From: vouk@adm.csc.ncsu.edu (Mladen Vouk)
Subject: Intl. Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering
Organization: Adm.csc.ncsu.edu (Administration machine NCSU Dept. Computer Science)
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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 08:07:11 GMT


ISSRE, 7-10 October 1992, RTP, NC, USA	               Program VE2.0(9/27/92)


                                 P R O G R A M
                        Third International Symposium on
         S O F T W A R E  R E L I A B I L I T Y  E N G I N E E R I N G
                              October 7-10, 1992 
                 at SHERATON Imperial Hotel & Convention Center
                      RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC 27709, USA 


The Third International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering is 
SPONSORED by  IEEE and IEEE CS. The  ISSRE-92 is ORGANIZED by the 
Subcommittee for Software  Reliability Engineering of the IEEE Computer 
Society Technical Committee on  Software Engineering, and IN COOPERATION with 
the Computer Science Department of the North Carolina State University, 
Research Triangle Institute  (RTP, NC), North Carolina
Quality Assurance Discussion Group,  and the Technical Interest Groups of 
the German Computer Society,  VDI/VDE-GMA and ITG on Fault-Tolerant Computing.
CORPORATE SUPPORT comes from  Alcatel Network Systems, BNR Inc., Fujitsu, 
Northern Telecom, and Storage Technology Corp.

ISSRE-92 will be held in conjunction with the Second International Conference
on Software Quality (2ICSQ). 2ICSQ will be held at the same location on 5-7 
October, 1992. 2ICSQ is sponsored by the American Society for Quality
Control.

Airport: Raleigh-Durham International (about 4-5 miles from Sheraton)
         Hotel runs a van service between the airport and the Sheraton.
         Hotel Telephone: (1)-(919)-941-5050
================================== Overview =================================

 7-October-92  TUTORIALS

 8-October-92  Invited and Contributed Paper Sessions
      7.30                        Registration
      8:30                       Opening Remarks
      8:45       Two Presentations by Distinguished Invited Speakers
                    (V. Basili, U. of Maryland, M. Holt, NASA LaRC)

     10:15                           BREAK 
               TRACK I                             TRACK II
     10:45     - Reliability Modeling &            - Management I
                 Fault Prediction I 
     12:15                           LUNCH
      1:30     - Reliability Modeling &            - Panel Session on
                 Fault Prediction II                 Professional 
                                                     Accreditation
      3:00                           BREAK 
      3:30     - Testing                           - Panel Session on
                                                     AIAA Recommended
                                                     Practices for
                                                     S/W Reliability
      6:00     TCSE-SRE Subcommittee Meeting
      7:00                   ***** RECEPTION *****

 9-October-92  Invited and Contributed Paper Sessions (Continued)
      8:30       Two Presentations by Distinguished Invited Speakers
                    (J.C. Laprie, LAAS, J. Musa, AT&T Bell Labs)

     10:00                           BREAK 
               TRACK I                             TRACK II
     10:30     - Metrics                           - Reliability Modeling
     12:00                           LUNCH 
      1:30     - Panel Session:                    - Data Collection Current
                 SRE & Testing                       Practice
                
      3:00                           BREAK 
      3:30     - Fault Tolerance                   - Panel Session:
                 & Safety                            Collection and Appl. 
                                                     of S/W Quality Data                                        
      6:30       Social (half)hour
      7:00                    ***** BANQUET *****

10-October-92  Invited and Contributed Paper Sessions (Continued)
               TRACK I                             TRACK II
      8:30     - Measurement                        - Panel on SRE & Safety
     10:00                           BREAK 
     10:10     - Management II                      - Applications
     12:00                           LUNCH 
      1:30                 Closing Panel Session on
                     Lessons Learned and Future Directions

      3:00                       ISSRE-92 Ends

*********************** P R O G R A M   D E T A I L S ************************

====================== TUTORIALS: Wednesday, October 7, 1992 ================

 [DESCRIPTION OF TUTORIALS IS AT THE END, AFTER THE HOTEL REGISTRATION FORM] 

