California Software Symposium '98

** Call for Participation **

Featured Topic: Software Engineering in a Fully Connected World
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October 23, 1998
University of California
Irvine, California

The California Software Symposium (CSS '98) is the eight in a series of
annual meetings on software engineering co-sponsored by the UCI Irvine
Research Unit in Software (IRUS) and the USC Center for Software
Engineering (CSE). The purpose of these symposia is to bring together
researchers and practitioners to share ideas on the state-of-the-art and
state-of-the-practice in software engineering through presentations and
panel discussions.

CSS '98 will focus in part on software engineering in a fully connected
world. We encourage submissions on this topic. Other topics of interest
include, but are not limited to:

* Computer-supported cooperative work   * Reuse and reverse engineering
* Documentation, training, and          * Security
  education
* Formal methods                        * Software engineering environments
* Human-computer interaction            * Software process and workflow
* Metrics, measurement, and evaluation  * Software system architectures
* Product and process management        * Testing, verification, and
                                          validation
* Program understanding                 * Ubiquitous and mobile computing
* Requirements and design               * WWW protocols, standards, and
                                          applications

Papers, presentations, and panels are invited on new approaches and
experiences. Emphasis will be on early dissemination of new ideas and
on experience with software techniques on actual projects. Experience
reports should report lessons that have general applicability.

Submissions are due by May 22, 1998. The program committee will review
all papers, presentation abstracts, and panel proposals for quality and
relevance.

Details on submission categories and requirements, how to submit, and
important dates can be found in the full Call for Participation:

       http://www.ics.uci.edu/IRUS/css/css_98/cfp98.html

For a hard copy CFP, contact Aileen Broccardo, IRUS Administrator,
at aileen@ics.uci.edu, 714-824-2357.

Conference Co-Chairs
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W. Lewis Johnson, Information Sciences Institute, Center for Software
                  Engineering (CSE), University of Southern California
                  johnson@isi.edu

David Redmiles, Information and Computer Science, Irvine Research Unit in
                Software (IRUS), University of California, Irvine
                redmiles@ics.uci.edu

For more information
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Debra A. Brodbeck, Technical Relations Director, Irvine Research Unit in
                   Software (IRUS), (714) 824-2260, brodbeck@ics.uci.edu

CSS home page: http://www.ics.uci.edu/IRUS/css/css.html
CSS CFP:       http://www.ics.uci.edu/IRUS/css/css_98/cfp98.html

UCI's IRUS home page: http://www.ics.uci.edu/IRUS/
USC's CSE home page:  http://sunset.usc.edu/

Sponsors
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Sponsored by the UCI Irvine Research Unit in Software (IRUS) and the
USC Center for Software Engineering (CSE). IRUS and CSE wish to thank
their coporate sponsors and affiliates.

UCI/IRUS:
  Sustaining: The Boeing Company * Boeing North American, Inc. *
              Northrop Grumman Corporation. * Raytheon Company *
              Sun Microsystems Laboratories * TRW
  Supporting: Beckman Instruments * Continuus Software Corporation *
              FileNet Corporation * Lockheed Martin * Logicon
              Ultrasystems Space & Engineering Operations * NASA Ames
              Research Center * Printronix, Inc.

USC/CSE:
  Air Force Cost Analysis Agency, Allied Signal, Boeing North American, Inc.,
  E-Systems/Raytheon, Electronics Data Systems Corporation, Federal Aviation
  Administration, Institute for Defense Analysis, Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
  Litton Data Systems, Lockheed Martin, Lucent Technologies, Motorola, Inc.,
  Network Programs, Inc., Northrop Grumman Corp., Rational Software Corp.,
  Science Application International Corp., Software Engineering Institute (CMU),
  Software Productivity Consortium, Sun Microsystems Laboratories, TRW,
  U.S. Air Force Rome Laboratories, U.S. Army Research Laboratory,