From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10c949,3901c29af6ecc2f4,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10c949,public X-Google-Thread: 1037c0,3901c29af6ecc2f4,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1037c0,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,3901c29af6ecc2f4,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: pazpax@clark.net (Peter Zuckerman) Subject: Announcing TESTING COMPUTER SOFTWARE Conference (TCS'99) Date: 1999/03/18 Message-ID: X-Deja-AN: 455967382 Organization: HPN Newsgroups: comp.infosystems,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.basic.misc Date: 1999-03-18T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: PARTICIPATE IN THE CONFERENCE THAT WILL LET YOU MASTER THE CHALLENGES OF FUTURE TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS IN SOFTWARE TESTING! Mark your calendar for the 16th annual event. The final Conference program is available on the Web at: http://www.uspdi.org/conference Brochure requests and downloading the printed brochure can also be done from this web site. The detailed printed brochure is available. You may request the brochure and other information by e-mail to: admin@uspdi.org ======================================================================= 16th International Conference and Exposition on TESTING COMPUTER SOFTWARE Theme: Future Trends in Testing June 14-18, 1999 Washington, D.C. * Hyatt Regency (Bethesda) * USA (Conference: June 16-18; Tutorials: June 14-15) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ IN COOPERATION WITH: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) SIGSoft American Society for Quality (ASQ) Software Division IEEE Reliability Society Software Technology Support Center (STSC) CONFERENCE PROGRAM BY: Frontier Technologies, Inc. CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT BY: U.S. Professional Development Institute +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Message from Conference Chair, Genevieve Houston-Ludlam: FUTURE TRENDS IN TESTING Testing as a profession has progressed greatly in the past decade. The widespread use of Object Oriented methodologies, third party components, mobile computing, large and complex distributed systems of systems and the Internet have permanently altered the testing landscape. As the industry changes the way it does business, we will need to adjust our approaches as well. Come see what is happening, both in the lab and in the industry. Hope to see you at our forthcoming Conference. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ABOUT THE CONFERENCE SCOPE AND PURPOSE The Sixteenth International Conference on TESTING COMPUTER SOFTWARE will provide an opportunity to participate in the leading international conference on software testing. The goal of the 1999 Conference will be to explore which testing technologies we will need to take into the new millennium and which ones we will not. Further, we will explore the testing problems that accompany component-based design and what research is needed to address these deficiencies. Learn how testing professionals and experts have used advanced methods and testing applications to improve the effectiveness of their testing, reduce testing costs and meet schedule deadlines. Share your own experiences in testing with others. You will be able to exchange knowledge and ideas with people from a wide variety of environments and locations including those from industry, academia and government from the United States and abroad. Conference tracks will address topics concerning the management of software testing, the application of a variety of software testing techniques, testing case studies, and additional topics that will introduce more advanced ideas. This conference will provide essential information to all who are involved with or have an interest in software testing. This includes not only practitioners but managers and researchers as well. The Sixteenth International Conference on Testing Computer Software is where testing practitioners and managers from the commercial and applications software community can learn: * The impact of increasingly complex software on testing * Ways to improve the testing process * Practical experience with the various techniques * Which efforts have been most successful * Which efforts have been least successful. The conference brings together a set of experienced software testers to share their experiences and what they have learned from them. You will have the opportunity to hear about effective software testing techniques, methods and technologies that have benefited the organizations where they are used. GENERAL SESSIONS and FEATURED SPEAKERS: "What Has Software Testing Research Done For