Final programme: Objective Quality 1995

Final programme: Objective Quality 1995

[oq95]

Dear Colleague,

in this email is contained the final version of the Symposium Objective
Quality 1995 (2nd Symposium on Software Quality Techniques and
Acquisition Criteria).  In the Symposium the results produced from the
most important European Projects in field of quality and quality
process assessment and improvement will be presented (e.g., ESSI
APPRAISAL, ami, ESPRIT BOOTSTRAP, ESPRIT MUSiC, ESPRIT REBOOT, SPICE),
experiences of university/research centers (CNR-IEI, CQ_ware-CESVIT,
Politecnico di Torino, Scuola Superiore G.  Reiss Romoli, Tecnopolis
CSATA, Universita' di Firenze, University of Lancaster, University of
Oulu, etc.), and those of European industries (ALENIA, ARTIS, BULL, Cap
Volmac, Data Management, ENEL, ETNOTEAM, FIAT, ISMES, Objectif
Tecnologie, SIA, SIEMENS, SINTEF DELAB, TechForce BV, etc.).  Thus, the
mixture of research institutes, companies and European projects make
the symposium a good occasion for both researchers and practitioners.

Please accept my apologies about the reception of multiple instances of
this note, while if you find this event interesting for you of for your
colleagues please consider participating as well as to redistribute this
information to your colleagues, and on mailing list.

I hope to see you in Florence.

P. Nesi
Conference Chair

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                      Objective Quality 1995

          The 2nd Symposium on Software Quality Techniques and
                       Acquisition Criteria

                    29-31 May, Florence, Italy

Organized by: 

   o Area of Research - CNR (Council National Research), Italy 
   o CESVIT, Agency for High Technology
   o Department of Systems and Informatics, University of Florence
   o QualityLab Consortium

The proceedings will be published as a Lecture Notes in Computer
Science, Springer Verlag.

                         *****29 May*****

-- Chair: P. Nesi, University of Florence, Italy     

9:00 Opening 

9:15 -- The Impact of Software Quality
   G. Bucci, University of Florence, Italy

10:15 -- Bootstrap: A Software Process Assessment and Improvement 
   Methodology
   P. Kuvaja, Dept. of Inf. Proc. Sci., University of Oulu, Finland

11:15 coffee break

11:30 -- Quantitative Approach to Software Process Improvement
   A. Combelles, Objectif Tecnologie,  France

12:30 lunch

-- Section Chair: A. Serra, ASIC

14:30 -- The SPICE Project: An International Standard for Software 
   Process Assessment, Improvement and Capability Determination
   T. Coletta, Software Quality Assurance Laboratory      
               Tecnopolis CSATA Novus Ortus, Italy 

15:30 -- Quality Estimation of Software Applications for Banking 
   M. Campanai, CESVIT/CQ_ware, Italy
   E. Ferretti, V. Valori, Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze, Italy

16:30 coffee break

16:45 -- Software Quality of Use: Evaluation by MUSiC
   L. Binucci, Data Management spa, Italy

                         *****30 May*****

-- Section Chair: A. Cicu, QualityLab

9:15 -- Validating Software Requirements Using Operational Models
   G. Bruno, R. Agarwal, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

10:15 -- Development of a Model for Reusability Assessment
   T. Stalhane, SINTEF DELAB, Norway

11:15 coffee break

11:30 -- The Impact of Reuse on Software Quality
   E.-A. Karlsson, Q-Labs, Sweden
   J.-M. Morel, Bull S.A., France

12:30 lunch

-- Section Chair: G. Bruno, Politecnico di Torino

14:30 -- Practical Guidelines for Ada Reuse in an Industrial Environment
   I. Sommerville, Lancaster University, UK
   L. Masera, SIA, Italy
   C. Demaria, Alenia, Italy

15:30 -- Process Quality Problems from the Point of View of the User 
   and of the Purchaser of Software
   A. Cicu, QualityLab, Italy

16:30 coffee break

16:45 -- Object-Oriented Design of the UPT Service: Evaluation of the 
   Design Quality and Experience Learned
   G. Lofrumento, S. Pileri, Scuola Superiore G. Reiss Romoli, Italy

                         *****31 May*****

-- Section Chair: A. Bertolino, IEI-CNR

9:15 -- Recent Industrial Experiences with Software Product Metrics
   G. Bakker, F. P. Hirdes, TechForce BV, The Netherlands

10:15 -- Quality Measurement of Software Products: an Experience about 
   a Large Automation System
   A. Spinelli, D. Pina, P. Salvaneschi, ISMES SpA, Italy
   E. Crivelli, R. Meda, ENEL/DSR-CRA, Italy

11:15 coffee break

11:30 -- Benefits of Using Model-based Testing Tools
   G. Bruno, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
   M. Varani, ARTIS, Italy 
   W. Vico, FIAT Auto Mains, Italy 
   C. Offerman, Cap Volmac, The Netherlands

12:30 lunch

-- Section Chair: M. Campanai, CESVIT/CQ_ware

14:30 -- Software Testing for Dependability Assessment
   A. Bertolino, IEI-Ist. di Elab. della Informazione del CNR, Italy

15:30 -- Quantifying the Benefits of Software Testing: 
   an Experience Report from the GSM Application Domain
   G. Bazzana, Etnoteam, Italy
   R. Del Miglio, A. Lora, Siemens Telecom, Italy
   O. Balestrini, S. Finetti, Etnoteam, Italy

16:45 -- Conference closure

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The conference cost is 900.000 Italian Lire + IVA for the whole
conference (three days) or 350.000 Italian Lire + vat for each single
day, and it is comprised of coffee breaks, lunches, proceedings as
LNCS Springer Verlag.  

For students, the cost is 300.000 Italian Lire + vat (three
days) or 120.000 Italian Lire + vat (for single day), and it is
comprised of coffee breaks, proceedings as LNCS Springer Verlag.

A special discount will be applied for conventioned associations.

The conference attenders will be supported by a conference kit,
simultaneous bidirectional translations, access to the
demonstration/exposition area and to associated events of IBM,
Olivetti, UNINFO, etc.  in the field of quality.

For further information about related events and their schedule, hotel
costs, etc., please don't hesitate to contact the Organization
Secretary:

  Consulta Umbria 
  (Objective Quality 1995)
  Piazza Italia, 9
  06121 Perugia, Italy
  Tel: +39-(0)75-5720608
  Fax: +39-(0)75-5721913

Otherwise you can get the registration form, the hotel reservation form,
and a more detailed version of the program through WWW:

  http://www-dsi.ing.unifi.it/~nesi/oq95.html
  http://www.area.fi.cnr.it/eventi/cesvit/cesvit.htm

or you can get the program, the registration forms and
other information on the anonymous ftp:

  ftp-dsi.ing.unifi.it

  in the directory /oq95.

or you can directly contact the Chairman:

  P. Nesi
  Department of Systems and Informatics, University of Florence
  Via S. Marta, 3 
  50139 Florence, Italy 
  Fax: +39-(0)55-4796363 / +39-(0)55-4796730
  oq95@aguirre.ing.unifi.it
  nesi@ingfi1.ing.unifi.it
  
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