Forum for Advancing Software engineering Education Volume 6 Number 16 August 5 1996 Contents: Global Information Systems Education Site Ada Resources for Educators and Students Workshop: Centre for Software Reliability Advance program: ICSM'96 CFP: STEP'97 CFP: International Journal Of Computer Simulation CFP: Empirical Assessment & Evaluation in Software Engineering CFP: ZUM'97, 10th International Conference of Z Users ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: kpierce@d.umn.edu (Keith Pierce) Subject: Global Information Systems Education Site From Educom Update: *Global Information Systems Education Site http://www.acm.org/~eli_cohen/globalis.htm. This site explores the global aspects of technology education and, more specifically, the need for the following: a resource for faculty in techology areas to find out what others are doing, a platform to begin quality research on technology educational projects, a framework for building IS education research, and legitimization of IS education research within the university reward system. The site is constantly being updated. Consider also subscribing to the listserver mentioned on the page. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lwerth@cs.utexas.edu (Laurie Werth) Subject: Ada Resources for Educators and Students http://www.acm.org/sigada/education A World Wide Web site dedicated to the needs of educators and students interested in the Ada programming language and its associated tools, libraries, books, suppliers, and so on. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Pete Mellor Subject: Workshop: Centre for Software Reliability Centre for Software Reliability THIRTEENTH ANNUAL WORKSHOP DESIGN FOR PROTECTING THE USER The Grand Hotel, Burgenstock, Switzerland 11th-13th September, 1996. A complete announcement, including preliminary program, can be found at http://www.csr.ncl.ac.uk/clubs/burgenstock.html Workshop theme In the talk about making the roads of information safe and secure, many wider social issues are ignored in the focus on technical solutions to technical problems (secure protocols, trustworthy authentication, encryption of confidential data and so on). Examples include people who have had their creditworthiness destroyed or been made bankrupt or rendered homeless by misuse or misinterpretation of data, and many computer systems cannot adapt to human failings and/or have no mechanisms for allowing human attempts to correct inappropriate actions or inaccurate data. In order to deal with such problems, recent European legislation has decreed that data can only be used for the purposes for which it was collected. This is clearly in the data subject's interests, but how can the subject be reassured that it is being enforced? These examples can all be seen as design issues. Can we anticipate bad consequences in the human system which arise from the computer performing according to its specification rather than according to what is intended? And if we could, how would this affect the design process? Who should attend? The workshop is intended for researchers, requirements owners and system designers who are concerned with issues of protecting people from the consequences of faulty and unsuitable computer and information systems. Objectives The workshop will have achieved its objectives if participants are better capable of treating the design and protection issues associated with the creation of a technical system to be situated in a social context. About the workshop There are no easy answers to the problem of technical design for protection in the social domain. To some extent it is a matter of the design process in the technical system and to some extent it is a matter of appropriate procedures and protections in the social system. It is only through debate and informed discussion that these issues can be brought out and the implications for design can be appreciated. There are three components to the workshop. Firstly, a couple of invited papers will set the scene for discussing how social and ethical issues can be translated into design. Secondly, submitted papers have been chosen to reflect how some of the process and design problems can be addressed by system designers. Plenty of time has been allowed for discussion of the papers. Finally, a couple of debates will be arranged to give participants a chance to express their views on the extent to which social concerns demand trade-offs against efficiency (both process and product efficiency) and on how the designer strikes a balance between ethical considerations and the achievement of organisational objectives. For registration and other information contact c.barrett@csr.city.ac.uk, or see the above web site. CSR home pages can be found at http://www.csr.city.ac.uk:8080/ and http://www.csr.ncl.ac.uk/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: kelemam@crim.ca (khaled El-Emam) Subject: Advance program: ICSM'96 ICSM'96 Advance Program International Conference on Software Maintenance Monterey, CA November 4-8, 1996 To view the complete advanced program, and obtain registration information, see the Web site: http://www.iese.fhg.de/Announcements/icsm96.html ICSM'96 Sponsors: IEEE Computer Society--Technical Council on Software Engineering The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. In Cooperation With: Centre de Recherche Informatique de Montreal (CRIM) Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering (IESE) Lockheed-Martin Space Information Systems Mitretek Systems Naval Postgraduate School ICSM'96 is held in conjunction with the 1996 Working Conference on Reverse Engineering (WCRE). KEYNOTE SPEAKER ADDRESSES Ted Keller, Manager of Shuttle Software, Lockheed-Martin Space Information Systems, USA "What does it cost to make that change?" Lloyd K. Mosemann, II, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, USA "Software Maintenance: Myth or Magic" 1996 International Conference on Software Maintenance Monterey, CA November 4-8, 1996 ICSM'96 provides an effective forum for discussing software maintenance and modernization through refereed papers, experience reports, panel sessions, exhibits, and informal meetings. ICSM'96 presents the most important practical, experimental, and theoretical work currently conducted to support software maintenance. Participants include practitioners and researchers from industry, academia, and government. The Workshop on Software Maintenance held in Monterey, California in 1983 marked the first in a series of software maintenance conferences that have