7:30	Registration
8:30	Morning Sessions
       Track 1 (ISSRE-92)
          "Getting Started on Software Reliability Engineering: Who, What,
           When" by M. Mary Donnelly (continued in the afternoon)
       Track 2 (ISSRE-92)
          "Overview of Software Reliability Models, Estimation Procedures, 
          and Predictive Performance Measures" by George Knafl
       Track 3 (Joint with 2ICSQ)
          "Applying ISO 9000 Standards to Software" by John Slater
          (continued in the afternoon) 
       Track 4 (2ICSQ)
          "Measuring Factors Contributing to Software Maintenance Complexity"
           by Horst Zuse (continued in the afternoon) 
       Track 5 (2ICSQ)
          "The Capability Maturity Model for Software" by Mark C. Paulk 
          (continued in the afternoon) 
       Track 6 (2ICSQ)
          "Software Metrics" by Raymond J. Rubey 

12.00	Lunch
1:30 pm	Afternoon Sessions
       Track 1 (ISSRE-92)
          "Getting Started on Software Reliability Engineering: Who, What,
           When" by M. Mary Donnelly 
       Track 2 (ISSRE-92)
          "The Draft Military Handbook on Hardware/Software Reliability
          Assurance and Control" by Michael Friedman.
       Track 3 (Joint with 2ICSQ)
          "Applying ISO 9000 Standards to Software" by John Slater
       Track 4 (2ICSQ)
          "Measuring Factors Contributing to Software Maintenance Complexity"
           by Horst Zuse 
       Track 5 (2ICSQ)
          "The Capability Maturity Model for Software" by Mark C. Paulk 
       Track 6 (2ICSQ)
          "Hierarchical Software Metrics" by Ronald E. Prather


======================== Thursday, October 8, 1992 =========================

7:30	Registration
8:30	Opening Remarks
	Distinguished Invited Speakers
8:45	  V. Basili, University of Maryland
  
9:30      M. Holt, NASA Langley Research Center 
          ("Reliable Software Research at NASA")

10:15	  Break
10:45	  Sessions
      Track I: Reliability Modeling and Fault Prediction I 
               Session Chair: Joanne Dugan (Duke University)
       - An Extended Execution Time Software Reliability Model,
         W.W. Everett
       - On the Log-Power NHPP Software Reliability Model, 
         M. Zhao and M. Xie
       - The Nature of Fault Exposure Ratio, 
         Y.K. Malaiya, P. Srimani, and A.V. Mayrhauser
      Track II: Management I 
               Session Chair: Michael R. Lyu (Bellcore)
       - Optimizing Software Reliability Management Process,
         A.. Elentukh and R. Wan
       - Software Engineering Malpractice and Its Avoidance,
         C.J. Palermo
       - Concurrent Engineering Aspects of Software Development,
         S.J. Keene and K. C. Keene
12:15	  Lunch
1:30 pm  Sessions
      Track I: Reliability Modeling and Fault Prediction II
               Session Chair: Martin Shooman (Polytechnic University, NY)
       - The Discrete Time Hyperexponential Model for Software
         Reliability Growth Evaluation,  M. Kaaniche and K. Kanoun
       - The Scaling Problem in Neural Networks for Software
         Reliability Prediction , N. Karunanithi and Y.K. Malaiya
       - A Neural Network Approach for Predicting Software
         Development Faults, T.M.Khoshgoftaar, A.S. Pandya, and H.B. More
      Track II: Panel Discussion on "Planning for the Licensure or
                Certification of Software Engineers"
                Panel Co-Chairs and Organizers: 
                  Mike Berens (Martin Marietta) and 
                  Justine Biddle (The Aerospace Corp.)

