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Final Program -
International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies - Ada-Europe'96


Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 16:20:20 +0200
From: Alfred.Strohmeier@di.epfl.ch (Alfred Strohmeier)
Subject: FINAL PROGRAM of Ada-Europe'96


                       FINAL PROGRAM

   International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies
                   (Ada-Europe'96)
                   
                   
       http://lglwww.epfl.ch/Ada-Europe/Conference/1996/


[ You can get a Postscript version of the Final Program from the
  Ada-Europe server in Switzerland, or from the Ada-Belgium server
  via WWW or via anonymous ftp.  -- dc ]

   

Dates: June 10-14, 1996

Location: Montreux, Switzerland

Sponsored by Ada-Europe, in cooperation with ACM SIGAda.


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PART A: TECHNICAL SESSIONS

Monday
------

Opening Session (Session chair: Alfred Strohmeier)
---------------
(Monday, June 10, 1996, 18:00 - 19:30)

John Barnes, President of Ada-Europe: Welcome address.

Alfred Strohmeier, Conference Chair: Welcome address.

Programming the Internet in Ada 95	1
   S. Tucker Taft

Followed at 19:30 by the GNAT-Tail Party, cocktail sponsored by ACT-Europe.
  

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Tuesday
-------

Invited Speech (Session chair: Alfred Strohmeier)
--------------
(Tuesday, June 11, 8h30-9h30)

Reliability Modeling for Safety Critical Software	17
  Norman F. Schneidewind


*******

Break and Exhibition Opening (9:30 - 10:30)
----------------------------

*******


Software Development Methods (Session chair: Ed Colbert)
----------------------------
(Tuesday, June 11, 10h30-12h30)

Iterative Software Development for Large Ada Programs	101
  Philippe Kruchten, Christopher J. Thompson

HCSD Unit Development Process: Step-Wise Process Improvement	111
  David Emery, Jaswinder S. Madhur

An Approach to Increasing Software Component Reusability in Ada	89
  Hyoseob Kim, Cornelia Boldyreff
    
Mapping HRT-HOOD Designs to Ada 95 Hierarchical Libraries	78
  Juan Antonio de la Puente, Alejandro Alonso, Angel Alvarez 
      

*******

Lunch (12:30 - 14:00)
-----

*******

     
Compilers and Tools (Session chair: Michael Gonzalez Harbour)
-------------------
(Tuesday, June 11, 14h00-15h30)

ASIS for GNAT: From the Prototype to the Full Implementation	298
  Sergey Rybin, Alfred Strohmeier, Alexey Kuchumov, Vasily Fofanov

Handling Irregular Grammars in Ada	312
  Drasko Sotirovski, Philippe Kruchten

Interprocedural Call Optimization	319
  Tim Birus, Christine Cipriani, Dean Sutherland


Experience Reports I (Session chair: Mark S. Gerhardt)
--------------------
(Tuesday, June 11, 14h00-15h30)

The Funds Management Modernization: Experiences with Developing an Object-Oriented, Client-Server Management Information System in Ada 95	427
  Chad Bremmon

Converting the Part Task Nautical Simulator to Ada 95	439
  Kor Molenmaker
      
Visibility Control and Migration of Interfaces in Large Ada Systems	451
  Vincent Celier


*******

Break and Vendor Session (15:30 - 16:30)
------------------------

*******


Interfacing with Other Worlds (Session chair: Erhard Ploedereder)      
-----------------------------
(Tuesday, June 11, 16h30-18h00)

Ada/O2 Coupling: A Solution for an Efficient Management of Persistence in Ada 83	396
  Thierry Millan, Pierre Bazex
      
Interoperability of C++ Classes and Ada Tagged Types	(extra notes)
  Robert Dewar, Cyrille Comar

An Ada 95 Harness for Converting Legacy Fortran Applications	413
  Bernd Gliss


Experience Reports II (Session chair: Charlene Roberts-Hayden)
---------------------
(Tuesday, June 11, 16h30-18h00)

Ada Tasking and Dynamic Memory: To Use or Not To Use, That's a Question!	460
  Philippe Waroquiers
     
Experiences Applying a Practical Architectural Method	471
  David E. Emery, Richard F. Hilliard II, Timothy B. Rice

A Decade of Development and Deployment of Distributed Ada Systems	485
  John D. Smart


*******

Ada-Europe General Assembly (18:00 - 19:00)


*******

Vendor Hospitality Suites (19:00 - late)


