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+======= March 1998 =======+
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
o Quality Week '98 (QW'98) Complete Technical Program (Schedule
Order).
o A Memo about Dr. Beizer's Book
o On Becoming an Automation Evangelist, by Elisabeth Hendrickson
o MScs in Software Engineering and Safety Critical Systems
Engineering
o International Conference on Software Technology: Software Quality
(June 1998)
o TestWorks Corner: The Latest System Additions
o Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference (October 1998)
o IEEE Transactiosn on Knowledge and Data Engineering
(January/February 1999)
o Call for Papers: UML'98
o TTN Submittal Policy
o TTN SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION
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QUALITY WEEK 1998 -- TECHNICAL PROGRAM -- SCHEDULE ORDER
T U T O R I A L S
Tuesday, 26 May 1998, Half-Day Tutorials
Dr. Linda Rosenberg & Mr. Larry Hyatt "Metrics for Quality Assurance and
Risk Assessment"
Dr. Michael R. Lyu "Current Techniques and Tools for Software
Reliability Engineering"
Mr. John D. Musa "More Reliable, Faster, Cheaper Testing through
Software Reliability Engineering"
Mr. Michael Deck "How Testers Can Use Formal Methods to Analyze and
Improve Software Requirements Specifications"
Dr. Boris Beizer "An Overview of Testing -- Unit, Integration, System --
Outline and Index"
Mr. Hans-Ludwig Hausen "Software Metrics for Procedures, Objects and
Agents"
Mr. Ed Kit "Automating Software Testing and Reviews"
Mr. Tom Gilb "Evolutionary Delivery Project Management"
Mr. Robert V. Binder "Testing Strategies for Object-Oriented Systems
Mr. Martin Pol "Test Process Improvement"
T E C H N I C A L P R O G R A M
Wednesday, 27 May 1998,
KEYNOTE SESSION #1...
Dr. Cem Kaner "Year 2000, How Can I Sue Thee? Oh, Let Me Count the Ways"
TECHNOLOGY TRACK...
Mr. James M. Clarke "Automated Test Generation From a Behavioral Model"
Dr. Linda Rosenberg, Mr. Larry Hyatt, Mr. T. Hammer, Ms. L. Huffman, &
Mr. W. Wilson "Testing Metrics for Requirement Quality"
Dr. Thomas Ostrand, Dr. Herbert Foster, Dr. Tarak Goradia & Dr. Wojciech
Szermer "A Visual Test Development Environment for GUI Systems"
Mr. Anil Rao "A Structured Framework for Designing Kernel Reliability
Tests"
Ms. Anneliese vonMayrhauser, Mr. Andre Bai, Mr. Tom Chen, Mr. Amjad
Hajjar & Mr. Charles Anderson "Fast Antirandom (FAR) Test Generation to
Improve Code Coverage"
Mr. Zachi Karni & Mr. Dror Orel & Mr. Shmuel Ur "Using 3D to Visualize
Dynamic Path Coverage"
APPLICATIONS TRACK...
Mr. Otto Vinter "Improved Requirements Engineering Based on Defect
Analysis "
Ms. Maxine Crowther & Mr. Dave Oliver "Automating Defect Tracking and
Reporting a Solution for the 21st Century"
Dr. Peter Liggesmeyer & Mr. Martin Rothfelder "Going Beyond Correctness:
Improving Software Robustness"
Mr. Raymond V. Sandfoss & Mr. Steven A. Meyer "The Impact of OOT,
Client/Server, and Distributed Computing on SRE Practices"
Mr. Fabbrizio Fabbrini, Mr. Mario Fusani, Mr. Vincenzo Gervasi, Ms.
Stefania Gnezi & Mr. Salvatore Ruggieri "Achieving Quality in Natural
Language Requirements"
Mr. Ondrej Such "Applications of Stochastic Asynchronous Programming
Technique to Procedure Testing"
TOOLS AND SOLUTIONS TRACK...
Mr. Michael Bowden "Year 2000: A Practical Approach to Reducing Business
Risk"
Mr. Larry Boldt "Y2K Requirements-Driven Automated Testing...do you have
a license to drive?"
Mr. Oliver Jones "System Testing for Java-based Internet Applications:
How, When and Why?"
