5, Jun, 2006 to 9, Jun, 2006
Hotel Le Meridien Park Atlantic Porto, Porto, Portugal
Homepage: http://www.hurray.isep.ipp.pt/ae2006
Sponsors: ISEP-IPP, Ada Europe
Deadline: 6, Nov, 2005

In the last decade the conference has established itself as an international forum for providers and practitioners of, and researchers into, reliable software technologies. The conference presentations will illustrate current work in the theory and practice of the design, development and maintenance of long-lived, high-quality software systems for a variety of application domains. The program will allow ample time for keynotes, Q&A sessions, panel discussions and social events. Participants will include practitioners and researchers from industry, academia and government organizations interested in furthering the development of reliable software technologies. To mark the completion of the technical work for the Ada language standard revision process, contributions that present and discuss the potential of the revised language are particularly sought after.

For papers, tutorials, and workshop proposals, the topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
· Methods and Techniques for Software Development and Maintenance: Requirements Engineering, Object-Oriented Technologies, Formal Methods, Re-engineering and Reverse Engineering, Reuse, Software Management Issues
· Software Architectures: Patterns for Software Design and Composition, Frameworks, Architecture-Centered Development, Component and Class Libraries, Component-Based Design

· Enabling Technology: CASE Tools, Software Development Environments and Project Browsers, Compilers, Debuggers, Run-time Systems

· Software Quality: Quality Management and Assurance, Risk Analysis, Program Analysis, Verification, Validation, Testing of Software Systems

· Critical Systems: Real-Time, Distribution, Fault Tolerance, Information Technology, Safety, Security

· Mainstream and Emerging Applications: Multimedia and Communications, Manufacturing, Robotics, Avionics, Space, Health Care, Transportation

· Ada Language and Technology: Programming Techniques, Object-Oriented Programming, Concurrent Programming, Distributed Programming, Bindings and Libraries, Evaluation & Comparative Assessments, Critical Review of Language Enhancements, Novel Support Technology, HW/SW platforms

· Experience Reports: Experience Reports, Case Studies and Comparative Assessments, Management Approaches, Qualitative and Quantitative Metrics, Experience Reports on Education and Training Activities with bearing on any of the conference topics


CISTER's organization roles:

CISTER's participants: