TOOLS USA '99 - Last Call for Submissions

[Karen Ouellette]

[apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement]

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                LAST CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

                      TOOLS USA '99
       Technology of Object-Oriented Languages and Systems
               "DELIVERING QUALITY SOFTWARE"

           Santa Barbara, Calif., August 1-5, 1999
              Fess Parker's Double Tree Resort

                 http://www.tools.com/usa
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Program Chair: Donald Firesmith, Storage Technology Corp., USA
Tutorial Chair: Richard Riehle, AdaWorks, USA
Workshop & Panel Chair: Gilda Pour, San Jose State University, USA
Conference Chair: Bertrand Meyer, ISE, USA

PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Nadia Adhami, Countrywide, USA
Vasu Alagar, Concordia University, Canada
Jan Bosch, University of Karlskrona/Ronneby, Sweden
Benjamin Brosgol, Aonix, USA
Alistair Cockburn, Humans and Technology, USA
Derek Coleman, Hewlett-Packard, USA
Raimund K. Ege, Florida International University, USA
Martin Griss, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, USA
Brian Henderson-Sellers, University of Sydney, Australia
Laura Hill, Sun Microsystems, USA
Eric Jul, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Stuart Kent, University of Brighton, UK
Reto Kramer, Cambridge Technology Partners, Switzerland
Qiaoyun Li, Sony Electronics Inc., USA
Robert Marcus, General Motors, USA
John McGregor, Software Architects, USA
James C. McKim, Rensselaer at Hartford, USA
Christine Mingins, Monash University, Australia
Michael Philippsen, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
Reinhold Ploesch, Johannes Kepler University, Austria
Bran Selic, ObjecTime Limited, Canada
Frank Tip, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA
Jeffrey Voas, RST Corporation, USA


TECHNICAL PAPERS
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TOOLS USA '99 is now soliciting papers on all aspects of object-oriented
technology. All submitted papers will be refereed and judged by
the International Program Committee, not only according to standards of
technical quality but also on their usefulness to practitioners and applied
researchers. TOOLS USA '99 will feature a special emphasis on issues
relating to the challenges of ensuring the quality of delivered
applications. Technical papers that report and assess advances and
experiences in this area are expressly sought.

A non-exhaustive list of topics includes:
- Ensuring the quality of delivered applications throughout the life cycle
- OO verification and testing techniques
- Specification and modeling methods and techniques
- Components, frameworks, and reuse
- Distributed and intelligent objects and agents
- Standardization of languages and methods
- Management, migration, and training issues
- Experience reports with OO technology

In the first phase, an abstract of the paper must be submitted by electronic
mail to tools-usa-abstracts at tools.com no later than February 26, 1999.
Subsequently, the full paper, in the range of 10 to 20 double-spaced
pages (10,000 to 20,000 words), should be submitted electronically
to tools-usa-submissions at tools.com or in hard copy, to arrive no
later than March 5, 1999.

The proceedings of the 30th TOOLS Conference will be published by IEEE
Computer Society Press. Final camera-ready versions of accepted papers will
therefore be required to adhere to the IEEE publication format (guidelines
available soon), and will contain no more than 10 pages.

IMPORTANT DATES:
Electronic abstract submission: February 26, 1999
Manuscript (electronic or hard-copy) submission: March 5, 1999
Notification of acceptance: April 12, 1999
Camera-ready papers due at IEEE: May 7, 1999

PROPOSALS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO:
Donald Firesmith
TOOLS USA '99 Program Chair
Storage Technology Corporation
2270 South 88th Street
Louisville, Colorado 80028-5210 USA
Phone: +1-303-661-5943
Donald_Firesmith at stortek.com (for contact only, see above for
electronic submission addresses)


TUTORIALS
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TOOLS USA '99 now is soliciting proposals for high quality tutorials. Topics
of high potential interest in the OO field, and not yet covered in other
conferences, are particularly sought for presentation at TOOL USA '99.
Tutorials should be innovative, with a strong practical content, or based on
significant industrial developments, and be of interest to a significant
part of the software community. Tutorials are normally one half-day (three
and a half hours including one break).

Tutorial presenters are entitled to submit an article of a related topic (up
to 10 pages), for inclusion in the TOOLS 30 Conference Proceedings,
published by the IEEE Computer Society (upon Chair's approval). Please note
that you must prepare tutorial notes for the participants.

IMPORTANT DATES:
Tutorial submission deadline: February 26, 1999
Notification of acceptance: March 22, 1999
Camera-ready article: May 7, 1999
Camera-ready notes: June 25, 1999

PROPOSALS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO:
Richard Riehle
TOOLS USA '99 Tutorial Chair
AdaWorks, USA
tools-usa-tutorials at tools.com


WORKSHOPS
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The purpose of a workshop is to provide a forum for researchers and
practitioners to meet and discuss focused issues that defy the object
technology field today, in an atmosphere that encourages interaction,
brainstorming, exchange of ideas, and problem solving. A workshop should
have a well-defined theme, and a clearly defined target audience. All
topics related to object technology are potential candidates for workshops.
Workshops addressing the theme of "Quality Software" will be given special
consideration. Workshops can be half-day (3 hours) or full-day (6 hours) in
length. Position papers will be included (upon Chair's approval) in the
IEEE-published TOOLS Conference Proceedings.

IMPORTANT DATES:
Workshop submission deadline: February 26, 1999
Notification of acceptance: March 22, 1999
Camera-ready papers due at IEEE: May 7, 1999

PROPOSALS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO:
Gilda Pour
TOOLS USA '99 Workshop & Panel Chair
San Jose State University, USA
gpour at email.sjsu.edu


PANELS
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The objective of a panel is to stimulate discussion about ideas and issues
of importance and interest to the object technology community today. A panel
session will usually last 90 minutes and can be organized in various
formats. It should involve 4-5 panelists, presenting before the TOOLS
audience, their various viewpoints on a certain issue, followed by a
question and answer period. Position papers will be included (upon Chair's
approval) in the IEEE-published TOOLS Conference Proceedings.

IMPORTANT DATES:
Panel submission deadline: March 5, 1999
Notification of acceptance: March 19, 1999
Camera-ready papers due at IEEE: May 7, 1999

PROPOSALS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO:
Gilda Pour
TOOLS USA '99 Workshop & Panel Chair
San Jose State University, USA
gpour at email.sjsu.edu


** See the complete online submission guidelines at:
http://www.tools.com/usa/submissions.html **

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FOR MORE INFORMATION ON TOOLS USA '99 OR ANY OTHER
EVENTS IN THE TOOLS CONFERENCE SERIES,
VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT http://www.tools.com
OR CONTACT US AT tools at tools.com
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