Mr. Stephen C. Ruten "Introduction of 100% Java in GTE as a Primary
Development Language for E-Commerce"
Mr. Ieuan E. Jones "Application of Quality Practices to Web-site
Development"
Mr. Gary Beauregard "Dynamic WebSite Testing with CAPBAK/Web"
MANAGEMENT TRACK...
Prof. W. Douglas Maurer "Program Correctness and the Year 2000 Problem"
Mr. Gregory T. Daich "Essential Year 2000 Practices"
Ms. Cheryl Y. Moore "Testing Policies and Standards"
Mr. Manuel Gonzalez "Process Improvements Via Testing Results, A Case
Study"
Mr. William H. Warren "The Business Cost of Defective Software"
Ms. Karen S. King "Ensuring Quality in Software Suppliers"
QUICK-START TRACK MINI-TUTORIALS...
Mr. Thomas A. Drake "Is Quality Really "Good Enough" for the
Millennium?"
Mr. Larry Bernstein "Trustworthy Software "
Mr. Tom Gilb "The Alternatives and Supplements to Conventional Testing"
SPECIAL PANEL SESSION (5:00 to 6:00)...
Ms. Johanna Rothman & Mr. Brian Lawrence "The Role of the Test Manager
(Panel Session)"
KEYNOTE SESSION #2...
Dr. Boris Beizer "Prioritizing Your Y2K Testing Effort: Debunking the
Special Date Myths"
Prof. Dave Parnas "Software Engineering: An Unconsummated Marriage
(5P2)"
Thursday, 28 May 1998
TECHNOLOGY TRACK...
Dr. Jarrett Rosenberg & Dr. David J. Brown "Static Checking of
Application Binaries for Cross-Release Stability"
Dr. Matthias Grochtmann & Mr. Joachim Wegener & Mr. Roman Pitschinetz
"Integrated Test Management within the Tool Environment Tessy"
Dr. Pascale Thevenod-Fosse & Dr. Helene Waeselynck "Software Statistical
Testing Based on Structural and Functional Criteria"
Dr. Elaine J. Weyuker & Dr. Alberto Avritzer "Facilitating the
Enforcement of Quality of Service Objectives by Using Software Testing
Artifacts"
Prof. William E. Howden "Software Confidence, Computational Integrity,
and Statistical Model Checking"
Mr. David Banks & Leonard Gallagher & Charles Hagwood & James Yen
"Software Testing by Statistical Methods"
APPLICATIONS TRACK...
Mr. Steve Goldstein "Strategies for Testing a Web-based Application:
Divide, Conquer, and Automate"
Mr. Manuel Gonzalez "System Test Server through the WEB"
Mr. Larry Apfelbaum & Mr. John Schoeder "Reducing the Time to Thoroughly
Test a GUI"
Ms. Anna Newman "Lessons Learned: Automating Testing Experiences with
FrameMaker 5.5"
Ms. Martha Gray & Dr. Kathleen A. Kegley & Ms. Lynne Rosenthal
"Applications of Formal Specification Languages in Conformance Testing"
Ms. Hazel Curtis, Ms. Diana Burkhardt & Mr. Alfred Vella "Automated Test
Suites from Reverse Engineering and Planguage"
TOOLS AND SOLUTIONS TRACK...
Mr. Avi Harel "Automation in Usability Validation"
Mr. Manu Das "The Revolution in Defect Tracking and Analysis, Software
Quality, and the Internet"
Dr. Eugenio Cervetto "Performance Evaluation of Real-Time Embedded
Software Applications Using PREDICTA"
Mr. Mike Powers "Testing in a Year 2000 Project"
Mr. Stephen Kaufer "Best Practices for Building Higher Quality Software
Faster"
Dr. Antonio Cicu, Mr. Domenico Tappero Merlo, Mr. Francesco Bonelli, Mr.
Sandro Francesconi, Mr. Fabrizio Conicella & Mr. Fabio Valle "Managing a
Customer's Requirements in a SME: A Process Improvement Initiative Using
an IT-based Methodology and Tool."
MANAGEMENT TRACK...
Mr. Michael Heffler & Mr. Robert Thien "Providing a Context for Process
Improvement and Assessment"
Ms. Patricia O'Reilly "The Accidental Improvement Opportunity is
Knocking..."
