From: dalamb@qucis.queensu.ca (David Lamb)
Subject: Workshop on Studies of Software Design
Followup-To: poster
Organization: Computing & Information Science, Queen's University at Kingston
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 19:09:45 GMT


                   Second (final) Call for Participation:
                   Workshop on Studies of Software Design
                              May 17-18, 1993
                            Baltimore, Maryland
                   (overlapping the tutorial days of the
             International Conference on Software Engineering)

Aim:
The workshop is intended to provide an opportunity for those who study
software designs and design methods to meet informally and exchange ideas.
The emphasis is on methods for studying, analysing, and comparing designs
and design methods, rather than on specific design methods themselves.
Furthermore, we focus primarily on the "software architecture" level of
design, and on techniques suitable for dealing with large systems.  Topics
include (but are not limited to):
o   Methods for studying, analysing, and comparing software architectures.
o   Representations of software designs, especially those not tied to a
    particular design method.
o   Properties of software designs, especially those that characterize or
    typify the method according to which the software was designed.
o   Methods of reasoning about designs.

Format:
The workshop will consist of a mix of presentations and discussions.
Informal Proceedings will be available at the workshop.  It may prove
possible to publish selected papers in a more formal way.

Participation:
Space at the workshop is limited to permit discussion; participation is by
invitation only.  Researchers are invited to submit either
o   An extended abstract of about 2000 words, if they wish to present a
    paper, or
o   A resume of relevant experience, if they wish to participate but not
    present a paper.
For multiple-author abstracts, please designate a primary author, the one
who will attend if the abstract is accepted.  If the secondary authors wish
to attend, please also supply a resume of relevant experience, so that we
may have some basis for choosing between inviting secondary authors of
accepted papers and other people.
Dates:
    Submission of papers or resumes:  January 18th 1993
    Invitations issued by:            February 22nd, 1993
    Final camera-ready papers due by: March 29th, 1993.
The workshop takes place 8:30 a.m. to 5pm on Monday May 17, and Tuesday May
18.  Details of registration will be sent with invitations.


Sponsored in part by the Information Technology Research Centre of Ontario.
This workshop is independent of ICSE, but co-located with it.

Workshop Chair:
David Alex Lamb
Software Technology Laboratory
Department of Computing and Information Science
Queen's University
Kingston    Ontario
CANADA       K7L 3N6
(Phone) +1 613 545 6050 (or 6067)
(Fax) +1 613 545 6513
(Email) dalamb@qucis.queensu.ca

Send electronic mail submissions and queries to:
    ssd-workshop@qucis.queensu.ca
We prefer LaTeX format submissions.
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Software Technology Laboratory      dalamb@qucis.queensu.ca (David Alex Lamb)
Computing and Information Science   phone: (613) 545-6067
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6