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CALL FOR PAPERS

8th Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference (APSEC 2001)
December 4-7, 2001
University of Macau, Macau SAR, China
http://www.iist.unu.edu/apsec2001

APSEC is the leading international conference to bring together researchers
and practitioners on software engineering and technology in Asia-Pacific and
the world. APSEC2001 is organized by University of Macau (UM), Macau SAR
Office for the Development of Telecommunications and Information Technology
(GDTTI), and the United Nations University / International Institute for
Software Technology (UNU/IIST).
On-line information is available at http://www.iist.unu.edu/apsec2001

IMPORTANT DATES

Research paper submission: July 1, 2001
Notification of acceptance:  August 1, 2001
Camera ready copy due:  September 15, 2001

THEMES

APSEC 2001 aims to bring together researchers and practitioners from
industry, academia and government to advance the state of the art in
software engineering and technology and to encourage wider collaboration
between academics and industries.
The conference will benefit from the contribution of three distinguished
invited speakers. Many high quality papers will be presented, drawn from a
wide range of subjects:

* bulk synchronous parallel programming
* component-based design techniques
* concurrent systems
* database design
* design patterns
* distributed systems
* domain engineering
* empirical studies
* formal methods
* network techniques
* network management
* object-oriented analysis and design
* programming languages
* reactive and real-time embedded systems
* requirements engineering
* reengineering and reverse engineering
* software management and planning
* software architecture and framework
* software quality
* software testing techniques
* software reusability
* software maintenance
* software engineering for the Internet and the E-commerce
* software engineering education
* system modeling and design methodology
* tools and environments

INVITED SPEAKERS

M. Joseph (India)
Lin Huimin (China)
J. Misra (USA)
C. C. Morgan (Australia)

PAPER SUBMISSIONS

The submissions will be reviewed and evaluated based on originality,
technical quality and relevance to software concepts and technologies. The
accepted papers will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press and
presented at the conference.
Submitted papers should describe original and significant work in the
research and practice of software engineering. Papers describing empirical
research, case studies and software tools are particularly welcome. Papers
should be 2500-5000 words in length, in English. Submissions should be made
electronically in PDF or PostScript format according to the instructions
found in the conference web site: http://www.iist.unu.edu/apsec2001
Alternatively, five copies of complete papers may be sent to the PC
Co-chair:

He Jifeng
UNU/IIST
P.O. Box 3058, Macau
Tel: +853-712930
Fax: +853-712940
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STEERING COMMITTEE

M. Aoyama ( (Niigata Inst. of Tech., JP)
P. Bailes (Chair, Uni. of Queensland, AU)
J. S. Dong (Nat'l Uni. of Singapore, SG)
P. Jalote ((I. I. T. Kanpur, IN)
K. C. Kang (Pohang Inst. of Sci. & Tech., KR)
Y. S. Kuo (Inst. of Info. Sci., Academia Sinica, TW)
Y. R. Kwon (KR)
K. Leung (Vice-Chair, Hong Kong Inst. of Vocational Education, HK)
M. Lyu (Chinese Uni. of Hong Kong, HK)
D. Poo (Nat'l Uni. of Singapore, SG)
K. Reed (La Trobe University, AU)
M. Saeki (Emeritus, Tokyo Inst. of Tech., JP)
T. Tamai (University of Tokyo, JP)

ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE

University of Macau
Macau SAR Office for the Development of Telecommunications and Information
Technology
United Nations University / International Institute for Software Technology

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

Conference Chair:  Iu Vai Pan (UM)
                             Zhou Chaochen (UNU/IIST)
                             Tou Veng Keong (GDTTI)
Program Co-Chair: He Jifeng (UNU/IIST)
                             Li Yiping (UM)
                             G. Lowe (New South Walse Univ., AU)
Financial Chair:      Kwok So Shan (UM)
Local Arrangements Chair: Hoi Chi Leong (GDTTI)
Publicity Chair:      Tang Xinbei (UNU/IIST)

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

M. Aoyama (Niigata Inst. of Tech., JP)
K. Araki (Kyushu Uni., JP)
D. H. Bae (KAIST, KR)
P. Bailes (Uni. of Queensland, AU)
J. Bosch (Uni. of Karlskrona/Ronneby, SE)
A. Brooks (Uni. of Auckland, NZ)
S. Cheung (Hong Kong Uni. of Sci. and Tech., HK)
B. J. Choi (Ewha Woman's Uni., KR)
J. S. Dong (Nat'l Uni. of Singapore, SG)
R. Duke (Uni. of Queensland, AU)
A. Dutoit (Tech. Uni. of Munich, DE)
A. Erdenebaatar (Mongolian Tech. Uni., MN)
Y. Feng (Inst. of Software, Acamemia Sinica, CN)
A. Galloway (Uni. of York, UK)
D. Grant ((Swinburne Uni. of Tech., AU)
Z. Guo (Uni. of Macau, MO)
J. He (United Nations Uni., MO)
B. Henderson-Sellers (Uni. of Tech. Sydney, AU)
M. Henz (Nat'l Uni. of Singapore, SG)
C. M. Holloway (NASA Langley Research Center, US)
D.V. Hung (United Nations Uni., MO)
T. Janowski (United Nations Uni., MO)
M. H. Kim (Konkuk Uni., KR)
S. Kusumoto (Uni. of Osaka, JP)
K-K. Lau (Uni. of Manchester, UK)
P. Layzell (UMIST, UK)
K. Leung (Hong Kong Inst. of Vocational Education, HK)
Y. P. Li (Uni. of Macau, MO)
S. Liu (Hosei Uni., JP)
J. Lu (Nanjing Uni., CN)
C. M. Luong (Inst. of Information Tech., VN)
M. R. Lyu (Chinese Uni. of Hong Kong, HK)
B. Mahony (Defence Sci. and Tech. Org., AU)
A. Martin (Oxford Uni., UK)
H. Mei (Peking Uni., CN)
V. Misic (Hong Kong Uni. of Sci. and Tech, HK)
M. Noro ((Nanzan Uni., JP)
F. O'Brien (Royal Melbourne Inst. of Tech., AU)
J. Offutt (George Mason Uni., US)
R. Paige (York Uni., CA)
S. Y. Park (Sogang Uni., KR)
M. Purvis (Uni. of Otago, NZ)
K. Reed (La Trobe University, AU)
M. Saeki (Tokyo Inst. of Tech., JP)
K.-D. Schewe (Massey Uni., NZ)
G. Song (East China Uni. of Sci. and Tech., CN)
P. Swatman (Stuttgart Inst. of Management and Tech., DE)
H. K. Tae (Software Institute, KP)
K. Taguchi (Uppsala Uni., SE)
F. Wang (Academia Sinica, TW)
W. Wong (Hong Kong Baptist Uni.,HK)
F. Xia (Saint John's Uni., US)
Q. W. Xu (Uni. of Macau, MO)
R. Yap (Nat'l Uni. of Singapore, SG)
C. Youn (Chungnam Nat'l Uni., KR)

SPONSORS

National Natural Science Foundation of China
Macau Foundation
Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau, Macau SAR
Companhia de Telecomunicações de Macau S.A.R.L.