CAST 2006 CALL FOR PAPERS REMINDER
Submitted by Mike Kelly on Mon, 16/01/2006 - 20:16.
general software testing
The 2006 Annual Conference of the Association for Software Testing
http://www.associationforsoftwaretesting.com/conference/index.html
June 5-7, 2006, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
THEME: INFLUENCING THE PRACTICE
Conference Update:
We're pleased to announce that Cem Kaner and James Bach will be our
keynote speakers for the conference.
Kaner will present a keynote titled "Exploratory Testing After 23 Years":
Abstract: "Twenty-three years ago, I coined the phrase 'exploratory testing.' I didn't invent the practice but as far as I can tell, I was the first public advocate of it. The idea was disparaged widely, sometimes thoughtfully. Many of the discussions have been and still are whether it is a good / bad idea in principle, rather than how to do it more effectively and how to assess the quality of the work done. Twenty-three years later, some of the same old attacks on the idea are still widely repeated. Why? What legitimate problems and concerns are they addressing? To what extent has our progress as explorers addressed those concerns? What problems have we actually solved and what should we be telling test groups about how to develop effective exploratory skills and practices in their work? Several well known explorers are at this conference. This talk opens a discussion that I hope to see as a theme throughout the meeting. It's time to publicly take stock, to identify areas of agreement and areas of controversy, areas of progress and areas of ongoing concern."
Bach will present a keynote titled "Against Certification"
Abstract: "Our profession is maturing -- or at least it's getting older -- and some have suggested that it's time that we, as a community establish a process of certifying the quality of testers. Some people have acted on this conviction, either by establishing a certification program or by getting certified themselves. I think the programs that currently exist are poorly founded, financially motivated, and are actually an embarrassment to our vocation. In this talk I will lay out the issues as I see them, and also talk about what a good certification program will look like when someday our craft actually is mature enough to do certification right."
Conference Mission:
The primary mission of CAST 2006 is to help build an active community of software testing scholars, practitioners, and learners, and influence the software-testing practice through discussions among members of this community.
Conference Scope:
CAST 2006 will accept papers that offer insight and understanding in the area of software testing, whether they are theoretical or practical. The topics of the papers should be pursuant to the theme “Influencing the Practice” – how theory, tools, and experience, for example, influence software testing and development practices. Both academic research papers and industrial experience reports are welcome.
CAST 2006 will be a venue and forum for influential discussions that will advance the practice of software testing through practical and theoretical near-term breakthroughs. This conference is intended to serve both practitioners in industry and scholars as well as students in academia in the field of software testing. The program committee will strive to establish a balanced program with equal participation from industry and academia.
The distinguishing feature of this conference is that ALL ideas accepted by the Program Committee are open to challenge, debate, and discussion. The conference will allow a high level of interaction among presenters and attendees, and flexibility will be built into the schedule so that the energy for a particular topic can modify the course of conference events.
The conference is for those who want to discuss and debate testing topics. Trained moderators will ensure that discussion sessions are controlled and productive. Discussion sessions will have a recorder, and transcripts or summaries of the discussions will be made available to participants after the conference.
Papers on the following topics are highly suitable for submission:
•Empirical study
o Empirical research on testing techniques and tools
o Industrial case studies on software testing
•Testing techniques
o Exploratory testing
o Risk-based testing
o Model-based and specification-based testing
o Component-based and software architecture-based testing
o Performance, stress, and load testing
o Web services testing
o Release criteria
o Test adequacy criteria
o Test measurements and metrics
•Test automation and tools
o Automated testing tools
o Automatic test generation
•Process and Management
o Agile testing
o Test-driven development
o Process improvements
o Test planning
o Test team management
o Outsourced testing
o Tester training
o Raising the visibility and perceived importance of testing and testers
Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions of their work to the Journal of the Association for Software Testing (JAST).
Submission Guidelines:
CAST 2006 encourages submitters to follow the ACM SIG Proceedings style, freely available at www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html. We expect a typical submission to be between four and six pages long, although we will gladly review papers up to fifteen pages long. All papers should be submitted electronically in PDF format via email to: cfp@associationforsoftwaretesting.org. An acknowledgement email message will be sent to the submitter within one business day of the submission.
Important Dates:
Paper submission: January 23, 2006
Author notification: March 20, 2006
Camera-ready copy: April 5, 2006
CAST 2006: June 5-7, 2006
About AST:
The Association for Software Testing (http://www.associationforsoftwaretesting.com) is a nonprofit professional service organization dedicated to advancing the understanding and practice of software testing. The AST serves a community of scholars, students, and software development practitioners by providing forums for discussion of all aspects of software testing through conferences, publications, web sites, and other services.
