From: linda@mtu.edu (Linda M. Ott)
Subject: 2nd CFP Software Metrics Symposium
Organization: Michigan Technological University
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 14:55:53 GMT

CALL FOR PAPERS 

IEEE-CS International Software Metrics Symposium 

May 21 - 22, 1993
Baltimore, MD  U.S.A. 

Immediately following ICSE-15

Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee 
    on Software Engineering 

Theme: Software Metrics Theory Meets Practice

The area of software metrics is concerned with measurement and prediction in 
software engineering.  Software measures assess attributes of interest
such as quality, complexity and cost in software products and processes.
Prediction systems estimate attributes such as effort and reliability.
These measurement and prediction systems are needed both during development 
of software and for use in experimental software engineering.

To date we have many such measures and prediction systems.  We also have 
guidelines for their development.  This includes work on measurement theoretic 
and axiomatic foundations and on processes for model building and metric 
development.

Ultimately the success of software models and metrics is determined by 
successful  use in actual software development environments or experimentation.
To build a synergistic discipline, we need to bring together these theoretical,
empirical and practical aspects.
Thus this workshop is interested in cross fertilization of results in the 
following areas:

     measurement theory 
     model building and reuse
     metrics formally developed from empirical studies
     experience with the use of processes for metrics and model building
     empirical validation of software metrics
         (especially those that were axiomatically derived)
     results based on practical use of software metrics and models
     principles of experimental software engineering 
         (design of experiments, representation and use of results)


We invite papers (up to 12 single spaced pages) on any of the above topics,
but are especially interested in papers  which address two or more areas.  
Five copies of the paper should be submitted to one of the program co-chairs.

IMPORTANT DATES

Submission Deadline: November 5, 1992
Notification of Acceptance: January 15, 1993
Camera Ready Version Due: February 15, 1993

GENERAL CHAIR 

James Bieman
Dept. of Computer Science
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA

bieman@cs.colostate.edu
(303) 491-7096 


PROGRAM CHAIRS

Norman Fenton                        Anneliese von Mayrhauser
Center for Software Reliability      Dept. of Computer Science
The City University                  Colorado State University
London EC1V 0HB, England             Fort Collins CO 80523, USA

n.e.fenton@city.ac.uk               avm@cs.colostate.edu
071 477 8425                         (303) 491-7016   

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

V. Basili          University of Maryland (U.S.A)
B. Boehm           DARPA/SISTO (U.S.A.)
D. Card            Computer Sciences Corporation (U.S.A.)
W. Edwards         University of Southwestern Louisiana (U.S.A)
D. Gustafson       Kansas State University (U.S.A)
W. Harrison        Portland State University (U.S.A)
H.L. Hausen        GMD (Germany)
R. Karcich         Storage Technology (U.S.A.)
T. Khoshgoftaar    Florida Atlantic University (U.S.A.)
B. Kitchenham      National Computing Centre (England)
A. Melton          Michigan Technological University (U.S.A.)
J. Munson          University of West Florida (U.S.A.)
L. Ott             Michigan Technological University (U.S.A.)
S. Pfleeger        Mitre (U.S.A.)
D. Rombach         Universitaet Kaiserslautern (Germany)
N. Schneidewind    Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.A.)
R. Selby           University of California, Irvine (U.S.A.)
M. Sheppard        Bournemouth Polytechnic (England)
R. Whitty          South Bank Polytechnic (England)
M. Zelkowitz       University of Maryland (U.S.A.)
H. Zuse            Technische Universitat Berlin (Germany)
S. Zweben          Ohio State University (U.S.A.)