the practice and theory of computing, including those involved in systems, languages, and applications. It is expected that every accepted paper will be presented. Contributed papers presenting original research in the following areas of computer science (but not exclusive) are sought: Algorithms Knowledge Representation and Automated Reasoning Specification Languages and Software Verification Parallel, Networking and Distributed Systems Databases Reactive Systems Important Dates: Submission of Papers 15 June, 1995 Notification of Acceptance 20 August, 1995 Final Version 1 September, 1995 Submissions: Authors are invited to submit full papers (in English, up to 18 pages, typeset 12 point) to: Kanchana Kanchanasut Computer Science Program Asian Institute of of Technology Km. 42 Paholyothin Highway Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120 THAILAND Phone: +66 2 524 5703 Fax: +66 2 524 5721 e-mail: acsc95@cs.ait.ac.th If ordinary mail is used, five (5) copies of the paper should be sent by express or courier mail. Electronic submission is encouraged via e-mail, in the PostScript(tm) printable files, however a printed reference copy should be sent by post. Each submission, both by ordinary mail and by e-mail, should be accompanied by a separate message providing a single postal and e-mail address for communication, complete title, author(s), affiliation(s) and 200 word abstract. Conference Format: The conference will be three days long from Monday to Wednesday, and will include several tutorials and invited talks. It will take place at the AIT Center, which is 17 Km. north of Bangkok International Airport or 42 Km. north of Bangkok. A------------------------------------------------------- From: Doug Baldwin Subject: Workshop Announcement - CS1 and 2 Curricula and Pedagogy for Introductory Computer Science: The Three-Fold Introduction An Undergraduate Faculty Enhancement Workshop Supported by the National Science Foundation June 11-18, 1995 SUNY Geneseo Geneseo, NY The Computer Science Department at SUNY Geneseo announces an Undergraduate Faculty Enhancement Workshop on redefining CS1 and 2. The workshop stems from our Three-Fold Introduction to Computer Science, a course sequence we have successfully taught for the past three years. BACKGROUND. Traditional undergraduate curricula in Computer Science no longer accurately reflect the field. In particular, traditional curricula over-emphasize programming, at the expense of other activities more central to the discipline. A variety of solutions to this problem have been proposed. This workshop will introduce participants to one, the Three-Fold Introduction to Computer Science, and its teaching methods. Participants will be encouraged to adapt ideas from the three-fold introduction or its pedagogy to their own introductory courses, and to offer feedback on the results to the group as a whole. The Three-Fold Introduction to Computer Science is distinguished by its emphasis on the discipline†s methods of inquiry: o Design, the creation of specific algorithms, programs, architectures, etc., o Theory, the mathematical analysis of algorithms, programs, etc., and o Empirical Analysis, the testing of theoretical models through rigorous scientific experiments. The underlying belief is that the best way to train competent and enthusiastic computer scientists is to give students a solid foundation for doing Computer Science early in their careers. Constant, hands-on, engagement is therefore a central part of the Three-Fold Introduction. WORKSHOP GOALS. This workshop is intended for computer science faculty interested in modernizing their introductory courses. Specific goals include: o To introduce participants to the content of the Three-Fold Introduction, o To train participants in the use and development of such course materials as laboratory experiments, computer-based tutorials, and participatory classroom activities, and o To encourage participants to use the above as sources of ideas for revising their own introductory courses, providing feedback on the results to the workshop organizers and other participants. The workshop will consist of a week-long meeting at SUNY Geneseo in 1995, and a two-and-a-half day follow-up meeting during the Summer of 1996. The 1995 meeting will be devoted primarily to discussing content and teaching methods from the Three-Fold Introduction. Participants will be able to take course materials (both software and print) back to their home institutions. Participants will be asked to apply Workshop ideas in some form to their own courses during the 1995-96 academic year. The 1996 meeting will report on and evaluate the results. FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS. SUNY Geneseo and the National Science Foundation will provide attendees with all necessary Workshop materials, and with food and lodging (private dormitory rooms with linens) while in Geneseo. Attendees and their home institutions are responsible for travel and incidental expenses. APPLICATION. Space in the workshop is limited to 20 people. We will give preference to people who plan to use the Workshop in revamping courses or curricula at their home institutions, and who are committed to returning for the 1996 follow-up meeting. To apply, send us the information requested below, preferably by March 31, 1995 (applications will be accepted after that date as space permits). Applicants will be notified of acceptance or rejection by April 30, 1995. Name: Institution: Postal Address: E-Mail Address: Phone: A brief description of how you hope to use the Workshop to change your own curriculum: Send the above information by regular or electronic mail to three-fold-admin@cs.geneseo.edu Doug Baldwin Dept. of Computer Science SUNY Geneseo 1 College Circle Geneseo, NY 14454 (716) 245-5330 (voice) (716) 245-5005 (FAX) E------------------------------------------------------------------- FASE Volume 5 Number 09 Send newsletter articles to fase-submit@d.umn.edu or fase@d.umn.edu Send requests to add, delete, or modify a subscription to fase-request@d.umn.edu Send problem reports, returned mail, or other correspondence about this newsletter to fase-owner@d.umn.edu or kpierce@d.umn.edu You can retrieve back issues by anonymous FTP from from ricis.cl.uh.edu. 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