****************REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING NEWSLETTER******************** NOTE: IMPORTANT CHANGES! No. 37. Contents 1. Message from the Moderator! (Anthony Finkelstein) 2. ESEC '95 Programme (Pere Botella) 3. SRE Archives on FTP (Didar Zowghi) 4. RE International Doctoral Thesis Research Web Page! (Annie Anton) 5. CFP Annals of Software Engineering - Special Volume on Software Requirements Engineering (Nancy Mead) 6. CFP (1st) ECBS '96, Engineering of Computer Based Systems (Markus Voss) 7. ISDO95 Call for participation (IFIP) 8. IWSSD 8 CFP (Jeff Kramer) 9. DOORS from QSS - WWW pages(Ian Alexander) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | If you have questions about particular items appearing in the newsletter - | | send them to the originators. If you wish to contribute send your material | | to the moderator at: requirements@cs.city.ac.uk | | | | Subscription (or removal) requests should be sent to: | | requirements-request@cs.city.ac.uk Just send an email message containing: | | | | subscribe
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Copyright (c) 1995, Anthony Finkelstein; All Rights Reserved. | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ********************************************************************** From: acwf@cs.city.ac.uk (Anthony Finkelstein) Subject: Message from the Moderator! IMPORTANT Some major changes have taken place in the RE Newsletter. These are partly as a result of my move to City University, partly the growing size of the subscriber list and partly the desire to improve on the service. From now on we will be using a list server, major-domo, to handle the housekeeping, details are given below. The newsletter archive and WWW site have moved and been redesigned (update your bookmarks / hotlist). Over the next period we will phase out the old site and build links into the new pages. There are bound to be some teething problems and I ask you to exercise toleration and patience. ********************************************************************* From: Pere Botella Subject: ESEC'95 program (short) ESEC'95 (Fifth European Software Engineering Conference) PRELIMINARY PROGRAM (Abstract) September, 25-28 SITGES (Barcelona, Spain) Note: The complete Preliminary Program, including registration and accomodation forms can be obtained in the following WWW page: http://www-fib.upc.es/Congressos/ESEC95/fulltext.txt Further information about the conference can be obtained in: http://www-fib.upc.es/Congressos/ESEC95.html (Note that you can obtain WWW files via mail to listserv@info.cern.ch using a SEND command. The SEND command returns the document with the given WWW address). ____________________________________________________________________________ The Conference includes: - Five Tutorials (on Monday 25) DOMAIN ANALYSIS FOR REUSE: A PRACTICAL APPROACH, by Ruben Prieto Diaz SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE AND ITERATIVE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, by Philippe Kruchten SOFTWARE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION WITH C++ COMPONENTS, by Mehdi Jazayeri and Georg Trausmuth AN INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SECURITY, by Richard Kemmerer THE ROLE OF FORMAL SPECIFICATIONS IN SOFTWARE TEST, by Hans-Martin Hoercher - Four Invited Speakers Tuesday 26 Heinz G. Schwaertzel; FAST, Germany Demands and Perspectives for Future Software Engineers: An Industrial Viewpoint Wednesday 27 Francois Bancilhon; O2 Technology, France: Why Object-oriented Databases are needed Bertrand Meyer; ISE, USA Why Object-oriented Databases are not needed Thursday 28 Watts Humphrey; SEI, USA A Personal Commitment to Software Quality - One Panel Tuesday 26 Trends in Open Distributed Platforms. Chair: Gonzalo Leon - 29 papers, organized in the following sections: Business Process (Re-)Engineering Real-Time Metrics Concurrency Version and Configuration Management Formal Methods Support of the Design Process Program Analysis Quality Object-Oriented Software Development - Social Activities Including a Welcome Reception in the Maricel Palace, a Catalan Evening in the cellars of the XIX century Palau Novella as well as pre and post conference optional tours (Santa Tecla in Sitges, Barcelona Tour and Port Aventura Park) - Parallel Events Tools Fair and Industrial Track (if your company or academic institution is interested in these activities, please contact the ESEC Secretariat) IEEE Computer Society European Members Meeting ____________________________________________________________________________ Executive Chair: Pere Botella, Facultat d'Informatica UPC Programme Chair: Wilhelm Schaefer, FB Mathematik/Informatik Tutorial Chair: Gregor Engels, Dept. of Computer Science, Univ. of Leiden Local Arrangements Chair: Victor Obach, DIFINSA For further information contact: ESEC'95 SECRETARIAT DIFINSA, S.L. Pl. Lesseps, 31, Ent.2a. E-08023 BARCELONA Tel. +34 -3 -415.41.41 Fax +34 -3 -415.55.56 e-mail: difinsa@ibm.net ESEC'95 is organized by the ESEC Steering Committee, hosted by ATI with the support of CEPIS, in co-operation with Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya and Ajuntament de Sitges ********************************************************************* From: Didar Zowghi Subject: SRE Archives on FTP The SRE mailing list archives are now available on our FTP site. They will be updated every Monday. The