[comp.software-eng] KBSE-91: CAll For Papers

hoebel@cs.rochester.edu (03/19/91)

                        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	(MITRE)		   	Penny Muncaster-Jewell (McD. Douglas)
    Tom Cheatham (Harvard)	   	Lisa Neal (EDS)
    Steve Fickas (U. Oregon)	   	Mary Ann Overman (NSA)
    Mehdi Harandi (U. Illinois)  	Chuck Rich (MIT)
    Dave Harris	(Lockheed/Sanders)	Bill Sasso (Andersen Consulting)
    Lou Hoebel(Rome Lab)	        Elliot Soloway (U. Michigan)
    Lewis Johnson (USC/ISI)		Peter Selfridge (AT&T Bell Labs)
    Gail Kaiser (Columbia U.)	   	Doug White (Rome Lab) 
	  			        Don Yu (Syscon)


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

hoebel@cs.rochester.edu (04/16/91)

                        CALL FOR PAPERS

          THE 6TH KNOWLEDGE-BASED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING 
                     (KBSE-91) CONFERENCE

		Sponsored by Rome Labororatory 
	       In-Cooperation with AAAI and ACM

                     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 and the ACM, Association for Computing Machinery .

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	(MITRE)		   	Penny Muncaster-Jewell (McD. Douglas)
    Tom Cheatham (Harvard)	   	Lisa Neal (EDS)
    Steve Fickas (Oregon)	   	Mary Ann Overman (NSA)
    Mehdi Harandi (Illinois)  		Chuck Rich (MIT)
    Dave Harris	(Lockheed)	        Bill Sasso (Andersen Consulting)
    Lou Hoebel(Rome Lab)	        Elliott Soloway (Michigan)
    Lewis Johnson (USC/ISI)		Peter Selfridge (AT&T Bell Labs)
    Gail Kaiser (Columbia)	   	Doug White (Rome Lab) 
	  			        Don Yu (UNISYS)


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