Forum for Academic Software Engineering Volume 5, Number 13, Tue May 9 16:30:24 CDT 1995 Topics: FASE Tops 600 Multimedia Repository Workshop for Faculty: Personal Software Process CASE-95 Advanced program Faculty Position -- U. Missouri Rolla CFP: Workshop on Business Process Reengineering Tools CFP: Safety and Reliability in Emerging Control Technologies CFP: WORKSHOP on Automated (Novice) Program Analysis at AI-ED495 CFP: 1995 Software Engineering Research Forum A------------------------------------------------------- From: kpierce@d.umn.edu (Keith Pierce) Subject: FASE Tops 600 Our list of subscribers is now at 605, and growing at about 5 a week (with virtually no advertising). This summer FASE will publish a profile of its readers. I invite readers to contribute to the newsletter, and offer suggestions for improving it. A------------------------------------------------------- From: info@ivory.educom.edu (Edupage) Subject: Multimedia Repository Multimedia articles on various scientific topics can be found on the Web, contributed by the five NSF supercomputing centers. The "Computational Science Highlights" repository is accessible through five URLs: (Chronicle of Higher Education 4/28/95 A53) A------------------------------------------------------- From: hite@db.erau.edu (Sue Buman) Subject: Workshop for Faculty: Personal Software Process An Invitational Workshop for Faculty PERSONAL SOFTWARE PROCESS August 8-12, 1995 SPONSORS Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Addison-Wesley Publishers Software Engineering Institute LOCATION Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Daytona Beach, Florida INSTRUCTORS Watts Humphrey Soheil Khajenoori The Personal Software Process (PSP) is a process-based method that software engineers can use to apply software engineering principles to their work. The data on the PSP introduction at several universities and corporations show that engineers significantly improve the quality of their work, learn how to plan their projects, and improve their productivity. PSP covers 11 of the 18 key process areas (KPAs) of the SEI Capability Maturity Model (CMM), which is an organizational-level software process model. PSP training helps students to learn these concepts related to large-scale systems: baselining, planning, estimating, measuring, tracking, and inspecting. It brings home to students the need for a disciplined approach to software creation. Students who have completed a PSP course have shown improvements in their productivity on the order of two- to three-fold. More astonishing, quality gains measured as defects per KLOC are improved up to ten-fold. For more information, send email to kpierce@d.umn.edu with the SUBJECT line SEND PSP A------------------------------------------------------- From: lwerth@cs.utexas.edu (Laurie Werth) Subject: CASE-95 Advanced program CASE-95 ADVANCE PROGRAM Seventh International Workshop on Computer-Aided Software Engineering Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 10-14, 1995 CASE-95 WWW Page For more information about CASE-95 consult the World Wide Web (WWW) site: http://tara.uvic.ca/case95/case95.html To receive the full text of this announcement, send email to kpierce@d.umn.edu with the SUBJECT line SEND CASE95 A------------------------------------------------------- From: Eric Jui-Lin Lu Subject: Faculty Position -- U. Missouri Rolla THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ROLLA DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE The Department of Computer Science invites applications for an anticipated tenure-track position at the level of assistant professor. Employment will begin in the Fall Semester of 1995. Qualifications for the position include an earned doctorate in Computer Science by the starting date. The faculty member is expected to teach under- graduate and graduate courses as well as engage in research in distributed files and databases and an interest in software engineering. Research in the Department is active in the areas of parallel and distributed computing, scientific computing, software engineering, and intelligent systems. The University of Missouri-Rolla is the primary science and engineering campus of the University of Missouri system and as such provides opportunities for interdisciplinary research with faculty members in other departments. The UMR Intelligent Systems Center also provides interdisciplinary research opportunities and faculty members may become research investigators in that center. The Department grants the B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees and currently has about 100 graduate students. Departmental hardware includes an Intel iPSC/860 32 processor multi- computer, SUN, IBM, SGI, NeXT workstations, with a variety of software available. The committee will begin the review of applications on July 15, 1995. