hi,

Is participation open to all or is it that only ACM members can
submit papers?

thanks

Seshagiri

--- In model-based-testing@yahoogroups.com, "Harry Robinson"
<harryr@...> wrote:
>
> CALL FOR PAPERS
>
> 1st Workshop on
> MODEL-BASED TESTING AND OBJECT-ORIENTED SYSTEMS (M-TOOS)
> Affiliated with OOPSLA 2006, October 23, 2006
>
> http://research.microsoft.com/conferences/mtoos06
>
> Wolfgang Grieskamp (Microsoft Research, Redmond)
> Debra Richardson (University of California -- Irvine)
> Clay Williams (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center)
> WORKSHOP THEME
>
> Model-based testing of systems has long been a goal of the testing
> research community, and many paradigms have been proposed and
> developed. However, while model-based testing approaches are
> successfully
>
> used in industry, they have yet to be adopted as mainstream
practices.
> This workshop will explore the impact of object-orientation on
model-
> based testing, as it affects both the creation of test generation
tools, and
> the application of tools to object-oriented systems. Our primary
> purpose is to identify the key challenges to widespread use of
model-
> based testing approaches for testing object oriented software, and
to
> determine possible ways that object-orientation (and other
approaches)
> may be helpful in overcoming these challenges.
>
> The main theme of this workshop is simple: to determine how
> model-based testing can be made a widespread practice,
particularly in
> the era of object-oriented systems. Object-oriented languages (C++,
> C#, Java) now dominate software development, and object-oriented
> systems are pervasive. Object-orientation brings both significant
> advantages (clean encapsulation of data and behavior, well-
specified
> APIs) and challenges (run time polymorphism and dynamic binding,
> dynamic object creation, reflection, callbacks, threading) to the
> testing enterprise. To help determine potential directions for
> enhancing the use of model-based testing techniques in industry, we
> will solicit position papers related to (but not limited to) the
> following topics.
>
>
> - Modeling languages and model creation
> - Modeling object-oriented constructs and concerns
> - Model representation and analysis
> - Test generation and selection
> - Use of object-orientation in test generation tools
> - Support for testing within object-oriented languages and
platforms
>
> Papers should discuss important issues and inhibitors in one or
more
> of these areas for the use of model-based testing. They should also
> propose approaches (or a process for developing approaches) to
> overcome these issues. All papers must be submitted electronically
in
> PDF format, and must not exceed 8 pages in the ACM proceedings
format.
> Please go to the conference web site
> (http://research.microsoft.com/conferences/mtoos06) for electronic
> submissions.
> IMPORTANT DATES
>
> Submissions Due: September 3, 2006
> Notifications: September 24, 2006
> Final Copies Due: October 13, 2006
> Workshop: October 23, 2006
> PROGRAM COMMITTEE In formation -- please look at the conference
web page for
> updates.
>