Announcing -- Testing Computer Software Conference (TCS2000)

PARTICIPATE IN THE CONFERENCE THAT WILL LET YOU MASTER THE CHALLENGES OF FUTURE TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS IN SOFTWARE TESTING! Mark your calendar for the 17th annual event. The final Conference program is available on the Web at: http://www.uspdi.org/conference Brochure requests and downloading the printed brochure can also be done from this web site. The detailed printed brochure is available. You may request the brochure and other information by e-mail to: admin@uspdi.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 17th International Conference and Exposition on TESTING COMPUTER SOFTWARE Theme: Testing Technology vs. Testers' Requirements June 12-16, 2000 Washington, D.C. * Hyatt Regency (Bethesda) * USA (Conference: June 14-16; Workshops/Tutorials: June 12-13) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ IN COOPERATION WITH: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) SIGSoft American Society for Quality (ASQ) Software Division IEEE Reliability Society Software Technology Support Center (STSC) CONFERENCE PROGRAM BY: Frontier Technologies, Inc. CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT BY: U.S. Professional Development Institute +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Message from Conference Chair, Genevieve Houston-Ludlam: TESTING TECHNOLOGY VS. TESTERS' REQUIREMENTS Technology for testing and automated solutions have grown remarkably in the past decade. But the question is still before us -- do we have the support from technology that we need? Has technology solved the right problems? Is the technology accessible enough to today's tester? What are the pitfalls of using such technology? This year, we will be looking at the experiences with various aspects of testing technology -- some successful, and some not. We look forward to having you share your experiences and learn from others. I look forward to seeing you there. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ABOUT THE CONFERENCE SCOPE AND PURPOSE The Seventeenth International Conference on TESTING COMPUTER SOFTWARE will provide an opportunity to participate in the leading international conference on software testing. The goal of the 2000 Conference will be to explore which testing technologies we will need to take into the new millennium and which ones we will not. Learn how testing professionals and experts have used advanced methods and testing applications to improve the effectiveness of their testing, reduce testing costs and meet schedule deadlines. Share your own experiences in testing with others. You will be able to exchange knowledge and ideas with people from a wide variety of environments and locations including those from industry, academia and government from the United States and abroad. Conference tracks will address topics concerning the management of software testing, the application of a variety of software testing techniques, testing case studies, and additional topics that will introduce more advanced ideas. This conference will provide essential information to all who are involved with or have an interest in software testing. This includes not only practitioners but managers and researchers as well. The Seventeenth International Conference on Testing Computer Software is where testing practitioners and managers from the commercial and applications software community can learn: * The impact of increasingly complex software on testing * Ways to improve the testing process * Practical experience with the various techniques * Which efforts have been most successful * Which efforts have been least successful. The conference brings together a set of experienced software testers to share their experiences and what they have learned from them. You will have the opportunity to hear about effective software testing techniques, methods and technologies that have benefited the organizations where they are used. GENERAL SESSIONS and FEATURED SPEAKERS: "From Art to Practice: Transferring Testing (and Other) Technology" by Shari Lawrence Pfleeger "When Helping Doesn't Help: Software Testing as Codependent Behavior" by Lee Copeland "Testing Object-Oriented (OO) Systems: Lessons Learned" by Bob Binder "Is an Ounce of Test-plan Worth a Ton of Tools?" by Simon Mills "Powerful and Pitiful Measures of Software" by Tom Gilb "Luncheon Address: If I Knew Then What I Know Now" by Louise Tamres "Wrap-up Session: Conference Reflections" by Marnie Hutcheson PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS and TUTORIALS (June 12-13) will present comprehensive technical sessions for software testing practitioners: WORKSHOPS (2 days) 1. "MITS Test Management Method" by Marnie Hutcheson 2. "Practical Guide to Software Test Management: Task and People Issues" by Lloyd Roden 3. "Test Automation" by Mark Fewster TUTORIALS (1 day) 4. "Testing Distributed Systems" by Lee Copeland 5. "Overview of Testing" by Simon Mills and Louise Tamres 6. "Advanced Testing Tactics: Unconventional Methods to Complement and Supplement" by Tom Gilb 7. "Testing Object Oriented (OO) Systems" by Lee Copeland 8. "Fundamentals of Testing Software-Intensive Systems" by Selim Aissi 9. "Specification-Based Testing" by Jens Grabowski and Thomas Walter CONCURRENT SESSIONS will be divided into four parallel track sessions, presenting a variety of management, technical and advanced topics and issues. MANAGEMENT TRACK Managing Automated Software Testing and the Web Building a QA and Testing Organization from Scratch The Pitfalls and Benefits of Introducing Test Automation Early in Project Development Managing Test Automation Experiences with Risk Based Testing Rules Governing Testing of Web Based Systems "Rechecking the Test Software" -- An ISO Enigma and a Practical Solution Management Definition and Control of the Benchmark for Quality Improvement BEFORE Testing ADVANCED TOPICS Advanced Integration Testing of Object-Oriented (OO) Programs Issues and Approaches in Testing Mission-Critical COTS Systems A Performance Evaluation of Microcontrollers for Engine Control Mobile Agent Genetic Algorithms: Routing Test in a Telecommunication Network Simulator Continuous Testing Integrated Technical Computing Environments as a Tool for Testing Algorithmically Complicated Software Automated Failure Modeling of Embedded Systems When 100% Coverage Isn't PRACTITIONER Testing Access Control Systems in Chip Cards TTCN3 -- A New Test Specification Language for Black-Box Testing of Distributed Systems Using Dependency Charts to Improve Scenario-Based Testing Software Usability Assessment and Improvement Challenges of System Test: Beyond Pass/Fail Functional Testing