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: ---------------------- Day 1 (October 27 Wed) ---------------------- 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 ---------------------- Day 2 (October 28 Thu) ---------------------- 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 ---------------------- Day 3 (October 29 Fri) ---------------------- 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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