Updates
Deadlines
CfP - CONQUEST 2009
CONQUEST 2009
16-18 September, 2009
Nuremberg, Germany
www.conquest-conference.org <http://www.conquest-conference.org/>
CALL FOR PAPERS
The International Software Quality Institute announces the 12th
International Conference on Quality Engineering in Software
Technology. It is supported by Fraunhofer FOKUS and the SIG on
Testing, Analysis, and Verification of Software of the German Society
for Informatics (GI TAV).
CONQUEST has been held every year since 1997 and ranks among the most
important expert events in the field of software quality. The
conference, highly praised and just as highly attended, is an event at
which regional companies exchange knowledge and compare experiences in
software development with colleagues from abroad.
Submissions for presentations and tutorials in the broad field of
software quality in theory and practice are appreciated:
- first-hand information on the practical use and further development of quality engineering methods and techniques;
- user experience in introducing, implementing and operating software quality engineering;
- specific real-life case studies with detailed quality analysis and evaluation;
- capabilities and availability of quality engineering tools;
- quality engineering issues in domains such as Medical IT, Automotive, Avionics, Transport, and IT
Important Dates
Submission of papers and tutorials:
16 March 2009
Notification of acceptance:
11 May 2009
Submission of final papers:
15 June 2009
Submission of tutorial and paper slides:
17 August 2009
Topics
- Quality Assurance and Management
- Process and Product Quality
- Process Optimization and Improvement
- Education, Training and Certification
- Quality Engineering Related Standardization
- Systematic Software and System Development
- Secure and Safe Software-Based Systems
- Model Driven Engineering
- Testing of Software-Based Systems
- Metrics and Measurements of System Quality and of Development Processes
Submission Details
Contributions must be original work which means that they must report
previously unpublished work and not be submitted concurrently to
another conference with refereed proceedings.
We differentiate between
- RESEARCH papers of 12-16 pages
- INDUSTRIAL (experience) reports of 6-8 pages
Papers of smaller size than the targeted minimum will be rejected
without any consideration.
A paper submission must include a title, the name(s) of the author(s)
and a contact address of the author(s). Please choose a subject
classification from the list above. The submissions will be published
as 2009's edition of the CONQUEST Proceedings series.
Please use the submission form
<http://manage.conquest-conference.org/author/submit.php> for your
paper submissions (PDF files are required).
A template for paper submissions can be downloaded at
www.conquest-conference.org
<http://www.isqi.org/en/conferences/conquest/2009/call-for-papers/> .
We are looking forward to receiving your proposals!
Speaker Benefits and Expectations
Benefits
- In case we accept your submission, tutorial speaker will get a Full Conference ticket, speaker a Conference Only ticket free of charge.
- The best paper and the best presentation will be selected by the program committee and the conference participants, respectively.
- In case we accept your submission, you will get a Speaker Certificate as a proof of experience for e.g. iNTACS(tm) or QAMP=AE (Experience Evidence).
- Accepted papers will be published; Springer LNCS has been inquired.
Expectations
- Submit your paper according to the template which we provide at our website.
- Accepted papers must be presented at the conference by one of the authors.
- The tutorial / paper presentation must be in English language.
- The paper presentation is 45 min, including time for questions.
- The tutorial can be a half-day tutorial (3 hours) or a full-day tutorial (6 hours).
- Please forward the conference program and actively promote the conference to your contacts.
Location
Georg-Simon-Ohm University of Applied Sciences
Wassertorstrasse 10
90489 Nuremberg
Germany
Register now!
If you want to attend the conference as a participant, sponsor or
exhibitor you can register at the conference website
<http://www.isqi.org/konferenzen/conquest/2009/preregistration/> .
Organization
Tanja Br=FCtting
tanja.bruetting@isqi.org
Tel +49 9131 91910-16
iSQI GmbH
International Software Quality Institute
Am Weichselgarten 19
91058 Erlangen, Germany
Tel +49 9131 91910-0
Fax +49 9131 91910-10
www.isqi.org
GF: Stephan Goericke
Gesellschaftssitz: Erlangen
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