Ms. Elfriede Dustin "Automated Test Tool Introduction Process"
Mr. Karl E. Wiegers "Software Process Improvement: Ten Traps to Avoid"
Mr. Rainer Pirker & Mr. Andreas Rudolf "Testing the Software Portfolio
of a Bank for Year 2000 Readiness"
Ms. Claudia Dencker "A Tester's Perspective of a Y2K Project at
Hewlett-Packard"
QUICK-START TRACK MINI-TUTORIALS...
Mr. Brian Marick "When Should a Test Be Automated?"
Mr. Robert Poston "Making Test Cases from Use Cases Automatically"
SPECIAL PANEL SESSION "The Role of the Test Manager"
Friday, 29 May 1998
TECHNOLOGY TRACK...
Mr. Richard Kasperowski "Automated Testing and Java Class Libraries"
Ms. Carla Schroer "Java Compatibility Testing"
APPLICATIONS TRACK...
Mr. David W. Carman & Mr. Siddhartha R. Dalal & Mr. Ashish Jain & Mr.
Nachimuthu Karunanithi "A Test Generation Factory for Year 2000 Testing"
Mr. Keith Stobie "Testware Engineering"
TOOLS AND SOLUTIONS TRACK...
Ms. Alka Shah Jarvis "Applying Software Inspections - Real-Life
Experience at Cisco Systems"
Mr. Flavio Sticozzi "Year 2000 Testing: Facing the Big One"
MANAGEMENT TRACK...
Mr. Jon Huber "Developing Metrics for a Software Testing Organization"
Mr. Jeff Singer & Ms. Cindy Friedman "The Software End Game - Accurate
Prediction of Time of Product Completion"
QUICK-START TRACK MINI-TUTORIALS...
Dr. Cem Kaner "Concise Test Planning "
CLOSING KEYNOTE SESSION #3 ...
Mr. Dave Duchesneau "Design for Test (Or, How to Make it Hard for the
Pernicious Bugs to Hide)"
Mr. Robert V. Binder "Testing Object-Oriented Systems: Best Practices"
QW'98 ADVISORY BOARD
James Bach (STL) Danny Faught (HP)
Boris Beizer (Analysis) Istvan Forgacs (Hungarian Academy)
Fevzi Belli (Univ. Paderborn) Dick Hamlet (Portland State)
Bill Bently (Bayer) Bill Howden (UC/San Diego)
Antonia Bertolino (IEI/CNR, Pisa) Prof. Luqi (NPGS)
Robert Binder (RBSC, Inc.) Brian Marick (Consultant)
Robert Birss (Intuit) Edward Miller (SR)
Rita Bral (SR/Institute) John Musa (Consultant)
Dirk Craeynest (OFFIS nv/sa) Lee Osterweil (UMass)
Greg Daich (STC) Axel VanLamsweerde (UCL/Belgium)
Sylvia Daiqui (DLR) Otto Vinter (Bruel & Kjaer)
Tony Wasserman (Software Methods+Tools) Tom Drake (NSA/BAH)
R E G I S T R A T I O N I N F O R M A T I O N
Complete registration with full information about the conference is
available on the WWW at
<http://www.soft.com/QualWeek>
where you can register on-line. We will be pleased to send you a QW'98
registration package by E-mail, postal mail or FAX on request. Send
your E-mail requests to:
qw@soft.com
or FAX or phone your request to SR/Institute at the numbers below.
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A MEMO ABOUT DR. BEIZER's BOOK
Dear Colleague:
For some time now, my book "Software Testing Techniques" has been out of
stock. Unfortunately, many distributors were improperly told that it
was "out of print." which is not at all the same thing. This shortage
was due to various internal reorgs at the publisher: Van Nostrand -->
International Thomson Computer Press --> Ventana Press --> Coriolis
Press (all of these are divisions -- active and/or now closed -- of
Thomson). Anyhow, the book will soon be available again at distributors
and bookstores. Some good news on this matter:
1. The initial press run is scheduled to be 2,000 copies, which should
go a long way to satisfying the unmet demand.
2. It will be reprinted as a quality paperback cover book to save you
some money.