file names represent the topics of discussions that took place.The ftp address is: ftp.jrcase.mq.edu.au login as anonymous password details are given on login (normally your email address) cd /pub/sre/list-archive A file called INDEX contains short description on the contents of each file as follows: The following is the list of all the archive files created so far for SRE mailing list together with a brief description of the contents of each file. File names Description ---------- ----------- BCS-re British Computer Society's RE interest group info impact-of-change Discussion on impact of changing requirements CoCoMo Where to find Information on CoCoMo books List of books on RE and some reviews logical-srs Discussion and examples of Logic-based Requirements specifications EntModel-LogicSpec Discussion on Enterprise Modelling in ORDIT and how it can be mapped using Logic-based Requirements specification classification classification of specifications of reactive systems and the related claims non-func-req A comprehensive list of Non-Functional Requirements plus interesting discussion on what they mean as well as some useful references on the topic RE-GrandChallenge Attempt to define The Grand Challenge for Requirement Engineering design-vs-req Discussion on why is it important not to think of design at requirements analysis and why is it difficult to avoid it. ooa Discussion on whether the OOA methods influence the process of deriving the specifications? How? RE95 Information on RE95 ecbs96 Information of first call for papers of IEEE international symosium on Engineering of Computer Based Systems prototyping Discussion on prototyping and its connections to RE, advantages and disadvantages SRS-Terms Information on the definition of some RE terms enterprise-modeling How to find information of Enterprise modelling re-journal Information of Requirements Engineering Journal Theory-Practice Discussion on the gap between the theory and practice of RE esec95 Information on Fifth European Software Engineering Conference req-elicitation Discussion on all aspects of Requirements Elicitation archive-info Information on how to access this archive good-problems Examples and discussion on "good" RE problems with comments from high ranking researchers & practitioners ********************************************************************* From: anton@cc.gatech.edu (Annie I. Anton) Subject: RE International Doctoral Thesis Research Web Page! The Requirements Engineering International Doctoral Thesis Research Web Page is finally up! The URL is: http://www.cc.gatech.edu/computing/SW_Eng/re.theses.html Abstracts are available for the following doctoral thesis topics: - Goal Identification and Refinement in Specification of Software-Based Information Systems (Anton) - The Albert II Language - On the Design and the Use of a Formal Specification Language for Requirements Analysis (Du Bois) - Requirements-Based Performance Evaluation for Design Exploration (Frezza) - Contribution Structures for Requirements Traceability (Gotel) - Dealing With Performance Requirements During Information System Development (Nixon) - Expressing Inter-Perspective Relationships: A Logical Approach (Perrussel) - Requirements Envisaging By Utilizing Scenarios (REBUS) (Zorman) Check it out and let me know if you have any suggestions for improvements! ********************************************************************* Subject: Call for Papers - Annals of Software Engineering From: Nancy Mead Annals of Software Engineering Special Volume on Software Requirements Engineering Over time, software engineers have sought methods that can be used early in software development to improve the quality and predictability of the software itself, as well as the process by which it is developed. It has become clear to software managers and practitioners that the software development process can become more predictable only if our methods for gathering and analyzing requirements are robust and codified in practice. Researchers are defining and documenting methods that can be used in the practice of software requirements engineering; and there are now textbooks on the subject, as well as conferences and special issues of professional journals. A special volume of Annals of Software Engineering will be devoted to the state of the art and practice of software requirements engineering. We are seeking papers that present research results, case studies, measurement results, surveys, tutorials, and actual project experiences. Suggested topics include (but are not limited to): - Requirements elicitation or gathering - Requirements analysis - Requirements specification for both behavioral and and nonbehavioral requirements - Requirements prototyping - The role of other software engineering disciplines, such as software architecture, metrics, and human-computer interfaces, in requirements engineering - Management issues such as requirements traceability, teaming arrangements, use of measurement data, and customer role The guest editor for this special volume is Dr Nancy R. Mead. Submitted papers must not have been previously published or be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. All papers will be rigorously refereed. Five(5) copies of the complete manuscript should be submitted to the guest editor before March 1, 1996. Dr Nancy R. Mead, Guest