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Applicants should send a vita and a statement of research and teaching interests, and arrange to have three letters of reference sent to: Chairman, Faculty Search Committee Department of Computer Science University of Missouri-Rolla Rolla, MO 65401 Phone: 314-341-4492 E-mail: csdept@cs.umr.edu For additional information you may access the Department's home page via Mosaic at http://www.cs.umr.edu UM-Rolla is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and especially encourages applications from both minorities and women. A------------------------------------------------------- From: Elliot Chikofsky Subject: CFP: Workshop on Business Process Reengineering Tools CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS AND DEMONSTRATIONS Workshop on: Business Process Reengineering Tools ==================================== Wednesday, 12 July 1995 Toronto Hilton Toronto, Ontario, Canada presented as part of the 7th International Workshop on CASE (CASE'95) with the assistance of the Reengineering Forum The surge of interest in Business Process Reengineering (BPR) has spawned new tools and environments to aid the modeling and analysis of business operations. These tools embody CASE concepts, but they provide the analyst with very different capabilities from the diagram-to-code model typically associated with CASE for software development. Through demonstrations, focused presentations, and discussion, this workshop will explore the state of tools for BPR and the direction of CASE support for analytical reengineering. Workshop Chair: Elliot Chikofsky DMR Group This workshop will be held Wednesday, 12 July from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm, beginning immediately after the CASE'95 plenary presentation by J. Swainson of IBM Software Solutions Division (Canada) on "Challenges in the Object-Oriented Environment". The workshop schedule sessions will be: 11:00 am to 12:30 pm - presentations/demos, focused discussion 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm - presentations/demos, focused discussion 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm - panel / summary presentations, discussion Call for Presentations/Demonstrations: Presentations are sought which review and demonstrate the state of the art in tools and methods for Business Process Reengineering. Time slots of 15 to 30 minutes will be allocated. Discussion following each presentation will be emphasized. Presentations can include well-planned technical demonstrations of both marketed tools and research prototypes. Sales pitches are not permitted, but technical presentations that include marketing information are acceptable. [Note: Tool vendors may also be interested in exhibiting in the CASE'95 tools fair, 10-12 July. Contact Judith Golub at j.golub@computer.org, phone 415-969-5522, fax 415-969-5949.] Presentations are also sought which survey user needs for BPR tools and methods or which express blue-sky "what I really need is..." requirements. Proposals are due by Friday, 19 May 1995. To propose a presentation or demonstration, contact: Elliot Chikofsky DMR Group, 404 Wyman Street, Suite 450, Waltham, MA 02154 USA internet reengineer@computer.org fax 617-272-8464 phone 617-272-0049 If you would like a copy of the CASE'95 advance program by email, please indicate so in reply to this message. A------------------------------------------------------- From: zalewski@db.erau.edu Subject: CFP: Safety and Reliability in Emerging Control Technologies Second IFAC Workshop on Safety and Reliability in Emerging Control Technologies Daytona Beach, Florida, USA 1-3 November 1995 Preliminary Announcement and Call for Papers (abbreviated for FASE) Sponsored by: IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control) TC on Safety of Computer Control Systems in cooperation with (applications pending): IFIP WG5.4 on Industrial Software Quality and Certification IEEE TC on Real-Time Systems IEEE TSC on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems IEEE Control Systems Society EWICS TC7 on Reliability, Safety and Security Organized by: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in cooperation with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Scope The workshop will focus on safety and reliability aspects of computer hardware and software in critical control applications. The workshop's primary emphasis is on issues where computing elements in a control system can impact human safety or availability of mission critical facilities and endanger human life or lead to large financial losses or significant loss of property. Application areas include but are not limited to nuclear energy systems, aerospace, transportation, chemical processes, and medical treatment systems. Specific topics include: - safety issues during the development process - specification of reliability and safety - design for safety - impact of formal methods and tools - safety and reliability assessment - testing, verification and validation - certification and licensing - fault tolerance for reliability and safety - relationship between reliability