3. I am told, but have not yet confirmed, that it will still have the
same cover art, so you can still call it "The Big Red Book on software
testing." as so many of you have told me.
I will post again as soon as I have all the particulars: new LOC number,
new ISBN (if changed), price, etc. availability date, etc.
4. For any university professor who has adopted the book and has not
been able to get copies for this semester, email me and I will forward
it to the publisher so that your delivery can be expedited.
Thank you for your patience!
Regards,
Boris
Boris Beizer Ph.D. Seminars and Consulting
1232 Glenbrook Road on Software Testing and
Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006 Quality Assurance
TEL: 215-572-5580
FAX: 215-886-0144
Email direct: bbeizer@sprintmail.com
Email (Forwarded): bbeizer@acm.org, bbeizer@bigfoot.com
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On Becoming an Automation Evangelist
by Elisabeth Hendrickson
I actually interviewed someone recently who had put "Automation Advocate"
on his resume. I was surprised. That's how I describe myself; it was
funny seeing the phrase on someone else's resume. (He got the job, by
the way.)
More and more QA organizations are seeking to automate. The number of
automation tools on the market has proliferated tremendously in the last
several years. The tools available today are leaps and bounds better
than the tools available just three years ago. Automated testing is big
business. But how are today's QA organizations coping with the change?
One complaint I hear on a regular basis is: "We don't have the time to
learn the tools." Strictly speaking, this isn't true. What's really true
is that the testers, used to performing tests in a manual fashion, are
uncomfortable using the tools. No amount of classroom training will
change how they approach their jobs when they get back to their desks.
At the heart of the issue is Change with a capital "C." Whenever you
start talking about changing the way a group does things, you're likely
to see a variety of reactions. Early adopters will jump at the
opportunity presented. Others will take a wait and see attitude. And a
few holdouts will only be dragged into the new process kicking and
screaming.
Change dictated by upper management without a clear view of how it will
be implemented rarely, if ever, succeeds. Change may be decided at the
top, but it has to be implemented by the people actually doing the work.
If those people don't "buy in" to the change, it won't happen.
Enter the Automation Evangelist. This is a person who's job is to mentor
and train, to put in place processes and infrastructure, to clear the
path toward automation. The role of the Evangelist (or Advocate, if you
prefer) is to figure out what's keeping people from automating (the real
reasons, not the excuses), and fix it.
For the last six months, I've had the good fortune to work with a whole
team of Automation Evangelists (there are 3 of us). We have accomplished
a lot in a relatively short amount of time. (We didn't do nearly as much
as the automation vendors would like you to believe is possible, but we
did as much as we expected, and we had high expectations.)
Being an Automation Evangelist is hard: it's part sales, part training,
and very technical. It requires that you be able to work with people as
well as you work with computers, and vice versa. You have to recognize
that you provide a service and act accordingly. You cannot bludgeon
people into automating, you have to guide them. You have to be
diplomatic in dealing with requests you consider to be ridiculous.
In short, the manual testers are your customer. Your best bet is to
follow tried and true rules for customer service.
* Manage expectations. Because of marketing hype, some folks have
unrealistic expectations of what can be automated and how long it will
take. Make sure your automation efforts aren't derailed because you
aren't meeting some lofty standard set by a vendor white paper. The best
way to do this is to communicate your status clearly and regularly. This
applies to both management and to the testers: if either one has
unrealistic expectations, the automation effort will run into problems.
* Listen carefully. The important thing is to determine what the testers
actually need from automation, not what you think they need, and not
what they say they need. There's usually a difference. You can ferret
out the real needs of the testers by listening carefully to what they
are saying.
* Convey respect. Make sure that the testers you work with don't think
you plan to replace them with automated testing programs. People are
more likely to accept change if they don't feel personally threatened by
it. You can do this by showing your respect for them and for their
skills and knowledge every time you interact with them.
Automated testing is exciting stuff. Used judiciously, it can help
improve quality by leveraging the available tester resources. Testers
can use the time they gain through automation to improve the test
coverage or get involved earlier in the development cycle. Either way,
the company wins. But for automation to succeed, testers accustomed to
manual test processes will have to change the way they work. And
sometimes people just don't change as fast as technology.
