AQUIS'98 - Achieving quality in software

AQUIS'98, the Fourth International Conference on "Achieving quality in software - Software quality in the communication society", will take place in Venice, Italy, from 30 March to 2 April 1998.

The conference is aimed at assessing the definition of quality in software development and use, particularly in light of the many changes being introduced by the Information Society (increasing use of multimedia communication, the Internet, etc.) Topics include but are not limited to:

- Quality models (formal/informal) for processes and products;
- Process and product quality evaluation;
- Process improvement;
- Quality of multimedia applications;
- Quality of distributed applications;
- Quality of WWW sites;
- Role of standards;
- Security issues;
- Human factors;
- Quality of user interfaces;
- Project risk management;
- Testing issues: target environments, distributed applications, reliability testing;
- Experiences on technology transfer.

The event will include a special session aimed at disseminating the results of ESSI (European System and Software Initiative) Process Improvement Experiments (PIEs) and projects. ESSI is an accompanying measure of the Community's specific RTD programme in the field of Information Technologies (ESPRIT) aimed at promoting software best practice.
For further information, please contact:

QUALITAL
Ms. Christina Franceschi
Piazza del Pozzetto, 9
I-56127 Pisa
Tel. +39-50-541751; Fax +39-50-541753
E-mail: consuniv@qualital.unipi.it
URL: http://www.iei.pi.cnr.it/aquis98/conf.htm(opens in new window)