SEIC News, January 3, 1997

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Software Engineering News Brief
Week Ending:  January 3, 1997

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SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE REGISTRATION BEGINS IN JANUARY
Topic:  Ada, Reuse, DII, COE

The Ninth Annual Software Technology Conference (STC '97) will be held in 
Salt Lake City, Utah, April 27 - May 2, 1997.  The theme will be 
Information Dominance Through Software Technology.

The United States Air Force, Army, Navy, and Marine Corps have again 
joined forces to present STC '97, the premier software technology 
conference in the Department of Defense.  STC management has announced 
that Lt. Gen. Albert J. Edmonds, Defense Information Systems Agency, has 
joined the other official co-sponsors of STC as a co-sponsor this year.

Among the numerous topics to be discussed this year are Object-Oriented 
Technology, Reuse, DoD Software Policies, and Ada.

For more information, contact:

Dana Dovenbarger, Conference Manager
Lynn Wade, Assistant Conference Manager
Software Technology Support Center
OO-ALC/TISE
7278 Fourth Street
Hill AFB, UT 84056-5205
Voice:  801-775-7411
Fax:  801-775-4932
E-mail:  dovenbar@oodis01.hill.af.mil
         wadel@software.hill.af.mil
URL:  http://www.conference.usu.edu/exhibit/

SOURCE:  Dovenbarger, Dana, "Official Registration for the Ninth Annual 
Software Technology Conference Begins in January."  Crosstalk.  Vol. 9 
No. 11 pp. 3, 6.

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DESIGN OF REUSABLE SOFTWARE COMPONENTS:  A SUCCESS STORY
Topic:  Ada, Reuse

The U.S. Army's Product Manager for the Joint Tactical Area 
Communications Systems (PM-JTACS) and the Joint Spectrum Center (JSC) met 
with great success in designing reusable software components in Ada.  
During the course of the development process, several guidelines were 
developed that greatly increased the reusability of the code.

Thirteen organizations within the DoD now use the reuse library for a 
wide range of applications. The USAF and Army's Air-Ground-Air 
Frequency Engineering System (AGAFES) is one of these programs and it 
obtained 66 percent reuse and attending cost savings of close to $1 million.

For further details, contact PM-JTACS at DSN 992-3110 or visit the Reuse 
Library home page at <http://reuse.jsc.mil>.

SOURCE:  R. Kirsch, S. Millender, and G. Wagner, "Design of Reusable 
Components:  A Success Story."  Crosstalk.  Vol. 9 No. 11 p. 4.

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