evolved into the International Conference on Software Maintenance (ICSM). ICSM is recognized as the world's premier forum for state-of-the-art developments in the field of software maintenance. In returning to Monterey in 1996, it is only appropriate to examine developments in software maintenance over the past thirteen years and to assess the extent to which these developments have added value to software products and processes. ICSM'96 THEME: SOFTWARE MODERNIZATION Software modernization is a key area where software maintenance technology is making an impact today. Whether it involves moving from an old platform to a new, migrating stovepipe systems into an integrated architecture, or renovating an aging software system to be more responsive to change, software modernization involves modifying existing systems to suite their ever-changing environments. Software modernization is increasingly becoming a key activity as software organizations attempt to contain maintenance costs and maximize investments in their software assets. This conference examines how software maintenance as a discipline has evolved to handle more effectively software modernization since 1983. Software maintenance in 1983 focused on programming-in-the-small (changes to modules) while in the 1990's it has turned toward programming-in-the-large (changes to architecture). The conference will include: tutorials, paper and panel sessions, an industry track, tools fair, and a workshop on empirical studies in software maintenance. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "David Budgen" Subject: Call for Participation: STEP'97 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING PRACTICE - STEP'97 8TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP (incorporating CASE'97) Holiday Inn, King's Cross, London, UK 14-18 July 1997 Sponsored by International Workshop on CASE British Telecommunications plc IEEE Computer Society's Technical Council on Software Engineering (pending) In co-operation with Australian Computer Society British Computer Society UMIST Software and systems development, evolution and management are undergoing dramatic change as we move into the 21st century. Economic pressures require systems to be built better, cheaper and faster. Increased IT awareness and the use of technologies such as object orientation are creating a new generation of system builders who do not necessarily have a traditional software development background. New communication technologies and co-operative working are forcing changes to working practices leading to distributed, 24-hour and global software development. The result is that the processes, skills and tools which support all aspects of software development will undergo dramatic change during the next few years. STEP (Software Technology and Engineering Practice) is a broad based workshop for practitioners, applied researchers and the software industry. It is the eighth international workshop concerned with software engineering processes, products, and personnel- the logical successor to the series of International Workshops on CASE (CASE'xx), subsuming CASE'97. It inherits the approach and style that has made that series unique and successful as a means for development of the software engineering discipline. This workshop aims at highlighting the lessons from practical software engineering, whilst seeking to develop a vision for software engineering over the next few years. This vision will need to identify the skills, techniques and support processes and tools which future developers will be using and what cost-effective transition path should be adopted. The workshop is the premier world event for drawing together practitioners and researchers concerned with supporting the software and systems development, evolution and management process. It provides a unique opportunity to report on the most important practical, applied, experimental and underpinning theoretical work being conducted. Experience reports, research papers, evaluations and surveys are invited on, but not limited to, the topics listed below. Experience papers which seek to draw out valuable lessons from practical software engineering are particularly welcome, as are research papers which take an innovative view of future software development processes and support tools. a. Process, method and tool support: requirements specification, system development methods, rapid application development, prototyping, complex databases, business process re-engineering, systems re-engineering, reverse engineering, design recovery, program understanding and analysis. b. Organisational issues: support for team working, distributed working, end-user computing, stakeholder and developer co-operative working, multi-site multi-team development and 24-hour global product development. c. Enabling technologies: architectures, networking, client/server, multimedia, repositories, OO database, tool integration mechanisms, groupware. d. Management processes: software process modelling, process assessment and improvement, software quality, software metrics, configuration management, product evaluation. e. Cultural and organisational issues: human resource management in software engineering, enabling creativity, ensuring business integrity, client-developer organisational structures. f. Software engineering education: form and content of software engineering laboratories, the role of support tools, needs of the software industry, teaching software development and evolution, experiences in group working and group working models. g. Time-to-market technology: processes for projecting products very quickly in to prospective markets, maintaining traditional quality under such conditions. h. Methods: improving practices for software development activities. i. Needs for the year 2000 onwards: tools, methods, processes, timing, difficulties with the transition to new systems, legacy code implications, program comprehension aspects. Additional Information Latest information see Web page: http://www.co.umist.ac.uk/STEP97 Email queries to: STEP97@umist.ac.uk ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: chrisc@cc.gatech.edu (Christopher D Carothers) Subject: CFP: International Journal Of Computer Simulation INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTER SIMULATION is announcing a SPECIAL ISSUE scheduled for 1998 on Parallel and Distributed Simulation Systems The purpose of this special issue is to present advances in systems for parallel and distributed simulation. In particular, the