QUALITY WEEK '96 TECHNICAL PROGRAM

The complete Technical Program for the Ninth International Software Quality Week 1996 (QW'96) is given below.

Complete details available from SR/Institute: Phone: +1 (415) 861-2800; Email: qw@sr-corp.com.


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QUALITY WEEK 1996 -- TECHNICAL PROGRAM

Tuesday AM Tutorials

Mr. Robert V. Binder (System Consulting Inc.) "Object-Oriented System Testing: The FREE Approach (Tutorial A)"

Dr. Boris Beizer (ANALYSIS) "An Overview Of Testing Unit, Integration, System (Tutorial B)"

Dr. Walt Scacchi (University of Southern California) "Understanding Software Productivity (Tutorial C)"

Mr. Lech Krzanik (CCC Software Professionals Oy) "BOOTSTRAP: A European Software Process Assessment and Improvement Method (Tutorial D)"

Mr. John D. Musa (AT&T Bell Labs) "Software Reliability Engineered Testing (Tutorial E)"

Tuesday PM Tutorials

Mr. Hans-Ludwig Hausen (GMD Gesellschaft fur Mathematik und Datenverarbeitung mbH) "Software Quality Evaluation and Certification (Tutorial F)"

Dr. Norman F. Schneidewind (Naval Postgraduate School) "Software Reliability Engineering for Client-Server Systems (Tutorial G)"

Mr. William J. Deibler & Mr. Bob Bamford (Software Systems Quality Consulting) "Models for Software Quality -- Comparing the SEI Capability Maturity Model (CMM to ISO 9001 (Tutorial H)"

Mr. Dan Craigen & Mr. Ted Ralston (ORA Canada, Blackwatch) "An Overview Of Formal Methods (Tutorial I)"

Mr. Tom Gilb (Independent Consultant) "Software Inspection (Tutorial J)"

Wednesday AM KEYNOTE Sessions

Dr. Edward Miller (Software Research, Inc.) Conference Introduction by Program Chairman

Mr. John Marciniak (Kaman Sciences) "The National Software Council (NSC): A Prospectus And Status Report (Keynote) (1-1)"

Mr. Tom Gilb (Independent Consultant) "The `Result Method' for Quality Process Convergence (Keynote) (1-2)"

Prof. Leon Osterweil (University of Massachusetts Amherst) "Perpetually Testing Software (Keynote) (1-3)"

Dr. Watts Humphrey (Software Engineering Institute) "What if Your Life Depended on Software? (Keynote) (1-4)"

Wednesday PM Parallel Tracks

TECHNOLOGY TRACK

Mr. T. Ashok, Mr. K. Rangaraajan, Mr. P. Eswar (VeriFone India Pvt Ltd.) "Retesting C++ Classes (2T1)"

Mr. John D. McGregor, Mr. Anuradha Kare (Department of Computer Science, Clemson University) "PACT: An Architecture for Object-Oriented Component Testing (2T2)"

Mr. Shane McCarron (X/Open Company) Ltd.) "The Assertion Definition Language Project a Tool for Automated Test and Documentation Generation (2T3)"

Mr. Daniel Jackson (Carnegie Mellon University) "New Technology For Checking Software Specifications (2T4)"

APPLICATIONS TRACK

Prof. Vic Basili, Mr. Zhijun Zhang (University of Maryland) "A Framework for Collecting and Analyzing Usability Data (2A1)"

Dr. Peter Liggesmeyer (Siemens AG) "Selecting Test Methods, Techniques, Metrics, and Tools Using Systematic Decision Support (2A2)"

Mr. Lorenzo Lattanzi & Mr. Francesco Piazza (Alenia Spazio) "Testing Of A Mission Critical Real-Time Software For Space Applications (2A3)"

Dr. Jacob Slonim, Mr. Michael Bauer, Ms. Jillian Ye (IBM Canada Lab) "Structural Measurement Of Functional Testing: A Case Study in an Industrial Setting (2A4)"

MANAGEMENT TRACK

Mr. Dave Duchesneau Mr. Jay G. Ahlbeck (The Boeing Company) "The Secret To Installing Valued-Added SQA (2M1)"

Dr. Walt Scacchi (University of Southern California) "Knowledge-Based Software Process (Re)Engineering (2M2)"

Dr. Matthias Grochtmann (Daimler-Benz AG) "Testing Software is Okay; But Testing Machines is Fun Too (2M3)"

Mr. Bob Birss, Robert Hodges, Cem Kaner, Brian Marick, Melora Svoboda (AT&T) "How To Save Time And Money In Testing (2M4)"

Thursday AM

TECHNOLOGY TRACK

Mr. Franco Mazzanti, Mr. Consolata Marzullo (IEI-CNR) "The Need and Feasibility of the static detection of erroneous executions in Ada95 (3T1)"

Dr. Sandro Morasca, Mr. Mauro Pezze, Mr Sergio Silva (Departimento di Elettronica e Informazione Politecnico di Milano) "Mutation Analysis For Concurrent ADA Programs (3T2)"

Mr. Joseph Chu, Mr. John Dobson (University Of Newcastle upon Tyne) "A Statistics-Based Framework For Automated Software Testing (3T3)"

Dr. James A. Whittaker, Ms. Gwendolyn Walton (Software Engineering Technology) "Software Technology Based on a Usage Model" (3T4)"

