hamlet@ogccse.ogc.edu (Dr. Richard Hamlet) (02/24/89)
Seventh Annual Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference CALL FOR PAPERS Original papers are solicited on all aspects of software quality. Conference attendance will be about 400 software professionals from industry, government, and universities. This year's keynote speaker is Capers Jones. Papers will be selected on the basis of abstracts, then refereed for publication in the Proceedings. Any topic related to software quality is of interest, for example: productivity and quality parallel software legal issues re-engineering software object-oriented design testing technology real-time software cost/schedule estimation risk management project management design methodologies software metrics user interfaces documentation CASE environments reusability software standards version control We are particularly interested in reports of direct experience with methods, ideas, and tools. Abstracts should be 2-4 pages long, with enough detail to give reviewers an understanding of the final paper, including a rough outline of its contents. Indicate if the most likely audience is technical or managerial, and please make clear the topic's relevance to software quality. Include a cover page with: paper title, complete mailing address, telephone, e-mail address, a list of keywords/phrases identifying the subject, a brief biographical sketch of the author(s). Submit 10 copies by March 31 to: Dick Hamlet, Program Chair Computer Science Department Portland State University Box 751, Portland, OR 97207 USA CSNET: hamlet@cs.pdx.edu Fax: (503) 464-4882 ___________________________________________________ Tutorials and survey papers are also solicited. The conference will begin on September 10 with a half-day of tutorials of 2-4 hours; invited survey papers will appear in the technical program on September 11. Tutorial and survey presenters will receive travel expenses and a small honorarium. Proposals should be submitted to the Program Chair by April 28.