Re: Announcement: TESTING COMPUTER SOFTWARE (TCS2001) Conference -- Keynote Speakers

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PAZ Associates wrote:

> 18th International Conference and Exposition on
>
> TESTING COMPUTER SOFTWARE
> Theme: Meeting the New Challenges of Testing
> June 18-22, 2001
> Washington, D.C. * Hyatt Regency (Bethesda) * USA
> (Conference: June 20-22; Workshops/Tutorials: June 18-19)
>
> In cooperation with:
> Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) SIGSoft
> American Society for Quality (ASQ) Software Division
> IEEE Reliability Society
> Software Technology Support Center (STSC)
>
> * * * * * *
>
> The general sessions of the Conference on Testing Computer Software will
> address major issues of concern to the developers and users of software.
> The theme of the Conference "Meeting the New Challenges of Testing"
> focuses on providing practical and essential solutions to the software
> development profession, and the users of computer software at all levels.
>
> Tom Gilb's topic will be "Real Time Priority and Risk Management for World
> Class Software Quality." He will discuss that world-class software quality
> cannot be achieved using conventional thinking. Scarce human and time
> resources must be managed in a dynamic way; with regard to multiple
> stakeholder values and actual resource consumption. And multitudes of
> potential threats to success must be identified and managed.
>
> Warren S. Reid's will discuss "Is That Your Final Answer? Surviving Cross
> Examination in the Courtroom." Lawsuits involving large-scale system
> failures and dot.com failures are one of the fastest growing areas of
> litigation in the legal profession today. Unexpectedly you may find
> yourself in a courtroom with an unhappy vendor or customer. To stave off
> being second-guessed, you will need to know how to perform, communicate,
> and document your work in a way it will survive a courtroom test, and to
> present your position with professional aplomb on the witness stand.
>
> John Musa will cover "Efficient Testing with a Measure to Select Testing
> Strategies." The problem of how to select the most efficient testing
> strategies will be addressed. The market forces that are making it more
> and more imperative to improve testing efficiency will be explored. The
> requirements for selecting a measure to evaluate testing strategies and
> tools will be summarized. A proposal for a measure is presented, along
> with sufficient details of its application to show that most of the
> potential problems have been addressed.
>
> Edward Jones will present "Educators Join the Fray -- Tester Training for
> Undergraduates" He will describe the efforts to expose undergraduate
> students to the practice and principles of software testing. The goals of
> this effort are three-fold: (1) give students hands-on experience in the
> fundamentals of testing; (2) to transfer a quality-centric value system
> (attitude towards testing/quality); (3) to transfer testing skills and
> attitude into the undergraduate curriculum.
>
> Simon Mills will explore "A World-Wide Web of Intrigue -- Deceptive
> Testing." His talk covers the new issues related to e-commerce
> applications, and the many old issues surfacing under a new guise. He will
> present case study experiences to reflect "new challenges" as being
> reflections of yesterdays problems.
> .
> The Conference will conclude with the wrap-up session: "Conference
> Reflections - and a few surprises thrown in!" Marnie Hutcheson will
> expertly summarize: What we did; Where we've been; Where we're going.
>
> * Thirty-two Concurrent Sessions divided into four parallel tracks present
> a wide variety of topics and issues in major areas of: Management,
> Automation, Technology, Requirements, Practices, Web and Case Studies.
>
> * Pre-Conference (June 18-19) Workshops (2 days) and Tutorials (1 day)
> will present comprehensive technical sessions for software testing
> practitioners. These sessions will provide detailed training on major
> software testing technologies, tools and methodologies.
>
> * Networking with participants interested in specialized topics will be
> facilitated by Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions and Lunch Discussion Groups.
>
> * The Conference Volume (including the presentations and proceedings
> of the sessions) will be a valuable reference for testing projects.
>
> * The Testing Tools vendors exhibit will present the latest in products
> and services to support software and applications testing.
>
> For a continuously updated program check out on the Web:
> <http://www.uspdi.org/conference/program.html>
>
> * * * * *
>
> For complete program details and registration please contact the U.S.
> Professional Development Institute (USPDI):
>
> 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)
>
> On-line:
> Brochure request: <http://www.uspdi.org/conference/brochure.html>
> Registration: <http://www.uspdi.org/conference/register.html>
> Web download: <http://www.uspdi.org/conference/printbrochure.html>
>
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>
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