The Call for Papers is also available in PDF.

We invite submission of Technical papers which report results of theoretical, empirical, and experimental work, as well as experience with technology transition. Panel and tutorial proposals are also invited.

TOPICS OF INTEREST INCLUDE:

• Component-Based Software Engineering
• Distributed, Web-Based and Internet-Scale Software Engineering
• Empirical Studies of Software Tools and Methods
• Generic Programming and Software Reuse
• Requirements Engineering
• Software Analysis and Model Checking
• Software Architectures
• Software Configuration Management
• Software Engineering and Security
• Software Engineering Tools and Environments
• Software Information Management
• Software Metrics
• Software Process and Workflow
• Software Reengineering
• Software Reliability Engineering
• Software Safety
• Software Testing
• Specification and Verification
• User Interfaces

Both an abstract and the full paper must be submitted together by the submission deadline. People without Web access must make advance arrangements with the Program Chair by email at least one week before the submission deadline. Submissions must not exceed ten (10) 8.5"x11" single spaced pages using a 10-point or larger font.

UPDATE: Accepted (camera ready) papers must be in the conference proceedings format and must be accompanied by a signed ACM copyright release form. Details will be provided to authors of accepted papers.

Contact the Program Chair with proposals for panels.

Contact the Tutorials Chair with proposals for tutorials.

EVALUATION
Paper submissions will be reviewed by the program committee for originality, significance, soundness, and quality of presentation. Papers must clearly present an original contribution to the state-of-the-art. Experience papers are welcome, but they must clearly present general lessons learned that would be of interest and benefit to a broad audience of both researchers and practitioners. Papers must describe work that has not been submitted to or presented at another forum.

IMPORTANT DATES

• Deadline for All Submissions: March 17, 2000 -
          by 11:59 p.m. (23:59) Pacific Time FIRM
• Author Notification: June 26, 2000
• Camera Ready Due Date: August 18, 2000