Date: Fri, 12 Mar 93 17:24:14 GMT 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 (5) ****************REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING NEWSLETTER******************** No. 5. Contents 1. ftp Servers (Andrew Blyth & Anthony Finkelstein) 2. Work Practice Studies and Co-Design (Matthew Bickerton) 3. CAiSE'93 Advance programme (Georges GROSZ) 4. CFP EDBT 94 (Peri Loucopoulos) 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 ********************************************************************** Contributions, CFPs, questions and comments welcomed. ********************************************************************** Andrew Blyth (A.J.C.Blyth@newcastle.ac.uk) has mailed the newsletter drawing attention to an ftp archive which he and John Dobson have established that contains public domain papers and reports on the ORDIT project. The address is ugle.ncl.ac.uk and the ip address is 128.240.150.107. It struck me that it could be useful if I compiled a list of ftp archives containing research papers in the area of requirements engineering. This list would be a handy reference for students and others active in the RE area. Our archive is given below, if you send me information on your archive (in the same format) I will publish it in the next RE Newsletter. Institution: Imperial College Group: Distributed Software Engineering Contact: A.C.W. Finkelstein (acwf@doc.ic.ac.uk) Address: dse.doc.ic.ac.uk IP number: 146.169.2.20 Directory: papers Index file: TITLES ********************************************************************** From: Matthew.Bickerton@prg.ox.ac.uk Subject: An Open Lecture - 16 March Open Lecture 4pm 16th March 1993 Room KF70, Computer Laboratory, 11 Keble Road, Oxford =================================== Work Practice Studies and Co-Design Lucy Suchman Xerox Palo Alto Research Centre =================================== For over 10 years we have been engaged in an effort at Xerox Palo Alto Research Centre to develop new ways of studying relations between work and technology. The problem that interests us is partly one of basic research, centring on questions of how we gain access to the details of specific sites of everyday work and how we conceptualise and relate those details across sites. It is also, increasingly, one of application to design. Our research agenda during these years has followed two corresponding paths. The first has been concerned with developing new ways of studying relations between work and technology in multi-activity, technology-intensive work settings. The most recent project of this kind was the Workplace Project, a study of ground operations at a metropolitan airport, completed in late 1991. The second line of research, exemplified by the Work-Oriented Design Project currently underway, has been aimed at bringing site-specific studies of work practice into the process of technology design. The talk will provide an introduction to our research programme, illustrated with video materials drawn from these two projects. ------------------- Lucy Suchman received a Ph.D. in Social/Cultural Anthropology from the University of California at Berkeley in 1984. Since 1979 she has been a researcher at Xerox Palo Alto Research Centre, where she is now a Principal Scientist and heads the Work Practice and Technology research area. In 1988 she received the Xerox Corporate Research Group's Excellence in Science and Technology Award. In addition to her position at Xerox PARC, she is an adjunct faculty member in the Symbolic Systems Program at Stanford University, and a research affiliate at the Centre for the Study of Language and Information at Stanford, and at the Institute for Research on Learning in Palo Alto. Suchman's research concerns the application of in-depth studies of everyday activity to the design of technologies and facilities intended to support it. Her early work on human-computer interaction resulted in the book Plans and Situated Actions: the problem of human- machine communication, published by Cambridge University Press in 1987. The book provides a critical analysis of models of human action and communication that underlie the design of interactive machines, and proposes an alternative perspective drawn from recent developments in the social sciences. From 1989 to 1991 she was the Principal Investigator on the Workplace Project, a three- year project sponsored jointly by Xerox and Steelcase Corporations aimed at developing new approaches to the analysis of multi-activity, technology-intensive work settings. For the past year, through the Work-Oriented Design project, she has collaborated with colleagues