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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f569d,abe282b9c1cf80d7,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf569d,public X-Google-Thread: fe117,abe282b9c1cf80d7,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfe117,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,abe282b9c1cf80d7,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: f5d71,abe282b9c1cf80d7,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf5d71,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,abe282b9c1cf80d7,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 110909,2b1d04cc664ffcca X-Google-Attributes: gid110909,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,abe282b9c1cf80d7,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,abe282b9c1cf80d7,start X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public From: sr@netcom.com (Software Research) Subject: QW'98, Technical Program Date: 1998/02/25 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 328535151 Sender: sr@netcom6.netcom.com Followup-To: qw@soft.com Organization: Netcom On-Line Services Keywords: Quality Week Conference, QW'98, 26-29 May 1998, San Francisco 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: 1998-02-25T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Announcing: QUALITY WEEK '98 (26-29 May 1998, San Francisco) The final technical program for QW'98 is now available at the QW'98 Conference WebSite . Here are some highlights... KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Dr. Cem Kaner (Attorney at Law) "Year 2000, How Can I Sue Thee? Oh, Let Me Count the Ways" Prof. Dave Parnas "Software Engineering: An Unconsummated Marriage" Dr. Boris Beizer (Independent Consultant) "Prioritizing Your Y2K Testing Effort: Debunking the Special Date Myths" Mr. Robert V. Binder (RBSC Corporation) "Testing Object-Oriented Systems: Best Practices" Mr. Dave Duchesneau (Boeing Commercial Airplane Group) "Design for Test (Or, How to Make it Hard for the Pernicious Bugs to Hide)" Mr. Robert L. Glass (Computing Trends) "The Software Crisis - Is it for Real?" TUTORIAL SPEAKERS Dr. Boris Beizer (Independent Consultant) "An Overview of Testing -- Unit, Integration, System -- Outline and Index" Mr. Robert V. Binder (RBSC Corporation) "Testing Strategies for Object- Oriented Systems" Mr. Michael Deck (Cleanroom Software Engineering, Inc.) "How Testers Can Use Formal Methods to Analyze and Improve Software Requirements Specifications" Mr. Tom Gilb (Independent Consultant) "Evolutionary Delivery Project Management" Mr. Hans-Ludwig Hausen (GMD German National Research Center for Information Technology) "Software Metrics for Procedures, Objects and Agents" Mr. Ed Kit (Software Development Technologies) "Automating Software Testing and Reviews" Dr. Michael R. Lyu (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) "Current Techniques and Tools for Software Reliability Engineering" Mr. John D. Musa (Independent Consultant) "More Reliable, Faster, Cheaper Testing through Software Reliability Engineering" Mr. Martin Pol (IQUIP Informatica B.V.) "Test Process Improvement" Dr. Linda Rosenberg & Mr. Larry Hyatt (Unisys/SATC GSFC NASA) "Metrics for Quality Assurance and Risk Assessment" REGULAR PAPERS QW'98 features over 60 regular papers on such important topics as: Business Aspects Reliability Coverage Requirements Testing Criteria-Based Methods Specifications Customer Satisfaction Statistical Methods Defect Analysis Test Automation Defect Tracking Test Environments GUI Testing Test Processes Java TestWare Metrics Feedback Web Testing Process Improvement WebSite Testing Real-World Experiences Y2K Readiness, Testing Real-World Futures Y2K/Euro Impacts PANEL SESSION There will be a special Panel Session on "The Role of The Test Manager," co-chaired by Joanna Rothmann and Brian Lawrence BIRDS OF FEATHER SESSIONS QW'98 Birds of Feather sessions will be coordinated and chaired by Danny Faught (faught@rsn.hp.com) and Brian Marick (marick@testing.com). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- QW'98 ADVISORY BOARD ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- James Bach (STL) Danny Faught (HP) Boris Beizer (Analysis) Istvan Forgacs (Hungarian Academy) Fevzi Belli (Univ. Paderborn) Dick Hamlet (Portland State) Bill Bently (Bayer) Bill Howden (UC/San Diego) Antonia Bertolino (IEI/CNR, Pisa) Prof. Luqi (NPGS) Robert Binder (RBSC, Inc.) Brian Marick (Consultant) Robert Birss (Intuit) Edward Miller (SR) Rita Bral (SR/Institute) John Musa (Consultant) Dirk Craeynest (OFFIS nv/sa) Lee Osterweil (UMass) Greg Daich (STC) Axel VanLamsweerde (UCL/Belgium) Sylvia Daiqui (DLR) Otto Vinter (Brel & Kjaer) Tom Drake (NSA/BAH) Tony Wasserman (Software Methods & Tools) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- For complete information about QW'98 point to the Conference Website: Register online! All questions about QW'98 can be Emailed to qw@soft.com.