[IEEETOR E-News][July 2001 Issue]
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The Electronic Newsletter of the IEEE Toronto
The Latest News from Toronto Section
20010705 ISSUE July 2001
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CONTENTS
1. IEEE Symposium on Requirements Engineering
2. Toronto IEEE/LEOS Student Paper Award
3. Publications of IEEE Canada
4. Executive of the Toronto Section
5. How to subscribe/unsubscribe
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1. IEEE SYMPOSIUM ON REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING
Call for Participation
5th IEEE International Symposium on
Requirements Engineering (RE'01)
August 27-31, 2001
Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Canada
http://www.re01.org/
Requirements Engineering (RE) lies at the heart of software
development. RE is concerned with identifying the purpose of a
software system, and the context in which it will be used. Hence,
RE acts as the bridge between the real world needs of users,
customers, and other constituencies affected by a software system,
and the capabilities and opportunities afforded by
software-intensive technologies. RE'01 is the fifth in a biennial
series of international symposia on Requirements Engineering. The
symposium will provide an opportunity for researchers and
practitioners to share ideas and experiences. If you are working in
the area of RE, or are just interested in finding out more about
the field, we would like to welcome you to join us in Toronto in
August 2001.
Program highlights:
Keynote addresses by recognized leaders of the field:
* Dr. Pamela Zave, Technology Advisor, AT&T Laboratories, USA
"Requirements for Evolving Systems: A Telecommunications
Perspective"
* Prof. Gene Spafford, Director, CERIAS, Purdue University, USA
"The Hidden Meta-Requirements of Security and Privacy"
* Prof. Lucy Suchman, Dept of Sociology, Lancaster University , UK
"Practice-Based Design"
* Dr. Mike Lowry, PI, Automated Software Engineering Group, NASA
Ames, USA "Requirements Engineering and Program Synthesis:
Mutually Exclusive or Synergistic?"
A technical paper track, with 26 refereed papers selectedfrom 127
submissions representing 25 countries. The papers describe novel
research and experience in Requirements Engineering.
A State-of-the-practice track running throughout the conference,
with talks by industrial leaders in RE, including:
Ian Alexander, Merlin Dorfman, Don Gause, Anthony Hall,
Ivy Hooks, Michael Jackson, Hermann Kaindl, Ron Kohl,
Ben Kovitz, Brian Lawrence, Brian Miller, Linda Rosenburg,
Richard Stevens, Jeff Voas.
Six tutorials given by academic and industrial researchers and
consultants, covering key areas of RE:
* Karen Breitman and Julio Leite,
"Requirements Elicitation through Scenarios"
* Daniel Amyot & Gunter Mussbacher,
"Use Case Maps-Bridging the Gap between Requirements & Design"
* Michael Jackson,
"Problem Frames"
* Anthony Hall & Rosamund Rawlings,
"Bridging the Gap: from User Needs to Solution Definition"
* Don Gause,
"A Requirements Architecture for Assessing Design Risk"
* Mike Mannion and Hermann Kaindl,
"Requirements-Based Product Line Engineering"
Two state-of-the-art mini-tutorials:
* Prof. David Parnas, McMaster University, Canada.
"Systematic Documentation of Requirements"
* Prof. Axel van Lamsweerde, Université Catholique de Louvain,
Belgium.
"Goal-Oriented Requirements Engineering"
An exhibition with companies offering RE tools, services, and
publications.
Three panel sessions covering hot issues in Requirements
Engineering:
* "Extreme RE: What if there is no time for Requirements
Engineering?"
* "Systems or Software: What should the 'S' in SRE stand for?"
* "Designing for the User: Which method would you choose?"
Plus: 14 posters highlighting recent developments and novel ideas in
the area of Requirement Engineering; 4 research demos of new
requirements tools and prototypes; A doctoral workshop for Ph.D.
students working in the area of RE.
