Ninth IEEE International Workshop on Software Specification and Design (IWSSD-9)
Ise-shima Royal Hotel,
Ise-shima, Japan
April 16-18, 1998
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Call for Contribution
As with previous meetings, IWSSD-9 will use working-group discussions in order for participants to focus on their shared concerns in representing and reasoning about models of software-intensive systems. Following workshop tradition, this meeting's timing and location will give researchers the opportunity to complement a major professional meeting (ICSE '98) with a high-quality research workshop.
The program committee is requesting the submission of research papers outlining novel research directions, research projects or research proposals. The papers should make a case for the significance and originality of the work and clearly describe (preliminary) results, infra-structure or exploratory studies on which the work is based. Of particular interest is the rationale underlying the work particularly if it identifies gaps in research and difficulties that have not been well understood. Papers should not exceed eight pages, including figures. Managerial, organisational and resource issues should not be included. Contributions are sought across the broad range of work in software specification and design.
Common case study material will be used to support submissions and to drive the programme. Prospective participants are strongly encouraged, though not strictly required, to use the case study in support of their submission. Additional information on the principal case study is available at the following URL: http://salab-www.cs.titech.ac.jp/confercence/iwssd9/case.html.
The workshop will be based around intensive working-group sessions organised in four separate tracks with plenary sessions to feedback results from working groups and for distinguished keynote speakers. The final selection of tracks will be determined by the submissions.
Proposed tracks, reflecting important themes in software systems engineering to which specification and design techniques are required to respond, are:
Submissions
Important dates:
Submission deadline: November 20th 1997
Acceptance notification: January 12th 1998
Final copy due: January 26th 1998
The first page of the paper should include its title, names and
affiliations of the authors, and a designated contact author with his
or her address, phone and fax numbers, and e-mail address. To assist
the programme committee you are asked to indicate your preferred
workshop track. Five copies of the paper must be received by
November 20th at the following address:
Prof. Ugo Buy
EECS Dept. (M/C 154)
University of Illinois
851 South Morgan Street
Chicago, IL 60607
USA
TEL: +1 (312) 413-2296 (Direct Dial)
FAX: +1 (312) 413-0024
EMAIL:
buy@figaro.eecs.uic.edu
URL: http://www.eecs.uic.edu/~buy
In addition the paper title, abstract, names and affiliations of the
authors, and a designated contact author with his or her address,
phone and fax numbers, and e-mail address should be sent
electronically to by 17th Nov.:
Prof. Anthony Finkelstein
EMAIL: acwf@cs.city.ac.uk
URL:
http://www.cs.city.ac.uk/finger/acwf
Papers may also be submitted electronically, details of how to do this will be available shortly.
Accepted papers will appear in the workshop proceedings, to be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press. Every accepted paper should be presented at the workshop by one of its authors.
General Chair
Dr. Motoshi Saeki
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Department of Computer Science
Ookayama 2-12-1, Meguro-ku
Tokyo 152, Japan
TEL: +81 3 5734 2192 (Direct Dial)
FAX: +81 3 5734 2911
EMAIL:
saeki@cs.titech.ac.jp
URL:
http://salab-www.cs.titech.ac.jp
Finance Chair
Mr. Hisayuki Horai
Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd.
Information Science Laboratory
Nakase 1-9-3, Mihama-ku
Chiba 261, Japan
TEL: +81 43 299 3585
FAX: +81 43 299 3075
EMAIL:
horai@iias.flab.fujitsu.co.jp
Programme Chairs
Prof. Ugo Buy
EECS Dept. (M/C 154)
University of Illinois
851 South Morgan Street
Chicago, IL 60607
USA
TEL: +1 (312) 413-2296 (Direct Dial)
FAX: +1 (312) 413-0024
EMAIL :
buy@figaro.eecs.uic.edu
URL: http://www.eecs.uic.edu/~buy
Prof. Anthony Finkelstein
City University
Department of Computer Science
Northampton Square
London EC1V 0HB
UK
TEL: +44 171 477 8556 (Direct Dial)
FAX: +44 171 477 8587
EMAIL:
acwf@cs.city.ac.uk
URL:
http://www.cs.city.ac.uk/finger/acwf