C A L L F O R P A P E R S
ADVANCED TOPICS TRACK
16th International Conference and Exposition on
TESTING COMPUTER SOFTWARE (TCS'99)
Theme: Future Trends in Testing
June 14-18, 1999 * Washington D.C. * USA
(Conference: June 16-18; Workshops/Tutorials: June 14-15)
Conference Web Site: www.uspdi.org/conference
OVERVIEW
Software development is rapidly moving toward the component-design
paradigm. And because the manner by which systems are built is changing,
it will be necessary to have the appropriate testing methodologies and
tools that complement these changes. Because of this, the theme of the
TCS'99 is "Future Trends in Testing." The goal of the 1999 Conference will
be to explore which testing technologies we will need to take into the new
millennium and which ones we will not. Further, we will explore the
testing problems that accompany component-based design and what research
is needed to address these deficiencies.
TCS'99 is changing the submission procedures for those professionals who
wish to publish papers that are presented in the Advanced Topics Track.
Beginning with the 1999 Conference, TCS will employ a formal review
process by committee for full and short length paper submissions. Previous
TCS Conferences have not required paper submissions for inclusion in this
track. However, to continue to increase the quality of the information
provided to the attendees, TCS'99 has decided to employ a standard peer
review committee to encourage state-of-the-art submissions.
Topics of particular interest to the Program Committee for TCS'99 include:
* Empirical results from testing large-scale systems
* Java testing methodologies
* Software assertions
* Joint testing/formal methods approaches
* Analysis of situations where testing failed to provide
expected benefits
* Object-oriented testing
* Empirical results gained during Y2K testing
* Distributed system testing
* Real-time system testing
* Embedded system testing
* Slicing Object-Oriented programs
* Dataflow algorithms
* Software Metrics and Measurement
* Software testing standards
* Software Reliability Measurement
* Software Safety Assessment
* Software Security Assessment
* Testing Mobile Code and Agents
* Testing Web-based systems
* Testing COTS-based systems
However, any other topics related to the Conference theme or to advances
in software testing are always encouraged. Note also that there are other
tracks at TCS'99 that do not employ this submission procedure and which do
encourage presentations on other topics in software testing. Information
on submission can be found on the conference website at
www.uspdi.org/conference/tcs99call.html.
INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS
Submissions to be included in the Advanced Topics Track of the TCS'99
program are now being accepted by the TCS'99 Program Committee. Send six
copies of your Paper to Jeffrey Voas, Advanced Topics Track Chair, at the
address given below. Papers must be received by November 1, 1998.
Full-length papers, which should include an abstract, must not exceed
6,000 words. Full-length papers should provide state-of-the-art
information addressing the topics listed above or related topics. Short
papers can also be submitted. Short papers are desirable for "work in
progress" or preliminary ideas with early results. Short papers should not
exceed 2,500 words. Both full-length papers and short papers will be
published in the Conference Proceedings.
In addition to a paper submission, an ASCII copy of the paper title and
abstract should be sent to Jeff Voas (······@rstcorp.com) by electronic
mail. Abstracts will be distributed electronically to the entire program
committee to aid in the appropriate assignment of referees. Authors must
certify in their cover letter prior to November 1, 1998 that any and all
necessary clearances for publication have been obtained. Authors will be
notified of paper acceptance by February 1, 1999. Camera-ready copies of
papers and viewgraph slides are due no later than April 1, 1999. Papers
and viewgraphs slides (black and white, 2 per page) should be submitted IN
HARD-COPY FORMAT to Jeffrey Voas at:
Reliable Software Technologies
21515 Ridgetop Circle, Suite 250
Sterling, VA 20166 USA
http://www.rstcorp.com
Tel: 703.404.9293
Fax: 703.404.9295
IMPORTANT DATES
November 1, 1998 Paper submissions due
February 1, 1999 Notification of selection
April 1, 1999 Camera ready copies of papers
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One complimentary Conference registration is provided
for each accepted presentation.
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