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- Subject: Washington Ada Symposium '93 Call For Papers
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- Call For Papers
- Tenth Washington Ada Symposium
-
- Ada's Role in Software Engineering
-
- Sponsored by the DC Chapter of ACM SIGAda
- June 28 -- July 1, 1993
- McLean Hilton, McLean, VA
-
- 1993 is the tenth anniversary of the Washington Ada Symposium
- (June 1983) and of Ada (ANSI/MIL-STD-1815A January 22, 1983).
- Today the Ada community finds itself at a crossroads. The
- techniques and technologies that have influenced Ada software
- development are now being adopted by other languages and software
- development communities. With the current revision of the Ada
- language, Ada 9X, there is an opportunity for Ada to incorporate
- the latest advances in Software Engineering. This leads to a
- question: What is the role of a language within the discipline of
- Software Engineering? More specifically, what will Ada's role be in
- the future of Software Engineering advances?
-
- The goal of WAdaS '93 is to help the Ada community explore this
- issue and perhaps develop some directions for our next decade. During
- this conference a combination of papers, panel sessions, plenary
- speakers, and tutorials are needed to help the community focus on:
- the latest technologies in Software Engineering, the role of the Ada
- language and Ada community in the larger world of Software
- Engineering, the degree to which the Ada community reaches out to
- other communities and receives input from them, and how Ada is
- perceived by the Software Engineering world at large.
-
- To meet this goal, WAdaS '93 aims to draw a diverse audience. As
- always, the conference strives to balance technical and managerial
- presentations to benefit both groups. WAdaS '93 also aims to bring in
- members of the Software Engineering community who have not been a
- part of the Ada community, in an attempt to gain their input on the
- role of the Ada language within Software Engineering, and to inform
- them of the many things that the Ada community has to offer.
-
-
- Call for Paper Abstracts
-
- The WAdaS '93 program committee seeks paper abstracts which
- reflect the theme of the conference: "Ada's Role in Software
- Engineering." Papers are solicited in the following areas, but
- submissions may address other topics not listed below:
-
- Software Engineering
- * Methods and Tools * Reuse
- * Process Assessment/ * Domain Analysis/
- Enhancement Domain Models
- * Project Lessons Learned * Object Oriented Methods
- * Measurement/Metrics * Software Reliability and Safety
- * Large Project Development * Ada Component Libraries
- * Project Management * Notations for Software
- Engineering
-
- Ada 9X Ada: Inside & Outside the Beltway
- * Transition/Management * DoD Use of Ada
- * Compilers/Implementation * Non-DoD Government Use of Ada
- * Early Uses and Experience * Commercial Use of Ada
- * New Paradigms for Ada 9X * Ada's Perception in Washington
- * Training/Tech. Transfer * Ada's Perception at Universities
- * Bindings and Components * Ada's Perception Outside
- the Ada Community
-
- Abstracts should be three to five pages in length plus a list of
- references (not counted in the three to five pages). Additionally,
- submissions must include a cover sheet stating the title, author(s),
- address, telephone number (and fax number and internet address if
- possible). Identifying information should not be included in the body
- of the abstract.
-
- The abstract must clearly indicate the topic addressed by the
- paper, the key supporting ideas presented in the paper and the
- conclusion that the author makes. Abstracts must give the program
- committee a clear idea of the content of the finished paper and how
- it would be presented, and must convey to the committee a sense of
- the author's ability to produce the finished paper.
-
- Abstracts will be judged on the following measures: (a) relevance
- of the abstract to the conference theme, (b) degree of novelty of the
- paper, (c) clarity of the paper's theme, (d) degree of support for
- the paper's theme in the abstract, and (e) contribution of the paper
- to the Software Engineering technology base. All paper acceptances
- are contingent upon the receipt of a signed ACM copyright release
- form by the author(s).
-
-
- Call for Tutorial Proposals
-
- WAdaS '93 will feature a full day of tutorials. The WAdaS '93
- Program Committee is seeking proposals from people willing to conduct
- a tutorial. Tutorials are to provide a forum for the dissemination of
- ideas beyond that which is possible in a paper or panel session. The
- goal of the tutorials will be to convey to the attendees an in-depth
- understanding of a topic.
-
- Tutorials may be either one-half day or one full day in length and
- may be introductory, intermediate or advanced in nature. Tutorials
- topics may include (but are not limited to): Ada 9X, object oriented
- technology, DoD-STD-2167A (including the new DoD-STD-SDD), process
- improvement, software development methodologies, software
- engineering, project management, real-time software development,
- advanced Ada topics, reuse, and teaching of Ada and/or software
- engineering.
-
- Tutorial proposals should contain a cover page which includes the
- proposer's name, address and telephone number (and fax number and
- internet address if possible). The proposal should be between two and
- five pages and include a description of (a) the topic to be taught,
- (b) the intended audience, (c) audience prerequisites, (d) the
- duration of the tutorial (half or full day), and (e) an outline of
- the topics contained in the tutorial. The proposal should also
- describe previous experience the proposer has in the topic area and
- any other occasions where the material or similar material has been
- presented previously. Copies of sample slides will be helpful.
-
-
- Call for Panel Proposals
-
- Unlike paper sessions, which feature a speaker presenting to the
- audience and a limited question and answer session, panel sessions
- are intended to maximize audience interaction and minimize speaker
- presentation. The WAdaS '93 program committee is soliciting proposals
- for panel sessions. The goals of a panel session are to present two
- (or more) sides of a controversial topic and engage the audience in a
- spirited discussion of the issues. A good panel session will create
- debate and will stimulate active audience participation.
-
- Panel sessions can cover many topics, but lend themselves most to
- topics which debate a question or present sides of a complex issue.
- In keeping with the theme of WAdaS '93, the program committee would
- like to have sessions which help to refine the role of Ada within the
- larger Software Engineering community.
-
- Panel proposals should be no more than three pages in length. They
- should include a cover page which includes the proposer's name,
- address and telephone number (and fax number and internet address if
- possible). The proposal should summarize the panel topic in a one
- page summary and clearly define the boundaries of the discussion as
- well as outline two or more positions that the panel members will
- take. The proposal should list three to five prospective panel
- members, the position taken by each panel member, state whether or
- not the prospective panel members have been contacted and whether
- they would be willing to be on the panel. Panel proposals will be
- judged on the following criteria: degree of support for the
- conference theme, degree of controversy of the theme, uniqueness of
- the topic area, degree of novelty of the theme, amount of diversity
- in the panel members positions, panel member's ability to support
- their position, and potential for audience participation.
-
- Submission Instructions
-
- All submissions must be in typed or printed form. Five copies of
- each submission should be sent to:
- WAdaS '93 Program Committee
- c/o Brad Balfour, Program Chair
- SofTech, Inc.
- 1600 N. Beauregard St.
- Alexandria, VA 22311
- (703) 824-4505 D phone
- (703) 931-6530 D fax
- bbalfour@softech.com D e-mail
-
- Conference deadlines are:
- All proposals due by: January 11, 1993
- Notification of acceptance by: March 2, 1993
- Camera ready copy due by: May 3, 1993
-