From: ouimet@iro.umontreal.ca (Daniel Ouimet)
Newsgroups: news.announce.conferences
Subject: CFP - 5th International Workshop on Protocol Test Systems
Date: 14 Apr 92 01:26:03 GMT
Expires: Wed, 29 Apr 1992 07:00:00 GMT
Organization: (none)


                        CALL FOR PAPERS
                        (Final Version)

    5th International Workshop on Protocol Test Systems
           28-30 September 1992, Montreal, Canada

IFIP will organize the fifth International Workshop on Protocol Test Systems
(IWPTS) at the end of September 1992 in Montreal. The aim of the workshop
is to be a meeting point between research and industry and between theory and
practice of the testing of data communication systems. The workshop will
consist of presentations of reviewed and invited papers, tool demonstrations
and discussion sessions in small groups. Also,there will be ample opportunity
for informal contacts.

For the 5th IWPTS three central themes have been identified:

	- Methodology and architecture
	- Practical testing experience
	- Testing theory

Since the OSI conformance testing methodology and architecture, as described
in ISO9646, is now an International Standard, we expect contributions on the
applications, limitations and proposed extensions of this standard; contribu-
tions regarding issues related to new developments, such as multi-party proto-
cols and high-speed applications are particularly welcome.
For the second theme we expect contributions about testing in practice, both
during test suite development and during test campaigns. Information content
is more important than originality.
For the third theme we expect contributions on test theory and its applica-
tion to testing data communication systems. Originality will be an important
selection criterion.

In order to have a successful workshop, active participation is essential.
Each participant is requested to submit a short interest profile (less than
half a page). Participant profiles will be distributed among participants to
facilitate working contacts. The number of participants is limited to
approximately 100.

Several types of contributions are sollicited:

	- Full papers (maximum twelve pages, single spaced) on one of the
	  topics mentioned earlier. Accepted full papers will be presented
	  at the workshop and published in the proceedings.

	- Position statements (maximum three pages, single spaced). A
	  position statement is a short paper that addresses a particular
	  problem with discussion stimulating questions aimed at the audience.
	  Alternatively, a position statement may contain provocative
	  views on protocol testing. Selected position statements will
	  be presented at the workshop, so if you submit a position state-
	  ment you must be prepared to present it.

	- Tool demonstrations. Facilities will be provided to demonstrate
	  test tools and related tools.

All submitted papers and position statements will be reviewed by three
qualified reviewers. The deadline for submission is April 29, 1992. An author
may submit a full paper or a position statement by sending five copies to one
of the following co-chairpersons at the address given below:

	Gregor v. Bochmann, Rachida Dssouli, Anindya Das

	Universite de Montreal, Departement d'IRO
	C.P. 6128, succ. A, Montreal, Quebec
	CANADA H3C 3J7

	Email: iwpts@iro.umontreal.ca
	  Fax: 514 343 5834

Important Dates

Submissions due April 29, 1992
Tool demonstration applications due July 1, 1992
Notifications Mailed July 8, 1992
Camera ready copy due August 15, 1992

Programme Committee

E. Brinksma, Univ. Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
B. Davis, IDACOM, Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA
D. Dwyer, NCC, UK
J.-P. Favreau, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD, USA
D. Hogrefe, Univ. Bern, Switzerland
M. Hornbeek/R. Tarazi, TEKELEC, Calabasas, CA, USA
L. Kahn, RACE Industrial Consortium, Bruxelles, Belgium
J. Kroon, PTT Research, Leidschendam, Netherlands
P. Marchese, CSELT, Orino, Italy
T. Mizuno, Mitsubishi, Kamakura-city, Japan
A. Petrenko, ESTI, Riga, Latvia
O. Rafiq, Laboratoire TASC, Univ. Pau, France
S. V. Raghavan, IIT Madras, India
D. Sidhu, Univ. Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
K. Stoettinger, Fernmeldeamt Wiesbaden, Germany
O. Takahashi, NTT, Tokyo, Japan
L. Terry, BNR, Ottawa, Canada
M. Uyar, AT & T, Holmdel, NJ, USA
H. Zeng, CICA, Sichuan, P.R. China
G. Zoerntlein, IBM-ENC, Heidelberg, Germany

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Daniel Ouimet				ouimet@iro.umontreal.ca
Universite de Montreal, Dept. IRO. S-240, C.P. 6128, succursale A
Montreal (Quebec) H3C 3J7, CANADA   (514) 343-6111 ext. 3506