ASWEC 2010 Conference Theme

"Engineering software for economic growth"

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The 21st Australian Software Engineering Conference - ASWEC2010 - will be
held in the Central Business District of Auckland, New Zealand from the 6th
to the 9th of April 2010. This is the first time that ASWEC is being held in
New Zealand, and reflects the synergies between the Australian and NZ SE
communities. Auckland, the "City of Sails", is the gateway to New
Zealand. It is also New Zealand's largest city and is consistently ranked
amongst the top lifestyle cities in the world. It has a sub-tropical
climate, the Waitemata and Manukau Harbours, and a wide range of indoor and
outdoor activities for visitors including world class restaurants and
accommodation.

Established in 1986, ASWEC is a leading technical forum for the exchange of
peer-reviewed research outcomes and industry best-practice in software
engineering. It attracts a wide range of participants including software
engineering researchers, practitioners and educators from across Australia
and New Zealand, and from other international locations. The overall
programme will provide numerous opportunities for academic and industry
participants to interact with and learn from each other. Also for the first
time, there will be a Doctoral Symposium to give Phd students the
opportunity to get feedback on their work from research leaders.

Research Papers: Authors are invited to submit full papers describing
original research in all areas of software engineering. Papers describing
theoretical or empirical research, new techniques and tools, and in-depth
case studies are all welcome. Submissions should be original and must not
have been published previously or currently be under consideration for
publication elsewhere.

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Research paper submissions will be peer reviewed (DEST Category E1) based on
originality, significance, clarity and relevance to the field of software
engineering. As in previous years, we hope the ASWEC proceedings will be
published by the IEEE Computer Society Press. One author from each accepted
paper is required to register as a full-fee delegate and present the paper
at the conference.

All submissions must be written in English and must be prepared in the IEEE
8.5x11 inch two-column format (http://www2.computer.org/portal/web/cscps).
Manuscripts may not exceed 10 pages in length. Manuscript preparation in
Latex is strongly encouraged. Manuscripts are to be submitted electronically
- see the ASWEC 2010 submission page for further instructions.

Submissions due 5 Oct 2009
Acceptance notification 7 Dec 2009
Final versions due 11 Jan 2010

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Industry Papers: The objective of industry papers is to discuss experiences
(both good and bad), obstacles, and lessons learned when applying innovative
software development practices in the 'real world'. Experiences from
practitioners provide valuable input into future research directions and
allow others to learn from successes and failures. Industry papers are an
important way of sharing experiences between practitioners and of helping
the software industry improve its work practices.

Authors are invited to submit either extended abstracts (minimum 2 pages) or
full papers (maximum 10 pages) describing practical experiences in all areas
of software engineering. Industry papers should be based on actual practice,
and should cover all aspects of the experience - strengths and weaknesses,
successes and challenges. Submissions will be assessed on originality,
clarity, significance and relevance.

One author from each accepted industry paper is required to register as a
full-fee delegate and present the paper at the conference. Manuscripts are
to be submitted electronically - see the ASWEC 2010 submission page for
further instructions.

Submissions due 7 Dec 2009
Acceptance notification 11 Jan 2010
Final versions due 8 Mar 2010

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Tutorials and Workshops: Tutorial and Workshop proposals that have wide
appeal to the software engineering community are sought for ASWEC
2010. Tutorials and workshops (half or full day) will run on the first day
of the conference. Please submit your proposals detailing the topic,
background, intended audience, anticipated number of attendees and
justification for this estimate, presenters and their affiliations, along
with anticipated time requirements following the guidelines on the ASWEC
2010 tutorials and workshops page.

Proposals due 5 Oct 2009
Acceptance notification 7 Dec 2009
Confirmation of programme 8 Feb 2010
Final versions due 8 Mar 2010

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Doctoral Symposium: The objective of the Doctoral Symposium is to give
doctoral students the opportunity to present their research and receive
advice and constructive feedback from research leaders. Current PhD students
are invited to submit their proposals and preliminary results. The symposium
will use a workshop format with a formal presentation by students followed
by discussion with the panel. Details for submission are available from the
ASWEC 2010 website.

Submissions due 7 Dec 2009
Acceptance notification 11 Jan 2010
Final versions due 8 Mar 2010

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Topics of Interest: The Australian Software Engineering Conference is
dedicated to all aspects of software engineering. We welcome contributions
that address the theme "Engineering software for economic growth" and other
topics of interest including, but not limited to:

* Agile Methods in Practice
* Application-Specific Software for Logistics, Finance, Manufacturing,
Defence, etc.
* Computer Supported Cooperative Software Engineering
* Configuration Management
* Empirical Research in Software Engineering
* Formal Methods
* Health Informatics System Development
* Knowledge-Based Software Engineering
* Large-Scale Distributed Software Engineering
* Legacy Systems and Software Maintenance
* Measurement, Metrics, Experimentation
* Model Driven Architectures
* Object and Component-Based Software Engineering
* Open Source Software Development
* Quality Assurance
* Real-Time and Embedded Software
* Requirements Engineering
* Software Architecture
* Software Design and Patterns
* Software Documentation
* Software Engineering Education
* Software Engineering Ontologies
* Software Engineering of Multi-Agent Systems
* Software Engineering of Web Services
* Software Inspection Approaches
* Software Modelling Approaches
* Software Performance Engineering
* Software Processes and Quality
* Software Project Management
* Software Re-use and Product Development
* Software Reverse Engineering
* Software Risk Management
* Software Security, Safety and Reliability
* Software Verification and Validation
* Software Vulnerabilities
* Standards and Legal Issues
* Testing, Analysis and Verification
* Tools and Processes for Distributed Multi-Site Software Engineering
* Usability
* Web Application Development
* Web Based Collaborative Environment

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Organising Committee

General Chairs
Ewan Tempero, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Ian Warren, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Research Program Chairs
James Noble, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Colin Fidge, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Industry Program Chairs
John Hosking, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Brad Long, Mincom Ltd, Australia

Tutorial Chairs
Brendon Woodford, University of Otago, New Zealand
Nigel Stanger, University of Otago, New Zealand

Workshop Chairs
Neville Churcher, Canterbury University, New Zealand
Warwick Irwin, Canterbury University, New Zealand

Doctoral Symposium Chair
Steve Reeves, University of Waikato, New Zealand

Local Arrangements Chair
Gillian Dobbie, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Publicity Chairs
Jens Dietrich, Massy University, New Zealand
Stuart Charters, Lincoln University, New Zealand

Sponsorship Chairs
Stephen McDonnell, AUT, New Zealand
Tony Clear, AUT, New Zealand