CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

ICSSEA '2000

13th International Conference

SOFTWARE & SYSTEMS ENGINEERING and their APPLICATIONS

December 5-8, 2000

CNAM -   Paris, France


The detailed program and practical information can be found:

- in the attached Word file
- on the conference Web site: www.cnam.fr/CMSL

A printed version of the program booklet is available upon request.
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An Ineluctable Evolution

During the last three decades, a period roughly matching software
engineering‘s
history, issues have wavered between three poles, namely tools, methods, and
processes. Thus, we have witnessed the programming language era, the method
fad, the tool age, with its accompanying quest for integration, and lastly the
process trend. Today’s drastic development of technology, notably with the
convergence of computer and telecommunications anticipated as far back as the
early 70s, and the industrial maturation of concepts relating to software and
software intensive systems challenge tools, methods, and processes based on
schemes no longer matching those capabilities offered by the current
convergence of information technology and communication. Approaches which
until
now remained in a conceptual state can be considered, others must be
devised in
order to take into account current computing infrastructures, new ways of
implementing applications, and novel project management practices required by
the net economy.

Organized by the Center for Mastering Systems & Software (CMSL) of CNAM, the
13th edition of the ICSSEA Conference aims to provide a critical survey of
current status of tools, methods, and processes for elaborating software and
systems. A particular emphasis will be laid, on the one hand, on approaches
based on reusable components or COTS, on the other hand on software and
systems
engineering of net-based applications or, conversely, on the impact of
Internet
on software & systems engineering.

The conference will consist of plenary sessions, a series of parallel
sessions,
tutorials, and workshops. English will be the working language. The lectures
will emphasize experience reports and industrial applications. Main topics to
be discussed comprise:
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Systems Engineering
Software Processes
Project Management
Cost Estimation
Configuration Management
Distributed Development
Requirements Engineering
Specifications
Formal Methods
Object Orientation
Modeling
Knowledge Engineering
COTS, Components, and Reuse
Software Architecture
Distributed Systems
Validation & Verification
Testing
Quality Assurance & Control
Metrics
Agents
Multimedia
Web-based Application Development
Web-based Tools & Methods
Workflow
XML

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SESSSIONS

Wednesday, December 6
Inaugural Lectures
COTS, Components & Reuse  1
Web-based Application Development
Systems Engineering

Thursday, December 7
Requirements Engineering
Testing and V&V
Software Processes
Methods
Web-based Tools and Methods
Multimedia

Friday, December 8
CASE & Environments
Formal Methods
Project Management
Workflow
Software Agents
COTS, Components & Reuse  2
Metrics & Quality
Modeling
Knowledge Engineering
Safety & Dependability

TUTORIALS (in French)
1- Project Management
2- XML and Software & Systems Engineering
3- Software Testing & Reliability
4- Systems Engineering

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