The Workshop on Empirical Studies of Software Maintenance (WESS 2000) is
extending its submission deadline until May 20.

Call for Participation
International Workshop on Empirical Studies
of Software Maintenance (WESS 2000)
http://hometown.aol.com/GEShome/wesscfp.htm
October 14, 2000
San Jose, CA

This workshop is co-located with:
International Conference on Software Maintenance (ICSM 2000)
International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2000)
Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society IEEE Technical Committee on Software
Engineering

What is WESS?
WESS is a small, interactive workshop for practitioners and researchers
interested in empirical aspects of software maintenance.  Those interested in
attending are encouraged to submit a 2-5 page position paper which will be
peer reviewed.  Papers should be sent to George Stark at [log in to unmask] or
[log in to unmask]  PDF format is preferred.

Four previous WESS events have brought attention to the volume of work in
software maintenance including the design of experiments, ethics and research
conduct, and empirical results.

What are the objectives of WESS 2000?
The objectives of WESS 2000 are to build upon the results of the previous
four WESS workshops by promoting discussion and exchange of ideas among
researchers and practitioners, identifying practical problems and research
issues and sharing potential solutions. Specifically, WESS 2000 will address
the following questions:

* What metrics and models (and to what level of precision) can be applied
across maintenance releases, projects, or organizations? - Ned Chapin

* Can we combine the accumulated knowledge base into a Web-Based Lessons
Learned (WWLL) Repository? What are the requirements for a WWLL Repository
for Empirical Software Engineering Research? - Warren Harrison

* What key software maintenance areas should we be studying empirically? -
Linda Rosenberg

* Can we measure maintainability? If so, how? If not, why not? - Paul Oman

The results of each working group will be documented and presented to the
IEEE Software Engineering Standards Committee for evaluation as potential
projects.

Time Table
20 May 2000: Deadline for position papers
15 June 2000: Acceptance decision
15 August 2000: Final versions due to place on Workshop web site
8-11 Oct 2000: International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering
11-14 Oct 2000: International Conference on Software Maintenance
14 Oct. 2000: Workshop on Empirical Studies of Software Maintenance (WESS
2000)


CONFERENCE LOCATION
Doubletree Hotel
San Jose, California, USA
Discounted hotel rooms for attendees will be let go if they are not reserved
by 5PM PST, Sept. 15, 2000

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
Chair:
George Stark, IBM Global Services, USA, [log in to unmask]

Program and Organizing Committee:
Lionel Briand, Carleton University, CA
Shari Lawrence Pfleeger, Systems/Software, Inc., USA
Martin Shepperd, Bournemouth University, UK,
Warren Harrison, Portland State University, USA
Ned Chapin, ISC, USA
Linda Rosenberg, NASA, USA
Norm Schneidewind, Naval Postgraduate School, USA
Paul Oman, University of Idaho

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Professor Martin Shepperd              e-mail: [log in to unmask]
Empirical Softw. Eng. Research Group
Design, Engineering and Computing      phone:  +44 1202 595034 (secretary)
Bournemouth University                         +44 1202 595503 (direct)
Talbot Campus                          fax:    +44 1202 595314
Poole, BH12 5BB, UK
        url: http://dec.bmth.ac.uk/ESERG/mshepperd/HomePage.html
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