Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!ogicse!pdxgate!eecs.cs.pdx.edu!warren From: warren@eecs.cs.pdx.edu (Warren Harrison) Newsgroups: comp.software-eng Subject: Workshop on Software Metrics Message-ID: <1061@pdxgate.UUCP> Date: 7 Jan 91 20:39:18 GMT Sender: news@pdxgate.UUCP Reply-To: warren@eecs.cs.pdx.edu (Warren Harrison) Organization: Portland State University, Portland, OR Lines: 227 THE THIRD ANNUAL OREGON WORKSHOP ON SOFTWARE METRICS March 17-19, 1991 Silver Falls Conference Center Silver Falls Oregon Software measurement is becoming more and more pervasive in the software industry. Until recently, no international forum has existed to allow the interchange of ideas and experiences between those using metrics and those performing research in the area. The Annual Oregon Workshop on Software Metrics (AOWSM) was founded in 1989 to address this issue. For the third year in a row, Portland State University and the Oregon Center for Advanced Technology Education are proud to sponsor the Annual Oregon Workshop on Software Metrics. The focus of the Workshop will be on both the application of current metrics research to real-life problems, as well as advances being made which will provide the foundation for software measurement in the future. In addition, participants will have an opportunity to attend advanced tutorials in the application and management of software measurement. AOWSM '91 will be held at the Silver Falls Conference Center. The Conference Center is a rustic facility designed for comfort and tranquility in the natural setting of Silver Falls State Park's 8,700 acres. The Center is situated in a secluded meadow, surrounded by lush forests of Hem- lock and Douglas Fir. Facilities include a swimming pool, an activity field and a seven mile hiking trail providing access to ten spectacular water- falls in Silver Creek Canyon. Participants will share a semi-private room in one of the Center's lodges or cabins to help facilitate significant interaction. We are looking forward to meeting you at the Silver Falls Conference Center on March 17-19 for what will certainly be the most excit- ing event of the year for software metric users and researchers. Sponsors: Portland Oregon Center State for Advanced Technology University Education ("OCATE") ---------------------------------------------------------------- CONFERENCE COMMITTEE Paul Below Hareton K.N. Leung Electronic Data Systems Bell-Northern Research Sandy Bhide Jon Marshall Mentor Graphics Eastman Kodak Bob Birss Austin Melton Sun Microsystems Kansas State University John Burley Everald Mills Seattle University Curtis Cook John Munson Oregon State University University of West Florida Srinivasarao Demerla Richard Selby University of Illinois University of California-Irvine Teresa Steinbock Harrison Eric Schnellman SET Laboratories, Inc. George X. Kambic Robin Whitty Allen-Bradley South Bank Polytechnic Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar Barbara Zimmer Florida Atlantic University Hewlett-Packard ------------------------------------------------------------------- PROGRAM ========================================================== SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 1991 ========================================================== 3:30 PM Registration & Check-in 7:00 PM Tutorial - "Metrics and Tools for Improving the Process", Gene Miluk, Denver Metrics Group. 9:00 PM Wine & Cheese Social. ========================================================== MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1991 ========================================================== Session A Session B 8:30 AM Implementing a Metrics Program The Measurement of Software Product S. Wilkinson, ACUCOBOL (USA) Size: New and Reused Code, J. Gaffney and R. Cruickshank, Software Product- ivity Consortium (USA) Using Process Metrics With an Hierarchical Generation of Process- Unstable Process, M. Purdue, Integrated Metrics, S. Bhide, Mentor Sun Microsystems (USA) Graphics Corp. (USA) 10:30 AM Panel on Metric Standardization Statistical Methods for the Analysis of J. Gaffney, Software Productivity Software Metrics Data, A. Mayer Consortium, N. Marselos, AT&T, and A. Sykes University of Wales (UK) Harley Ham, Naval Avionics Center (USA) Multivariate Assessment of Software Prod- ucts, M. Neil, Glasgow College (SCOTLAND) 1:30 PM An Information Theory Metric for Testing Metric Based Upon the Estimated Assembly Language, C. Cook, Ability of a Program to Hide Faults, Oregon State University (USA) J. Voas, NASA (USA) Metrics Validation: The Need for U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Panel Data, J. Lewis and S. Henry Software Metrics, J. Beavers, US Army Virginia Polytechnic (USA) Some Primitive Control Flow Metrics, J. Munson and T. Khosgoftaar, Univ. of West Florida (USA) 3:30 PM An Application of Applying Identification of the Structural Weakness Metrics to the Software Product of the Function Points Metric, A. Abran, Review Process, C. Seddio, Montreal Trust, P. Robillard, Ecole Eastman-Kodak (USA) Polytechnic (CANADA) Experience With Complexity Counting Function Points from Dataflow Metrics for Coding Standards, Diagrams, R. Rask, University of Joensuu G. Stark, the MITRE Corp- (FINLAND) oration, M. Shooman, Poly- technic Univ., R. Packer, R. Packer Associates (USA) 7:00 PM Tutorial - "Measuring Productivity and Defect/Cause Analysis", Gene Miluk, Denver Metrics Group 9:00 PM Wine & Cheese Social ========================================================== TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1991 ========================================================== Session A Session B 8:30 AM Front-End Measurement Tool Software Metrics Reporting: Presentation Based on Fenton-Whitty Theory, of Multiple Metrics for Analysis of Imp- A. Pengelly and C. Simons, rovement, S. Lawrence-Pfleeger, J. Fitz-, British Telecom Research Labs gerald, D. Rippy, Contel Technology Center (UK) (USA) The Metrification of Data Designs, An Investigation of the Maintenance and D. Ince, The Open University, Support Characteristics of Commercial M. Shepperd, Wolverhampton Software, S. Cherf, Tandem Computers Polytechnic, A. Pengelly, H. (USA) Benwood, British Telecom Re- search Labs (UK) 10:30 AM Panel on How to Get Senior Comparative Analysis of Software Comp- Management to Use Software lexity Metrics and Program Modules - A Metrics, S. Wilkinson, Multidimensional Scaling Approach, T. ACUCOBOL (USA) Khoshgoftaar, J. Munson and S. Ravi- chandran, Florida Atlantic University and University of West Florida (USA) A Study on the Normality of Metric Distr- ibutions, P. Robillard and D. Coupel Ecole Polytechnic (CANADA) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Registration fees will be $475 ($525 after February 7). This includes double occupancy lodging, all meals, breaks, socials and a copy of the proceedings. A courtesy bus will shuttle people between the airport and Silver Falls (a trip of about 2 hours). The Conference Center will only hold about 75 people, so with about 25 authors and administrative personnel, we're already down to about 50 slots. These places should fill up fast, so register *now*! For more information, contact the Oregon Center for Advanced Technology Education (OCATE) at 503-690-1460. For technical information, feel free to send me e-mail or call. Warren ========================================================================== Warren Harrison warren@cs.pdx.edu Laboratory for Software Quality Research 503/725-3108 Portland State University/CMPS