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C A L L F O R P A P E R S

17th Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training
(CSEE&T 2004)
"Educating Software Engineers to Face the Future's Challenges"

Norfolk, Virginia (USA)
March 1-3, 2004
http://www.cs.virginia.edu/cseet04

The conference will be co-located with SIGCSE 2004 (March 3-7).
CSEE&T 2004 is sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society.

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IMPORTANT DATES:

Submission deadline for workshop proposals: August 4, 2003
Publication of accepted workshops: August 18, 2003
Submission deadline for papers, tutorials, panels,
   and workshop position papers: September 8, 2003
Notification of acceptance: November 3, 2003
Camera-ready copies due: December 1, 2003

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Software engineering educators face increasing challenges as the
practice of software engineering continues to grow more complex.
They must cover an increasing number of topics in a fixed
time-period (such as a four-year degree program). Issues like
security, reliability and usability are more important than
ever. Employers want graduates who have development experience in
complex architectures, such as embedded systems or distributed
Web-based systems. Educators have always been challenged by how
best to introduce software process-related issues, but now they
must also choose among a growing number of different approaches
to software process (such as PSP, TSP, agile methods).

After graduation, professional software engineers must also
maintain their knowledge and skill sets to face the rapidly
growing complexity of the field. Both corporate training
organizations and universities must respond effectively to help
professionals continue their education in order to maintain an
effective work force.

Many educators are successfully facing these educational
challenges. We welcome submissions that address topics related to
how universities and professional organizations are meeting these
challenges. We seek participants whose presentations will
contribute to a set of "best educational practices" that have
been implemented and evaluated for effectiveness. These best
practices will assist other educators who seek effective and
innovative ways to respond to the challenges facing them.

The following list of topics (which is not inclusive) address
this theme:

* Teaching principles and skills needed to produce secure
   software systems.
* Developing students' understanding of and commitment to
   software reliability.
* Teaching usability and human factors in computer science
   and software engineering programs.
* Addressing more complex system architectures, such as
   distributed Web-based systems.
* Current (or contemporary) software development processes
   and how best to teach them.
* What students should learn about professionalism, ethics,
  and social issues.
* Best practices for software engineering education both
   in computer science programs. and in dedicated software
   engineering degree programs.
* Assessing and evaluating the quality of student learning
   and course or program success.
* Needs for life-long learning for software engineering
  professionals.
* The effects of curricula guidelines, accreditation,
   certification and licensure on educational programs
   and practices.

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SUBMISSIONS:

You are invited to submit research papers or experience reports
in the above and other areas of software engineering education
and training. In addition, we also solicit proposals for
workshops, panel discussions and tutorials.

Full details of each of these as well as the submission process
are described on the conference Web site:
  http://www.cs.virginia.edu/cseet04

Email [log in to unmask] if you need further information not
contained on the Web site.

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General Conference Chair:
Tom Horton, University of Virginia ([log in to unmask])

Program Chair:
Ann Sobel, Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) ([log in to unmask])

Program Committee Members:

Mark Ardis, Rose-Hulman University
Heidi Ellis, Rensselaer at Hartford
David Evans, University of Virginia
Dennis Frailey, Raytheon
Peter Henderson, Butler University
Tom Hilburn, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Michael Hinchey, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Peter Knoke, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Ana Moreno, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
J. Fernando Naveda, Rochester Institute of Technology
Michael Ryan, Dublin City University
Steven Seidman, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Richard Upchurch, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
Bruce Weide, The Ohio State University