CNF: QW2001 Call For Participation

CNF: QW2001 Call For Participation

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Subject: CNF: QW2001 Call For Participation

                           CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

        INTERNATIONAL INTERNET & SOFTWARE QUALITY WEEK 2001 (QW2001)

                     Conference Theme: The Internet Wave

                       San Francisco, California  USA

                            May 29 - June 1, 2001

The 21st century introduced new technologies and new challenges.

We need answers to critical questions: What are the software quality issues
for 2001 and beyond? What about quality on the Internet? What about embedded
System Quality? What about E-Commerce Quality? Where do the biggest Quality
problems arise? What new Quality approaches and techniques will be needed
most?

QW2001 will bring focus on the future of software quality with a careful,
honest look at the recent past, and a future-oriented view of the coming
decades.

QW2001 OFFERS:

The QW2001 program consists of four days of mini-tutorials, panels, technical
papers and workshops that focus on soft-ware test automation and new internet
tech-nology.  QW2001 provides the Software Testing and QA / QC community with:

   o Real-World Experience from Leading Industry and Government Technologists.
   o Quality Assurance and Test involvement in the development process.
   o E-commerce Reliability / Assurance.
   o State-of-the-art information on software & internet quality methods.
   o Vendor Technical Presentations.
   o Six parallel tracks with over 80 Presentations.

IMPORTANT DATES:

        Abstracts and Proposals Due:            15 December 2001
        Notification of Participation:          25 February 2001
        Camera Ready Materials Due:             31 March 2001
        Final Paper Length:                     10 - 20 pages
        Slides / View Graphs:                   Max 15 pages ( < 2 slides/page)

We are soliciting 45 and 90-minute presentations or participation in panel
discussions on any area of testing and automation, including:

        E-Commerce Reliability / Assurance      Object Oriented Testing
        Application of Formal Methods           Outsourcing
        Automated Inspection Methods            Process Improvement
        Software Reliability Studies            Productivity and Quality Issues
        Client / Server Testing                 Real-Time Software
        CMM/PMM Process Assessment              Test Automation Technology and
        Cost / Schedule Estimation              Experience
        Website Monitoring                      Web Testing
        Test Data Generation and Techniques     Real-World Experiences
        Test Documentation Standards            Defect Tracking / Monitoring
        GUI Test Technology and Test            Risk Management
        Management                              Test Planning Methods
        Integrated Test Environments            Test Policies and Standards
        Application Quality of Service (QoS)    New and Novel Test Methods
        Website Load Generation and Analysis    Website Quality Issues

SUBMISSION INFORMATION:

Abstracts should be 1 - 2 pages long, with enough detail to give members of QW
2001's International Advisory Board an understanding of the final paper /
presentation, including a rough outline of its contents.  Please indicate if
the most likely audience is technology, process, application, or internet
oriented.

   1. Prepare your Abstract as an ASCII file, a MS Word document, in
      PostScript, or in PDF format.  Email your submission to: <qw@soft.com>.

   2. Please include with your submission:
       > Three keywords / phrases describing the paper.
       > A brief biographical sketch of each author, and a photo of each
         author.

   3. Fill out the Speaker Data Sheet giving some essential facts about you
      and about your proposed presentation at:
        <http://www.soft.com/QualWeek/QW2001/speaker.data.html>

   4. As a backup to Email you can also send material by postal mail to:  Ms.
      Rita Bral Software Research Institute 901 Minnesota Street San
      Francisco, CA  94107  USA

SOFTWARE RESEARCH INSTITUTE, 901 MINNESOTA STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94107 USA

                         Phone: [+1] (415) 550-3020
                         FAX:   [+1] (415) 550-3030
                             Email: qw@soft.com
                WebSite: http://www.soft.com/QualWeek/QW2001/