So if you are in management and contemplating a change toward automated
testing, find yourself an Automation Evangelist first. If you are in a
QA organization moving toward automation and frustrated by the slow pace
of change, be an Automation Evangelist. Only someone like you can
actually make the change happen.
Copyright 1998 Quality Tree Consulting <http://www.qualitytree.com>.
Reprinted with Permission.
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MScs in Software Engineering & Safety Critical Systems Engineering
The Prospectus for the MSc in Safety Critical Systems Engineering at
York for 1998/99 is now available and can be viewed at
http://www.cs.york.ac.uk/MSc/SCSE.
The course offers a full MSc, either full-time or part-time, and options
for Diploma, Certificate or attendance at individual modules. If you
want to enquire further, or would like a printed copy of the Prospectus,
please contact me.
A new course, the MSc in Software Engineering is also being offered,
starting in Autumn 1998. Preliminary information can be viewed at
http://www.cs.york.ac.uk/MSc/SWE
The course will be run in parallel to the MSc in SCSE, and offers
similar options. Please contact me if you would like further
information.
Dr Jonathan D. Moffett
Co-ordinator, Advanced MSc Courses
Dept of Computer Science, University of York
Heslington, YORK YO1 5DD, UK
Phone: +44 1904 432788 Fax: +44 1904 434768
Email: jdm@cs.york.ac.uk
Personal home page: http://www.cs.york.ac.uk/~jdm
MSc home page: http://www.cs.york.ac.uk/MSc/
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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY: SOFTWARE QUALITY
June 1 to 5, 1998, Curitiba - PR - Brazil
Call For Papers
The International Conference on Software Technology: Software Quality is
being consolidated as one of the most important events on software
technology in Brazil, organized by the International Center for Software
Technology - CITS. In its last edition (eighth) on June 1997, CITS was
able to congregate in Curitiba the leading representatives of the
Brazilian and global Software Quality and Information Technology
communities: Entrepreneurs (46%), academia (17%) and government (37%)
representatives attended the Conference, which comprised two short-
courses, two tutorials, six invited lectures, two panels, four meeting-
points, and thirteen technical works selected by a well-qualified
committee. Subjects concerning quality improvement, object oriented
technology and standardization procedures were discussed, with the
participation of distinguished professionals of the area.
In 1998, the framework of the Conference will be kept, with the addition
of reports on the latest industrial experiences of software quality
improvements. The organizers are expecting to count on the support of
their traditional sponsors to offer accommodation and transport for each
speaker (if your paper is accepted you will be a speaker!).. All
speakers will have their presentations translated to English, Spanish or
Portuguese.
Professors, researchers, graduate students, software engineers and other
professionals involved are invited to present their contributions, as
technical papers and project reports. A summary of the instructions
follows. Further details can be obtained at the CITS homepage
(www.cits.br) or from our Organizing Committee at CITS.
Presentation
Article: maximum 12 pages.
Reports: 4 pages .
Editor: Microsoft Word 6.0.
Media paper: first version (four copies)
Papers submission: Mar 30, 98
Accepting communication: Apr 30, 98
Themes
Auditing systems
Project, configuration and risk management
ISO9000, SPICE and CMM model
Software product quality
Software process quality
Quality standards on software product and
process
Software acquisition applying quality
evaluation
Experiences on implementing quality
improvement to software product and process
Education for software quality
Human factors on software quality
Security on critical software
Models and metrics
Software inspection, test and validation
Formal methods applications
Organizer: International Center for Software Technology - CITS
Parque de Software de Curitiba - Pr=E9dio Central
81.230-000 - Curitiba - PR - Brazil
Phone: 55-41-317-2042, fax: 55-41-317-2047
Homepage: www.cits.br e-mail: educon@cits.br
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TestWorks Corner: The Latest System Additions
As TTN-Online readers may know, TestWorks is an family of software
testing and validation tools aimed at UNIX and Windows workstations.
Complete information about TestWorks can be found at:
<http://www.soft.com/Products>.
