ENCRESS'97 - reliability, quality and safety of software-intensive systems

The Third International Conference on Reliability, Quality and Safety of Software-Intensive Systems, ENCRESS'97, will be held in Athens, Greece, from 29 to 30 May 1997. It is organized by the Community's ESPRIT specific RTD programme in the field of information technologies, under the ESSI software best practice initiative.

The aim of the conference is to review state-of-the-art issues as well as practical experiences and new trends in the areas of reliability, quality, safety and security of software-intensive systems. Topics will include:

- Software testing;
- Safety critical systems;
- Reliability and safety assessment;
- Risk and hazard analysis;
- Fault and failure management;
- Total quality management;
- Human factors for safety and quality;
- Formal methods and models;
- Applications and experiences;
- Security issues.

The organizers are interested in receiving papers, of up to 5,000 words, for presentation at the conference. The list of subjects above is not exclusive and papers in other related topics may be submitted. Those wishing to submit papers should send four copies of the full paper to the Programme Committee Chair by 15 October 1996.
Requests for further information, and submissions, should be sent to:

ENCRESS'97 Secretariat
Dr. Dimitris Gritzalis
Programme Committee Chair
Research Unit
University of the Aegean
30 Voulgaroktonou Street
GR-11472 Athens
Tel. +30-1-6431075/6442727; Fax +30-1-6448428/3645154
E-mail: encress97@aegean.gr