Call for Participation ISFST'99 International Symposium on Future Software Technology '99
October, 27-29, 1999 Nanjing, China Sponsored by SEA (Japan), UNU/IIST (Macau), Nanjing University (China)
This is the fourth symposium dedicated to the future software
technology in succession to the series of annual international
CASE Symposiums held in China since 1991. This symposium is
organized by SEA (Software Engineers Association of Japan),
UNU/IIST (International Institute of Software Technology of
United Nations University), and the State Key Laboratory for
Novel Software Technology at Nanjing University.
The theme of the symposium is "Software Technology Catering for
21st Century". Out of more than 100 submissions, 48 papers were
selected for technical presentation sesseions, and 43 papers for
working group sessions. We are pleased to have 3 distinguished
invited speakers, who are: Mr. Richard Stallman (Free Software
Foundation, USA), Prof. Xicahng Zhong (Software Engineering
Center, Chinese Academy of Science), and Prof. Xueshi Lu
(Shanghai Red 100 Computer).
Program Framework:
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Day 1 (October 27 Wed)
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9:00 Opening
9:30 - 11:00 Keynote 1
by Professor Xichang Zhong (Chinese Academy of Science)
11:00 - 13:00 Lunch Break
13:00 - 15:00 Technical Paper Sessions: 1-A, 1-B, 1-C
1-A: Web and Security
1-B: Method and Environment
1-C: Visual Programming
15:30 - 17:30 Technical Paper Sessions: 2-A, 2-B, 2-C
2-A: Formal and Reliability
2-B: CSCW and Graphics
2-C: Programming Language
18:00 Reception
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Day 2 (October 28 Thu)
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8:30 - 10:00 Keynote 2
by Mr. Richard Stallman (Free Software Foundation)
10:30 - 12:30 Technical Paper Sessions: 3-A, 3-B, 3-C
3-A: Database and Information System
3-B: Mobile and Network
3-C: User Interface
12:30 - 14:00 Lunchon Break
14:00 - Working Group Sessions
WG-1: Life-cycle Support
WG-2: Distributed Database and Computing
WG-3: Software Component
WG-4: Agent and Artificial Inteligence
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Day 3 (October 29 Fri)
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8:30 - 10:30 Technical Paper Sessions: 4-A, 4-B, 4-C
4-A: Distributed Computing
4-B: Agent
4-C: Algorithm
11:00 - 12:30 Working Group Report
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 - 15:00 Invited Talk
by Professor Xueshi Lu (Shanghai Red 100 Computer)
15:00 Closing
Detailed Program will be found at SEA's web page:
http://www.sea.jp/Events/isfst/ISFST99/dprog99.htm
Location: ISFST-99 will be held at Nanjing Grand Hotel, which is
located within a walking distance from Nanjing University.
Nanjing City, the Capital of Jiangsu Province, has a long his-
tory of over 2000 years. Like a bright pearl inlayed in the
Yangzi River, Nanjing boasts of its ancient culture, unique
topography and picturesque landscape. Known as metropolis of 10
dynasties, With the Purple Mountain to the east (likened to a
coiling dragon) and Stone Citadel to the west (likened to a
crouching tiger), the city assumes a strategic importance. A
perfect combination of culture and natural landscape, Nanjing
attracts millions of Chinese and overseas tourists each year
with more than 50 famous places of interest.
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