Date: Thu, 7 Oct 93 09:38:39 BST To: re-world@doc.ic.ac.uk From: acwf@doc.ic.ac.uk (Anthony Finkelstein) X-Sender: acwf@gummo.doc.ic.ac.uk Subject: REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING NEWSLETTER (12) ****************REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING NEWSLETTER******************** No. 12. 1. Conflict Management in Concurrent Engineering (Mark Klein) 2. IEEE 1175 Meeting - November 30, 1993 (Carl Singer) Contents Contributions to: re-list@doc.ic.ac.uk (will be moderated) Subscription or Removal to: re-request@doc.ic.ac.uk Back issues can be obtained via anonymous ftp from ftp-host: dse.doc.ic.ac.uk (IP number: 146.169.2.20). Directory: requirements. Files are called renl1, renl2, etc. If you cannot use ftp then you can get any back issues using email. Send email containing the following to ftpmail@doc.ic.ac.uk open dse.doc.ic.ac.uk cd requirements get quit ********************************************************************** From: mklein@atc.boeing.com (Mark Klein) Subject: CFP: CERA Special Issue on Conflict Management in Concurrent Engineering CALL FOR PAPERS CONCURRENT ENGINEERING: RESEARCH & APPLICATIONS (CERA) - An International Journal Special Issue on Conflict Management in Concurrent Engineering A central aspect of concurrent engineering is the management of conflicts among multiple engineering disciplines throughout the product life cycle. If such conflicts are not avoided or resolved in a timely fashion, the result can be huge unnecessary waste and rework costs as well as slowed schedules and reduced product quality. Current mainly manual approaches to this problem such as multi-functional teams and coordination memos are increasingly overwhelmed by the sheer complexity of modern products and processes. This special issue will focus on how computer technology can support more effective avoidance, detection and resolution of conflicts in concurrent engineering settings. The intent is to gather together an multi-disciplinary collection of work from the many fields (e.g. distributed artificial intelligence, organizational science, computer-supported cooperative work, group decision support systems) relevant to this important challenge. Themes of interest include: o What lessons do empirical studies of conflict management have to offer? o What are the current theoretical underpinnings for conflict management? o How can computer systems support conflict management? o How do computational conflict management models fare in real-world settings? CERA is a new international journal published quarterly by Academic Press whose purpose is to provide a forum for the dissemination of multidisciplinary scientific work on Concurrent Engineering based on computer technologies. It is an official journal of the Concurrent Engineering Institute of the International Society for Productivity Enhancement (ISPE). Subscription and other information can be obtained by contacting Managing Editor, CERA Institute, P.O. Box 250254, West Bloomfield, MI 48325, USA., Fax: (313) 661 8333: Email: bprasad@cmsa.gmr.co INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING MANUSCRIPTS Manuscripts should be no more than 25 double-spaced pages in length including all figures and references. Papers must not have been previously published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. Initial abstracts and manuscripts should have a title page including the authors' full names, affiliations, physical and email addresses. Papers will be reviewed by at least 3 reviewers. Final manuscripts must meet the guidelines for the CERA Journal set forth by CERA Institute. Papers not included in the special issue will be considered for possible presentation at the CERA'94 Conference to be held in August 1994. DEADLINES o 1 to 2 page abstract is due November 15, 1993. o Five copies of the full manuscript are due March 1, 1994. o Notification of acceptance is June 1, 1994. o Final version of the manuscript is due August 1, 1994. SEND SUBMISSIONS AND QUESTIONS TO Mark Klein, PhD Guest Editor, CERA Special Issue Boeing Computer Services Building 33-07, MS 7L-44 2760 160th Ave SE Bellevue WA 98008 USA Voice: (206) 865-3412 Fax: (206) 865-2965 Email: mklein@atc.boeing.com ********************************************************************** From: singer@cc.bellcore.com (Carl Singer) SUBJECT: IEEE 1175 Meeting - November 30, 1993 MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT: IEEE 1175 - Standard Reference Model for Computing System Tool Interactions (approved DEC '92 as a trial use standard for 24 month period) There will be a 1175 planning meeting on November 30th 1993 at the Westinghouse facilities near the Baltimore Washington (BWI) Airport in Maryland, U.S.a. Our agenda will focus on "where to from here", a number of potential work items will be discussed, including addressing object-oriented methodologies and use of the 1175 model with other standards. If you are interested in participating, please reply to (me) I will be on the road through October 29th, so please be patient. (or call Peter Eirich - number follows) Carl Singer singer@cc.belcore.com (908) 699-8951 c/o Bellcore 6 Corporate Place PYA 1E211 Piscataway, NJ 08854 (USA) Include your mailing address, email, voicemail & fax. We will need a complete list of attendees to meet the requirements of our host's building security, so please do contact us if you plan to attend. Information on hotels, etc. is as follows: (here are 5, there are more to choose from) BWI Marriott $125 (410) 859-8300 Hampton Inn $ 62 / $65 king (410) 850-0600 includes Breakfast & Happy Hour Holiday Inn $ 59 (Westinghouse rate - mention host) (410) 859-8400 Guest Quarters $82 (Westinghouse rate - mention host) (410) 850-8747 Red Roof Inn $31.99 / $41 king (410) 850-7600 Most of these hotels also have "800" numbers. If you have questions about logistics, please contact Peter Eirich at Westinghouse (410) 993-5634. If you have any questions, please reply to me at the above email. I will be out of my office until November 1st on business, so if you need any information before that please contact Peter Eirich (410) 993-5634 or Bob Poston (908) 906-3539. **********************************************************************