Me Lately, and What Will It Do For Me in the Future?" by Elaine J. Weyuker "Operational Profiles -- Where Testing Is Going" by John D. Musa "Software Testing in the Next Ten Years: The Ugly Duckling Grows Up" by James Bach "To Automate or Not to Automate -- That Is the Question" by Mark Fewster "The Future of Software Liability" by Cem Kaner "Conference Reflections -- and a few surprises thrown in!" by Boris Beizer PRE-CONFERENCE TUTORIALS (June 14-15) will present comprehensive technical sessions for software testing practitioners: 1. "Test Automation -- Starting Test Automation" by Mark Fewster 2. "Practical Testing Approaches" by Simon Mills and Louise Tamres 3. "Fundamentals of Internet/Intranet Application Testing" by Marnie Hutcheson 4. "Java Testing" by Jonathan Beskin 5. "Millennium Inspections: Advances in Software Engineering Quality Control" by Tom Gilb 6. "Introduction to Software Test Management" by Dorothy Graham 7. "Test Automation -- Automating Test Execution Successfully" by Mark Fewster 8. "Foundations of Software Testing Techniques" by Boris Beizer 9. "Survive and Prosper in Your "Risky" Test Environment" by Marnie Hutcheson 10. "More Reliable Software Faster with Software Reliability Engineering" by John D. Musa 11. "Risk Assessment in Software Projects" by Denis Meredith 12. "Inspection for Software Testers" by Dorothy Graham CONCURRENT SESSIONS will be divided into four parallel track sessions, presenting a variety of management, technical and advanced topics and issues. MANAGEMENT TRACK Choosing and Managing the Ideal Test Team Creating a Testing Culture Inspection Myths and Misconceptions I've Been Asked to Review This Software Specification -- Now What Do I Do? Risk Based Testing and Metrics Evaluating Investments in Emerging Test Technologies Optimum Software Testing: A New Paradigm Assessing Test Capability Paradigms of Black Box Software Testing ADVANCED TOPICS TRACK The Ballista Software Robustness Testing Service Test Adequacy Criteria for Component-Based Visual Software Towards an Integrated Test Methodology for Advanced Communications Systems How to Misuse Code Coverage Integration Testing of Procedural Object Oriented Programs with Polymorphism Coupling-Based Analysis Techniques for Integration and Regression Testing and Maintenance of Object-Oriented Software Measurements to Reduce Risk in Product Ship Decisions Data Generation Techniques for Automated Software Robustness Testing AUTOMATION TRACK Creating a Highly Re-usable Test Infrastructure The Evolution of Test Automation OBJECT ORIENTED TRACK Object-Oriented Software Testing: Life-Cycle Perspectives Moving from Conventional Testing to Object Oriented Testing DISTRIBUTED TESTING TRACK Testing in a Distributed Environment Taking Advantage of Web Based Tools to Facilitate Test Execution and Documentation Process JAVA TRACK Design and Implementation of a Java Test Driver Lifecycle Testing of a Critical Java-based Financial Application TECHNIQUES TRACK Program-Based Testing, Debugging and Maintenance Validation Testing of Cryptographic Modules Against a FIPS Standard MODEL-BASED TRACK Graph Theory Techniques in Model-Based Testing Industrial Application of Model-Based Testing REQUIREMENTS TRACK A Cradle to Grave Testing Repository Automated Requirements Tracking REAL-TIME TRACK Testing Real-Time Distributed Systems-Concepts and Methods Delivering High Definition TV to the USA -- Testing Subcontracted Embedded Real-Time Software VENDOR EXHIBIT of products and services will provide valuable support services and software information to your computer software testing efforts. CONFERENCE VOLUME A set of conference proceedings, papers and view graphs will be provided to each participant of the Conference. These materials are useful not only during the Conference as learning guides, but also as useful references when the conference is completed. CONFERENCE LOCATION: The Testing Computer Software Conference will be held in suburban Washington, D.C., USA, a major center for government agencies and educational institutions. The Conference location will be the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Bethesda, Maryland, easily accessible from interstate highways or the Metro subway. There is a convenient subway stop beneath the hotel with elevator access. Washington, D.C. is served by three major international airports. The Washington area also offers many extraordinary museums, memorials, parks and other attractions for visitors. * * * * * For additional information please contact: Regular Mail: USPDI, 612 Ethan Allen Avenue, Suite 100; Takoma Park, MD 20912-5400, USA. Phone: 301/270-1033 Fax: 301/270-1040 E-mail: admin@uspdi.org (Subject: TCS'99) Web: http://www.uspdi.org/conference * * * * *