                Panelists: Mike Berens (Martin Marietta)
                           Justine Biddle (The Aerospace Corp.)
                           Donald Gotterbarn (East Tennesee State University)
                           Reobert Melford (IEEE CS)
                           Patrick F. Sulivan (Computer Ethics Institute)  
                           Richard Zultner (ASQC)

         Serious efforts to establish Government Certification of
         Software have begun in Europe and now in the United States.
         Discussion will include: Issues, state-authorized models
         (Licensure), and self-regulatory models (Certification). The goal
         is to understand what the issues truly are, what the position of
         the software quality assurance and reliability engineering
         communities should be with respect to legislation and who the
         champions will be.

3:00 pm  Break
3:30 pm  Sessions
      Track I: Testing
               Session Chair: Mitsuru Ohba (IBM Corp.)	
       - Analysis of Large System Black Box Verification Test Data,
         K.C. Clapp and R. K. Iyer
       - Control-Flow Based Testing of Prolog Programs, G. Luo,
         G. Bochmann, B. Sarikaya, and M. Boyer
       - Improving the Software Development Process Using
         Testability Research, J.M. Voas and K. W. Miller	

      Track II: Panel Discussion on "AIAA Recommended Practices
                for Software Reliability"
                Session Chair:  David Siefert (NCR Corp.)
                Session Organizer: Norman Schneidewind (Naval Postgrad. Sch.)
                Panelists: William Farr (Naval Surface Warfare Center),
                           Ted Keller (IBM Federal Services Co.), 
                           Norman Schneidewind (Naval Postgraduate School), 
                           David Siefert (NCR Corp.),
                           George Stark (Mitre Corporation).

           AIAA Space-Based Observation System Committee on Standards
           has produced a handbook on software  reliability estimation.
           The goal is for the handbook to eventually become an ANSI
           standard on a viable approach to software reliability
           estimation, prediction and tools.

6:00 pm    TCSE SRE Subcommittee Meeting - Everyone Welcome
7:00 pm                  **********  RECEPTION **********


======================== Friday, October 9, 1992 ============================

 8:30	Distinguished Invited Speakers 
 8:30	  J.C. Laprie, LAAS-CNRS 
          ("For a Product-in-a-Process Approach to Software Reliability
            Engineering")
 9:15	  John Musa, AT&T Bell Laboratories
          ("The Operational Profile in Software Reliability Engineering:
            An Overview")
10:00	Break
10:30	Sessions
       TRACK I: Metrics
               Session Chair: Amrit Goel (Syracuse U.)
       - A Method for Early Software Reliability Estimation,
         C. Wohlin and P. Runeson
       - An Improved Classification Tree Analysis of High Cost
         Modules Based Upon an Axiomatic Definition of Complexity,
         A. Porter, J. Tian, and M. Zelkowitz
       - Minimizing Risk in Applying Metrics on Multiple Projects,
         N.F. Schneidewind	

       TRACK II: Reliability Modeling 
                 Session Chair: Farokh Bastani (U. of Huston)
       - The Schneidewind Software Reliability Model Revisited,
         M. Xie and M. Zhao
       - Test Coverage Dependent Software Reliability Estimation by
         the HGD Model, R. Jacoby and K. Masuzawa
       - Solving Maximum Likelihood Equations for Two-Parameter
         Software Reliability Models Using Grouped Data , G. J. Knafl
12:00	 Lunch
 1:30 pm Sessions
       TRACK I: Data Collection and Current Practice
                Session Chair: Rick Karcich (StorageTek)
       - Analysis of the VAX/VMS Error Reports in Multicomputer
         Environments -A Case Study of Software Reliability, D. Tang
         and R. K. Iyer
       - Analysis of Software Halts in Tandem System, I. Lee and
         R.K. Iyer
       - Development of a Benchmark to Measure System Robustness:
         Experiences and Lessons Learned, B. Suh, J. Hudak, D.
         Siewiorek, and Z. Segall	

       TRACK II: Panel Discussion on "Software Reliability Engineering and
                 Testing"
                 Session Chair and Panel Organizer: Mitsuru Ohba (IBM Corp.)

