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that will be help in Florence, Italy, 8-11 March 1998.
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----> 2nd EUROMICRO CONFERENCE on SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE AND REENGINEERING
----> 6th REENGINEERING FORUM
Palazzo degli Affari, FIRENZE, Italy, March 8-11, 1998
csmr98@aguirre.ing.unifi.it, csmr98@dsi.unifi.it
http://www.dsi.unifi.it/~nesi/csmr98.html, http://www.reengineer.or=
g/ref98/
Fax: +39-(0)55-4796363
----> Sponsored by: EUROMICRO, REENGINEERING FORUM, IEEE Computer Society
IEEE Task Force on Information Technology,=20
IEEE Technical Council on Software Engineering=20
In Cooperation with CESVIT, Universita' di Firenze.
Patroned by: AICA, AIIA, DeQualitate, Dipartimento di Sistemi e Inf=
ormatica,
Jackson, TABOO, UNINFO.
Local Conference Organization:
Paolo Nesi, Alessandro Fantechi, Fabrizio Fioravanti
Dip. Sistemi e Informatica, Universit=E0 degli Studi di Firen=
ze=20
Via S. Marta, 3, 50139 Firenze, Italy=20
--------------------------> Conference Program <-------------------------=
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Keynote Speakers:=20
- Continuous Engineering for Industrial Scale Software Systems.=20
H. Weber, ISST, D
- Evolving Software Practice for Year 2000 and Beyond.=20
S. Bohner, META Group - Software Engineering Strategies, USA
STEVENS LECTURE ON SOFT. DEVELOPMENT METHODS
- Presentation of the Wayne Stevens Award and the Stevens Lecture on=20
Software Development Methods.=20
Session: Tool Architecture
- Architecture and Functions of a Commercial Software Reengineering Workb=
ench=20
(H. M. Sneed - Software Engineering Service - D)
- Control Flow Normalization for COBOL/CICS Legacy System=20
(M. van Brand, A. Sellink, C. Verhoef, - University of Amsterdam - NL)
Session: Data Reengineering
- A Generic Approach for Data Reverse Engineering Taking into Account App=
lication=20
Domain Knoledge (S. A. Ghannouchi, , H. H. B. Ghezola, F. Kamoun, ENSI,=
Tun)
- A strategy for reducing the effort for database schema maintenance=20
(D. Castelli - Istituto di Elaborazione dell'Informazione - I)
- Data Reverse Engineering Methods in Practice=20
(P. Aiken - Virginia Commonwealth University - USA)
- Database Reengineering for Quality (E. Locuratolo - IEI - CNR; M. Loffr=
edo,=20
O. Signore, CNUCE - CNR - I)
Session: Business Information Technology
- An Organizational Framework for Mass-Customized Business Application=20
(P. Ludwig, T. Kaufmann, H. Liessmann - D)
- Driving IT Decisions from Architectural Principles=20
(E. Chikofsky - DMR Consulting Group - USA)
- Architectural Reflection: Bridging the Gap Between a Running System and=
its=20
Architectural Specification (W. Cazzola, A. Savigni, A. Sosio, F. Tisat=
o,=20
University of Milano - I)
Session: Year 2000 Problem
- Variable Classification Technique for Software Maintenance and Applicat=
ion to The=20
