October 9-11, 1995
University of Maryland, Department of Computer Science, College Park, Maryland, U.S.A.
Co-sponsored by the IFIP.
Update: We are still accepting questionnaires and registrations as the maximum limit of participants have not been reached. Send email to jkontio@cs.umd.edu to inform us of your intention to submit or to participate.
The theme of the IWSED-95 is the Utilization of Defect and Cost Data in Process and Risk Management. The past workshops have emphasized the identification and use of software engineering data for quality control and project management. As opposed to using software engineering data for the management of individual projects, the IWSED-95 focuses on how product and process data can be used to improve the process itself, i.e., the way future projects will be carried out.
The main goal of the workshop is to involve all participants in discussions and active interchange of experiences in using defect, cost and risk data to improve the software process. Specific topics to be addressed are the following:
In order to facilitate in-depth discussions during the workshop, all participants will be required to fill out a questionnaire (final version now available) in advance about their software engineering data. This questionnaire includes questions about the participant's software development organization, its objectives for data collection, what kinds of data have been collected, and how data is used. All information collected through questionnaires will remain confidential. However, based on the returned questionnaires, some participants may be contacted to inquire whether they are willing to give presentations during the workshop.
This preparatory work will allow all participants to relate better to each others' situations and data during the workshop.
The first day of the workshop is dedicated to presentations by participants. We expect to have a two presentations on each topic area. The topic areas will be selected based on the questionnaire feedback but we expect them to similar to the areas listed below:
The second day of the workshop is spent on working groups that address the issues presented and discussed during the first day. The results of this work will be presented in the morning of the third day. The workshop concludes in a tutorial on Quality Improvement Paradigm and the Experience Factory. This tutorial is shared by the participants of the meeting for the International Software Engineering Research Network (ISERN).
A more detailed version of the workshop program is also available.
The workshop attendance is limited to 40 participants. Anyone interested in participating should contact the workshop organizers to obtain a copy of the workshop questionnaire, and further details about the workshop, such as workshop registration form and hotel reservation form.
The cost of participation to the workshop is $300 per participant, which includes workshop materials and meals, including two dinners.
Important Deadlines for the workshop are as follows:
July 1, 1995 Final version of the workshop questionnaire released.
August 11, 1995 Deadline for returning the IWSED-95 participant questionnaire.
August 31, 1995 Deadline for workshop registration. Registration after this date may be accepted, subject to availability.
August 31, 1995 Potential presenters of experience reports will be contacted.
September 11, 1995 Final program will be released.
Note: we are still accepting questionnaire returns and registrations
The workshop location will be the Inn and Conference Center at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. Accommodation is available at conference site and at a nearby hotel at the rate of $62-$69 per person per night. A quota of 20 hotel rooms have been reserved for IWSED-95 participants. Participants are recommended to use the bottom half of the attached registration form to make their hotel reservations at this hotel (Tel: 301-985-7303, Fax: 301-985-7445). An alternative hotel acts as an overflow accommodation site: Holiday Inn - College Park, 10000 Baltimore Blvd, College Park, MD 20740, Tel: 301-345-6700, Fax: 301-441-4923.
Arrival instructions are available through WWW pages.
Chairs
Victor R. Basili, University of Maryland
Koji Torii, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Program Committee:
H. Günther, Allianz-Lebensversicherung
Bärbel Hörger, Daimler-Benz AG
Tony Jordano, SAIC
Kari Känsälä, Nokia Research Center
John Marciniak, Kaman Sciences Corporation
Yasuhiro Mashiko, Matsushita Communication Industrial Co. Ltd.
Kenichi Matsumoto, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Takamasa Nara, Hitachi, Ltd.
Domenico Natale, SOGEI
H. Dieter Rombach, University of Kaiserslautern
Keishi Sakamoto, OMRON Corporation
Richard Stenglein, Motorola
Helmut Woda, Robert Bosch Gmbh
Mary Zajac, AT&T Laboratories
Further and updated information about IWSED-95 is available from the following sources:
Jyrki Kontio FTP site for questionnaires and other information: IWSED-95 Organizing Chair ftp.cs.umd.edu University of Maryland directory: pub/sel/iwsed95 Department of Computer Science A.V. Williams Building WWW home page: College Park, MD 20742, U.S.A. http://www.cs.umd.edu/projects/SoftEng/ESEG/iwsed/iwsed95/ Phone: 301-405-2743, Fax: 301-405-6707 Email: jkontio@cs.umd.edu