[ecoop-info] Call for Participation: RE'09

[Patrick Mäder]

Call for Participation

17th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE'09)
31 August - 4 September 2009, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
www.re09.org

The IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference provides  
the premier international forum for researchers, educators, industrial  
practitioners and students to present and discuss the most recent  
innovations, trends, experiences and concerns in the field of  
requirements engineering.

The RE'09 conference program includes 4 internationally recognized  
keynote speakers, 13 cutting edge tutorials, 8 leading workshops and a  
full program of research and industrial papers. For details of the  
full conference program, please visit: www.re09.org.

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REGISTRATION
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Register NOW at www.re09.org. Early registration fees apply to  
registrations made before July 20th, 2009.


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RE'09 CONFERENCE PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS...
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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
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++ James D. Herbsleb, Carnegie Mellon University ++
"On the Diminishing Prospects for an Engineering Discipline of  
Requirements"

++ Daryl Plummer, Gartner Inc. ++
"Cloud Computing: Engineering the Requirements for 'Everything as a  
Service'"

++ Alistair Sutcliffe, University of Manchester ++
"People, Machines and Domains: Bridging the Gulfs between Worlds"

++ Dave West, Forrester Research Inc. ++
"Delivering Business Value with Agile Approaches to Requirements"

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TUTORIALS
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Tutorials are either full day or half day and include a range of  
cutting edge topics.

-- Monday, August 31st, 2009 --
++ Design science research methodology: Principles and practice ++
Roel Wieringa, University of Twente, full day

++ Reducing omission errors using cross product models ++
Shmuel Ur, IBM Haifa, full day

++ Product Management for Software and Systems ++
Christof Ebert, Vector, full day

++ The User Requirements Notation (URN) and Aspects ++
Gunter Mussbacher and Daniel Amyot, SITE, University of Ottawa, full day

++ Change Agency for Requirements Engineers ++
Erik Simmons, Intel, full day


-- Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 --
++ Selective Homeworkless Reviews ++
Shmuel Ur, IBM Haifa, full day

++ Roadmap to Success: Scope Modeling ++
Mary Gorman, EBG Consulting Inc., full day

++ Risk Focused Requirements Management, Discovering the  
opportunities, exposing the hazards ++
Donald C. Gause, Consultant, full day

++ The "Physics" of Notations: A Scientific Approach to Designing  
Visual Notations in Requirements Engineering ++
Daniel Moody, University of Twente, full day

++ Use of Quality Models in Requirements Engineering and their  
Application on OTS Components Selection ++
Juan Pablo Carvallo, Etapatelecom, Ecuador, Xavier Franch, UPC, Spain,  
1/2 day (am)

++ Modeling the Flow of Requirements: Improved Communication and  
Documentation in Software Projects ++
Kurt Schneider and Kai Stapel, University of Hannover, 1/2 day (pm)

++ Good RE for Interface Requirements and Allocation and Traceability ++
Ivy Hooks, CEO Compliance Automation Inc. (CAI), 1/2 day (am)

++ Requirements Engineering for Large and Very Large Scale Systems ++
Brian Berenbach, Siemens Corporate Research, 1/2 day (pm)

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WORKSHOP CONTRIBUTIONS
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Workshop paper submission is STILL open -- please look at the website www.re09.org 
  for specific details and dates.

-- Monday, August 31st, 2009 --
++ CIRCUS'09 ++	
First International Workshop on Collaboration and Intercultural Issues  
on Requirements: Communication, Understanding and Softskills
Papers due: June 21, 2009

++ REET'09 ++
Fourth International Workshop on Requirements Engineering Education  
and Training
Papers due: June 29, 2009

++ REV'09 ++
Fourth International Workshop on Requirements Engineering Visualization
Papers due: June 22, 2009

++ RE-Vote'09 ++	
First International Workshop on Requirements Engineering for E-voting  
Systems
Papers due: 4 July, 2009


-- Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 --
++ IWSPM'09 ++
Third International Workshop on Software Product Management
Papers due: June 26, 2009

++ MaRK'09 ++
Second International Workshop on Managing Requirements Knowledge
Papers due: June 15, 2009

++ RELAW'09 ++
Second International Workshop on Requirements Engineering and Law
Papers due: 10 July, 2009

++ RHET'09 ++
First International Workshop on The Rhetoric of Requirements
Papers due: June 25, 2009

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RESEARCH TRACK
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++ Research papers presenting the latest results in requirements  
engineering research ++
++ Panels, posters and research tool demonstrations ++

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PRACTITIONER TRACK
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In parallel to the scientific program, RE'09 has a track that  
specifically addresses practitioners, featuring invited talks by  
industrial experts, mini-tutorials, tool experience talks and  
industrial practice papers.

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CALL FOR TOOL EXHIBITION SUBMISSIONS
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Companies who wish to exhibit and demonstrate requirements engineering  
support tools should contact Richard Welke (rwelke at ceprin.org).
Space will be available in the exhibition area and tool demonstrations  
will be scheduled during coffee breaks and as part of the  
demonstrations session. There will be charge for commercial tool  
exhibits depending on the space required. Exhibition proposals will be  
considered whilst there is room in the conference exhibition space.