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Wednesday
---------

Invited Speech (Session chair: Alfred Strohmeier)
--------------
(Wednesday, June 12, 8h30-9h30)

Fault-Tolerance by Replication in Distributed Systems	38
  André Schiper



*******

Break and Vendor Session (9:30 - 10:30)
------------------------

*******


Distributed Systems (Session chair: Laurent Pautet)
-------------------
(Wednesday, June 12, 10h30-12h30)

Secure Communication in Distributed Ada		198
  Jörg Kienzle, Thomas Wolf, Alfred Strohmeier

Using Object-Oriented Methods in Ada 95 to Implement Linda	211
  Kristina Lundqvist, Göran Wall

Shared Packages Through Linda	223
  Göran Wall, Kristina Lundqvist

Drago: An Ada Extension to Program Fault-Tolerant Distributed Applications	235
  Francisco J. Miranda, Angel Alvarez, Sergio Averalo, Francisco J. Guerra


Verification and Validation (Session chair: Stephane Barbey)
---------------------------
(Wednesday, June 12, 10h30-12h30)
 
A Framework for Testing Object-Oriented Software Using Formal Specifications	159
  Rohan Fletcher, A.S.M. Sajeev

On Some Characterisation Problems of Subdomain Testing	147
  T. Y. Chen, Y. T. Yu

Testing Ada 95 Programs for Conformance to Rapide Architectures	123
  Neel Madhav

Tasking Deadlocks in Ada 95 Programs and Their Detection	135
  Jingde Cheng, Kazuo Ushijima


*******

Lunch (12:30 - 14:00)
-----

*******


Safety & Security (Session chair: Lars Asplund)
-----------------
(Wednesday, June 12, 14h00-15h30)

Ada 95 and Critical Systems: An Analytical Approach	171
  Dan Craigen, Mark Saaltink, Steve Michell

The Use of Ada in Critical Systems, such as the TGV
  Hervé Legall, Gilles Legoff, Marc Richard-Foy		(Extra notes)

Use of a Static Analysis Tool for Safety-Critical Ada Applications: A Critical Assessment	183
  Alfred Rosskopf


Asis Panel (Co-chairs: Currie Colket and Sergey Rybin) (Extra notes)
----------
(Wednesday, June 12, 14h00-15h30)



*******

Break and Vendor Session (15:30 - 16:30)
------------------------

*******


The Ada 95 Programming Language I (Session chair: Stef Van Vlierberghe)
---------------------------------
(Wednesday, June 12, 16h30-18h00)

Beyond Ada 95: The Addition of Persistence and Its Consequences	342
  Michael J. Oudshoorn, Stephen C. Crawley

An Ada 95 View of Some Difficult or Controversial Points in Object-Oriented Programming	370
  Patrick de Bondeli

Extending the Object-Orientedness of Ada 95	357
  Bernd Holzmueller

  
Asis Panel (continued) (Co-chairs: Currie Colket and Sergey Rybin) (Extra notes)
----------
(Wednesday, June 12, 16h30-18h00)


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Bus departure for the Banquet (18:45 SHARP)

Banquet at the Chateau du Chatelard (19:00 - 23:30)

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Thursday
-------

Invited Speech (Session chair: Alfred Strohmeier)
--------------
(Thursday, June 13, 8h30-9h30)

Ada 95: An Effective Concurrent Programming Language	58
  Alan Burns


*******

Break and Vendor Session (9:30 - 10:30)
------------------------

*******
    

Real-Time Systems (Session chair: Jean-Pierre Rosen)
-----------------
(Thursday, June 13, 10h30-12h30)

The Dining Philosophers in Ada 95	247
  Benjamin M. Brosgol

Using Ada 95 for Prototyping of Real-Time Systems	262
  Jorge Real, Agustin Espinosa, Alfons Crespo

The GNARL Implementation of POSIX/Ada Signal Services	275
  Dong-Ik Oh, Ted P. Baker, Seung-Jin Moon
  
Implementing Protected Types on Embedded Targets	287
  David Mundie, John Fardo, Ed Kuzemchak


*******

Lunch (12:30 - 14:00) (Exhibition closes)
-----

*******


The Ada 95 Programming Language II (Session chair: Angel Alvarez)
----------------------------------
(Thursday, June 13, 14h00-15h30)

Where Does GOTO Go to?	385
  Wolfgang Gellerich, Markus Kosiol, Erhard Ploedereder