Editor, Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie-Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, U.S.A. E-mail:nrm@sei.cmu.edu Tel: (412) 268-5756 Fax: (412) 268-5758 Additional background on the Annals can be found on the ASE WWW page http://manta.cs.vt.edu/ase/ ********************************************************************* Subject: CFP (1st) ECBS '96, Engineering of Computer Based Systems From: Markus Voss FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPANTS IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Engineering of Computer Based Systems (ECBS) and University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany announce an International Symposium and Workshop on Engineering of Computer Based Systems (ECBS) March 11 - 15, 1996 Graf-Zeppelin-Haus Conference Center Friedrichshafen, Germany The symposium is the ninth in a series of international meetings dedicated to formulating and advancing methodologies and techniques for engineering of computer based systems (ECBS). This emerging discipline is devoted to design, development, deployment, and analysis of complex systems comprising heterogeneous, distributed, software, hardware, communication, and other components. It aims at integrating systems engineering and engineering fields like software, electronics or communications into a total engineering discipline for computer based systems. Previous meetings and Technical Committee Working Groups have identified critical areas such as information and process models, architectures, tools, standards, training and education, and forensic ECBS and progress has been made. Contributions are sought that advance the ECBS state-of-the-art and practice, primarily in the following (and in related) areas: - Requirements Elicitation and Analysis - Systems Analysis and Modeling - Systems Design and Interface Management - Architectures and Design Templates - Domain Modeling and Analysis - Codesign - Reengineering and Reuse - Development Processes and Process Optimization - Information Management and Traceability - System Assessment, Testing and Metrics - Systems Simulation - Case Studies - Standards - Reliability, Safety, Dependability - ECBS Infrastructures (Tools, Components, Environments) - Training and Education SUBMISSIONS Five (5) copies of extended abstracts (2000 words) must be received by October 15, 1995 (hard copies only). The abstracts will be refereed and authors will be notified of acceptance by December 15, 1995. At least one author of each paper is expected to present the paper at the conference. Proceedings will be available at the conference and published with the IEEE. Any technical inquires and all registrations should be directed to the General Chair. All submissions should be directed to the Program Chair. TIMETABLE Extended Abstracts Due: October 15, 1995 Notification of Acceptance: December 15, 1995 Formatted Papers Due: January 15, 1996 Symposium: March 11 - 13, 1996 Workshop: March 14 - 15, 1996 General Chair: Gerhard Schweizer University of Karlsruhe IMA Haid-und-Neu-Str. 7 76131 Karlsruhe Germany email: mvoss@ira.uka.de Program Chair: Bernhard Thome Siemens AG ZFE T SE 4 81730 Munich Germany email: bernhard.thome@zfe.siemens.de US Chair: Jerzy Rozenblit Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering The University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721 USA email: jr@ece.arizona.edu Up to date information about the symposium and workshop is available via WWW on page http://i50s19.ira.uka.de/ecbs96.html ********************************************************************* From: ifip@idt.unit.no Subject: ISDO95 Call for participation --- CALL FOR PARTICIPATION --- IFIP WG8.1 WORKING CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT FOR DECENTRALISED ORGANIZATIONS TRONDHEIM, NORWAY, 21-23 August, 1995 Organizational efficiency in enterprises and public administration depends increasingly on the ability to support organizations which operate in decentralised units, that are both autonomous and coordinated. Most of the routine tasks have already been thoroughly automated, in factories as well as in offices. Further improvement of organizational productivity depends on our ability to give adequate support to knowledge workers in organizations, and to make it easier to rapidly modify information systems when organizational change is wanted. This 2 1\2 days IFIP WG8.1 Working Conference concentrates on a limited set of relevant issues, as presented in submitted papers and in panel sessions. * REGISTRATION: - Fax: +47-73595150. - e-mail: isdo95@sevu.unit.no. - Snailmail: SEVU, NTH, 7034 Trondheim, Norway. (A registration form is attached below) * ATTENDANCE FEE: NOK 2300 for registrations before 4th July, NOK 2900 afterwards. * HOTEL PRICES: From 525 NOK to 900. Please indicate preferred price category. * CONFERENCE LOCATION: The campus of The Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH) at The University of Trondheim (UNIT). * UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION: available at the WWW node: http://vier.idt.unit.no:1995 --- ORGANIZATION --- * General Chair: Keith Jeffery, Rutherford Appleton Laboratories, UK. * Program committee chair: Arne Solvberg, IDT, NTH, University of Trondheim, Norway. * Organizing chair: Anne Helga Seltveit, IDT , NTH, University of Trondheim, Norway. Email: ahs@idt.unit.no, Tlf: +47 73 593677, Fax: +47 73 594466. * Program coordinator: John.Krogstie, IDT , NTH, University