IEEE IEEE Computer Society
25th Anniversary Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference Chicago, Illinois, USA, October 8-12, 2001
 CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE

 MONDAY
 OCTOBER 8
OPENING SESSION
9:00-10:30
o Keynote Address 1: Lori Craven, Vice President, Mobility Solutions, Lucent Technologies, USA
PARALLEL SESSIONS 1
11:00-12:30
o Paper Session 1A: Requirements Engineering
o Paper Session 1B: Component-Based Development
o Paper Session 1C: Protocols and Harmonization
o Panel 1D: Large Scale Software Development: What have we Learned?
PARALLEL SESSIONS 2
14:00-15:30
o Paper Session 2A: Reverse Engineering and Re-Engineering
o Paper Session 2B: Quality Management
o Panel 2C: Software Architecture: Impact on Software Development
PARALLEL SESSIONS 3
16:00-17:30
o Paper Session 3A: Workflow Systems
o Paper Session 3B: Software Architecture
o Panel 3C: Does SEI Level 5 Lead to High Quality Software?
o Panel 3D: Telecommunications Software: Age before Beauty?
CONFERENCE RECEPTION
17:30-19:00
 TUESDAY
 OCTOBER 9
PLENARY SESSION 1
9:00-10:30
o Keynote Address 2: Tim Krauskopf, Vice President and General Manager, Core Solutions, Internet Software and Content Group, Motorola, USA
PARALLEL SESSIONS 4
11:00-12:30
o Paper Session 4A: Software Testing 1
o Paper Session 4B: Distributed Systems 1
o Paper Session 4C: Unified Modeling Language (UML)
o Panel 4D: Designing Process: Taming the Web Development Cycle
PARALLEL SESSIONS 5
14:00-15:30
o Paper Session 5A: Safety and Security
o Paper Session 5B: Distributed Systems 2
o Panel 5C: Formalizing UML Semantics
o Panel 5D: End-to-End Integration Testing
PARALLEL SESSIONS 6
16:00-18:15
o Paper Session 6A: Commercial Off-The-Shelf Components
o Paper Session 6B: Process Case Studies
o Panel 6C: The Position of E-Learning Application Software
o Panel 6D: 3G and Wireless Infrastructure: Impacts on Developers and Users
 WEDNESDAY
 OCTOBER 10
PLENARY SESSION 2
9:00-10:30
o Keynote Address 3: Ruzena Bajcsy, Assistant Director, Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering, National Science Foundation, USA
PARALLEL SESSIONS 7
11:00-12:30
o Paper Session 7A: Software Testing 2
o Paper Session 7B: Web-Based Systems
o Panel 7C: What are the Missing Elements in SE Research and What Next?
HALF-DAY WORKSHOP
14:00-17:30
o Data Mining and E-Organizations
PARALLEL SESSIONS 8
14:00-15:30
o Paper Session 8A: Object-Oriented Development
o Paper Session 8B: Embedded Systems
PARALLEL SESSIONS 9
16:00-17:30
o Paper Session 9A: Agent Technology and Frameworks
o Paper Session 9B: Industry Application Case Studies
25TH ANNIVERSARY BANQUET AND VICTORY PARTY
18:00-20:00
 THURSDAY
 OCTOBER 11
PLENARY SESSION 3
9:00-10:30
o Plenary Panel: Trends of Software Technology to Meet the Changing World
FULL-DAY WORKSHOP
11:00-17:30
o Integration of Component-Based Systems: Issues and Solutions
PARALLEL SESSIONS 10
11:00-12:30
o Paper Session 10A: Software Testing 3
o Paper Session 10B: Data Mining
PARALLEL SESSIONS 11
14:00-15:30
o Paper Session 11A: Metrics and Measurement
o Paper Session 11B: Extensible Markup Language (XML)
PARALLEL SESSIONS 12
16:00-17:30
o Paper Session 12A: Design Patterns and Frameworks
o Paper Session 12B: E-Commerce
 FRIDAY
 OCTOBER 12
PARALLEL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SEMINARS
9:00-12:30
o Professional Development Seminar 1:
Applied Data Mining
o Professional Development Seminar 2:
How to Successfully Leverage UML in Real-Time Applications: Using SDL and UML Together
o Professional Development Seminar 3:
Essential Software Measurement and Assessment Methodology: Technical and Legal Issues of Software Evaluation for Acceptance Testing and Certification