SPICE 2004 Call for Papers
14 November 2003
Portugal
Full conference information available on the web site ,http://www.spice2004.com
Call for papers brochure available on ,http://www.spice2004.com/files/call-for-papers.pdf
The SPICE User Group is pleased to announce the fourth International SPICE Conference, to be held at the Estoril Congress Centre, Lisbon, Portugal from 27th to 29th April, 2004. This Conference follows on the success of previous SPICE conferences, and builds upon the achievements of the International SPICE Symposia held on a regular basis since 1994. Critical Software SA, Portugal is the local organizer of the conference on behalf of the SPICE User Group.
Papers related to the topics of Software Process Improvement and Capability dEtermination, based upon the use of ISO/IEC 15504, are invited for the conference.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:,- Case study and experience reports on the use of ISO/IEC 15504 for process improvement and/or capability determination;,- Methods, models and tools to support software process assessment;,- Emerging Process Reference Models and Process Assessment Models;,- Benchmarking based upon capability assessment as a foundation for process improvement;,- Relationships and comparisons between different approaches to software process assessment;,- Theoretical considerations on the basis of the technique of process assessment;,- Use of ISO/IEC 15504 process assessment outside of the domain of software;,- ISO/IEC 15504 certification;,- Sector based initiatives e.g. in automotive, space and healthcare.
SUBMISSIONS:
Contributions will be accepted in following formats:,- Full papers,- Extended Abstracts for Industrial Experience presentations Each contribution should contain the following information:,- Title of paper (or extended abstract),- Name(s) of author(s),- Affiliation, Address,- E-mail, telephone and fax numbers
Paper contributions shall be submitted in the format specified on the conference web site. Papers shall not exceed 4000 words in length and shall include a 150-200 word abstract. Industrial experience presentations shall submit an abstract (up to 500 words) outlining the contents of the presentation.
Papers and extended abstracts shall be submitted electronically to the program chair by e-mail: papers@spice2004.com, as MS Word file. The accompanying e-mail shall contain the title of the paper, full names, affiliations, postal and e-mail addresses of all authors, fax and telephone numbers.
All papers submitted will be reviewed by members of the Programme Committee, and those judged best to meet the aims of the Conference will be selected for presentation.
TUTORIALS:
Tutorials will be held on the 27th April 2004 on the day preceding the conference. Please send proposals for half and/or whole day tutorials to the tutorials chair by e-mail: tutorials@spice2004.com before end November 2003.
SCHEDULE:
Full paper and extended abstracts submission 14 November 2003,Notification of acceptance 29 January 2004,Preliminary programme 06 February 2004,Registration 15 February 2004,Final copy of paper due 12 March 2004,Conference 27-29 April 2004
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE:
General Chair: Alec Dorling (InterSPICE, UK),Program Chair: Terry Rout (Griffith University, Australia),Tutorials Chair: Ann Cass (Synspace, Switzerland),Local Arrangements: Rui Cordeiro (Critical Software SA, Portugal), Luís Joaquim (Critical Software SA, Portugal)
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
Ann Cass (Switzerland),Aileen Cater-Steel (Australia),Juan Maria Carranza (The Netherlands),Gerhard Chroust (Austria),Antonio Coletta (Italy),Mario Fusani (Italy),Dennis Goldenson (USA),Victoria Hailey (Canada),Diamantino Costa (Portugal),John Horch (USA),Ho-Won Jung (Korea),Catriona Mackie (UK),Takeshige Miyoshi (Japan),Risto Nevalainen (Finland),João Gabriel Silva (Portugal),Paul Rogoway (Israel),Clenio Salviano (Brazil),Jean-Martin Simon (France),Friedrich Stallinger (Austria),Angela Tuffley (Australia),Timo Varkoi (Finland),Alastair Walker (South Africa),Yingxu Wang (Canada),Jae Wook Yoon (Korea),Harry Barker (UK),John Hamilton (UK),Robin Hunter (UK),Janne Jarvinen (Finland),Andre Keller (Switzerland),Fernando Brito e Abreu (Portugal),Thomas Gantner (Germany),Rui Cordeiro (Portugal)
CONTACTS:,For technical matters,Mr. Terry Rout,Software Quality Institute,School of Computing and Information Technology,Griffith University,Queensland 4111,Australia,Tel: +61 7 3875 5046,Fax: +61 7 3875 5207,E-mail: T.Rout@spice2004.com,http://www.sqi.gu.edu.au
Mr. Alec Dorling,InterSPICE,48 Regent Street,Cambridge CB2 1FD,England,Tel: +44 207 900 3420,Fax: +44 207 900 3430,E-mail: A.Dorling@spice2004.com,http://www.interspice.uk.com
For local arrangements,Mr. Rui Cordeiro,Critical Software SA,EN1/IC2, Km 185,6,Banhos Secos,,Santa Clara,,3040-032 Coimbra,,Portugal,Tel: +351.239801300,Fax: +351.239801319,E-mail: R.Cordeiro@spice2004.com,http://www.criticalsoftware.com
The SPICE User Group,Critical Software, SA
Call for papers brochure available on ,http://www.spice2004.com/files/call-for-papers.pdf
The SPICE User Group is pleased to announce the fourth International SPICE Conference, to be held at the Estoril Congress Centre, Lisbon, Portugal from 27th to 29th April, 2004. This Conference follows on the success of previous SPICE conferences, and builds upon the achievements of the International SPICE Symposia held on a regular basis since 1994. Critical Software SA, Portugal is the local organizer of the conference on behalf of the SPICE User Group.