                 Panelists: 
                 Dick Hamlet (Portland State University),
                 Roberta C. Kahn (IBM Corp.)
                 Alice T. Lee (NASA, Johnson Space Center),
                 Taghi Khoshgoftaar (Florida Atlantic U.),
                 Yoshihiro Tohma (Tokyo Institute of Technology)

       The goal of this panel is to share different perspectives
       on the issues: " how SRE could and should help testers to
       improve their testing?" The discussion could be a trigger to
       form a new research direction of SRE.

3:00 pm	Break
3:30 pm	Sessions
      TRACK I: Fault Tolerance and Safety
               Session Chair: Fevzi Belli (U. of Paderborn) 
        - Software Reliability Measurements in N-Version Software
          Execution Environment, M. R. Lyu
        - Development and Analysis of Real-Time Fault Tolerant
          Applications, D. Liang, D. Mosse, Y.Shi, and A. Agrawala
        - Error-Free Software Development for Critical Systems Using
          the B-Methodology, M. Carnot, C. DaSilva, B. Dehbonei,
          and F. Mejia	

      TRACK II: Panel Discussion on "Collection and Application of 
                                     Software Quality Data"
                Session Chairs and Panel Organizers: 
                              Janet Dunham (RTI) and K. C. Tai (NCSU)

                Panelists: Victor Basili (U. of Maryland)
                           Edward Ely (Alcatel Network Systems)
                           Wendell Jones (BNR Inc.)
                           TBD (Fujitsu Network Switching)
                           Norman Schneidewind (Naval Postgraduate School)

        The panel will discuss issues related to the collection and 
        application of software quality data. Topics include what data to
        collect, when and how to collect it, and how to apply the collected
        data. Of particular interest are the automation of data collection
        and the availability of data to researchers. 

6:30 pm  Social hour - Meet other conference attendees
7:00 pm                  **********  BANQUET **********

======================== Saturday, October 10, 1992 =========================


8:30	Sessions
      TRACK I: Measurement  
               Session Chair:  Norman Schneidewind (Naval Postgrad. Sch.)
      - Implementing Operational Profiles to Measure System
        Reliability, B. D. Juhlin
      - Software Quality Metrics in Space Systems, V.Valette
        and F. Vallee
      - Reliability-Related Software Complexity Metrics for
        Object-Oriented Programs,  C. Rajaraman and M. Lyu	

      TRACK II: Panel Discussion on "Software Reliability Engineering 
                                     and Safety"
                Session Chair and Panel Organizer:  Lin Zucconi (LLNL)

                Panelists: John Cherniavsky (National Science Foundation), 
                Susan Gerhart (Applied Formal Methods, Inc.),
                Barbara Kolkhorst (IBM Federal Sector Division),
                John Musa (AT&T Bell Laboratories), 
                Lin Zucconi (Lawerence Livermore National Laboratory)

      There is no one silver bullet for assuring the safety and
      reliability of software-based system. Panel will discuss best
      practices, good development/operation/maintenance methods,
      risk analysis and management, future R&D areas, and other
      issues related to the panel topic.
10:00	Break
10:30	Sessions
      TRACK I: Management II 
               Session Chair:  Tim Hollack (BNR Inc.)	
      - Standards and Practices for Reliable Safety-Related Software
        Systems, D. Sparkman
      - Providing an Empirical Basis for Optimizing the Verification
        and Testing Phases of Software Development, L.C. Briand,
        V.R. Basili, and C.J. Hetmanski
      - Bicriterion Release Policy for Exponential Software
        Reliability Growth Model , P.K. Kapur, S. Agarwala, and R.B. Garg
	