APPLICATIONS TRACK

Mr. Michael Deck (Cleanroom Software Engineering, Inc.) "Cleanroom Practice: A Theme and Variations (3A1)"

Ms. Ilene Burnstein, Taratip Suwannasart, C. Robert Carlson (Illinois Institute Of Technology) "The Development of a Testing Maturity Model (3A2)"

Mr. Jarrett Rosenberg (Sun Microsystems) "Linking Internal and External Quality Measures (3A3)"

Mr. Staale Amland (Avenir A.S.) "Risk Based Testing of Large Financial Application (3A4)"

MANAGEMENT TRACK

Mr. Chuck House (Centerline Software) "The Development Dilemma of the SEI Model Case Studies in Software Process Improvement (3M1)"

Ms. Barb Denny (Rockwell - Collins Commercial Avionics) "Achieving ISO- 9001: A Software Prospective (3M2)"

Captain Brian G. Hermann (U.S. Air Force) "Software Maturity Evaluation: When is Software Ready for Operational Testing or Fielding? (3M3)"

Mr. Rodney Wilson (Cadence Design Systems, Inc.) "Best Practices for Software Test Management (3M4)"

Thursday PM

TECHNOLOGY TRACK

Ms. Valerie Barr (Hofstra University) "Rule-Based System Testing with Control and Data Flow Techniques (4T1)"

Dr. Alberto Avritzer & Dr. Elaine Weyuker (AT&T Bell Labs) "Testing a Rule-Based System (4T2)"

Mr. Biju Nair, Kenneth R. Gulledge, Ramona F. Lingevitch (SAFCO Corporation) "Using OLE Automation For Efficiently Automating Software Testing (4T3)"

Dr. T. H. Tse, Mr. Zhinong Xu (University Of Hong Kong) "Test Case Generation for Class-Level Object-Oriented Testing (4T4)"

APPLICATIONS TRACK

Prof. Lee J. White (Case Western Reserve University) "Automated GUI Testing for Static or Dynamic Interactions (4A1)"

Ms. Carolyn L. Fairbank (The Maryland Insurance Group) "Moving up to Test Automation - Mainframe to GUI (4A2)"

SPECIAL DEBATE

Dr. Boris Beizer (ANALYSIS) & Mr. Tom Gilb (Independent Consultant) "Testing Vs. Inspection -- THE GREAT DEBATE (4A3)"

MANAGEMENT TRACK

Mr Steven L. Dodge (Naval Surface Warfare Center Division (NSWCDD)) "Focusing Testing Efforts: Software Metrics in Test Planning (4M1)"

Ms. Johanna Rothman (Rothman Consulting Group) "Measurements to Reduce Risk in Product Ship Decisions (4M2)"

Mr. Tilmann Bruckhaus (School of Computer Science) "How Tools, Project Size and Development Process Affect Productivity (4M3)"

Mr. Otto Vinter (Bruel & Kjaer) "Experience-driven Process Improvement Boosts Software Quality (4M4)"

Friday AM

TECHNOLOGY TRACK

Prof. Antonia Bertolino & Lorenzo Strigini (IEI-CNR) "Predicting Software Reliability from Testing Taking Into Account Other Knowledge About a Program (5T1)"

Mr. Bernd Otto (Condat GmbH Berlin) "Design For Testable Telecommunications Software - A Practical Approach (5T2)"

APPLICATIONS TRACK

Mr. William (Bill) Farr (Naval Surface Warfare Center Defense Division) "A Tool For Software Reliability Assessment (5A1)"

Mr. Shankar L. Chakrabarti & Rajeev Pandey (Hewlett-Packard Company) "Testing The WEB We Weave (5A2)"

MANAGEMENT TRACK

Mr. Roger Drabick (Eastman Kodak Company) "Testing Experiences On An Imaging Program (5M1)"

Mr. Bret Pettichord (BMC Software, Inc.) "Success With Automation Testing (5M2)"

Friday AM KEYNOTE Session

Mr. Guenther R. Koch (European Software Institute) "The European Software Institute As A Change Agent (Keynote) (6-1)"

Mr. Clark Savage Turner (Software Engineering Testing) "Legal Sufficiency of Safety-Critical Testing Process (Keynote) (6-2)"

Dr. Boris Beizer (ANALYSIS) "Software *is* Different! KEYNOTE (6-3)"

QUICK START TRACK -- MINI-TUTORIALS

Mr. Daniel Jackson (Carnegie Mellon University) "An Overview Of Model Checking (Q1)"

Mr. John D. Musa (AT&T Bell Labs) "Software Reliability Engineered Testing Overview (Q2)"

Mr. James Bach (STL) "Teaching Testers: Obstacles and Ideas (Q3)"

Mr. Shel Siegel (Objective Quality, Inc.) "Testing Object Oriented Software: A Hierarchical Approach (Q4)"

Mr. Tom Drake (NSA Software Engineering Center) "Best Current Practices In Software Quality Engineering (Q5)"

Prof. Leon Osterweil, Dan Craigen (University of Massachusetts Amherst, ORA Canada) "A History of Software Testing and Verification (Q6)"

Mr. Roger W. Sherman (Microsoft Corporation) "Software Testing: Can We Ship It Yet? (Q7)"


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