within Xerox on the problem of how to bring work practice studies and co-design with end-users into the process of product design. ----------------- All Are Welcome ----------------- ********************************************************************** From: grosz@masi.ibp.fr (Georges GROSZ) Subject: CAiSE'93 Advance Programme C A i S E 9 3 The 5th Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering Advance Programme 8-11 June 1993, PARIS, FRANCE THE SORBONNE UNIVERSITY * Requirements Engineering * Modeling methods and techniques * CASE tools * Reuse, reliability, validation, verification * Practical experiences Who Should Attend ? Decision Makers for Information Systems Development System Development Managers and Project Leaders Business Analysts and Consultants Quality Assurance Managers Technical Support Managers Researchers in Information Systems Tutorials --------- CASE repositories Matthias Jarke, RWTH Aachen, Germany Yannis Vassiliou, Institute of Computer Science, Greece John Mylopoulos, University of Toronto, Canada Thomas Rose, University of Toronto, Canada New Trends in Networks and Value Added Services : Impact on Information Systems design Jean Paul Bois, JP Bois Consultant, France Euromethod : Improving the Relationships between Customers & Suppliers Marcel Franckson, SEMA Group, France Gerard Wijers, SERC, The Netherlands Multimedia Information Systems Stavros Christodolakis,University of Crete, Greece Exhibition ---------- A technical exhibition will be held during the conference from Tuesday, June 8 to Friday, June 11. Exhibitors, representing companies and research institutions, will be showing commercial products and research prototypes in the areas of Information Systems Engineering. Panel Sessions -------------- Will Information Systems Development Methods be completely incorporated in CASE Tools in the future ? Sjaak Brikkemper , University of Twente, The Netherlands Reuse in Requirements Engineering : The Devil or The Deep Sea Barbara Pernici, Universita degli Studi di Udine, Italy Do Software Engineering Environments need a dedicated DataBase System or a standard one ? Claude Delobel, University of Paris 11, France Invited Speakers ---------------- Research Issues in Integrated Distributed Information Systems Arne Solvberg, NTH, Norway Requirements Engineering : Trends & Challenges John Mylopoulos, University of Toronto, Canada ADVANCE PROGRAMME Tuesday, June 8th Tutorial Sessions Wednesday, June 9th Session 1.1 : Evolution --------- Consistent Structural Updates for Object Database Design Poncelet, P ; Lakhal, L(France) A Procedural Approach to Schema Evolution Ewald, CA ; Orlowska, M. E. (Australia) An Active Meta-model for Knowledge Evolution in an Object-oriented Database Bellahsene, Z(France) Session 1.2 : Schema integration ------------------ Schema Integration in Object-Oriented Databases Thieme, Ch ; Siebes, A(The Netherlands) Schema Transformation as an Aid in View Integration Johannesson, P(sweden) Toward a Model for Persistent Data Integration Perrin, O ; Boudjlida, N(France) Session 2.1 : Validation ---------- Using Explanations to Improve the Validation of Executable Models Gulla, J A ; Willumsen, G(Norway) Visualisation for Validation Latioti, V ; Loucopoulos, P(UK) Validating Conceptual Models by Transformational Prototyping Lindland, OI ; Krogstie, J(Norway) Session 2.2 : Experiences ----------- Partial evaluation and symbolic computation for the understanding of Fortran programs Blazy, S ; Facon, Ph(France) A Multi-Model Approach for Deriving Requirement Specifications for a Mega-Project Piprani, CB ; Morris, CRB (Canada) The BOS-Method Architecture: An improved Structured Approach for the Development of Distributed Information Systems Breu, M ; Leonardi, G ; Percie du Sert, B ; Barengo, L ; Pfeiffer, M ; Utter, J-C (Germany) Thursday, June 10th Session 3.1 : Requirements Engineering ------------------------ Dealing with Security Requirements During the Development of Information Systems Chung, L(Canada) Elicitating and Formalising Requirements for C. I. M. Information Systems Dubois, E ; Du Bois, P ; Petit, M (Belgium) The Three Dimensions of Requirements Engineering Pohl, K (Germany) Session 3.2 : Conceptual Modeling I --------------------- Object-Oriented Analysis in Practice Brunet, J ; Cauvet, C ; Meddahi, D ; Semmak, F. (France) Concepts for real-world modelling Sindre, G ; Opdahl, AL (Norway) An Abstraction-Based Rule Approach to Large-Scale Information Systems Development Seltveit, AH (Norway) Session 4.1 : Conceptual Modeling II ---------------------- The Semantics of Parts Versus Aggregates in Data/Knowledge