Augmenting Ada 95 with Additional Real-Time Features	330
  Johann Blieberger, Roland Lieger, Bernd Burgstaller

Planning the Transition to Ada 95 for a Large Real-Time Project	500
  Roland Feith, Michael Tonndorf


The Business Case of Ada
------------------------
(Thursday June 13, 14h00-15h30

panel chaired by Bob Mathis, Director of ARA


*******

Break (15:30 - 16:30)
-----

*******


Closing Session (Session chair: Alfred Strohmeier)
---------------
(Thursday, June 13, 1996, 16:30 - 17:30)

Transitioning the AJPO
  Dr. Charles Engle, 
  Director of the Ada Joint Program Office

John Barnes, President of Ada-Europe: Best paper and best presentation awards. 

John Barnes, President of Ada-Europe: Farewell address.


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PART B: TUTORIALS, WORKSHOPS AND JOINT EVENTS
---------------------------------------------

TUTORIALS (all at hotel Montreux Palace)

(8:30 - 12:00, and 13:30 - 17:00)

Monday, June 10, Full Day
  o OOP with Ada 95 and other gOODies, John Barnes
  o Object Technology Project Management, Richard T. Due
  o Real-Time and Distributed Features of Ada 95, Joyce L. Tokar 
  
Friday, June 14, Full Day  
  o Software Architecture and Iterative Development Process, 
    Philippe Kruchten

Friday, June 14, Morning
  o Task Schedulability Analysis, Vance Christiaanse
  o Writing Java(tm)-Compatible Applets in Ada 95, S. Tucker Taft
     
Friday, June 14, Afternoon
  o Information Systems Programming in Ada 95, Benjamin M. Brosgol
  o Real-Time POSIX, Michael Gonzalez Harbour



WORKSHOPS
---------

Monday, June 10, Afternoon (13:30 - 17:00):

Design Patterns for Active Objects (Location to be announced)
  Organizer: Mark Gerhardt, Gerhardt_Mark@srs.loral.com
    

Thursday, June 13, Afternoon (14:00 - 17:30):

Design and Coding Guidelines for Ada 95
  Organizer: Philippe Kruchten, pkruchten@rational.com



JOINT EVENTS (by invitation only)
------------

ASIS Working Group (Monday, June 10, Eurotel Riviera)


ISO WG9 (Friday, June 14, Eurotel Riviera)


ARG Meeting (Sat-Mon, June 15-17, Eurotel Riviera)

Early Registration Deadline -
International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies - Ada-Europe'96


Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 09:23:07 +0200
From: Alfred.Strohmeier@di.epfl.ch (Alfred Strohmeier)
Subject: Conference on Reliable Software Technologies, REMINDER


Conference on Reliable Software Technologies in Montreux, June 10 - 14, 1996

Dear all,

May I recall you some highlights of the forthcoming conference,
so you don't forget to register before the early registration
deadline, i.e. May 10, 1996:

1. 500-page proceedings in Springer's famous Lecture Notes of
Computer Science available at the start of the conference.

2. GREAT KEYNOTE SPEAKERS, ABOUT HOT TOPICS

Programming the Internet in Ada 95
  S. Tucker Taft

Reliability Modeling for Safety Critical Software
  Norman F. Schneidewind

Fault-Tolerance by Replication in Distributed Systems
  André Schiper

Ada 95: An Effective Concurrent Programming Language
  Alan Burns
  
3. A great TUTORIAL PROGRAM

4. and much more in more than 40 technical presentations,
workshops, and panels...

but all this you can discover by having a look on the Advance
Program, in all possible forms. See below for more information.

Please spread this announcement, and don't forget to register
yourself :-)


Best regards,

-- Alfred Strohmeier, Program Chair


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June 10-14, 1996
International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies (Ada-Europe'96)
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Location: Montreux, Switzerland

The conference is sponsored by Ada-Europe in cooperation with ACM SIGAda.


WEB SITE:

  URL: http://lglwww.epfl.ch/Ada-Europe/Conference/1996/
  

ADVANCE PROGRAM

The Ada-Europe'96 Advance Program is an extract of the WWW pages.