      TRACK II: Applications 
                Chair:  Karama Kanoun (LAAS)
      - Enhanced Availability of Transaction Oriented Systems Using
        Failure Tests, E. Gelenbe and M. Hernandez
      - Measuring the Field Quality of Wide-Distribution Commercial
        Software, G. Q. Kenney and 
      - On Operational Availability of a Large Software-Based
        Telecommunication System , R. Cramp and M. A. Vouk
12:00	Lunch
1:30 pm                 Closing Panel Session on 
             SRE: Lessons Learned and Future Directions 
           Session Chair: John Munson (U. of West Florida)  

3:00 pm                       ISSRE-92 CLOSES

                 Conference Officers and Program Committee Members
ISSRE-92 General Chair: 
  Mladen A. Vouk, Dept. of Computer Science,Box 8206, 
  North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8206, 
  Tel: (919)-515-7886, Fax: (919)-515-6497 or 5839 or 7896,
  email: vouk@adm.csc.ncsu.edu
ISSRE-92 Program Co-Chairs: 
  John C. Munson, Division of Computer Science,
  University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL 3251,
  Tel: (904) 474-2989, email: jmunson@dcs119.dcsnod.uwf.edu

  Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar, Department of Computer Science & Eng.,
  Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431,
  Tel: (407) 367-3994, email: taghi@cse.fau.edu

ISSRE-92 Tutorials Chair:
  K.C. Tai, Department of Computer Science, Box 8206,
  North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8206,
  Tel: (919)-515-7146, Fax: (919)-515-7896, email: kct@adm.csc.ncsu.edu

ISSRE-92 Finance Chair: 
  Rick Karcich, Storage Technology Corporation, MS 2286,
  2270 South 88th Street, Louisville, CO 80028

ISSRE-92 Local Arrangements: 
  David F. McAllister, Department of Computer Science,
  North Carolina State University, Box 8206, Raleigh, NC 27695

ISSRE-92 Publicity: 
  Margaret Hudacko, CCSP, North Carolina State University, 
  Box 7914, Raleigh, NC 27695

                        ISSRE-92 Program Committee

Mikio Aoyama (Fujitsu Ltd.), 
Farokh B. Bastani (University of Houston),
Fevzi Belli (University of Paderborn), 
Janet Dunham (Research Triangle Institute),
David E. Eckhardt (NASA Langley Research Center), 
Edward Ely (Alcatel Network Systems),
Amrit L. Goel (Syracuse University), 
David Hinnant (Fujitsu Network Switching),
Tim Hollack (BNR Inc), 
Karama Kanoun (LAAS-CNRS), 
Garry Q. Kenney (IBM Corp.),
Michael R. Lyu (Bellcore), 
Ulf Koerner (Lund University),
Yashwant K. Malaiya (Colorado State University), 
Aditya P. Mathur (Purdue University),
Anneliese von Mayrhauser (Colorado State University), 
John D. Musa (AT&T Bell Laboratories), 
Mitsuru Ohba (IBM Corp.),
Norman F. Schneidewind (Naval Postgraduate School),
Martin L. Shooman (Polytechnic University, NY), 
Yoshihiro Tohma (Tokyo Institute of Technology),
Kishor S. Trivedi (Duke University), 
Min Xie (National University of Singapore),


==================== CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM ===========================
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   Please indicate ONE tutorial track for which you wish to be registered.
            (please read the track cancellation policy below) 

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                What, When. - full day tutorial)
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                Procedures, and Predictive Performance Measures - 1/2 Day)
           and  Draft Military Handbook on Hardware/Software Reliability 
                Assurance and Control - 1/2 Day).
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For 2ICSQ Tutorials form and details please contact 2ICSQ Tutorials Co-Chairs: 
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    Tel: (919)-677-8000 (ext 7131), Fax: (919)-677-8227, 
    email: saskcb@unx.sas.com
    or  Bruce Jensen at 513-429-6377

In advance (by September 16, 1992): 
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   Your track will be confirmed in writing as soon as possible and not later 
   than September 18, 1992, at which point you will have the option of 
   switching to another track (either ISSRE92 or 2ICSQ) or receiving full 
   refund of the tutorial fee.
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========================= Descriptions of Tutorials ========================