Modelling Motschnig-Pitrik, R (Austria) Object interaction in object-oriented deductive conceptual models Quer, C ; Olive, A (Spain) An Object-Oriented Temporal Model Edelweiss, N ; de Oliveira, JPM ; Pernici, B (Brazil) Session 4.2 : Schema Transformation --------------------- >From Object-Oriented Design Towards Object-Oriented Programming Kraiem, N ; Gargouri, F ; Boufares, F (France) Automated mapping of conceptual schemas to relational schemas McCormack, JI ; Halpin, TA ; Ritson, PR (Australia) Normalization of Object-Oriented Conceptual Schemes Andonoff, E (France) Session 5.1 : Animation & verification ------------------------ Computer-Aided Verification of Software Process Model Properties Brockers, A ; Gruhn, V (Germany) An Animation Facility to Simulate an Information and Communication System Croshere, RF ; Van de Riet, RP (Holland) Design of User-Driven Interfaces Using Petri Nets and Objects Palanque, Ph ; Bastide, R ; Dourte, L (France) Session 5.2 : Reuse & Reliability ------------------- Towards Reliable Information Systems: The KorSo Approach Vlachantonis, N ; Herzig, R ; al (Germany) Similarity for Analogical Software Reuse:A Conceptual Modelling Approach Spanoudakis, G ; Constantopoulos, P(Greece) Temporal Aspects in Reuse of Requirement Specifications De Antonellis, V ; Vandoni, L (Italy) Friday, June 11th Session 6.1 : Development Environments ------------------------ Perspectives on Software Development Environments Prevelakis, V ; Tsichritzis, D. (Switzerland) An Object Oriented Database Approach for supporting Hypertext Wang, B ; Hitchcock, P ; Holden, T (UK) Estimation Process of Performance Constraints during the design of Real-Time & Embedded Systems Puigjaner, R ; Benzekri, A ; Ayache, S (France) General Conference Chair : Fran ois Bodart, Facultes universitaires Notre Dame de la Paix, Belgium Programme Committee Chair : Colette Rolland, Sorbonne University, France Advisory Committee : Janis Bubenko, SISU, Sweden Arne Solvberg, NTH, Norway The CAiSE93 conference is supported by : INFORSID MASI Laboratory (IBP, PARIS 6) University of PARIS 1 - SORBONNE AFCET For registration details and further information, please contact : University PARIS1-Sorbonne, C.R.I. 17 rue de Tolbiac 75013 PARIS, France Tel : (+33) 1 44 24 93 65 Fax : (+33) 1 45 86 76 66 e-mail : alecsi@masi.ibp.fr ********************************************************************** From: Peri Loucopoulos Subject: EDBT 94 CALL FOR PAPERS ========================= EDBT 94 CALL FOR PAPERS ========================= The Fourth International Conference on EXTENDING DATABASE TECHNOLOGY promoted by The EDBT Foundation sponsored by British Computer Society ESPRIT Network of Excellence IDOMENEUS 28 - 31 March 1994 St John's College, Cambridge, UK Conference Themes ================= With successful conferences in Venice (1988 and 1990) and in Vienna (1992), EDBT has established itself as Europe's premier international conference on databases. EDBT 94 in Cambridge will provide a forum for the latest results in the research, development and use of database technology, and will encourage active interchange between all those involved in this field. The UK has a strong database research community, leading international technology suppliers, and it has many large commercial users of database systems. Their presence will ensure a high level of debate. Major topics for the conference will include, but are not limited to: - Client-Server and open networked database systems - Distributed database techniques - Advanced transaction processing techniques - Object-Oriented, Deductive, and Active databases - Multimedia and hypermedia database systems - Advanced user interfaces for data manipulation - Databases and programming systems - Information resource dictionaries/repositories - Highly parallel database systems - Advanced database applications - Database implementation (query optimisation, integrity and security) In addition to the presented papers, the conference will include panel discussions, industrial sessions, and high quality tutorials by internationally recognised speakers. There will be an accompanying exhibition. Information for Authors ======================= Five copies in English of an original, unpublished paper, limited to 5000 words, should be submitted before the 18th June 1993 to: Matthias Jarke RWTH-Aachen Informatik V Ahornstrasse 55 5100 Aachen Germany E-mail: edbt94@picasso.informatik.rwth-aachen.de Submitted papers must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere during the review process. The Conference Proceedings will be edited and published by Springer-Verlag (in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series) and will be distributed at the conference. Conference Organisation ======================= Conference Chairman ------------------- J Bubenko (SISU, Sweden) Programme Committee ------------------- M Jarke (RWTH Aachen) - Chairman S Abiteboul (France) G Moerkotte (Germany) M Agosti (Italy) J Mylopoulos (Canada) R Bayer (Germany) S Nishio (Japan) E Bertino (Italy) A Olive (Spain) J Bocca (Chile/UK) M E Orlowska (Australia) A Borgida (USA) M Papazoglou (Australia) M Brodie (USA) A Pirotte (Belgium) M Carey (USA) A Reuter (Germany) J Clifford (USA) R v.d Riet (Netherlands) P Dadam (Germany) T Risch (Sweden) M Freeston (Germany) C Rolland (France) H P Frei (Switzerland) T Rose (Canada) H Garcia-Molina (USA) H Schek (Switzerland) G Gottlob (Austria) T Sellis (Greece) P Gray (UK) D Shasha (USA) V Jagadish (USA) E Simon (France) K G Jeffery (UK) A Solvberg (Norway) L Kalininchenko (Russia) A Stogny (Ukraine) H Kangassalo (Finland) M Stonebraker (USA) M Lenzerini (Italy) K Subieta (Poland) F Lochovsky (Hong Kong) B Thalheim (Germany) P Loucopoulos (UK) Y Vassiliou (Greece) L Mark (Denmark/USA) J Widom (USA) F Matthes (USA) J Zlatuska (Czechoslovakia) Organising Committee -------------------- K G Jeffery (SERC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory) - Chairman A Duckworth (BCS) J Kennedy (Napier) W A Gray (Cardiff) K Moody (Cambridge) M S Jackson (Wolverhampton) B J Read (SERC) R G Johnson (Birkbeck) G Sharman (IBM) Regional Co-ordinators --------------- R Andersen (Norway) A Pirotte (Belgium) R Carapuca (Portugal) F Plasil (Czechoslovakia) J Fong (Hong Kong) S Sa (China) J B Grimson (Ireland) F Saltor (Spain) M Kersten (Netherlands) G Schlageter (Germany) K-C Lee (Taiwan) D Shasha (USA) M Leonard (Switzerland) C K Tan (Singapore) B G Lundberg (Sweden) C Thanos (Italy) S Nishio (Japan) L Tucherman (Brazil) M E Orlowska (Australia) Y Vassiliou (Greece) EDBT Foundation Consultants --------------------------- S Ceri (Milan) J Schmidt (Hamburg) M Missikoff (Rome) ******************************************************************* * * * IMPORTANT DATES * * * * 18 June 1993 - submission deadline * * 20 September 1993 - acceptance notification * * 1 November 1993 - camera-ready copy due * * * ******************************************************************* Further Information =================== The Chairman of the Organising Committee is Dr Keith G Jeffery SERC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory E-mail: kgj@ib.rl.ac.uk For details of the conference or exhibition, please contact the secretariat: Miss Anna Duckworth EDBT 94 Conference British Computer Society PO Box 1454 Station Road SWINDON SN1 1TG, UK Telephone (+44) 793 480269 Facsimile (+44) 793 480270 To ensure that you receive the Advance Programme and that you are able to take advantage of early registration, please send your name and address to the secretariat. (You may alternatively notify the Organising Committee Chairman by e-mail if you wish.) Cambridge is a popular tourist city so accommodation should be reserved in advance. Organisations interested in taking part in the exhibition or an industrial session, or in possible sponsorship of the conference or social events are also invited to contact the organisers. Conference Location =================== Cambridge is one of Britain's leading scientific universities. It has a rich history of innovation in many fields, including some of the earliest work on the stored program computer, and is a centre for modern high technology industry. The city is set in beautiful countryside, and contains some of Europe's finest university architecture in a unique riverside setting facing "The Backs". The conference and residential accommodation will be in St John's College, which dates from the 16th century. The college is situated on both banks of the River Cam, connected by the famous "Bridge of Sighs" which we have featured in our conference logo, and is well equipped with all facilities. Main sessions will be in the modern Fisher Building. Cambridge is less than one hour from London by road or rail, and it has excellent links with continental Europe. Sea travellers may reach Cambridge from the ferry ports at Felixstowe (66 miles), Harwich (87 miles) or Dover (122 miles). Nearby international airports are Stansted (24 miles), Heathrow (83 miles) or Gatwick (93 miles), all with good coach, rail and motorway connections. The opening of the Calais-Dover tunnel adds another direct travel option for visitors from the continent. **********************************************************************