msj@sri-unix (06/18/82)
ACM SIGSOFT/SIGPLAN Software Engineering Symposium
on High-Level Debugging
March 20-23, 1983
Asilomar Conference Center--Pacific Grove, California
GENERAL CHAIR:
Richard E. Fairley, Colorado State University
PROGRAM CHAIR:
Mark Scott Johnson, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
Russ Atkinson, Xerox PARC John L. Hennessy, Stanford
Robert M. Balzer, USC-ISI Tim Teitelbaum, Cornell
R. Stockton Gaines, consultant Mark Wegman, IBM T.J. Watson
David R. Hanson, U. Arizona John R. White, Xerox PARC
Much of the research in software engineering has emphasized
the early phases of the software development cycle (requirements,
specification, and design), yet most of the effort is devoted to
implementation, testing, and maintenance activities. During the
past ten years, emphasis on analysis and design resulted in
decreased interest in debugging issues. The trend is now
changing. Researchers are exploring new debugging topics and
reassessing debugging issues in light of new methodologies and
advances in other areas.
The goals of the high-level debugging workshop are to review
the current state of debugging technology, to provide an in-depth
look at the issues, and to project future developments. Topics
of major interest include:
The impact on debugging of other work in software engineering:
debugging of requirements specifications, debugging at
the design level, human factors in debugging, knowledge-
based debugging
The role of debugging in programming environments:
integrated programming environments, high-resolution
display devices, multilingual and language-independent
debugging, multiprocess debugging
Advances in hardware and compiler technology:
architectural support of debugging, multiprocessor and
network environments, throw-away and incremental
compilation, code optimization
Attendance will be limited and participants will be chosen
on the basis of a working paper or a short (at most four pages)
position statement. Working papers should report on recent
relevant work. Position statements should outline the author's
work and its relevance to workshop themes, and should state a
position on one or more of the topics mentioned above.
Two copies of a working paper or position statement must be
sent by October 8, 1982 to:
Mark Scott Johnson
Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
1501 Page Mill Road, M/S 3U15
Palo Alto, California 94304
At least one copy must be single-spaced, typed on one side, and
of reproduction quality. The decision of the Program Committee
will be mailed by mid-December, 1982.