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Call for Participation
Workshop on Software Assessment (WOSA’2003)
17 November, 2003 – Denver, CO
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Dear Colleague,
We would like to invite you to participate
in the third Workshop on Software Assessment (WOSA’2003). As in 2001
and 2002, WOSA will be held jointly with ISSRE. WOSA’2003 will be
held concurrently with the tutorial sessions on November 17, 2003.
The purpose of WOSA is to provide a forum for the detailed exchange of ideas
among researchers – both from academe and industry – about quantitative
models, data analysis, and tools.
In addition to the regular presentations,
this year the working group for the revision of the IEEE P1633 ANSI/AIAA
Recommended Practice on Software Reliability, ANSI/AIAA R-013-1992, will
lead an open forum to solicit comments on work accomplished to date and plans
for completion of the revision.
Participants will have from 45 to
60 minutes, including the Track Chair’s summary, to explain their quantitative
methods. During and after the presentations, other participants will be
encouraged to comment on the presentation, and to offer suggestions or alternative
views. Tracks will be organized by topics that represent competing views
of quantitative methods. For example, there might be a track on classical
reliability growth models versus software metrics models as predictors of
software quality. Other examples include principal components analysis versus
Boolean discriminant functions versus logistic regression as predictors
of fault prone modules, and relationships between structural measurements
of a software system’s specification or design and the quality of the implemented
system. In the plenary session, at the beginning of the workshop, the General
Chair and Program Co-Chairs will provide an overview of the workshop events.
In the plenary session, at the end of the workshop, the Track Chairs will
summarize and critique their track presentations and make comparisons of
competing research approaches.
WOSA is geared to participants who:
- Wish to present their quantitative methods in detail and get feedback
from their peers.
- Would like to participate in sessions where competing models and
methods can be explained, compared, and critiqued.
- Are willing to present data to back up their claims and believe in
validating models.
- Are not afraid of equations.
- Are not trying to sell a service or product during WOSA.
We hope you’ll be able to attend
WOSA’2003. If you’d like to make a presentation, please send email
containing the title of your presentation to the Program Co-Chairs by Friday,
October 3, 2003. By Friday, October 17, 2003, please prepare
a summary, limited to 200 words, and email it to the Program Co-Chairs.
Please make sure the summary contains the following information:
- Purpose of research, including motivation.
- Methodology, including rationale, model construction, alternate approaches,
and limitations.
- Data collected and process of data collection.
- Model validation.
- Applications.
- Lessons learned.
- Optional: description of model tools and computer demos.
Watch the ISSRE’2003 web site (
http://www.issre.org/2003)
for information on the WOSA’2003. We’ll be posting information there
as workshop arrangements progress. If you have any questions, or suggestions
for the program, we’d like to hear from you.
Sincerely,
Norman Schneidewind
WOSA’2003 General Chair
nschneid@nps.navy.mil
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Allen Nikora
WOSA’2003 Program Co-Chair
Allen.P.Nikora@jpl.nasa.gov
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Noel Samaan
WOSA’2003 Program Co-Chair
ozpman@att.net
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