Year 2000 Problem (K. Kawabe, A. Matsuo, S. Uehara - Fujitsu Laboratori=
es Ltd. JP=20
A. Ogawa - Fujitsu Ltd. - JP)
- From "Y2K" to Data Warehouses [and other beneficial impacts of the mill=
ennium=20
problem] (D. Aebi, C. Schucan, ETH Zurich - SW)
Session: Program Understanding
- On Constructing a Tool to Verify Programs for Processors Built in Machi=
nes=20
(T. Ohta, N. Matsumara, Y. Itoh, Shizuoka Univ. - JP)
- Improving Comprehensibility of Software with Diagramming, Folding, and=20
Coloring (J. H. Cross II - Auburn University - USA)
Session: Reuse and Object Oriented Techniques
- A Dependence-Based Representation for Concurrent Object-Oriented Softwa=
re Maintenance
(J. Zhao - Fukouka Institute of Tech. - J. Cheng, K. Ushijima - Kyushu =
Univ.-JP)
- OOA Metrics for the Unified Modeling Language=20
(M. Marchesi-Univ. di Cagliari - I)
- Protection Reconfiguration for Reusable Software (C. D. Jensen, D. Hagi=
mont -
Universite Joseph Fourier - F)
Session: System Assessment=20
- Towards Mature Measurement Program (F. Niessink, H. van Vliet-Univ. Ams=
terdam NL)
- A Tool for Process and Product Assessment of C++ Applications=20
(F. Fioravanti, P. Nesi, S. Perlini - University of Florence - I)
- Software Testability Measurement derived from Data Flow Analysis (P.-L.=
Yeh,=20
J.-C. Lin, Tatung Institute of Technology - Taiwan)
Session: System Documentation
- Documentu: A Flexible Architecture for Documentation Production Based o=
n a Reverse
Engineering Strategy (C. de Oliveira Braga, Arndt von Staa, Julio C.S.P=
. Leite,=20
PUC-Rio - Brazil)
- Documentation Multi-Targeting Using ASML (C. Owen, F. Makedon, J. Ford,=
S. Rebelsky,=20
Grinnell College - USA)
Session: Software Architecture
- Assessing Architectural Complexity (R. Kazman - Carnege Mellon Universi=
ty - USA -=20
M. Burth - University of Mannheim - D)
- Architecture recovery for Software Evolution (J. C. Duenas, W. L. de Ol=
iveira,=20
J. A. de la Puente - Universidad Politecnica de Madrid - E)
- The Hot-Spots Technique to Scavenge for Architectural Elements=20
(H. Gall, B. Bellay, Technical University of Vienna - Austria)
Session: Requirements and Specification Evolution
- Requirements Evolution in the Midst of Environmental Change A Managed A=
pproach (W.=20
Lam, M. Loomes - Univ. of Hertfordshire - UK)
- A Method for Assessing Legacy Systems for Evolution (J. Ransom, I. Somm=
erville,=20
I. Warren - Lancaster University - UK)
- System Specification Reengineering Using the SpecView Tool=20
(T. G. Kirner, R. C. Gratao - Federal University of Sao Carlos - BR)
- A Tool Supporting the Re-Design of Legacy Applications=20
(K. Cremer - RWTH Aachen- D)
Session: Maintenance Effort
- Modeling Maintenance Effort by means of Dynamic System=20
(F. Calzolari, G. Antoniol, P. Tonella - IRST - I)
- Improving Defect Removal Effectiveness for Software Development=20
(Hareton K. N. Leung The Honk Kong Poly. Univ.)
