11th Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training February 22-25, 1998 Atlanta, Georgia Call for Participation ====================== The CSEE&T attracts international participation from industry, academia, and government. The conference purpose is to influence directions in education and training, to stimulate new instructional approaches, to promote collaboration, and to generate exchanges among software engineering stake holders. Software engineering cannot stand in isolation: To be a vibrant, evolving discipline, bridges must be built and maintained to a variety of other disciplines and organizations. The development of curricula and training programs can only be enhanced by close working relationships with computer science and established branches of engineering. In addition, industrial and academic collaboration is essential to the creation of educational and training programs that can adapt to evolving needs and advancing technology. Educators and trainers have a key role to play in creating and sustaining these critical bridges. The goal of this conference is to explore the nature of these relationships, and the means we have to ensure fruitful, professional interactions. In addition, the Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training is coordinating and synchronizing its schedule with the Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) Conference, which is also being held in Atlanta from February 26-28. We are planning a joint workshop attractive to both software engineers and computer scientists for Wednesday, February 25. Our goal is to provide an opportunity for educators and trainers in these distinct but related disciplines to exchange ideas on how their activities can be more effectively integrated. Conference Topics ================= Bridges to other computing disciplines * How should software engineering affect computer science? * How should computer science affect software engineering? * What is the relationship between software engineering and end-user computing? * What is the role of software engineering in the development of corporate information systems? Bridges between industry and universities * What can training organizations learn from formal software engineering education--and vice versa? * How do sectors of the software marketplace differ (or agree) in their needs for software engineering expertise? * How can industrial collaboration be used to improve the education of future software engineering professionals? Bridges to engineering * What lessons can software engineering learn from traditional engineering professionals? * What truly defines an engineering discipline, and how close is software development to meeting these criteria? * How can educators and trainers inculcate the "engineering method" to students? * What specific engineering specializations are relevant to software engineering? * What is the role of accreditation, certification, and licensing in software engineering? Eclectic bridges * What should be the effect of social sciences and humanities on education of software engineers? * How can software engineering work collaborate with traditional science and mathematics to improve the state of the art? * What issues are unique to the needs of education and training using non-traditional methods (e.g., Web-based training, distance delivery)? Submission Guidelines and Procedures ==================================== We request papers and proposals for workshops, panel discussions, experience reports, and presentations. We welcome proposals for half- and full-day tutorials. We invite innovative suggestions for informal meetings, such as poster sessions and birds-of-a-feather sessions. Submissions should relate to the conference theme and topics, though this is not mandatory. Accepted contributions will appear in the conference proceedings, published by IEEE. Important Dates =============== All submissions (papers, panels, workshops, presentations, experience reports, and tutorials) are due by September 1, 1997. Notification of acceptance will be made by November 3, 1997. Final papers must be received at IEEE by December 9, 1997. Send submissions to: Charlene Rauber-Svitek Software Engineering Institute Carnegie Mellon University 4500 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Phone: (412) 268-3007 Fax: (412) 268-5758 Internet: education@sei.cmu.edu W. Michael McCracken General Chair College of Computing Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0280 mike@cc.gatech.edu Michael Lutz Program Chair Department of Computer Science Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY 14623-5608 mjl@cs.rit.edu Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society (pending) In cooperation with the SEI In cooperation with the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) The SEI is a federally funded research and development center funded by the U.S. Department of Defense and operated by Carnegie Mellon University.