It is open to everyone.  ... ACM members may get some discounts when registering for OOPSLA and associated workshops, but all are welcome.

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.
>