Announcement: TESTING COMPUTER SOFTWARE (TCS2001) -- Keynote Speakers and Workshops

The keynote speakers and workshops/tutorials of the "18th International Conference on TESTING COMPUTER SOFTWARE" (June 18-22, 2001; Washington, DC, USA) will address major issues of concern to the developers and users of software. The theme of the Conference "Meeting the New Challenges of Testing" is highly relevant to the emerging and continuing needs of the software development profession, and the users of computer software at all levels.

         The Conference is organized 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 is by Meredith Consultants

    Conference Management by U.S. Professional Development Institute

GENERAL SESSIONS and KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

"Real Time Priority and Risk Management for World Class Software Quality"

   by Tom Gilb
"Is That Your Final Answer? Surviving Cross Examination in the Courtroom"

   by Warren S. Reid
"Efficient Testing with a Measure to Select Testing Strategies"

   by John Musa
"Educators Join the Fray -- Tester Training for Undergraduates"

   by Edward L. Jones
"A World-Wide Web of Intrigue -- Deceptive Testing"

   by Simon Mills
"Wrap-up Session: Conference Reflections" by Marnie Hutcheson

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS and TUTORIALS (June 18-19) will present comprehensive technical sessions for software testing practitioners:

          WORKSHOPS (2 days)
1. "MITs Test Management Method" by Marnie Hutcheson 2. "Fundamentals of Testing Software-Intensive Systems" by Selim Aissi

          TUTORIALS (1 day)

3. "Overview of Testing" by Simon Mills
4. "Test Planning Workshop" by Ross Collard
5. "The Automated Testing Lifecycle Methodology" by Elfriede Dustin
6. "Test Case Administration: Using XML to Exchange Test Case

    Information Between the Business and Test Domains" by Hans Hartmann 7. "Evolutionary Project Management: How to Get Early Delivery and

    Project" by Tom Gilb
8. "More Reliable Software Faster and Cheaper" by John Musa 9. "Software Verification and Validation: An Overview for Practitioners"

    by Steven R. Rakitin
10. "Guided Inspections" by Melissa L. Russ

In addition, thirty-two CONCURRENT SESSIONS will be divided into four parallel track sessions, presenting an extensive variety of management, technical and research topics and issues.

VENDOR EXHIBIT of products and services will provide valuable support services and software information to your computer software testing efforts.

NETWORKING: Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions allow you to meet and network with the speakers and other conference attendees, and discuss areas of mutual interest.

Lunch Discussion Groups will facilitate the exploration of common interest topics among the participants.

FOR INFORMATION: Regular Mail: USPDI, 612 Ethan Allen Avenue, Suite 100; Takoma Park,

              MD 20912-5400 (USA)
Phone:        (+1) 301-270-1033
Fax:          (+1) 301-270-1040 
E-mail:       admin_at_uspdi.org (Subject: TCS2001)

         MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR THE 18th ANNUAL EVENT!
   
     Complete program information is available on the web at
               http://www.uspdi.org/conference

      Detailed printed brochure is available, and can be requested:

                       from USPDI (see above),

   or the Web at http://www.uspdi.org/conference/brochure.html

                You can also register on-line at: 
         http://www.uspdi.org/conference/register.html

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