From: kmd@sei.cmu.edu (Kenneth Dymond)
Subject: CFP: AQUIS '93
Keywords: software quality
Organization: Software Engineering Institute
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 01:00:10 GMT
Expires: Mon, 1 Mar 1993 08:00:00 GMT


                         CALL FOR PAPERS
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       =                    AQuIS '93                        =
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                  Second International Conference on
                     Achieving Quality In Software

            Venice, Congress Center "Le Zitelle" (Giudecca)
                        October 18-20,1993

organised  by:
Consorzio Universitario in Ingegneria della Qualita' - Qualital - Pisa
IEI - Istituto di Elaborazione dell'Informazione del CNR - Pisa

in co-operation with:
Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e Perfezionamento "S. Anna" - Pisa
Consorzio Pisa Ricerche - Pisa
AICA

with the support of:
Digital _ Etnoteam _ IBM-Semea _ Intecs _ Tecnomare

                         THE CONFERENCE
Recent advances in Software Engineering suggest that sound technical
solutions for achieving quality in software are available, and that
all the software developer need do is use these to achieve the level
of quality required. However, the adoption of these quality techniques
has been somewhat slow and where it has occurred, the techniques
themselves have been rather slow in producing their anticipated
effects, if any effect at all (apart from an increase in development
costs). There must be reasons for this.

AQuIS '93 intends to further the efforts of AQuIS '91 in emphasising
the source of this problem: technology transfer. Further, ascertaining
the quality of software still under development is, even now, less
than easy, as is proposing truly pragmatic approaches to attaining
quality.

What better challenge than to make a contribution to this area
and compare solutions?

                              TOPICS
  Submissions are invited in the following areas:

- Technology transfer techniques aimed at reducing the resistance
  to quality practice.
- Quantitative evaluation of quality attributes.
- Models of development processes and environments embodying the
  quality dimension.
- Software process improvement.
- The management, inspection, testing, maintenance and reuse
  of quality software processes and products.
- Software development: formal methods, tools/environments.
- Prediction techniques (quality, cost, resource requirements etc.)..
- Risk management.
- Total quality approaches.
- Quality standards/legislation.

The emphasis of the conference is on documenting which techniques (for
achieving, predicting and validating quality) work and which do not
work, based on proper measurement. Significant, real case study  reports
showing that quality is being achieved and why, as well as studies
which show that it is not and why, are
particularly welcome.

                    INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS
Four copies (in English) of original work, limited to 12
pages (5000 words), must reach the Conference
Secretariat before May 1, 1993.
Papers must include a short abstract and a list of
keywords, the author's address, phone number, e-mail
address and telefax.
All papers received will be refereed by the International
Program Committee, and each paper will be rewieved
by at least three independent referees. Final accepted
papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings.
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=   Best papers will be selected for publication in a      =
=   special issue of "The Journal of Systems and           =
=   Software", Elsevier Science Publishing Co., New York   =
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IMPORTANT DATES:

May 1st, 1993: paper submission deadline

July 15, 1993: notification of acceptance

September 1st, 1993: camera ready copy due

CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION

General Chair: Antonia Bertolino (IEI-CNR, Italy)

Program co-Chairs: Paolo Ancilotti (SSSUP "S. Anna", Italy)
                   Mario Fusani (IEI-CNR, Italy)

Program Committee (provisional):
Grazia Arato (CSELT, Italy)
Motoei Azuma (Waseda U, Japan)
Victor Basili (U of Maryland, USA)
Gilles Bernot (U d'Evry,  France)
Bruce Blum (Johns Hopkins U, USA)
Tommaso Bolognesi (CNUCE-CNR, Italy)
Giacomo Bucci (U of Florence, Italy)
David Card (CSC, USA),
Aniello Cimitile (U of Naples, Italy)
Ugo De Carlini (U of Naples, Italy)
Ken Dymond (SEI-CMU, USA)
Carlo Ferretti (Tecnomare, Italy)
Robert Glass (Computing Trends, USA),
Carlo Ghezzi (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
Jose Luis Fiadeiro (INESC, Portugal)
Marco Giromini (Qualital, Italy)
Richard Hamlet (Portland State U, USA)
Hans-Ludwig Hausen (GMD, Germany)
James Hemsley (Brameur, UK)
Bill Hetzel (Software Quality Engineering, USA)
Bev Littlewood (City U, UK)
Giovanni Lofrumento (SSGRR, Italy)
Carla Lolli (ENEA, Italy)
Marco Maiocchi (U of Milan, Italy)
Ali Mili (Campus Universitaire, Tunisia)
Edward Miller (Software Research Inc., USA)
Carlo Montangero (U of Pisa, Italy)
Stefano Nocentini (IBM SEMEA, Italy)
Paolo Panaroni (Intecs, Italy)
Vaclav Rajlick (Wayne State U, USA)
Stuart Robinson (RAL, U.K.)
Jeanine Souquieres(CRIN-CNRS & INRIA, France)
Thor Stalhane (SINTEF, Norway)
Lorenzo Strigini (IEI-CNR, Italy)

Organization Chair: Piero De Risi (Qualital, Italy)
Organizing  Committee:
Roberta Boscaro (Tecnomare, Italy)
Mario Cappelli (Qualital, Italy)
Carlo Carlesi(IEI-CNR, Italy)
Fabrizio Fabbrini (IEI-CNR, Italy)
Vinicio Lami(IEI-CNR, Italy)

Publication Chair: Ettore Ricciardi (IEI-CNR, Italy)

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         CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT AND CONTACT ADDRESS
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         Manuela Mennucci
         IEI - CNR
         Via S. Maria 46
         56126 Pisa, Italy
         Tel.: +39 50 593 433   or   +39 50 593 478
         Fax: +39 50 554 342    e-mail: aquis@iei.pi.cnr.it

DR. ANTONIA BERTOLINO
IEI, CNR
Via Santa Maria 46   I-56126 Pisa   ITALY
TEL: +39-50-593478 ; FAX: +39-50-554342 ; TELEX: 590305 IEICNR I
BERTOLINO@IEI.PI.CNR.IT    ANTO@VM.IEI.PI.CNR.IT