focus of this issue is on state-of-the-art, general purpose parallel and distributed simulation systems that have been implemented. By general purpose, we mean simulation systems that are applicable to a wide range of application domains. The scope of this special issue includes, but is not restricted to: o conservative systems o optimistic systems o time parallel systems o real time systems o hybrid synchronization systems o heterogeneous systems o hardware based systems o World Wide Web based systems Submission details: The submission deadline is May 1, 1997. Submissions should be sent via e-mail to ijcs@cc.gatech.edu. The e-mail message should contain your name, address, e-mail, fax number, ASCII text abstract and a Postscript version of your paper. Alternatively, send 5 copies of your paper to the address below. Please consult the IJCS World Wide Web Page at http://www.cs.umr.edu/ijcs for detailed submission instructions. The final decision will be made by September 1, 1997 and the papers will appear in a mid-1998 issue. Christopher D. Carothers, Guest Editor 801 Atlantic Drive College of Computing Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia 30332 Phone: (404) 894-3982 E-mail: ijcs@cc.gatech.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "David Budgen" Subject: CFP: Empirical Assessment & Evaluation in Software Engineering EASE: Empirical Assessment & Evaluation in Software Engineering 24-26 March 1997 Keele University, Staffordshire, U.K. It is widely accepted that the empirical component of Software Engineering practice is still in a formative phase. The effect of this is that we generally lack any widely-accepted procedures for systematically assessing the effectiveness of both the technical and organisational practices that are used for software development and procurement, or for assessing the quality of the resulting products. This conference is intended to address issues concerned with both assessment and evaluation needs and practices, as well as the analysis element within these. EASE will also have an interdisciplinary element, as we believe that Software Engineers can benefit significantly from studying the practices adopted in other relevant disciplines for purposes of assessment and evalution. Some of the issues that we would like to examine include those related to: Certification practices and their effectiveness Measurement Procurement needs Product assessment and evaluation Process assessment and evaluation Quality assessment Testing strategies However, we do not intend to limit the scope of the event to these alone, and any relevant papers will be welcomed. We are particularly seeking papers that describe experiences with empirical assessment and evaluation, and ask that papers of a more theoretical nature should identify the potential application areas for their ideas. This is a conference that should be relevant to researchers in all branches of Software Engineering. One of the components will be an informal 'poster' session, where those with particular evaluation needs and problems can present these and ask for comments from those who are studying evaluation techniques and practices. (Research Students are particularly welcome to provide posters for this event.) Conference Details Venue: Keele University, Staffordshire, UK Dates: Monday 24 March - Wednesday 26 March 1997 (week preceding Easter) Format: The basic format will be conference-like (paper presentations), but for at least one (poster-style) session we would like to encourage interaction between attendees who have specific needs and those with experience of evaluation and assessment practices. Fuller details will be provided on the URL: http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/cs/Announcements/conferences.html Invited speakers: Include: Dieter Rombach, University of Kaiserlautern, Germany Martyn Ould, Praxis, UK Shari Lawrence Pfleeger, Center for Research in Evaluating Software Technology, Howard University, USA Publication of papers: Conference proceedings or journal special issue. Steering Committee: Dr Pearl Brereton, Professor David Budgen, Dr Barbara Kitchenham, Mr Steven Linkman, Dr Shari Lawrence Pfleeger. Schedule: Submission date 10 November 1996 Acceptance notification 10 January 1997 Camera-ready papers 20 February 1997 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: hinchey@homer.njit.edu (Michael Hinchey) Subject: Final CFP: ZUM'97, 10th International Conference of Z Users Notice of Meeting and Second Call for Papers 10th International Conference of Z Users 3-4th April 1997 University of Reading, England An educational issues session is planned to follow the conference, and tutorials may be possible on the days directly preceding and following the main sessions. **** NOTE: THE SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS 16 AUGUST 1996 **** On-line and up-to-date conference information may be found under the following World Wide Web URL: http://www.cs.reading.ac.uk/archive/z/zum97/ General enquiries about the meeting and the Z User Group may be found at the above web site, or directed to: Jonathan Bowen (Conference Chair) University of Reading, Department of Computer Science Whiteknights, BO Box 225, Reading RG6 6AY, UK. Email: J.P.Bowen@reading.ac.uk Tel: +44-1734-316544 Fax: +44-1734-751994 URL: http://www.cs.reading.ac.uk/people/jpb/ Educational Issues - ------------------ Papers for the educational issues session should be submitted as above, but clearly marked for consideration for the education session, which is planned to follow the meeting. Full papers accepted for the session will be considered for publication in the main proceedings. Short papers, posters, etc., should be sent by 18 October 1996 and addressed to: Neville Dean (Education Session Chair) Anglia Polytechnic University East Road, Cambridge CB1 1PT, UK Email: cdean@bridge.anglia.ac.uk Tel: +44-1223-363271 ext. 2329 Fax: +44-1223-352979 E------------------------------------------------------------------- FASE Volume VOLUME Number NUMBER Send newsletter articles to one of the editors, preferably by category: Articles pertinent to corporate and government training to Kathy Beckman, sdmce@access.digex.net; Academic education, and all other categories to fase@cs-server.d.umn.edu, or to Keith Pierce, kpierce@d.umn.edu. Send requests for information or to add or delete a subscription to fase-request@cs-server.d.umn.edu with one of the words HELP, SUBSCRIBE, or UNSUBSCRIBE in the SUBJECT line. 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