Getting Started on Software Reliability Engineering - Who, What, When
                            M. Mary Donnelly
                    Institute for Zero Defect Software

This tutorial answers the question "What do I need to do to deliver
software that meets the customer's reliability requirements, cost
and schedule?"  The tutorial describes software reliability
engineering (SRE) concepts and techniques in the context of the
software product life cycle.  SRE makes it possible for project
personnel: (1) to predict reliability, cost and schedule, and to
establish the user's functional profile during the requirements
phase, (2) to establish priorities for design and implementation
activities based on the functional profile, allocate reliability
objectives to specific components, and certify that the reliability
of the acquired and reused software meets product reliability, (3)
to test the software according to the customer's operational
profile, to measure product reliability before releasing the
product, and to release the product when the reliability
requirements have been met, and (4) to verify the system
reliability in the field and direct maintenance to the most
important problems. 

Mary Donnelly is with the Institute for Zero Defect Software. She
has worked on software quality improvement, inspection, and
software quality engineering.  Currently she is the primary course
developer and teacher for the AT&T technology transfer program in
software reliability engineering. 

*********************************************************************
     Overview of Software Reliability Models, Estimation Procedures,
               and Predictive Performance Measures
                        George J. Knafl
                       DePaul University

A variety of software reliability models have been developed to
analyze software reliability data, including nonhomogeneous Poisson
process models of the mean value function, binomial models of the
hazard rate function, and Bayesian models. Parameter estimation may
be achieved through maximum likelihood or a number of least squares
procedures. No one modeling procedure is appropriate for all data
sets and so predictive performance schemes may be utilized to
assess the appropriateness of these procedures. This tutorial will
survey software reliability models, estimation procedures, and
predictive performance measures.

George J. Knafl received a Ph.D. in Mathematics with a
specialization in Statistics from Northwestern University in 1978.
He is currently Professor in the Department of Computer Science &
Information Systems and Director of the Institute for Software
Engineering at DePaul University. He is currently on the Program
Committee for the International Computer Software & Applications
Conference (COMPSAC) and served as Proceedings Editor for that
conference from 1988-1991.

*********************************************************************
     The Draft Military Handbook on Hardware/Software Reliability
                      Assurance and Control
                        Michael Friedman
                       Hughes Aircraft Co.

The draft MIL-HDBK on Hardware/Software Reliability Assurance and
Control represents a "coming-of-age" for software reliability
engineering.  The handbook, currently undergoing a tri-service
approval cycle, describes a full-life cycle methodology for
managing the reliability of systems containing both hardware and
software.  The handbook describes practical procedures and
techniques for software reliability allocation, prediction, growth
modeling/testing, and demonstration testing, as well as for
integrating hardware and software reliability figures of merit.
This handbook is destined to have a wide-ranging impact on the way
software is developed, in both defense and non-defense-related
contexts.  The tutorial covers the history and philosophy of the
handbook, overviews its organization and content, and presents
examples of its use through a selection of small case studies.

Dr. Michael Friedman was the chief author of the draft MIL-HDBK. 
He earned his BS, MS, and PhD in Information and Computer Science
at the University of California at Irvine.  Dr. Friedman is a
Senior Staff Engineer at Hughes Aircraft Company, where he performs
research and supports projects in the areas of software
reliability, fault tolerance, and software safety.  He has taught
software engineering classes at UCLA Extension.  Prior to joining
Hughes, he served for several years as a software consultant to
Digital Equipment Corporation.

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            Applying ISO 9000 Standards to Software
                        John A. Slater
            Logica Defense and Civil Government Ltd

The adoption of ISO 9000 quality standards and accompanying
certification is growing rapidly.  However, unless formalized
quality management and certification are credible and appropriate
to business needs, they may become a commercial tax on industry
with little relevance to real quality.  The UK industry has taken
the initiative and set up the TickIT certification scheme using
international accepted documentation for quality management,
auditing and certification. This tutorial covers the following
topics: quality concepts, review of ISO 9000 standards with
emphasis on ISO 9000-3 (guideline), the TickIT scheme, accreditation 
of registrars, how to select a registrar, and case study.