You can get its Postscript version from the Net:

   http://lglwww.epfl.ch/Ada-Europe/Conference/1996/Documents/
   
or by anonymous ftp

   ftp://lglftp.epfl.ch/pub/AE96/advance.ps
   
[ A copy is also available on the Ada-Belgium server via WWW or via
anonymous ftp. -- dc ]
   

You get its ASCII version by sending an e-mail message to:

   ae96-info@lglsun.epfl.ch
   
You can also receive a paper copy of the advance program.  Please
send your postal address by e-mail to:

   ae96-booklet@lglsun.epfl.ch,
   
or send it by postal mail or by fax to the "Convention and Tourist
Office".


INFO BY E-MAIL

You can register your e-mail address by sending a message to
ae96-info@lglsun.epfl.ch. You will get up-to-date information by
e-mail whenever available; right now, you will get as a reply the
Advance Program in ASCII.


REGISTRATION FORMS

The advance program in its various forms contains always 
registration and hotel reservation forms.


Conference Logistics are handled by:

	Convention and Tourist Office
	Ada-Europe'96 
	Rue du Théâtre 5
	Case postale 1451
	CH-1820 Montreux
	Switzerland
	Phone +41 21 962 84 84
	Fax +41 21 963 78 95


See you in Montreux,

-- Alfred Strohmeier, program chair

Advance Program and Web site -
International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies - Ada-Europe'96


Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 12:25:22 +0100
From: Alfred.Strohmeier@di.epfl.ch (Alfred Strohmeier)
Subject: Reliable Software Technologies (Ada-Europe'96)

RE: Advance Program and WEB site

The Advance Program is now available in various forms, including
Postscript. You may also have a look on the WEB pages.


Please spread this announcement to interested parties.

Best regards,

-- Alfred Strohmeier, Program Chair

[ 76 lines deleted; see above -- dc ]

Advance Program -
International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies - Ada-Europe'96


Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 19:39:51 +0100
From: Alfred.Strohmeier@di.epfl.ch (Alfred Strohmeier)
Subject: LONG: Reliable Software Technologies (Ada-Europe'96)


		    Advance Program 

   	     International Conference on 
	    Reliable Software Technologies 
	           (Ada-Europe'96)
	   -------------------------------


   http://lglwww.epfl.ch/Ada-Europe/Conference/1996/



Dates: June 10-14, 1996

Location: Montreux, Switzerland

Sponsored by Ada-Europe, in cooperation with ACM SIGAda.

Organized by the Software Engineering Lab of the Swiss Federal
Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Prof. Alfred Strohmeier
and Stéphane Barbey; conference logistics by the Convention and
Tourism Office of Montreux, Switzerland.



GENERAL INFORMATION
-------------------

The international conference of Ada-Europe, the European
federation of national Ada societies, will take place this year
at the Montreux Palace Hotel, Montreux, Switzerland, on the edge
of beautiful lake Geneva, from June 10 to 14, 1996.

The conference provides an international forum for researchers,
developers and users of reliable software technologies to
share current research, academic and industrial experiences.
Presentations and discussions cover applied and theoretical work
currently conducted to support the development and maintenance
of reliable software systems. An exhibition will also showcase
the latest products related to Ada and to the technologies for
reliable software systems.

The conference comprises a three-day technical program and
exhibition from Monday evening to Thursday, with workshops and
tutorials scheduled on Monday and Friday.


In this document, you will find information about
- organization and program committees,
- the tutorials,
- the invited speeches,
- the technical program (accepted submissions, panels),
- the workshops,
- the joint events,
- the exhibition (including vendor application form),
- the social events,
- travel information,
- conference registration (including form),
- hotel registration (including form),
- ... and information on how to get more information.


THE WEEK AT A GLANCE
--------------------

* MONDAY, JUNE 10
   8h30-17h00 Tutorials and Workshop
  18h00-19h15 Conference Opening and Invited Speech  
  
* TUESDAY, JUNE 11, TO THURSDAY, JUNE 13
   8h30- 9h30 Invited Speeches
  10h30-12h30 Technical Program
  14h00-18h00 Technical Program   

* WEDNESDAY JUNE 12
  18h45       Bus Departure for Banquet
  19h00-23h30 Banquet at the "Chateau du Chatelard"

* FRIDAY, JUNE 14
   8h30-17h00  Full Day Tutorial
   8h30-12h00  Half Day Tutorials
  13h30-17h00  Half Day Tutorials 

* CONFERENCE DESK OPENING HOURS
  Sunday              17h00-19h00
  Monday               8h00-20h00
  Tuesday to Thursday  8h00-18h00
  Friday               8h00-14h00 


