Software Technology and Engineering Practice
(STEP 2004)
Applications and Emerging Trends in Software Engineering Practice

http://www.step2004.uwaterloo.ca/

 

September 17-19, 2004
Palmer House Hilton Hotel
Chicago, IL, USA

Co-located with ICSM
The 20th IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance
http://www.cs.iit.edu/~icsm2004


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General Chair

Liam O'Brien
Software Engineering Institute
4500 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 
USA 15213-3890
 

Program Co-Chair

Ladan Tahvildari
Dept. of Elect. & Comp. Eng 
University of Waterloo 
Waterloo, Ontario
N2L 3G1 Canada 

George Wilkie
School of Computing and Mathematics
University of Ulster
BT37 0QB, Northern Ireland
 

Finance Chair

Dennis Smith
Software Engineering Institute
4500 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 
USA 15213-3890

STEP Steering Committee

Liam O’Brien – Software Engineering Institute, USA
Dennis Smith – Software Engineering Institute, USA
Hausi Muller – University of Victoria, Canada
Scott Tilley – Florida Institute of Technology, USA
Gene Hoffnagle – IBM, Canada
Karl Reed – Latrobe University, Australi
Kostas Kontogiannis – University of Waterloo, Canada
Nicolas Gold – UMIST, UK
Francois Coallier – ETS, Canada
Elliot Chikofsky – EM&I, USA
David Budgen – Keele University, UK
Danny Poo, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Paul Layzell – UMIST, UK

Sponsors

IEEE Computer Society

Reengineering Forum 
 

Web Hosting

University of Waterloo


About STEP 2004

The distinctive feature of STEP is its highly interactive workshop style which combines informed opinion with development of the understanding of best software practice.Up to 10 workshops (full-day and half-day) on selected topics will be conducted during STEP 2004. Each workshop reviews and extends a roadmap for software technologies with contributions on new development, practical experience, technology evaluation and gap analyses. Contributions are synthesized during debate and discussion and consolidated in a workshop report which updates the evolving roadmap. STEP is sponsored by the IEEE.

Workshop Focus and Topics

The focus of each workshop is to develop a technical roadmap for an area with an emphasis on practical applications. The workshop organizers will begin with a draft outline of the roadmap, and this will coalesce through the discussions.  Presentations will identify promising trends including their own work and experience reports. The workshop results will be folded into an overall roadmap of what is currently known, what works in practice, and where the gaps and challenges are. There will be STEP2004 proceedings published after the venue by IEEE CS Press.  The post workshop proceedings will include refereed extended workshop research papers and workshops results. The workshop topics include but are not limited to:

  • Software Engineering Education and Body of Knowledge
  • Software Analysis and Maintenance: Practices, Tools and, Interoperability
  • Evolution of Large Open Source Systems
  • User-Centered Adoption-Centric Reengineering
  • Extensible Development Environments
  • Grammar Engineering and Parser Technologies
  • Software Process
  • Formal Methods, Software Testing, Verification, and Validation
  • Component Based Engineering and Quality Assurance
  • Distributed Applications and Network-Centric Computing
  • EnterpriseArchitecture Integration

Workshop Proposals are Welcome

While a number of workshops are already planned for STEP 2004, there is room for several additional workshops.   Proposals are welcome for these additional workshops.  Prospective workshop chairs must submit a completed workshop proposal form and a 1500 words workshop position paper to qualify.   The STEP 2004 organizer committee will review applications and send invitations to qualified applicants within two weeks of receipt. Workshop proposals will be considered on a first-come-first-serve basis.  Workshop organizers are expected to select (or recruit) a small number of key papers for their workshops. Please submit your workshop proposals to step2004@swen.uwaterloo.ca. The deadline for workshop proposals is June 20, 2004.


Applications for Participation are Invited


STEP 2004 is a limited attendance, event that offers a unique opportunity to blend the perspectives of software practitioners and university researchers in the use of advanced software engineering practices. Prospective attendees must submit a completed application form to participate. Prospective attendees are also invited to submit a short position paper (up to 1500 words) for the workshop in which they are interested and contact the corresponding Workshop Chair.  The STEP 2004 organizer committee will review submissions and notify the authors within two weeks of receipt. Please submit your application for participation to step2004@swen.uwaterloo.ca. The deadline for Workshop Participation and Contributions is August 15, 2004.

Important Dates

Workshop Proposals Due:  June 20, 2004
Workshop Participation and Contributions Due: August 15, 2004
Early Registration Due: September 3, 2004

Program Committee 2004

Keith Bennett, University of Durham (UK) 

Nicolas Gold, UMIST (UK) 

Rachel Harrison, University of Reading (UK)

Kostas Kontogiannis, University of Waterloo (Canada)

Fergal McCaffery, University of Ulster (UK)

Hausi A. Muller, University of Victoria (Canada)

Liam O'Brien, Software Engineering Institute (USA)

Jelber Sayyad Shirabad, University of Ottawa (Canada)

Jacob Slonim, Dalhousie University (Canada)

Dennis Smith, Software Engineering Institute, (USA)

Ladan Tahvildari, University of Waterloo (Canada)

Jos Trienekens, Technical University Eindhoven (The Netherlands)

June Verner, National ICT Australia (Australia)

George Wilkie, School of Computing and Mathematics (Northern Ireland)

Ying (Jenny) Zou, Queen's University (Canada)

 

Contact

Please email to step2004@swen.uwaterloo.ca if you have any questions.