John A. Slater is a principal consultant with Logica Defense and
Civil Government Ltd and has been involved in project and quality
management of information based systems for over twenty years.  He
was instrumental in the development and implementation of many of
the UK Ministry of Defence's software quality initiatives.  As
TickIT Project Leader for the UK Department of Trade and Industry,
he was charged with bringing to fruition accredited third party
certification for quality management systems in the software sector. 

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Measuring Factors Contributing to Software Maintenance Complexity
                          Horst Zuse
                  Technische Universtat Berlin

High software costs and the fact that over 70% of the software development
effort is spent in the maintenance and testing of software have generated
the need to analyze and to measure the 'quality' of software.  During recent
years much attention has been directed toward the measurement process of the
properties of software.  This tutorial gives an overview of the use of 
software metrics to determine the complexity of software during the software
life-cycle.

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                  The Capability Maturity Model for Software
                                Mark C. Paulk
                    Software Engineering Institute (SEI)

This tutorial provides an overview of work being done at the Software
Engineering Institute.  The capability maturity model for software (CMM)
describes the ability of organizations to develop and maintain software; 
it is a model of organizational improvement.  It is based on the process
management work of quality gurus such as Deming, Juran, and Crosby and
can be applied by organizations to improve their software process
via software process assessments and by acquisition agencies to select
qualified software vendors via contractor evaluations.  The bulk of the
tutorial discussion is on understanding the five maturity levels and the
key process areas that characterize them.

At SEI, Mark is project leader for CMM in the Software Process Program which 
focuses on improving state-of-the-practice in software management and 
engineering.  Products that Mark is working on are used by software companies 
to improve their software process and to select qualified contractors during 
procurements and to monitor their performance.  Mark obtained his master's in 
computer science from Vanderbilt University where he was a Harold Stirling 
Vanderbilt scholar.

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                            Software Metrics
                            Raymond J. Rubey
                              SofTech, Inc.

This tutorial acquaints participants with state-of-the-art software metrics.  
The emphasis is on practical application of metrics.  Data from actual 
projects and experiments will be used to show correlation of the measurements 
with desired quality goals.  Participants will obtain sufficient knowledge 
to select, adapt, and use basic metrics in an effective and useful manner.

Mr. Rubey has thirty years experience in software quality assurance, 
verification and validation, and the development of tools for quality 
assurance and testing.  Currently, he is Technical Director of SofTech 
Incorporated's System Sciences Group. He monitors a wide range of software 
development and quality assurance projects and is responsible for the 
evaluation of new software methods and processes for the group.
Prior to joining SofTech, he worked for Logicon, NASA,  and for Hughes 
Aircraft Company. He has also been a visiting Professor of Engineering at 
the Air Force Institute of Technology and an ACM National Lecturer. 

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                    Hierarchical Software Metrics
                        Ronald E. Prather
                       Trinity University

This tutorial offers a guided tour through the growing and increasingly
important literature on hierarchical software metrics.  It will focus
on structural software metrics based on the the decomposition of the 
underlying flowgraph.  Participants will develop a computational facility 
in handling hierarchical metrication techniques and will share in the
discovery of the most recent research developments.

With B.S., M.S., and M.A. degrees from the University of California at
Berkeley, the tutor received his doctorate in mathematics from Syracuse 
University in 1969.  He is the author of a half-dozen textbooks and 
numerous technical articles spanning the range of computer science.  His
interest in software engineering developed at Bell Laboratories, where he 
investigated software testing and software complexity measures.  He has
also been a member of the computer science faculties at the University of
Denver and at Syracuse University.  He currently holds the chair of the
Caruth Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at Trinity University.
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