International Symposium on "Science of Computing and Technology of Software"

at UNU HQ Aoyama on Dec. 16-17th.

Sponsored by
Software Engineer's Asscociation (SEA),
United Nations University, International Institute for Software Technology, Macau (UNU/IIST)

Dec. 16 (Mon) ********* Day 1 ***********

9:30-9:45 Opening Speech
Koji Torii (General Chair: AIST-Nara, Japan)

9:45-10:45 Keynote Speech 1 - Chair: Dines Bjorner (UNU/IIST, Macau)
Kouichi Kishida (SRA, Japan)
`Some Thoughts on Software Design'


10:45-11:00 Break

11:00-12:00 Keynote Speech 2 - Chair: Kouichi Kishida (SRA, Japan)
Zhisong Tang (Chinese Academy of Science, China)
`XYZ System and It's Philosophical Background'
abstract:

12:00-13:30 Lunch

13:30-15:30 Panel-1:

"Philosophical Foundation"
Chair: Kumiyo Nakakoji (AIST-Nara, Japan)
Speech: Gerhard Fischer (U of Colorad, USA)
"Evolutionary Design of Open, Complex Systems"
Panelists:
Gerhard Fischer (U of Colorad, USA)
David Notkin (U of Washington, USA)
"Software Engineering: Science, Engineering, Both, or Neither?"
Lloyd Williams (SER, USA)
Toshiharu Yamasaki ( SEA, Japan)
Kokichi Futatsugi ( JAIST, Japan)


15:30-16:00 Break

16:00-18:00 Panel-2:
International Cooperation or Competition ?
Chair: Masami Noro (Nanzan Univ, Japan)
Speech: Ju Dehua (ECUST, China)
'Towards a More Open World'
Panelists:
Ju Dehua (ECUST, China)
Dines Bjorner (UNU/IIST, Macau)
SungYang Bang (POSTECH, Korea)
Akira Kumagai (PFU, Japan)
Yoshiaki Sugita (NCD, Japan)

18:00-20:00 Reception
Reception Speech:
Takuya Katayama (JAIST, Japan), Tohru Kikuno (Osaka Univ, Japan)
Dec. 17 (Tue) ********** Day 2 ************
9:30-10:30 Keynote Speech 3: - Chair: Keijiro Araki (Kyushu Univ, Japan)
Dines Bjorner (General Chair: UNU/IIST, Macau)
From Science of Computing to Technology of Software and Back Again !
--- why do some software engineers have problems with mathematics ?


10:30-10:45 Break

10:45-12:45 Panel-3:
Software Engineering: Science v.s. Management
Chair: Nobuo Saito (Keio Univ, Japan)
Speech: Kyochul Kang (POSTECH, Korea)
`Software Engineering: Science Versus Management'
Panelists:
Kyochul Kang (POSTECH, Korea)
Tetsuo Tamai (U of Tokyo, Japan)
Keishi Sakamoto ( OMRON, Japan)
Masao Ito (NIL Software, Japan)
Takeshi Hayama (NTT DATA, Japan)

12:45-14:00 Lunch

14:00-16:00 Closing Panel:
Science of Computing and Technology of Software
Chair: Tetsuo Tamai (U of Tokyo, Japan)
Speech: Robert Balzer (USC/ISI, USA)
'Current State and Future Perspective of Software Process Technology'
Panelists:
Robert Balzer (USC/ISI, USA)
Dines Bjorner (UNU/IIST, Macau)
Zhisong Tang (Chinese Academy of Science, China )
Kouichi Kishida (SRA, Japan)
Hideyuki Nakashima (ETL, Japan)

16:00 End of ISSCTS

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