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CALL FOR PAPERS
THE 6TH KNOWLEDGE-BASED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
(KBSE-91) CONFERENCE
September 22-25, 1991
Syracuse University Sheraton
Syracuse, NY
Sponsored by Rome Laboratory (RL) formerly Rome Air Development Center (RADC)
and In Cooperation with AAAI, The American Association for Artificial
Intelligence. In Cooperation agreements pending with both the ACM and the IEEE.
BACKGROUND
In 1983 RADC (now, Rome Laboratory) published a report calling for the
development of a knowledge-based software assistant, which would employ
artificial intelligence techniques to support all phases of the software
development process. The original KBSA vision revolved around a new software
process model, including knowledge-based software design and prototyping by
executable specifications, and the generation of implementations using
semantic-preserving rules. Research and development efforts around the
world, including those supported by RADC's long-term KBSA program, have led
to the development of significant pieces of this vision.
The annual KBSA Conference has provided a forum for discussion and
presentation of work related to the KBSA effort. In addition, it has gradually
expanded its scope to include other work relating to knowledge-based
software engineering. This year we have formally changed the name of the
conference to the Knowledge-Based Software Engineering Conference.
THE KBSE-91 CONFERENCE
This year's conference will continue its expanded scope covering all
aspects of knowledge-based software engineering, including
programming-in-the-large, automatic documentation, formal specifications, user
interfaces, reverse engineering and design recovery, reasoning techniques, life
cycle support, knowledge acquisition, and empirical studies and experience
reports. The unifying thread is the application of knowledge-based techniques to
software engineering problems.
In addition to refereed papers, the Conference welcomes proposals for panel
discussions, videotapes, and demonstrations. Possible panel topics might include
software re-use, alternatives to the KBSA model, and project management issues
and technology. Demonstrations and videotapes should be clearly relevant to
some aspect of knowledge-based software engineering and will be reviewed with
this criterion in mind.
The core of the conference is a three-day block of technical presentations,
including panels and paper sessions. This core is preceded by an afternoon of 3
one-hour, technically-oriented "mini-tutorials", presented for relative
newcomers to the KBSE community. Demonstrations and videotapes will be
scheduled at various times throughout the conference to allow for maximum
viewing.
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
All papers (6 copies) and proposals (4 copies) should be sent to the program
chair at the address below by May 1, 1991. Authors will be notified of
acceptance or rejection by July 8, 1991, and camera-ready copies will be due by
August 8, 1991. Full papers should not exceed 10 pages in length, although
authors of accepted papers can request up to 2 extra pages in the proceedings.
Papers will be reviewed by at least two members of the program committee under
the criteria of appropriateness to the conference, originality, and clarity.
Demonstration proposals, which can include videotapes, must be submitted with a
one page description of how the demonstration relates to knowledge-based
software engineering.
Program Chair: Local Chair:
Peter G. Selfridge Capt Jeff Grimshaw
AT&T Bell Laboratories Rome Laboratory
Room 3C-441 Griffiss AFB
Murray Hill, NJ 07974 New York, 13441
pgs@research.att.com grimshaw@aivax.radc.af.mil
Program Committee:
Penny Chase Penny Muncaster-Jewell
Tom Cheatham Lisa Neal
Steve Fickas Mary Ann Overman
Mehdi Harandi Chuck Rich
Dave Harris Bill Sasso
Lou Hoebel Elliott Soloway
Lewis Johnson Peter Selfridge
Gail Kaiser Doug White
Don Yu
For more information, contact Barbara Radzisz, Data and Analysis Center for
Software, PO Box 120, Utica, NY 13503, (315) 734-3696,
kbsa-con@aivax.radc.af.mil