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<p class=MsoNormal><a name="welcome_to_quatic_2010"><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'> </span></b></a><b><u><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>QUATIC’2010 CALL FOR
PAPERS<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>(<a
href="http://www.fe.up.pt/quatic2010">http://www.fe.up.pt/quatic2010</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>The
<span style='color:#1F497D'>7th </span>International Conference on the Quality of
Information and Communications Technology (QUATIC) serves as a forum for
disseminating advanced methods, techniques and tools for supporting quality
approaches to ICT engineering and management. Practitioners and researchers are
encouraged to exchange ideas and approaches on how to adopt a quality culture
in ICT process and product improvement and to provide practical studies in
varying contexts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>As in the</span></span><span
class=apple-converted-space><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:
Consolas;color:black'> </span></span><span class=apple-style-span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'><a
href="http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=04335221"
target="_blank"
title="http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=04335221"><span
style='color:#436976'>previous edition</span></a>, papers accepted at this
conference will be published by the</span></span><span
class=apple-converted-space><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:
Consolas;color:black'> </span></span><acronym><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>IEEE</span></acronym><span
class=apple-converted-space><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:
Consolas;color:black'> </span></span><span class=apple-style-span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>Computer
Society Press (Los Alamitos, California, USA). QUATIC proceedings will be
indexed by the</span></span><span class=apple-converted-space><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'> </span></span><span
class=apple-style-span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:
Consolas;color:black'><a
href="http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/tocresult.jsp?isnumber=4335220&isYear=2007"
target="_blank"
title="http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/tocresult.jsp?isnumber=4335220&isYear=2007"><span
style='color:#436976'>IEEE Digital Library</span></a>,</span></span><span
class=apple-converted-space><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:
Consolas;color:black'> </span></span><span class=apple-style-span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'><a
href="http://apps.isiknowledge.com/summary.do?qid=6&product=WOS&SID=Q1bFPPfehjJ4BK%40Eke4&search_mode=GeneralSearch"
target="_blank"
title="http://apps.isiknowledge.com/summary.do?qid=6&product=WOS&SID=Q1bFPPfehjJ4BK%40Eke4&search_mode=GeneralSearch"><span
style='color:#436976'>ISI Web of Science</span></a>,</span></span><span
class=apple-converted-space><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:
Consolas;color:black'> </span></span><span class=apple-style-span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'><a
href="http://www.scopus.com/" target="_blank" title="http://www.scopus.com/"><span
style='color:#436976'>SCOPUS</span></a>,</span></span><span
class=apple-converted-space><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:
Consolas;color:black'> </span></span><span class=apple-style-span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'><a
href="http://portal.acm.org/toc.cfm?id=1306876&coll=GUIDE&dl=GUIDE&type=proceeding&CFID=68829815&CFTOKEN=38220940"
target="_blank"
title="http://portal.acm.org/toc.cfm?id=1306876&coll=GUIDE&dl=GUIDE&type=proceeding&CFID=68829815&CFTOKEN=38220940"><span
style='color:#436976'>ACM Portal</span></a>,</span></span><span
class=apple-converted-space><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:
Consolas;color:black'> </span></span><span class=apple-style-span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'><a
href="http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/quatic/" target="_blank"
title="http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/quatic/"><span style='color:#436976'>DBLP</span></a></span></span><span
class=apple-converted-space><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:
Consolas;color:black'> </span></span><span class=apple-style-span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>and</span></span><span
class=apple-converted-space><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:
Consolas;color:black'> </span></span><span class=apple-style-span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'><a
href="http://dx.doi.org/" target="_blank" title="http://dx.doi.org/"><span
style='color:#436976'>DOI System</span></a>. During the closing session of
QUATIC’2010, awards will be given to the best papers presented during the
meeting. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions
to be published in a special edition of the</span></span><span
class=apple-converted-space><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:
Consolas;color:black'> </span></span><span class=apple-style-span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'><a
href="http://www.asq.org/pub/sqp/" target="_blank"
title="http://www.asq.org/pub/sqp/"><span style='color:#436976'>ASQ Software
Quality Professional Journal</span></a>.</span></span><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>IMPORTANT
DATES:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>Abstract
submissions: 1 April 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>Paper
submissions: 11 April 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>Authors’
notification: 5 May 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>Camera-ready:
6 June 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>CONFERENCE
TOPICS:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:Consolas'><a
href="http://paginas.fe.up.pt/~quatic2010/doku.php?id=thematic_tracks:quality_ict_verification_validation">Quality
in ICT Verification and Validation</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:28.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:Consolas'><a
href="http://paginas.fe.up.pt/~quatic2010/doku.php?id=thematic_tracks:quality_ict_service_management">Quality
in ICT Service Management</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:28.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:Consolas'><a
href="http://paginas.fe.up.pt/~quatic2010/doku.php?id=thematic_tracks:ict_process_improvement_assessment">ICT
Process Improvement and Assessment</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:28.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:Consolas'><a
href="http://paginas.fe.up.pt/~quatic2010/doku.php?id=thematic_tracks:quality_evolution_ict">Quality
Evolution in ICT</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:28.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:Consolas'><a
href="http://paginas.fe.up.pt/~quatic2010/doku.php?id=thematic_tracks:standardization_certification_ict">Standardization
and Certification in ICT</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:28.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:Consolas'><a
href="http://paginas.fe.up.pt/~quatic2010/doku.php?id=thematic_tracks:quality_ict_outsourcing_insourcing">Quality
in ICT Outsourcing and Insourcing</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:28.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:Consolas'><a
href="http://paginas.fe.up.pt/~quatic2010/doku.php?id=thematic_tracks:quality_requirements_engineering">Quality
in Requirements Engineering</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:28.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:Consolas'><a
href="http://paginas.fe.up.pt/~quatic2010/doku.php?id=thematic_tracks:quality_model_driven_engineering">Quality
in Model Driven Engineering</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:28.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:Consolas'><a
href="http://paginas.fe.up.pt/~quatic2010/doku.php?id=thematic_tracks:quality_ict_reengineering_refactoring">Quality
in ICT Reengineering and Refactoring</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:28.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:Consolas'><a
href="http://paginas.fe.up.pt/~quatic2010/doku.php?id=thematic_tracks:quality_agile_methods">Quality
in Agile Methods</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:28.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:Consolas'><a
href="http://paginas.fe.up.pt/~quatic2010/doku.php?id=thematic_tracks:quality_web">Quality
in Web Engineering</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:Consolas'><a
href="http://paginas.fe.up.pt/~quatic2010/doku.php?id=thematic_tracks:teaching_ict_quality">Teaching
ICT Quality</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt'>To foster the
dissemination of best practices in industry, to allow a lively discussion of
hot topics, to have hands-on contact with new tools, to gather around informal
discussion groups (aka <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birds_of_a_Feather_(computing)">birds-of-a-feather</a>)
on subjects suggested by the conference participants themselves and also to
allow conference sponsors to spread their message, we will have a dedicated <a
href="http://paginas.fe.up.pt/~quatic2010/doku.php?id=industrial_track">Industrial
Track</a>, that will run in parallel with the Main Track.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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