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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. ----------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------- 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