For information and registration details, see www.re01.org or
contact us at in...@re01.org
Sponsored by: IEEE Computer Society In cooperation with:
ACM SIGSOFT, IFIP WG 2.9, INCOSE RWG Symposium Patrons: NASA, CITO,
IBM, Cigital, Mitel, Praxis, Springer, BCS RESG, GI 2.1.6, and the
University of Toronto's Knowledge Media Design Institute.
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2. TORONTO IEEE/LEOS STUDENT PAPER AWARD
The Toronto Chapter of IEEE/LEOS has created a new award for the
best student technical paper in the area of lasers, electro-optics,
optical communication or networks, or nonlinear optics. The paper
will be judged on its significance of contribution to the field,
originality and clarity. The paper must have been accepted for
publication by the 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE Lasers &
Electro-optics Society in San Diego, CA on November 12-15, 2001.
Only those papers submitted and presented by a current student
member of the IEEE/LEOS (Toronto Chapter) will be considered. The
award has a value of CDN$150.
In order to be considered for the prize, you must submit before 19
October 2001: 1) a completed copy of the application form below
(email or hard copy) 2) a copy of the paper, either hard copy or
electronic (PDF or PS format only)
Hard copy submissions should be sent to:
Toronto IEEE/LEOS Paper Award
c/o Andrew Stok
10 King's College Road
Toronto, ON
M5S 3G4
Electronic submissions should be sent by email to Andrew Stok
(andre...@utoronto.ca).
The best paper will be selected by the executive council of the
IEEE/LEOS Toronto Chapter (Chair: Emanuel Istrate, Vice-Chairs: Fred
Chang and Andrew Stok). Members of the executive council are not
eligible to receive this award. The winner will be announced on 1
November 2001. To receive payment, the winner must show proof of
attendance at the IEEE/LEOS 14th Annual Meeting.
There is still time to apply for the IEEE/LEOS 14th Annual Meeting.
The submission deadline is 9 July 2001. For more information, see
the web site at www.i-LEOS.org.
Toronto IEEE/LEOS Student Paper Award - Application Form
Paper Title ________________________________________________________
Author _____________________________________________________________
Affiliation ________________________________________________________
Address ____________________________________________________________
City _______________________________________________________________
Phone ____________________________________
Email ____________________________________
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3. PUBLICATIONS OF IEEE CANADA
To all our readers:
Please note that IEEE Canada publishes elecronic
nesletter, a magazine, a refereed journal and
coference proceedings. Please visit the following web
pages to learn more:
(http://www.lark.ieee.ca/publ/publications.html):
- an electronic newsletter
http://www.lark.ieee.ca/publ/newsletter/
- a paper magazine with electronic edition
http://www.lark.ieee.ca/publ/canrev/
http://www.lark.ieee.ca/publ/canrev/preIssue.html
- a refereed journal
http://www.lark.ieee.ca/publ/cjecev241.html
http://www.lark.ieee.ca/publ/cjecev23.html
- conference procedings
http://www.lark.ieee.ca/publ/cd-rom.html
http://www.ieee.ca/~ccece01/
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4. EXECUTIVE OF TORONTO SECTION
Officers:
Chair............................Edward (Ted) H. Sargent
Vice-chair.......................Robert (Bob) Hanna
Secretary & Treasurer............Al Wallis
Past Chair.......................Bruno Di Stefano
Committee Chairs:
Educational Activities...........Randy Park
Student Activities...............Wai Tung Ng
Membership & Awards..............Pelle Westlind
Member Communication.............Raymond Y.V. Chik
Member at Large..................Wallas Khella
Society Chapter Chairs:
Circuits and Devices.............Emanuel Istrate
Communication....................Steve Hranilovic and Andrew Eckford
Computer.........................Angelos Bilas
Dielectrics & Insulation.........Hugh Zhu
Electromagnetics & Radiation.....Ramesh Abhari
Engineering & Human Environment..Walter Zessner, Chair
Mati Lehela, Vice-Chair
Instrumemtation and Measurement..Dennis Cecic, Chair
Florin Gagiu, Vice-Chair
Power Engineering................Shafi Sabir
Signal Processing................Kostas Plataniotis
Solid State Circuits.............Raymond Y.V. Chik
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