Some recent advances and/or additions to the TestWorks product line
include:
o Coming attraction: A new product line, aimed at the WebSite analysis
(both testing and performance measurement), will be made available
soon. The initial product in this new product line is a
capture/playback engine for WebSites that introduces true "object
oriented testing" to WebSite analysis. Mention CAPBAK/Web in your
Email to sales@soft.com if you are interested in becoming a beta
site.
o Coming attraction: The Remote Testing Technology (RTT), already
available for TCAT for Java for UNIX (you can try it out on our
WebSite), is being expanded to include processing of C/C++ programs,
with local, Email, and WWW/http data transfer options. Mention RTT
in your Email to sales@soft.com if you are interested.
o Coming attraction: TCAT for COBOL will soon be available on Windows
and UNIX platforms. Mention TCAT/COBOL in your Email to
sales@soft.com if you are interested.
Get complete information on any TestWorks product or product bundle from
sales@soft.com
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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION - SOFTWARE QUALITY
16th Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference
joint with
Eighth International Conference on Software Quality
of the Software Division of ASQ
October 12-15, 1998
Oregon Convention Center
Portland, Oregon
Keynote Presenters: Tom DeMarco and Tom Gilb
Technical Papers will be presented October 13 - 14, 1998, and will be
published in the Conference Proceedings and on CD-ROM. Papers should be
practitioner oriented. They may be based on research of interest to
practitioners, or on experiences that contribute to the software quality
body of knowledge.
Workshop Sessions will be held on Monday, October 12, and Thursday,
October 15, 1998. Workshops are either half-day or full-day sessions
that provide practical knowledge to participants. Workshops that
promote the active participation of learners through problem solving,
case studies, or other interactive learning methods will be favored.
Important Dates
March 14 Submission deadline (Deadline Extended)
April 21 Notification of selection
June 5 Full Papers due for review
July 14 Referee comments returned
August 14 Final approved versions due
October 13-14 Conference presentation
Submission Requirements: Please submit your abstract and outline with
the electronic submission form filled out. These forms are available at
the web site www.pnsqc.org or through email as an auto-response at
abstract_form@pnsqc.org. Abstracts in ASCII format are preferred.
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IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering
Special Session on Web Technologies
Publication Date: January/February 1999
Purpose: Information engineering began a new era with the birth of web
technologies. The web is the universe of network-accessible data and
the embodiment of human knowledge. In addition to information
dissemination, it has attracted much interest in user support,
resource discovery, and collaborative work areas. By embracing within
its data model most information in previous networked information
systems, the web is currently the most advanced and widely- used
information system deployed on the Internet. It is also an architecture
which will incorporate any future advances in data technology, including
new protocols, object types, data formats, knowledge representations,
and information retrieval methods.
This special session deals with the use of engineering techniques and
methodologies in the design, development and assessment of information
systems in the web environment. Of particular interests are data
management and knowledge engineering techniques for web-related,
data-intensive applications. Innovative research methods, clever
development procedures, and profound empirical results are all sought
for this special issue.
Scope:
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
o Web accessibility o Scalability of web servers
o Intelligent agents o Intelligent search engines
o Resource management o User interface
o http o Distributed objects
o Interoperability o Architecture issues
o Propagation, caching, replication o Naming and resolution
o Real-time multimedia support o Privacy and preferences
o Reliability and error recovery o Security
o Electronic commerce o Metrics and measurement
Submission Procedure: Authors are invited to submit original,
previously unpublished papers to the special issue. Send eight copies of
manuscript to the Guest Editor (see below).
Guest Editor Schedule
Prof. Michael R. Lyu Submission Deadline: 5/1/1998
Computer Science & Engineering Author Notification: 8/1/1998
Chinese University of Hong Kong Final Version Due: 10/1/1998
Shatin, Hong Kong Publication Date: 1-2/1999
lyu@cse.cuhk.edu.hk
Tel: +(852) 2609 8429
http://www.cse.cuhk.edu.hk/~lyu/tkde.html
Fax: +(852) 2603 5024
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Extended submission deadline for UML'98
CALL FOR PAPERS
UML'98
Unified Modeling Language: Beyond the Notation
Mulhouse, France
June 3-4, 1998
Organized by ESSAIM and the University of Haute-Alsace
Due to several last minute requests submission of proposed papers has
been extended to March 22.
Please note that March 22 is a HARD deadline.
We shall be very grateful if you could disseminate this information
among your interested colleagues.
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Welcome to the UML'98 web site at :
http://www.essaim.univ-mulhouse.fr/uml/evenements
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