and safety - relationship between safety and security - safety in real-time systems - safety-related standards. In particular, papers are sought which emphasize rigorous approaches and quantitative or qualitative evaluation of critical control systems, with industrial relevance and a strong application basis. Important Dates: o June 15, 1995 Submission of Drafts o July 15, 1995 Acceptance/Rejection o August 31, 1995 Final Papers Due o November 1-3, 1995 Workshop Date Submissions Please submit five (5) copies of the Draft Paper, limited to sixteen (16) double-space pages, to the following address, by June 15, 1995: Dr. Greg Suski and Dr. Janusz Zalewski L-632, P.O. Box 808 Lawrence Livermore National Lab Livermore, CA 94551, USA Phone: +1 (510) 423-8070 Fax: +1 (510) 422-9913 Email: suski@llnl.gov or janusz@cholla.llnl.gov Electronic submission in Latex or Postscript formats is acceptable. Fax submittals will not be considered. Honorary Chairman Dr. Steven M. Sliwa, President, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Welcome Address Dr. Stephen Kahne, President, International Federation of Automatic Control International Program Committee Greg Suski, USA (Chairman) Ron Bell, UK Phil Bennett, UK Bill Bevier, USA Robin Bloomfield, UK Sandro Bologna, Italy Stefan Chwaszczewski, Poland Dan Craigen, Canada John Cullyer, UK Wolfgang Ehrenberger, Germany Robert Genser, Austria Morven Gentleman, Canada Susan Gerhart, USA Wolfgang Halang, Germany Walter Heimerdinger, USA Connie Heitmeyer, USA Rolf Isermann, Germany Paul Joannou, Canada Nancy Leveson, USA Soeren Lindskov Hansen, Denmark Michael K. Masten, USA John McDermid, UK Satish C. Mohleji, USA Al Mok, USA Leo Motus, Estonia Tony S. Ng, Hong Kong Felix Redmill, UK Mike Rodd, UK John Rushby, USA Erwin Schoitsch, Austria Alex Stoyenko, USA Martyn Thomas, UK Udo Voges, Germany Jan Vytopil, The Netherlands John Waclo, USA Dolores Wallace, USA Janusz Zalewski, USA National Organizing Committee Thomas Hilburn Iraj Hirmanpour Soheil Khajenoori Andrew Kornecki John Wise Janusz Zalewski (Chairman) Additional Information This Workshop will precede another IFAC Workshop on Real-Time Programming, held in conjunction with the First IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA, 6-10 November 1995. For information on the latter events, please contact, respectively, Dr. Phil Laplante at laplante@fdumad.fdu.edu and Dr. Alexander Stoyenko at alex@vulcan.njit.edu. A------------------------------------------------------- From: plb@cogpsy.Uni-Trier.de (Peter Brusilovsky) Subject: CFP: Workshop on Automated (Novice) Program Analysis at AI-ED495 CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS WORKSHOP Automated (Novice) Program Analysis To be held at A I - E D 9 5 7th WORLD CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN EDUCATION Sheraton National Hotel, Washington DC, USA Wednesday, August 16th August Techniques for the automated analysis of the semantics of computer programs have a number of interesting applications within programming education. Automated syntax checking is already taken for granted as part of the support provided to novice programmers. Automated semantic analyses offer possibilities for intelligent tutoring systems which can support students in many more aspects of programming. They offer the possibility of modelling the students' understanding of the semantics of the programming language and their understanding of standard programming methods, and for offering tutorial support when the analysis shows that a student is in difficulties. Such tools could be integrated within an ITS for programming in order to improve their student modelling capabilities, as well as providing a range of tutorial tools aimed at different aspects of novices' programs (e.g. improved tools for the visualisation of programs). A lot of research has been done on the automated semantic analysis of novice programs and many successful prototypes have been developed. At present very little of this research has developed into useable educational tools. We believe that this is largely the result of independent researchers having followed a number of different approaches, each using its own vocabulary, knowledge representation and inference techniques. The educational tools of the future will need to combine aspects of these different approaches. The purpose of this full-day workshop is to bring these different approaches together in order to find out how they can support each other. We will consider what they have in common and what the most important differences are. We will consider how each of these approaches can be applied to building educational tools, the different aspects of computer programming which they support, the kind of teaching which they support and the specific strengths and possible applications of each approach. A final purpose is to clarify the different vocabularies. To receive the full text of this call, send email to kpierce@d.umn.edu with the SUBJECT line