 
ORGANIZATION & PROGRAM COMMITTEEES
----------------------------------

* ORGANIZATION

- Conference Logistics

	Convention and Tourist Office
	Ada-Europe'96 
	Rue du Théâtre 5
	Case postale 1451
	CH-1820 Montreux
	Switzerland
	Phone +41 21 962 84 84
	Fax +41 21 963 78 95


- Alfred Strohmeier
  Programme Chair, alfred.strohmeier@di.epfl.ch 

- Stéphane Barbey
  Tutorial Chair, stephane.barbey@di.epfl.ch

	Swiss Federal Institute of
	Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) 
	Department of Computer Science 
	Software Engineering Lab 
	CH-1015 Lausanne 
	Switzerland 
	Fax : +41 21 693 5079 

	
- Björn Källberg
  PR Officer, bjkae@celsiustech.se


- Peter E. Obermayer
  Exhibition Organizer, obermayer@cci.de
  
	Competence Center Informatik GmbH 
	Lohberg 10 
	P.O. Box 1225 
	D-49716 Meppen 
	Germany 
	Fax : +49 5931 805 100 



* PROGRAM COMMITTEE

- Angel Alvarez, Technical University of Madrid
- Lars Asplund, Uppsala University
- Stéphane Barbey, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in
  Lausanne, Tutorial Chair
- Mark S. Gerhardt, LORAL Space & Range Systems
- Charlene Roberts-Hayden, GTE Systems
- Bjorn Kallberg, CelsiusTech Systems AB
- Jan van Katwijk, Delft University of Technology
- Philippe Kruchten, Rational
- Peter E. Obermayer, Competence Center Informatik Gmbh, 
  Exhibition Organizer
- Laurent Pautet, Telecom Paris
- Erhard Ploedereder, University of Stuttgart
- Jean-Pierre Rosen, ADALOG
- Sergey Rybin, Moscow State University
- Edmond Schonberg, New York University
- Alfred Strohmeier, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in
  Lausanne, Program Chair
- Bill Taylor, Transition Technology Limited
- Stef Van Vlierberghe, OFFIS N.V./S.A.
- Peter Wehrum, Rational
- Brian Wichmann, National Physical Laboratory


* ADVISORY BOARD

- John Barnes, John Barnes Informatics
- Luc Bernard, OFFIS N.V./S.A.
- Alan Burns, University of York
- Dirk Craeynest, OFFIS N.V./S.A.
- Xavier Cusset, CS Defense
- Albert Llamosi, Universitat Rovira i Virgili
- Karlotto Mangold, ATM Computer GmbH
- Jim Moore, MITRE Corp
- Kiyoshi Ishihata, Meiji University



TUTORIALS
---------

The tutorial program covers a broad spectrum of topics. The
tutorials have been selected to appeal to practitioners, managers,
and researchers alike. They are all presented by renowned speakers
from academia and industry.


* TUTORIALS AT A GLANCE

- Monday, June 10, Full Day
  o OOP with Ada 95 and other gOODies, John Barnes
  o Object Technology Project Management, Richard T. Due
  o Real-Time and Distributed Features of Ada 95, Joyce L. Tokar 
  
- Friday, June 14, Full Day  
  o Software Architecture and Iterative Development Process, 
    Philippe Kruchten

- Friday, June 14, Morning
  o Task Schedulability Analysis, Vance Christiaanse
  o Writing Java(tm)-Compatible Applets in Ada 95, S. Tucker Taft
     
- Friday, June 14, Afternoon
  o Information Systems Programming in Ada 95, Benjamin M. Brosgol
  o Real-Time POSIX, Michael Gonzalez Harbour


* SHORT ABSTRACTS

- OOP WITH ADA 95 AND OTHER GOODIES (full day, Monday) 
  John Barnes (JB Informatics) 
  This example-driven tutorial will cover the main features of the
  core of Ada 95 with strong emphasis on OOP and other interesting
  areas.
  
- OBJECT TECHNOLOGY PROJECT MANAGEMENT (full day, Monday) 
  Richard T. Dué (Thomsen Dué and Associates, Ltd.) 
  This tutorial presents a overview of proven, practical
  approaches to the full-time job of managing Object Technology
  systems development projects.
  
- REAL-TIME AND DISTRIBUTED FEATURES OF ADA 95 (full day, Monday)
  Joyce L. Tokar (Tartan) 
  This tutorial will present an overview of features and
  programming techniques for real-time and distributed systems
  with Ada 95.
  
- SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE AND ITERATIVE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS (full
  day, Friday) 
  Philippe Kruchten (Rational Software) 
  This tutorial introduces the concept and a model of software
  architecture and describes an iterative process to develop and
  validate the architecture of software-intensive systems.
  
- TASK SCHEDULABILITY ANALYSIS (half day, Friday morning) 
  Vance Christiaanse (Lockheed Martin) 
  This tutorial presents the principles of multi-tasking software
  design on a monoprocessor. It will cover the major Ada 95
  scheduling disciplines and help your tasks meet hard deadline
  time requirements.
  
- WRITING JAVA(TM)-COMPATIBLE APPLETS IN ADA 95 (half day, Friday
  morning) 
  S. Tucker Taft (Intermetrics)
  This tutorial will introduce the attendees to writing
  Java(tm)-compatible applets in Ada 95.

- INFORMATION SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING IN ADA 95 (half day, Friday
  afternoon) 
  Benjamin M. Brosgol (Thomson Software Products) This tutorial
  will cover the information systems-related facilities of Ada
  95, such as exact decimal arithmetic a la Cobol, picture-driven
  edited output, character handling, string processing, and
  interfacing with other software systems.
  
- REAL-TIME POSIX (half day, Friday afternoon) 
  Michael Gonzalez Harbour (EE & CS Dept, Cantabria University)
  This tutorial discusses the main real-time operating system
  services defined in the POSIX standards and the different
  options and services suitable for developing real-time
  applications in Ada.


Full abstracts are available on the WWW site of the conference.



INVITED SPEECHES
----------------

Invited speakers will discuss the state of the art and what the
future will offer in the area of reliable software development for
real-time systems, distributed systems, and Internet applications.

Those selected presentations will feature the four following
talks:

- PROGRAMMING THE INTERNET IN ADA 95 (Monday 10 June, 18:15 - 19:15)
  S. Tucker Taft, Intermetrics chief scientist and lead designer
  of Ada 95
  The Internet and the World Wide Web is considered as one of the
  nineties' major shift in the computer industry. S. Tucker Taft
  will present Sun's Java programming language and discuss how the
  full power of Ada 95 can benefit the Internet by programming
  Java(tm)-compatible programs in Ada 95 and assuring efficient
  and secure transmission over the Internet.
  
- RISK AND RELIABILITY ANALYSIS FOR SAFETY CRITICAL SOFTWARE (Tuesday 11
  June, 8:30 - 9:30)
  Norman F. Schneidewind,Professor of Information Sciences, Naval
  Postgraduate School, Monterey
  It is feasible to predict the software reliability and increase
  management's confidence in the reliability of safety critical software
  such as the NASA Space Shuttle Primary Avionics Software System. These
  objective were achieved with our novel approach of integrating software
  safety criteria, risk analysis, reliability prediction, and a stopping
  rule for testing. This approach is applicable to other safety critical
  software. We encourage practitioners to apply this approach.
  
- FAULT-TOLERANCE BY REPLICATION IN DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS (Wednesday 12
  June, 8:30 - 9:30)
  André Schiper, Professor of Computer Science at the Swiss Federal
  Institute of Technology
  Reliable software technology considers it unacceptable when services
  become unavailable because of failures. A. Schiper's talk will
  concentrate on the techniques that have been developed to implement
  software-based replicated services.
  
- ADA 95: AN EFFECTIVE CONCURRENT PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE (Thursday 13
  June, 8:30 - 9:30)
  Alan Burns, Professor of Real-Time Systems in the Department of
  Computer Science, University of York, U.K.
  Through a discussion of three case studies, this presentation shows how
  the language abstractions supported by Ada can be combined to build
  effective higher-level abstractions. The three examples concern a
  concurrency problem, a fault tolerance requirement and a scheduling
  issue.
	
Full abstracts are available on the WWW site of the conference.


TECHNICAL PROGRAM
-----------------

Besides the invited speeches, the Ada-Europe'96 technical program
contains more than thirty presentations on the most important trends in
software technologies, and more specifically on reliable systems. There
will be sessions on
	
  - Software Development Methods
  - Verification and Validation
  - Safety & Security
  - Real-Time Systems
  - Distributed Systems
  - The Ada 95 Programming Language
  - Compilers and Tools
  - Interfacing with Other Worlds
  - Experiences Reports

Among the presentations, some will describe the use of object-oriented
methods for specific problems such as the implementation of distributed
systems, or testing.