Papers related to the topics of Software Process Improvement and Capability dEtermination, based upon the use of ISO/IEC 15504, are invited for the conference.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:,- Case study and experience reports on the use of ISO/IEC 15504 for process improvement and/or capability determination;,- Methods, models and tools to support software process assessment;,- Emerging Process Reference Models and Process Assessment Models;,- Benchmarking based upon capability assessment as a foundation for process improvement;,- Relationships and comparisons between different approaches to software process assessment;,- Theoretical considerations on the basis of the technique of process assessment;,- Use of ISO/IEC 15504 process assessment outside of the domain of software;,- ISO/IEC 15504 certification;,- Sector based initiatives e.g. in automotive, space and healthcare.
SUBMISSIONS:
Contributions will be accepted in following formats:,- Full papers,- Extended Abstracts for Industrial Experience presentations Each contribution should contain the following information:,- Title of paper (or extended abstract),- Name(s) of author(s),- Affiliation, Address,- E-mail, telephone and fax numbers
Paper contributions shall be submitted in the format specified on the conference web site. Papers shall not exceed 4000 words in length and shall include a 150-200 word abstract. Industrial experience presentations shall submit an abstract (up to 500 words) outlining the contents of the presentation.
Papers and extended abstracts shall be submitted electronically to the program chair by e-mail: papers@spice2004.com, as MS Word file. The accompanying e-mail shall contain the title of the paper, full names, affiliations, postal and e-mail addresses of all authors, fax and telephone numbers.
All papers submitted will be reviewed by members of the Programme Committee, and those judged best to meet the aims of the Conference will be selected for presentation.
TUTORIALS:
Tutorials will be held on the 27th April 2004 on the day preceding the conference. Please send proposals for half and/or whole day tutorials to the tutorials chair by e-mail: tutorials@spice2004.com before end November 2003.
SCHEDULE:
Full paper and extended abstracts submission 14 November 2003,Notification of acceptance 29 January 2004,Preliminary programme 06 February 2004,Registration 15 February 2004,Final copy of paper due 12 March 2004,Conference 27-29 April 2004
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE:
General Chair: Alec Dorling (InterSPICE, UK),Program Chair: Terry Rout (Griffith University, Australia),Tutorials Chair: Ann Cass (Synspace, Switzerland),Local Arrangements: Rui Cordeiro (Critical Software SA, Portugal), Luís Joaquim (Critical Software SA, Portugal)
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
Ann Cass (Switzerland),Aileen Cater-Steel (Australia),Juan Maria Carranza (The Netherlands),Gerhard Chroust (Austria),Antonio Coletta (Italy),Mario Fusani (Italy),Dennis Goldenson (USA),Victoria Hailey (Canada),Diamantino Costa (Portugal),John Horch (USA),Ho-Won Jung (Korea),Catriona Mackie (UK),Takeshige Miyoshi (Japan),Risto Nevalainen (Finland),João Gabriel Silva (Portugal),Paul Rogoway (Israel),Clenio Salviano (Brazil),Jean-Martin Simon (France),Friedrich Stallinger (Austria),Angela Tuffley (Australia),Timo Varkoi (Finland),Alastair Walker (South Africa),Yingxu Wang (Canada),Jae Wook Yoon (Korea),Harry Barker (UK),John Hamilton (UK),Robin Hunter (UK),Janne Jarvinen (Finland),Andre Keller (Switzerland),Fernando Brito e Abreu (Portugal),Thomas Gantner (Germany),Rui Cordeiro (Portugal)
CONTACTS:,For technical matters,Mr. Terry Rout,Software Quality Institute,School of Computing and Information Technology,Griffith University,Queensland 4111,Australia,Tel: +61 7 3875 5046,Fax: +61 7 3875 5207,E-mail: T.Rout@spice2004.com,http://www.sqi.gu.edu.au
Mr. Alec Dorling,InterSPICE,48 Regent Street,Cambridge CB2 1FD,England,Tel: +44 207 900 3420,Fax: +44 207 900 3430,E-mail: A.Dorling@spice2004.com,http://www.interspice.uk.com
For local arrangements,Mr. Rui Cordeiro,Critical Software SA,EN1/IC2, Km 185,6,Banhos Secos,,Santa Clara,,3040-032 Coimbra,,Portugal,Tel: +351.239801300,Fax: +351.239801319,E-mail: R.Cordeiro@spice2004.com,http://www.criticalsoftware.com
The SPICE User Group,Critical Software, SA
Keywords
Process Improvement