of Trondheim, Norway. * Program committee: Rudolf Andersen Norway Patrizia Asirelli Italy Martin Bever Germany Sjaak Brinkkemper The Netherlands Janis Bubenko Sweden Panos Constatopoulos Greece Georg Doukidis Greece Peter Egloff Germany Maria Grazia Fugini Italy Ted Goranson USA Alex Gray UK Sol Greenspan USA Matthias Jarke Germany John Kalmus UK Dimitris Karagiannis Austria Gerhard Klett Germany Michel Leonard Switzerland Eva Lindencrona Sweden Fred Lochovsky Hong Kong Peri Loucopoulos Great Britain Erich Neuhold Germany Antoni Olive Spain Maria Orlowska Australia Mike Papazoglou Australia Barbara Pernici Italy Colin Potts USA Colette Rolland France Gunter Schlageter Germany Costantino Thanos Italy Yannis Vassiliou Greece Anthony I. Wasserman USA Richard Welke USA. ********************************************************************* IWSSD-8 CALL FOR PAPERS Eighth Int. Workshop on Software Specification and Design 22-23 March 1996, Paderborn, Germany Pending Sponsorship by the IEEE Computer Society and in Cooperation with ACM SIGSOFT The 8th International Workshop on Software Specification and Design will be held near the ancient city of Paderborn, Germany, immediately before ICSE-18 in Berlin. The purpose of the IWSSD series is to explore major trends and key issues in the specification and design of software systems. The 8th workshop, like its predecessors, seeks to provide a forum in which proponents of and experimenters with different theories, methods, and techniques can interact in an informal yet focused setting. The workshop will consist of parallel working groups and plenary sessions to report on progress made within each group. Attendance is limited to 80 and is by invitation on the basis of a submitted paper. Submissions will be refereed and a selection will be included in the workshop proceedings. Technical papers will be evaluated for originality, significance, soundness and clarity. Experience papers will be evaluated for significance of the lessons and insight gained from experiencing advanced methods and techniques. Position papers will be evaluated for their reasoned presentation of a point of view pertinent to workshop themes. The best technical and experience papers may be considered for publication in a special issue of a major software engineering journal. Themes The special focus of IWSSD-8 will be on the current state of the art and future opportunities for software tool support in each of the following areas. o Requirements Engineering: acquisition and elicitation, formal and conceptual modeling, domain analysis, reuse, verification, and prototyping. o Design Engineering: method definition and integration, design processes and strategies, derivation of designs from requirements. o Real-time Systems: capturing and formalizing temporal constraints, logics of time, specification and design strategies. o Concurrency and Distribution: semantics of concurrency, specification/analysis of concurrent systems, decomposition and distribution techniques and strategies. o Software Architecture: architectural models, role of architectures in the software process, composition/decomposition, domain-specific architectures. Instructions to Authors Five (5) copies of submissions must be received by Alexander Wolf no later than 1 August 1995. Submissions must not have been published nor be concurrently submitted for publication elsewhere. Technical and experience papers must not exceed 6000 words. Position papers must not exceed 2000 words. Submissions must be accompanied by a cover sheet giving the title, abstract, theme(s) addressed, kind of submission (i.e., technical, experience, or position), and address information for one contact author, including surface mail address, email address, and telephone number. A copy of the cover sheet in plain text should be sent by email to iwssd8@cs.colorado.edu. A WWW page containing up-to-date workshop information is available at http://www.cs.colorado.edu/users/iwssd8. Important Dates Papers Due: 1 August 1995 Notification of Acceptance and Invitation: 20 October 1995 Camera-ready Paper Due: 1 December 1995 GENERAL CHAIR PROGRAM CHAIRS Wilhelm Schaefer Jeff Kramer Alexander Wolf FB 17 Praktische Informatik Dept. of Computing Dept. of Computer Science Universitaet Paderborn Imperial College ECOT 7-7, CB 430 D-33095 180 Queen's Gate University of Colorado Paderborn Germany London SW7 2BZ UK Boulder, CO 80309 USA wilhelm@uni-paderborn.de jk@doc.ic.ac.uk alw@cs.colorado.edu +49 5251.60.2428 +44 71.594.8271 +1 303.492.4774 PROGRAM COMMITTEE U. Buy (USA) C. Ghezzi (Italy) A. van Lamsweerde (Belg.) P. Cunha (Brazil) M. Goedicke (Germany) T. Maibaum (UK) F. Cristian (USA) C. Heitmeyer (USA) D. Richardson (USA) M. Feather (USA) P. Inverardi (Italy) D. Rosenblum (USA) A. Fekete (Australia) D. Jackson (USA) K. Ryan (Ireland) S. Fickas (USA) S. Jaehnichen (Germany) M. Saeki (Japan) A. Finkelstein (UK) G. Karam (Canada) P. Zave (USA) D. Garlan (USA) R. Kurki-Suonio (Finland) ********************************************************************* From: iany@easynet.co.uk (Ian Alexander) Subject: DOORS from QSS DOORS is a requirements management environment. We have made available WWW pages which includes demonstration software and illustrations of DOORS, as well as news and details of tools and interfaces. Our URL is http://www.qss.co.uk *********************************************************************