From: elliot@progress.COM (Elliot Chikofsky)
Newsgroups: comp.org.ieee,comp.software-eng
Subject: 3rd Reverse Engineering Forum
Keywords: reverse engineering, reengineering, design recovery
Date: 6 Apr 92 21:24:08 GMT
Article-I.D.: progress.1992Apr6.212408.16634
Organization: Progress Software Corp.


3rd Reverse Engineering Forum

September 15-17, 1992
Burlington, Massachusetts (Boston area)

Preliminary Notice
and Call for Presentations


Northeastern University's Department of Industrial Engineering and 
Information Systems will host the 3rd Reverse Engineering Forum.  The 
Forum is a combined industry / university review of the state of the art 
and the state of the practice in reverse engineering and reengineering of 
software and systems.  It is a meeting place for key people in the reverse 
engineering field:  developers, researchers, and leading-edge users.

The Forum includes presentations by experienced users, tools developers, 
and industrial and academic researchers, describing the current state and 
directions of products, prototypes, and approaches.  A major focus of the 
Forum is to allow ample opportunity for one-on-one and group discussion 
among presenters and attendees.

The Reverse Engineering Forum is presented in conjunction with the 
Reverse Engineering Subcommittee of the IEEE Computer Society's 
Technical Committee on Software Engineering (TCSE).  The Reverse 
Engineering Subcommittee, formed at last year's Forum and now over 370 
members, will hold its general meeting at this year's Forum.  Other 
cooperating organizations expected to participate include the Boston 
Computer Society's CASE SIG and Washington University CSDP (St. Louis).

The Forum will be held at Northeastern University's Burlington Campus 
in Burlington, Massachusetts near the intersection of Route 128 and US 
Route 3.  The campus and hotels serving the Forum are a convenient 
taxicab ride from Boston's Logan Airport.


Presentations Invited

Proposals are invited for presentations describing experience, research, 
and tools for reverse engineering, reengineering, and related topics.  
Technical and user experience presentations are sought;  sales pitches are 
discouraged.  Blue sky and "what I really need is..." presentations are also 
welcome.  Speakers are encouraged to be full participants in the Forum, 
and discouraged from just dropping in to give a presentation.  (In general, 
as a meeting of the field, speakers will pay an attendee fee unless waived 
because their company is exhibiting.)   Presentation proposals are due by
April 24, 1992.


Tools Exhibits Invited

A joint meeting of several Boston-area software societies along with the 
Forum is being planned for Wednesday evening, September 16, 1992, including 
a table-top tools fair of reverse engineering and reengineering products 
and prototypes.  Contact the Forum Chair for exhibitor information.


For Further Information

Contact the Forum Chair, Elliot Chikofsky, at (617) 280-4560 or by email 
at e.chikofsky@compmail.com

Reverse Engineering Forum,  Attn: Elliot Chikofsky,  
Northeastern University - 330 SN,  Dept. Industrial Engr. & Info. Systems,  
360 Huntington Avenue,  Boston, MA  02115  USA