CfP: Track on "Software Process and Product Improvement" @ Euromicro 2004 Conference

Call for Papers

Track on "Software Process and Product Improvement"
http://qse.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/SPPI04

30th EUROMICRO CONFERENCE
Rennes, France       August 31 to September 3, 2004



In today's competitive world the quality of software systems is a key to 
economic success and stability. The SPPI conference track concentrates on 
processes, methods, and tools improving software quality. Suggested topics of 
interest include, but are not restricted to:

-       Software process assessment and improvement
-       Organizational and business views to process improvement
-       Quantitative models for dev. processes and products
-       Process modeling, composition, and enactment
-       Distributed software development and virtual organizations
-       Approaches for development and provisioning of web-based systems
-       Use and usefulness of quality standards 
-       Agile approaches
-       Component-based software development
-       Improvement through large-scale reuse
-       Verification and validation
-       Reviews and inspections in software engineering
-       Quality aspects such as dependability and security
-       Cost/benefit optimization of product and process improvement

We encourage submissions demonstrating the potential of new approaches by 
providing case studies, experiments, and quantitative data. This track is an 
integral part of the EUROMICRO 2004 conference. The proceedings will be 
published by the IEEE Computer Society.
SPECIAL SESSIONS 
- "Reviews and Inspection in Software Engineering" organized by Stefan Biffl.
- "Advances in agile approaches to Software Engineering" organized by Pekka 
Abrahamsson (invited).
- "Web Service Engineering" organized by Schahram Dustdar.

Please contact the program chairs if you are interested in organizing a special 
session.

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
Prospective authors are encouraged to submit a PDF or Word version of their 
paper to sppi2004-OEYDw+bQa17zPE21tAIdcje+F/Dh7YWX@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Papers 
should not exceed 8 pages (in IEEE/CS proceedings format; 10pt, single-space, 
double-column) or 6000 words and include an abstract of up to 150 words. A 
cover page should clearly show the name, mailing address, e-mail address and 
fax number of the author to contact, as well as the topic areas of the 
submitted paper. In order to conduct a blind review by peers, no indication of 
authors of the submitted paper should appear in the rest of the paper, 
including bibliographical references (there, author names should be substituted 
by a dash).


IMPORTANT DATES
Submission of papers: 
March 1, 2004
Notification of acceptance: 
May 3, 2004 
Camera-ready paper due: 
June 2, 2004


PROGRAM CHAIRS
Stefan Biffl
Vienna Univ. of Technology 
Stefan.Biffl-8zxNtbQCHXIjuwv8T7myQQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Phone +43 1 58801 18810

Paul Grünbacher
Johannes Kepler University Linz
gruenbacher-HInyCGIudOg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Phone +43 70 2468 8867



PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Abrahamsson P. (Finland)
Demirors O. (Turkey)
Denger C. (Germany)
Dingsoyr T. (Norway)
Dürr W. (Austria)
Dustdar S. (Austria)
Dorling A. (Sweden)
Egyed A. (USA)
Engels G. (Germany)
Grosspietsch E. (Germany)
Gruhn V. (Germany)
Halling M. (Austria)
Höst M. (Sweden)
Kähkonen T. (Finland)
Klöckner K. (Germany)
Lanubile F. (Italy)
Leung H. (Hongkong)
Moreno A. (Spain)
Münch J. (Germany) 
Oberweis A. (Germany)
Oivo M. (Finland)
Rout T. (Australia)
Schatten A. (Austria)
Schmid K. (Germany)
Silitti A. (Italy)
Simon J.M. (France)
Succi G. (Italy)
Stallinger F. (Austria)
Steinmann C. (Austria)
Tiako P.F. (USA)
Vähänitty J. (Finland)
Völcker C. (Switzerland)
Wohlin C. (Sweden)
Wood M. (Scotland)


UPDATED INFORMATION 
http://qse.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/SPPI04
http://www.euromicro.org


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