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DOCTORAL SYMPOSIUM
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The Doctoral Symposium is a one-day workshop that gives Doctoral  
students the opportunity to present their research and receive  
feedback in a constructive and international atmosphere.

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STUDENT VOLUNTEERS
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We are looking for Masters and PhD students to help us run the  
conference. In return for about 12-16 hours of their time, student  
volunteers will receive a complimentary registration. Apply by June 15  
to Carl Stucke (cstucke at gsu.edu).


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RE'09 THEME & ORGANIZATION...
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REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING: the Essential Bridge
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The world is becoming ever more dependent on software intensive  
systems. They are central to our economy, to our society, to the  
services we depend upon and, increasingly to the very survival of the  
global ecosystem. Despite many failures, some of them very well  
publicized, the engineering of such systems has improved consistently  
over the past few decades. However many challenges remain. Every  
computer-based system involves relating the myriad, informal facets of  
the real world to the intricate and formal specifics of a software  
system. Understanding potentials or details of software systems is not  
expected of stakeholders, who have their own specialized concerns.  
Similarly, the eager and technologically capable developers are not  
expected to understand the nuances of the many domains where software  
applies. Requirements Engineering (RE) is the essential capability  
that can bridge the two perspectives. The RE activity is multi- 
disciplinary. When defining the requirements of major systems we must  
bring to bear expertise from a wide range of specialisms such as Human- 
Computer Interaction, Systems Modeling, and Security. The RE research  
field builds the effective bridges between these and other sub- 
disciplines of the Computer Science and Information Systems fields.  
The many computer-based system needs of business and society are often  
contradictory, inadequately defined, and rapidly changing. RE helps  
stakeholders communicate, helping to reconcile their conflicts,  
clarify their goals, and reflect their priorities. If our society is  
to seek a better future we will need all of the models, methods, and  
tools that RE can provide.

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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
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++General Chair++
William Robinson, Georgia State University, USA

++Program Chair++
Kevin Ryan, Lero - University of Limerick, Ireland

++Local Arrangements++
Bala Ramesh, Georgia State University, USA

++Financial Chair++
Thomas A. Alspaugh, UCI, USA

++Practitioner Track++
Brian Berenbach, Siemens, USA
Erik Simmons, Intel, USA

++Workshops++
Jane Cleland-Huang, DePaul University, USA
Marjo Kauppinen, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland

++Tutorials++
Daniel Berry, University of Waterloo, Canada

++Doctoral Symposium++
Patrick Heymans, University of Namur, Belgium
Didar Zowghi, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

++Posters++
Mehrdad Sabetzadeh, University of Toronto, Canada
Andrea Zisman, City University, UK

++Publicity++
Olly Gotel, Pace University, USA
Patrick Maeder, Ilmenau Technical University, Germany

++Proceedings++
Susan Mitchell, Lero, University of Limerick, Ireland

++Local Organization++
Yi Ding, Webmaster
David McDonald, Registration
Carl Stucke, Student Volunteers
Radu Vlas, Demos

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SPONSORS
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Institutional Support: IEEE Computer Society, ACM SIGSOFT, Atlanta  
SPIN, INCOSE, IFIP WG 2.9, Georgia State University, and Lero -  
University of Limerick.
Corporate Sponsors: ABB, IREB, Siemens, Cisco, NSF, and Springer.

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PROGRAM BOARD
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Jane Cleland-Huang, USA
Carlo Ghezzi, Italy
Martin Glinz, Switzerland
Olly Gotel, USA
Mats Heimdal, USA
Patrick Heymans, Belgium
Neil Maiden, UK
Klaus Pohl, Germany
Bjoern Regnell, Sweden
Colette Rolland, France
Alistair Sutcliffe, UK
Tetsuo Tamai, Japan
Roel Wieringa, The Netherlands

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PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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Ian Alexander, UK
Annie Anton, USA
Mikio Aoyama, Japan
Brian Berenbach, USA
Daniel Berry, Canada
Jaelson Castro, Brazil
Marsha Chechik, Canada
Lawrence Chung, USA
Daniela Damian, Canada
Eric Dubois, Luxembourg
Christof Ebert, Germany
Martin Feather, USA
Anthony Finkelstein, UK
Xavier Franch, Spain
Donald Gause, USA
Michael Goedicke, Germany
Connie Heitmeyer, USA
Ann Hickey, USA
Marina Jirotka, UK
Haruhiko Kaiya, Japan
Kyo Kang, Korea
Marjo Kauppinen, Finland
Soeren Lauesen, Denmark
Julio Leite, Brazil
Michel Lemoine, France
Emmanuel Letier, UK
Peri Loucopoulos, UK
Robyn Lutz, USA
Kalle Lyytinen, USA
Nazim Madhavji, Canada
John Mylopoulos, Canada
Andreas Opdahl, Norway
Oscar Pastor, Spain
Norah Power, Ireland
Bala Ramesh, USA
Suzanne Robertson, UK
Motoshi Saeki, Japan
Camille Salinesi, France
Erik Simmons, USA
Guttorm Sindre, Norway
Eric Yu, Canada
Wei Zhang, China
Andrea Zisman, UK
Didar Zowghi, Australia


For additional information please contact the general chair William  
Robinson (wrobinson at gsu.edu) or program chair Kevin Ryan  
(kevin.ryan at lero.ie).