Please check the CAST website for the most up to date information: http://www.associationforsoftwaretesting.com/conference/index.html
http://www.associationforsoftwaretesting.com/conference/index.html
June 5-7, 2006, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
THEME: INFLUENCING THE PRACTICE
Conference Update:
We're pleased to announce that Cem Kaner and James Bach will be our
keynote speakers for the conference.
Kaner will present a keynote titled "Exploratory Testing After 23 Years":
Abstract: "Twenty-three years ago, I coined the phrase 'exploratory testing.' I didn't invent the practice but as far as I can tell, I was the first public advocate of it. The idea was disparaged widely, sometimes thoughtfully. Many of the discussions have been and still are whether it is a good / bad idea in principle, rather than how to do it more effectively and how to assess the quality of the work done. Twenty-three years later, some of the same old attacks on the idea are still widely repeated. Why? What legitimate problems and concerns are they addressing? To what extent has our progress as explorers addressed those concerns? What problems have we actually solved and what should we be telling test groups about how to develop effective exploratory skills and practices in their work? Several well known explorers are at this conference. This talk opens a discussion that I hope to see as a theme throughout the meeting. It's time to publicly take stock, to identify areas of agreement and areas of controversy, areas of progress and areas of ongoing concern."
Bach will present a keynote titled "Against Certification"
Abstract: "Our profession is maturing -- or at least it's getting older -- and some have suggested that it's time that we, as a community establish a process of certifying the quality of testers. Some people have acted on this conviction, either by establishing a certification program or by getting certified themselves. I think the programs that currently exist are poorly founded, financially motivated, and are actually an embarrassment to our vocation. In this talk I will lay out the issues as I see them, and also talk about what a good certification program will look like when someday our craft actually is mature enough to do certification right."
Conference Mission:
The primary mission of CAST 2006 is to help build an active community of software testing scholars, practitioners, and learners, and influence the software-testing practice through discussions among members of this community.
Conference Scope:
CAST 2006 will accept papers that offer insight and understanding in the area of software testing, whether they are theoretical or practical. The topics of the papers should be pursuant to the theme “Influencing the Practice” – how theory, tools, and experience, for example, influence software testing and development practices. Both academic research papers and industrial experience reports are welcome.
CAST 2006 will be a venue and forum for influential discussions that will advance the practice of software testing through practical and theoretical near-term breakthroughs. This conference is intended to serve both practitioners in industry and scholars as well as students in academia in the field of software testing. The program committee will strive to establish a balanced program with equal participation from industry and academia.
The distinguishing feature of this conference is that ALL ideas accepted by the Program Committee are open to challenge, debate, and discussion. The conference will allow a high level of interaction among presenters and attendees, and flexibility will be built into the schedule so that the energy for a particular topic can modify the course of conference events.
The conference is for those who want to discuss and debate testing topics. Trained moderators will ensure that discussion sessions are controlled and productive. Discussion sessions will have a recorder, and transcripts or summaries of the discussions will be made available to participants after the conference.
Papers on the following topics are highly suitable for submission:
•Empirical study
o Empirical research on testing techniques and tools
o Industrial case studies on software testing
•Testing techniques
o Exploratory testing
o Risk-based testing
o Model-based and specification-based testing
o Component-based and software architecture-based testing
o Performance, stress, and load testing
o Web services testing
o Release criteria
o Test adequacy criteria
o Test measurements and metrics
•Test automation and tools
o Automated testing tools
o Automatic test generation
•Process and Management
o Agile testing
o Test-driven development
o Process improvements
o Test planning
o Test team management
o Outsourced testing
o Tester training
o Raising the visibility and perceived importance of testing and testers
Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions of their work to the Journal of the Association for Software Testing (JAST).
Submission Guidelines:
CAST 2006 encourages submitters to follow the ACM SIG Proceedings style, freely available at www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html. We expect a typical submission to be between four and six pages long, although we will gladly review papers up to fifteen pages long. All papers should be submitted electronically in PDF format via email to: cfp@associationforsoftwaretesting.org. An acknowledgement email message will be sent to the submitter within one business day of the submission.
Important Dates:
Paper submission: January 23, 2006
Author notification: March 20, 2006
Camera-ready copy: April 5, 2006
CAST 2006: June 5-7, 2006
About AST:
The Association for Software Testing (http://www.associationforsoftwaretesting.com) is a nonprofit professional service organization dedicated to advancing the understanding and practice of software testing. The AST serves a community of scholars, students, and software development practitioners by providing forums for discussion of all aspects of software testing through conferences, publications, web sites, and other services.
Please check the CAST website for the most up to date information: http://www.associationforsoftwaretesting.com/conference/index.html