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Sixth
International Research Workshop on Advances and Innovations in
Software Testing
The University
of Memphis
Systems
Testing Excellence Program
FedEx
Institute of Technology
July 24-25, 2012
Memphis, Tennessee
Call
for Papers
The
University of Memphis’ Systems Testing Excellence Program and
the FedEx Institute of Technology are pleased to announce:
Sixth
International Research Workshop on Advances and Innovations in
Systems Testing
July
24-25, 2012
Memphis,
TN
The
workshop will be a mixture of presentations and open
discussions. Presenters and attendees come from academia and
industry. Please visit the workshop web site for detailed
information.
Important
Dates
• Workshop
registration opens - Jan 1, 2012
• Abstract
submission deadline – Mar 15, 2012
• Acceptance
notification to authors – Apr 10, 2012
• Paper
submission deadline – Jun 1, 2012
• Final
papers due – July 1, 2012
Details
The
Sixth International Research Workshop on Advances and
Innovations in Software Testing is scheduled in Memphis
Tennessee at the FedEx Institute of Technology on July 24-25,
2012. The workshop aims to bring together the very best research
and industry practice on the subject of Software Testing.
We
invite submissions related to all theoretical and practical
aspects of testing including hardware testing, software testing,
requirements testing, and the testing of business rules.
The
workshop is organized by the Systems Testing Excellence Program
(STEP) at The University of Memphis. STEP is an
interdisciplinary program under the auspices of the Departments
of Management Information Systems, Computer Science, and
Computer Engineering, and housed in the FedEx Institute of
Technology.
The
workshop will be a mixture of presentations and open
discussions, and it is anticipated that attendees from both
academic and industry practice will benefit greatly from the
free interchange of ideas and methodologies on display.
We hope
to see you at this year’s International Research Workshop on
Advances and Innovations in Software Testing.
Keynote
Addresses
Past
keynote addresses were delivered by leading
scholars/practitioners in the field of systems testing,
including:
• Dr.
Steven Hutchinson, Defense Information Systems Agency
• Ralph
H Groce III, Wells Fargo Retirement
• Dr.
Alan Hevner, University of South Florida
• Dr.
Bill Scherlis, Carnegie Mellon University
• Dr.
Jeff Offutt, George Mason University
• Dr.
Thomas Ball, Microsoft Research
• Dr.
Cem Kaner, Florida Institute of Technology
Submissions
We
invite submissions of original contributions in all aspects of
Systems and Software Testing including, but not restricted to:
• Testing
metrics, risk assessment, risk tolerance
• Testing
process optimization, testing automation
• Scalability
issues, testing of infrastructures, platform independent testing
methods and processes
• Cultural,
inter-cultural, training needs, and professional challenges
• Security
issues in systems testing
• Real-time
testing management on a 24x7 basis
• Data
and load management issues
• Testing
and disaster recovery failover
• Testability
criteria
• Testing
in the cloud
• Interoperability
testing
• Testing
skills and competencies
• Networking
testing challenges
Papers
relating to any sub-discipline of Software Testing are welcome.
Contributions will be reviewed based on their appropriateness of
subject matter, originality and quality, clarity of presentation
and analysis of the reported approaches.
Submission
Guidelines
Abstracts
(of 1 page) can be directly emailed to Dr. Ted Lee (elee@memphis.edu).
The submission deadline will be March 15, 2012.
Paper
submissions in Word or PDF format are preferred. Authors should
use the 8.5''x11'' two-column template provided on the
conference website for formatting their papers. If a paper is
accepted at least one author must register to present the paper,
and final papers must be submitted in MS Word format.
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Thomas Meservy
Assistant Professor of MIS
Systems
Testing Research
Fellow of the FedEx Institute of Technology
University of Memphis
email:
tmeservy@memphis.edu
skype: tmeservy
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