- The Extract-Transform-Rewrite Cycle A Step Towards metaCARE=20
(B. Kullbach, A. Panse - University of Koblenz - D)
Session: Logic Programming, Telecommunications
- A Metric Suite for Concurrent Logic Programs (J. Zhao - Fukouka Institu=
te of=20
Technology - J. Cheng, K. Ushijima - Kyushu Univ. - JP)
- Identifying Fault Prone Modules An Empirical Study in Telecom-municatio=
n System=20
(S.-B. Hong, K. Kim - Call Proc.Section, ETRI - KR)
Session: Reverse Engineering in Practice
- A Process for Reverse Engineering of AXE 10 Software=20
(S. Haglund, Ericsson Software Technology AB - Sweden)
- Regenerative Verification and Validation: Moving Forward From Reverse E=
ngineering=20
(T. Roberts - TASC - B. Farley - Motorola - USA)
- A Proposed Reverse Engineering Tech to Redocument High-Level Control St=
ructures of
Embedded Systems Software (D. Wilkening -USA)
- Current Parsing Techniques in Software Renovation Considered Harmful=20
(M. van den Brand, A. Sellink, C. Verhoef, NL)
Papers in CSMR98 OPEN FORUM Sections
- DBFW A Simple DataBase FrameWork for the Evaluation and Maintenance of =
Automated
Theorem Prover Data (P. Jakobi, A. Wolf, D)
- Reengineering of Distributed Systems Using Formal Methods=20
(S. Kleuker - University of Oldenburg D)
- Metrics-based Evaluation of Object-Oriented Software development Method=
s=20
(R. R. Dumke, E. Foltin - University of Magdeburg - D)
- RENAISSANCE, A Method To Migrate From Legacy To Immortal Software Syste=
m=20
(M. Battaglia, G. Savoia, J. Favaro - Intecs Sistemi - I)
- Visualization of Differences between Versions of Object-Oriented Sofwar=
e=20
(J. Seemann, J. W. von Gudenberg - Wurzburg University - D)
- Amber Metrics for the Testing & Maintenance of Object-Oriented Designs=20
(J. Doake, I. Duncan - Anglia Polytechnic University - UK)
- Tailoring the Process Model for Maintenance and Reengineering=20
(S. Stoecklin, D. Wiliams, P. Stoecklin, USA)
- Toward a systematic object-oriented transformation of a Merise analysis=
=20
(I. Borne, A. Romanczuk, F. Stefani, Ecole de Nantes - F)
- Object Evolution by Model Evolution (R. T. Mittermeir, H. Pirker, Domi=
nik=20
Rauner-Reithmayer - Universit=E4t Klagenfurt - A)
- A sound and Pratical Approach to the Re-Engineering of Time Critical Sy=
stem=20
(H. Zedan, H. Yang, De Montfort University - UK)
- Reengineering a Computerized Numerical Control Towards Object-Oriented=20
(F. Butera, B. Fontanella, P.Nesi, M.Perfetti - ELEXA S.r.l. - I)
- Software Artifacts Reuse and Maintenance An organizational Framework=20
(C. Toffolon, S. Dakhli - Paris-Dauphine University - F)
- The Task Artifact Cycle: Some Experiences from Reengineering Practice=20
(S. Kutscha, sd&m GmbH und Co KG, D)
Session: CSMR98 Industrial Track
- ESSI Project CARERRAS (David Fox, England)
- ESSI Project PROMASYS (Miguel Fernandez Diaz, Spain)
Session: Results of the Reverse Engineering Demonstration Project=20
Companies, research centers, and universities participating in the Reve=
rse=20
Engineering Demonstration Project will present their results on the a=
nalysis=20
of a single software system using different tools and techniques.=20
General Time Frame
The conference will run from Sunday 8th to Wednesday 11th. Registration w=
ill start on
Sunday 8th at the 16:00 and continues till 18:00. Conference will start a=
t the 18:00 of
Sunday 8th with the official opening. The registration desk will be also =
open in the
morning from 8:00 to 9:00 of Monday and Tuesday. The conference will clos=
e its
activities Wednesday 11th at the 18:00.
Social Program
On Tuesday 10th the conference dinner will be organized.=20
Tours could be organized with the Agency by BUS or by feet to visit: Bobo=
li Garden,=20
the Dome, Giotto Tower, The Old Bridge, Michelangelo Vista Point, Belvede=
re,=20
Cappelle Medicee, S. Croce Church, S. Miniato Church, Fiesole Village, S.=
Gimignano=20
Village, The Chianti Vine Area, the Old Market Area, Siena Village, Museu=
m with the=20
David of Michelangelo, (Accademia Gallery), Uffizi Museum, Medieval Arms=
Museum,=20
Archeological Museum, and more than 100 churches along the town. etc.
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For travel information, registration form, accommodation form,=20
and all other details please consult the www pages of the=20
conference:
http://www.dsi.unifi.it/~nesi/csmr98.html
http://www.reengineer.org/ref98/
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