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=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f569d,54e34aaa881a786b X-Google-Attributes: gidf569d,public X-Google-Thread: f5d71,54e34aaa881a786b X-Google-Attributes: gidf5d71,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,54e34aaa881a786b X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: fe117,54e34aaa881a786b X-Google-Attributes: gidfe117,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,54e34aaa881a786b X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 110909,e3cffb67d9eee947 X-Google-Attributes: gid110909,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,54e34aaa881a786b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,54e34aaa881a786b X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public From: sr@netcom.com (Software Research) Subject: Quality Week '98, Call for Participation Date: 1998/01/06 Message-ID: X-Deja-AN: 313366698 Sender: sr@netcom5.netcom.com Followup-To: qw@soft.com Organization: Netcom On-Line Services Keywords: Technical Conferences, 26-29 May 1998, San Francisco, California Newsgroups: comp.infosystems.www.browsers.ms-windows,comp.infosystems.www.users,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.java,comp.multimedia,comp.object Date: 1998-01-06T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: ********************************************************* ELEVENTH INTERNATIONAL SOFTWARE QUALITY WEEK 1998 (QW'98) ********************************************************* CALL FOR PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS Conference Theme: Countdown to 2000 San Francisco, California -- 26-29 May 1998 QW'98 is the eleventh in the continuing series of International Software Quality Week Conferences that focus on advances in software test technology, quality control, risk management, software safety, and test automation. Software analysis methodologies, supported by advanced automated software test methods, promise major advances in system quality and reliability, assuring continued competitiveness. The mission of the QW'98 Conference is to increase awareness of the importance of software quality and methods used to achieve it. It seeks to promote software quality by providing technological education and opportunities for information exchange within the software development and testing community. The QW'98 theme "Countdown to 2000" draws attention to the Year-2000 question, but also emphasizes how important it is to arrange to accomplish system changes and testing under pressure, against a deadline, and within real-world economic constraints. Many believe that the Year-2000 problem will bring much-needed focus to all aspects of software quality, and may foster very-strong interest in software quality questions of all kinds in the coming years. The QW'98 program consists of four days of tutorials, mini-tutorials, panels, technical papers and workshops that focus on software test automation and new quality-oriented technology. QW'98 provides the Software Testing and QA/QC community with: o Carefully chosen 1/2-day tutorials from well-known technical experts. o Analysis of method and process effectiveness through case studies. o Three-Day Four-Track (Technology, Applications, Process, Tools & Solutions) Technical Conference o Two-Day Vendor Show o Special Quick-Start and Mini-Tutorial Sessions o Vendor Technical Presentations o Meeting of Special Interest groups. o Exchange of critical information among technologists. o State-of-the-art information on software test methods. QW'98 is soliciting 45 and 90 minute presentations, half-day standard seminar/tutorial proposals, 90-minute mini-tutorial proposals, or proposals participation in a panel and "hot topic" discussions on any area of testing and automation, including: Automated and Manual Inspection Methods Year 2000 Issues System Load Generation and Analysis New and Novel Test Methods Test Automation Technology and Experience Test Data Generation Techniques Productivity and Quality Issues Data Flow Testing Testing Technology Application of Formal Methods Test Policies and Standards CMM/PMM Process Assessment Test Management Automation GUI Test Technology and Test Management Real-Time Software Test Documentation Standards Reliability Studies Integrated Test Environments Web Testing/WebSite Quality Process Assessment/Improvement Object Oriented Testing ISO-9000 Application and Methods Real-World Experience Software Metrics in Test Planning Defect Tracking / Monitoring IMPORTANT DATES: Abstracts and Proposals Due: 16 January 1998 Notification of Participation: 20 February 1998 Camera Ready Materials Due: 31 March 1998 FINAL PAPER LENGTH: Papers should be limited to 10-20 pages, including Text, Slides and/or View Graphs. SUBMISSION INFORMATION: Abstracts should be 2-4 pages long, with enough detail to give members of QW'98's International Advisory Board an understanding of the final paper/presentation, including a rough outline of its contents. FAX your proposal to us, or send it by Email (to qw@soft.com) as an ASCII file or a Microsoft Word 6.0 format document (as a MIME attachment), or in Postscript or PDF format. Please indicate if the most likely audience is technical, managerial/process, application, or tools and solutions oriented. In addition, please include: o A cover page with the paper title, complete mailing and Email address(es), and telephone and FAX number(s) of each author. o A list of keywords describing the paper contents. o A brief biographical sketch of each author. Send abstracts and proposals including complete contact information to: Ms. Rita Bral Quality Week '98 Director Software Research Institute 625 Third Street San Francisco, CA 94107-1997 USA INFORMATION For complete information on the QW'98 Conference, send Email to qw@soft.com, phone SR Institute at +1 (415) 957-1441, or, send a FAX to SR/Institute at +1 (415) 957-0730. Candidate product/service vendors should contact the QW'98 team early as exhibit space is strictly limited. Complete information about QW'98 is available at the QW'98 Conference WebSite: http://www.soft.com/QualWeek/QW98