SEND ANPA A------------------------------------------------------- From: Tom Horton Subject: CFP: 1995 Software Engineering Research Forum CALL FOR PARTICIPATION 1995 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING RESEARCH FORUM (SERF) "Research and Practice -- Making an Impact" Boca Raton, Florida, November 2-3, 1995 The forthcoming Software Engineering Research Forum is sponsored by a consortium of universities and corporations in the southeastern United States. SERF-95 will focus on software engineering research, practice and education as carried out in educational institutions, industries, and governmental agencies. Contributions are solicited that describe the results of investigations for any of the suggested topics. The conference is open to all who have an interest in software engineering, including professionals, students and researchers, either from industry, government, or academia. Proposals for research or experience papers, panel sessions, tutorials and the poster session are invited. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Software Quality and Reliability Software Measurement and Modeling Quality Assessment and Measurement Software Maintenance Software Reuse Computer-aided Software Engineering Real-Time Software Development Object Oriented Methods (especially Real-time OO) User-interfaces and Human Factors Formal Methods Distributed Systems Design Embedded Systems Software Process Software Engineering Curriculum and Training Business/Academic Cooperative Retraining Certification of Software Management Information Systems Note that the First IEEE Conference on the Engineering of Complex Computer Systems (ICECCS) will be held in nearby Fort Lauderdale November 6-10. For further information, contact send e-mail to serf@sailfish.cse.fau.edu or visit or http://www.cse.fau.edu/SERF on the World-wide Web. Or contact: GENERAL CO-CHAIRS: PROGRAM CHAIR: Dr. Ted Baker Dr. Tom Horton Dr. Taghi Khoshgoftaar Computer Science Computer Sci. & Engin. Computer. Science & Eng. Florida State Univ. Florida Atlantic Univ. Florida Atlantic Univ. Tallahassee, FL 32306 Boca Raton, FL 33431 Boca Raton, FL 33431 (904) 644-5452 (407) 367-2674 (407) 367-3994 Fax: (904)644-0058 Fax: (407) 367-2800 Fax: (407) 367-2800 baker@cs.fsu.edu tom@cse.fau.edu taghi@cse.fau.edu PROGRAM COMMITTEE (initial listing) Frank Anger (U. of W. Fl.); Don Bailes (E. Tenn. St. Univ.); Paul Cheney, (U. of S. Fl.); Marie Creque (AT&T); Art Crummer (U. of Fl.); Richard DeMillo (SERC/Purdue Univ.); Melody Moore (Ga. Tech.); Chuck Engle (Fl. Inst. of Tech.); Ratan Guha (U. of Cent. Fl.); Bob Halstead (Grumman); Thomas Horton (Fl. Atlantic Univ.); Iraj Hiramanpour (Embry-Riddle Univ.); Ed Jones (Fl. A&M Univ.); Taghi Khoshgoftaar (Fl. Atlantic Univ.); Arun Lakhotia (U. of S. Louisiana); David Lanning (IBM); Roy Levow (Fl. Atlantic Univ.); Dick Newman (Fl. Inst of Tech.); Maria Petrie (Fl. Atlantic Univ.); Rita Rodriguez (U. of W. Fl.); Jerry Sandvos (Motorola); Sara Stoecklin (Fl. A&M Univ.); Steve Thebaut (SERC/U. of Fl.); Gary Trio (Grumman); Dilip Sarkar (U. of Miami) IMPORTANT DATES: Abstracts and Proposals Due: June 26, 1995 Acceptance Notification: July 26, 1995 Final Papers Due: September 15, 1995 SERF-95: November 2-3, 1995 INSTRUCTIONS FOR PROPOSALS: Five (5) copies in English of extended abstracts for papers, poster sessions, panel proposals, or experience reports should be submitted to the Program Chair, Taghi Khoshgoftaar. All submissions should be typed double spaced on 8.5" by 11" paper. Papers should be described by a 4-10 page double spaced extended abstract. A cover page must include title, descriptive keywords, all author's names, complete mailing address, telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses, if possible. Also please identify your proposed paper as a research paper or as an experience report. The first page of the extended abstract should have the paper title and the beginning of the text of the document. If the paper is accepted, one of the authors is expected to present the paper at SERF-95. Accepted papers will be published in the Forum proceedings. Tutorial Sessions should be described by a 1-3 page proposal including a title and outline. Panel Proposals should include the title, proposed chair, tentative panelists (including a short vita), and a 2 or 3 paragraph description of the subject of the panel discussion, together with a statement or rationale for the panel. Panelists must have agreed to participate prior to the submission of the panel proposal. Proposals for the Poster Session should submit a 1-3 page extended abstract describing their proposed presentation. There will be a opportunity to preview contributions during in a general meeting and a reception will be held in conjunction with the poster session. E------------------------------------------------------------------- FASE Volume 5 Number 13 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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