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REFSQ 2011 - 17th International Working Conference on Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality

March 28-31, 2011

Atlantic Congress Hotel, Essen, Germany

www.refsq.org

 

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We invite you to be part of REFSQ 2011 which is going to take place as a stand-alone conference in Essen, Germany for the 2nd time from 28th to 31st of March 2011. The REFSQ working conference belongs to the leading RE conference series worldwide. It is the goal of REFSQ to fosters the creation of a strong European RE community across industry and academia. REFSQÕ11 will give you the possibility to learn about novel ideas and techniques that enhance the quality of REÕs products and processes, as well as reflections on current research and industrial RE practices.

 

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EARLY BIRD RATES

 

Available only till this Friday the 18th of February 2011! Save up to 100,- Euros on the registration fees!

 

Online registration is available on http://www.sse.uni-due.de/refsq/2011/registration/

 

Discount: 1 + 1 + 1 = 4

If you register four persons, the registration for the person with the lowest fee is free. To apply for the discount please contact contact@refsq.org prior to registration.

 

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CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS:

 

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KEYNOTE

Professor Neil Maiden, Centre for HCI Design, City University London - "Delivering Requirements Research into Practice"

 

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SCIENTIFIC TRACK

19 papers have been accepted and will be presented in 7 sessions:

* Security and Sustainability

* Process Improvement and Requirements in Context

* Elicitation

* Models

* Services

* Embedded and Real-time Systems

* Prioritisation and Traceability

 

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INDUSTRY TRACK

This year industry track features 12 invited presentations from outstanding industrial speakers as well as 3 interactive workshops bringing together industrial practitioners and academics. Excerpt from the industry programme:

 

* Christian Nentwich, Modeltwozero, UK - "Understanding and Traceability in Data-heavy, Complex Integration Projects - Our Experiences"

* Elisabeth Bjarnson, Sony Ericsson, Sweden Ð Integrated RE Ð Requirements Through-Out the Development Process

* Arnold Rudorfer, Siemens Healthcare, Germany Ð Agile Requirements Engineering in a Large Platform Project: Challenges, Solutions and Best Practices

* 3 Interactive Workshops: Effectiveness and Efficiency Ð Evolving towards Lean Development, Quaility Assurance for Natural-language Automotive Specifications, Software Product Management

 

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EMPIRICAL TRACK

This years edition of REFSQ will feature a new Empirical Track including a live empircial experiment, studies conducted during the conference and an empirical research fair.

 

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WORKSHOPS

The REFSQ 2011 programme features three half-day workshops held on March 31st:

 

* REEW 2011: Requirements Engineering Efficiency Workshop (bit.ly/refsq-reew)

* RePriCo’11: Requirements Prioritization for customer-oriented Software-Development (bit.ly/refsq-reprico)

* EPICAL 2011: Workshop on Empirical Research in Requirements Engineering: Challenges and Solutions (bit.ly/refsq-epical)

 

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DOCTORAL SYMPOSIUM

The Symposium is intended to bring together PhD students, facilitate the establishment of links among them and with senior researchers, and give students the opportunity to present and discuss their research among colleagues in a constructively critical atmosphere.

 

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CONFERENCE DINNER

The conference dinner will take place at the local STERN brewery established in 1895. Besides entertainment by a live band, you will have the chance to participate in a brewery tour.

 

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Check the whole programme on http://www.sse.uni-due.de/refsq/2011/conference-programme/

 

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Venue and travel information are available at http://www.sse.uni-due.de/refsq/2011/travel-and-venue/

 

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CONTACT

 

E-Mail: contact@refsq.org

http://www.refsq.org

 

Paluno - The Ruhr Institute for Software Technology

c/o Vanessa Stricker

University of Duisburg-Essen

Gerlingstraße 16

45127 Essen, Germany

 

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We hope to welcome you at REFSQ 2011 in Essen, Germany!