Attend ICSM - Montreal 3-6 October 2002

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Attend ICSM 2002, the International Conference on Software
Maintenance, 3-6 October 2002 in Montreal, Canada.
See http://www.icsm2002.org for registration and details.

     About ICSM 2002
     The program at a glance
     Location
     Registration

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About ICSM 2002
---------------

Held continuously since 1983, ICSM 2002, the International
Conference on Software Maintenance, is the major international
conference in the field of software and systems maintenance,
evolution, and management.  ICSM 2002 will take place 3-6 October
2002 in Montreal, Canada.

See http://www.icsm2002.org for registration and details.

ICSM 2002 presents 1 day (October 3, Thursday) featuring half-day
Tutorials on software maintenance and evolution topis, and 3 days
(October 4-6, Friday - Sunday) featuring 18 technical sessions with
66 papers, 3 keynotes, 3 panels, 2 industrial presentation
sessions, 5 PhD presentations, and software demonstrations.

ICSM 2002's theme is "Maintaining distributed heterogeneous
systems".  ICSM 2002 is associated with SCAM 2002 (Second
International Workshop on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation),
DBMR (Database Maintenance and Reengineering), WSE (International
Workshop on Web Site Evolution), WESS (Workshop on Empirical
Studies of Software Maintenance), and STEP (Software Technology and
Engineering Practice).

General Chair is Ettore Merlo, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal,
Canada, with Program Co-Chairs Giuliano Antoniol, University of
Sannio, Italy, and Ira D. Baxter, Chief Technical Officer of
Semantic Designs, USA.

The Conference is sponsored by IEEE Computer Society's Technical
Council on Software Engineering (TCSE) in cooperation with CRIM,
Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, EDS Italia Software, Gouvernement
du Quebec, Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution / John
Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Microsoft, RCOST - Research Centre on Software
Technology, and Semantic Designs, Inc.


The program at a glance
-----------------------

See http://web.ing.unisannio.it/icsm2002/icsm_global.html for
detailed program.

Tuesday October 1:
SCAM 2002 (Second International Workshop on Source Code Analysis
and Manipulation)
and
DBMR (Database Maintenance and Reengineering)

Wednesday October 2
WSE (International Workshop on Web Site Evolution)
and
WESS (Workshop on Empirical Studies of Software Maintenance)

Thursday October 3
Tutorials morning:
Automated Transformation Systems for Software Maintenance,
Reengineering and Porting - Dr. Michael Mehlich (Semantic Designs,
Inc.)
Software Architecture Reconstruction - Arie van Deursen (CWI) and
Claudio Riva (Nokia)
A Roadmap for Integrating Technology Trends for Enterprise
Integration - Dennis Smith, Liam O'Brien, Peter Aiken and Atul
Bhatt
Tutorials afternoon:
IMDS Quality Attributes Workshop: Scenario Generation - Mario R.
Barbacci (SEI)
Legacy System Modernization Planning - Robert C. Seacord, Daniel
Plakosh and Grace A. Lewis
Software Evolution: Its Source, Nature and Control - Meir M Lehman
(Imperial College in London), Juan F Ramil (The Open University)

Friday October 4
Keynote: Bill Curtis, TeraQuest Metrics Inc. - "I'm Mad as Hell and
I'm Not Going to Maintain This Anymore"
Technical Sessions on Slicing, OO Program Analysis, Empirical
Studies, Process, Tools, and Regression Testing
Panels - "Lehman's laws of Software Evolution, in Context" and "How
Should Software Evolution and Maintenance be Taught?"
Short Papers
Awards

Saturday October 5
Keynote: J. Pincus, Microsoft Corporation -- "Steering the
Pyramids: Tools, Technology, and Process in Engineering at
Microsoft"
Technical sessions on Impact Analysis, Web Reengineering, Program
Comprehension, Software Metrics, Testing and Testability, and
Models and Evolution
Panel - "Remote software maintenance and repair of space vehicles"
PhD Dissertation Section
Industrial Track Session
Demos

Sunday October 6
Technical Sessions on Configuration Management, Reengineering,
Source Code Manipulation, Formal methods, and Distributed Systems
Industrial Track Session
ICSM closes 4:00 p.m.

Sunday October 6 - Tuesday October 8
STEP (Software Technology and Engineering Practice)


Location
--------

ICSM meetings will take place at:
     Holiday Inn Montreal-Midtown
     420 Sherbrooke Street West
     Montreal (Quebec) H3A 1B4 Canada
     toll-free tel: 1-800-387-3042
     tel: 1-514-842-6111
     fax: 1-514-842-9381
     http://www.rosdevhotels.com/en/mtl/home.htm

There is a special conference room-rate: $ CDN 135 for single or
double
See http://web.ing.unisannio.it/icsm2002/icsm_location.html

The location is the downtown center of Montreal, the bustling
neighborhood of stores, cultural institutions, and majestic 19th
century shrines, a few blocks from the 18th century Old Port.
See http://web.ing.unisannio.it/icsm2002/icsm_gallery.html.

There is also cheaper accommodation at:
     Days Inn Montreal Centre-Ville / Days Inn Montreal Downtown
     215, boul. Rene Levesque Est
     Montreal (Quebec) H2X 1N7 Canada
     Toll-free phone: 1-800-668-3872
     Phone: 1-514-393-3388
     Fax: 1-514-395-9999
     www.daysinnmontreal.com
Price: $ CDN 79 (simple and double), $ CDN 89 (triple),
$ CDN 99 (quadruple)
To secure these rates, you must book directly by phone or fax and
mention "Special rate ICSM", or book on the Reservations web-page
at http://www.daysinnmontreal.com/html/princ.html and enter
"Special rate ICSM" in the Commentaires / Comments field.


Registration
------------

Register on-line at
http://web.ing.unisannio.it/icsm2002/icsm_registration.html
or by faxing, mailing, or emailing the following form with your
payment.

Complete the following form, and fax, mail, or email it with your
payment to:
     IEEE Computer Society
     Attn: ICSM/SCAM/WESS/WSE
     1730 Massachusetts Avenue NW
     Washington DC 20036 USA
     Tel +1 202 371 0101
     Fax +1 202 728 0884
     email address@hidden

Payment must accompany all registration forms and can be made by
credit card, check, or wire transfer.

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conference registration by postal mail within two days of receiving
your registration.

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Note: All Fees are in US Dollars
        Until 10 Sept 2002      After 10 Sept 2002     Your payment
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SCAM   130     165      50     155     195      80       US$_______
WESS   100     130      40     130     160      70       US$_______
WSE    200     300     100     250     350     125       US$_______
Wire transfer fee (only if you use wire transfer) 75     US$_______

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