Moreover, you will hear experience reports and case studies describing
the problems encountered and the solution found for the development of
large software, and the application of software development methods to
enhance software quality. There will also be a session about ASIS, the
Ada Semantic Interface Specification.


* ACCEPTED SUBMISSIONS
	
- Software Development Methods
  
  Mapping HRT-HOOD Designs to Ada 95 Hierarchical Libraries
  Juan A. de la Puente, Alejandro Alonso, Angel Alvarez
  
  An Approach to Increasing Software Component Reusability in Ada
  Hyoseob Kim, Cornelia Boldyreff
  
  Iterative Development in Large Ada Systems
  Philippe Kruchten, Christopher J. Thompson
  
  HCSD Unit Developement Process: Step-Wise Process Improvement
  David Emery, Jaswinder S. Madhur

  
- Verification and Validation
  
  Testing Ada 95 Programs for Conformance to Software Architectures
  Neel Madhav
  
  Tasking Deadlocks in Ada 95 Programs and Their Detection
  Jingde Cheng, Kazuo Ushijima
  
  On Some Characterisation Problems of Subdomain Testing
  T. Y. Chen, Y. T. Yu
  
  A Framework for Testing Object-Oriented Software Using Formal
  Specifications
  R. Fletcher, A. S. M. Sajeev

  
- Real-Time Systems
  
  The Dining Philosophers in Ada 95
  Benjamin M. Brosgol
  
  Using Ada 95 for Prototyping of Real-Time Systems
  Jorge Real, Agustin Espinosa, Alfons Crespo
  
  The GNARL Implementation of POSIX/Ada Signal Services
  Ted Baker, Dong-Ik Oh, Seung-Jin Moon
  
  Implementing Protected Types on Embedded Targets
  David Mundie, John Fardo

  
- Distributed Systems
  
  Secure Communication in Distributed Ada
  Jörg Kienzle, Thomas Wolf, Alfred Strohmeier
  
  Using Object-Oriented Methods in Ada 95 to Implement Linda
  Kristina Lundqvist, Göran Wall
  
  Shared Packages Through Linda
  Göran Wall, Kristina Lundqvist
  
  Drago: An Ada Extension to Program Fault-Tolerant Distributed
  Applications
  Angel Alvarez, Francisco J. Miranda, Sergio Averalo, Francisco J.
  Guerra

  
- The Ada 95 Programming Language
  
  Augmenting Ada 95 With Additional Real-Time Features
  Johann Blieberger, Roland Lieger, Bernd Burgstaller
  
  Beyond Ada 95: The Addition of Persistence and its Consequences
  Michael Oudshoorn, Stephen Crawley
  
  Flexible Typing in Ada
  Bernd Holzmueller
  
  An Ada 95 View of Some Difficult or Controversal Points in
  Object-Oriented Programming
  Patrick de Bondeli
  
  Where does GOTO go to?
  Wolfgang Gellerich, Markus Kosiol, Erhard Ploedereder

  
- Compilers and Tools
  
  ASIS-for-GNAT: From the Prototype to the Full Implementation
  Sergey Rybin, Alfred Strohmeier, Eugene Zueff, Vasily Fofanov, Alexey
  Kuchumov
  
  Parsing Irregular Grammars in Ada
  Drasko Sotirovski, Philippe Kruchten
  
  Interprocedural Call Optimization
  Tim Birus, Christine Cipriani, Dean Sutherland

  
- Safety & Security
  
  The Use of Ada in Critical Systems, such as the TGV
  Marc Richard-Foy, Gilles Le Goff, Hervé Legall
  
  Ada 95 and Critical Systems: An Analytical Approach
  Dan Craigen, Steve Michell, Mark Saaltink
  
  Use of a Static Analysis Tool for Safety-Critical Ada Applications: A
  Critical Assessment
  Alfred Rosskopf

  
- Interfacing with Other Worlds
  
  Ada/O2 Coupling: A Solution for Efficient Management of Persistence in
  Ada 83
  Thierry Millan, Pierre Bazex
  
  Interoperability of C++ Classes and Ada Tagged Types
  Robert Dewar, Cyrille Comar
  
  An Ada 95 Harness for Converting Legacy Fortran Applications
  B. Gliss

  
- Experience Reports
  
  The Funds Management Modernization: Experiences with Developing an
  Object-Oriented, Client-Server Management Information System in Ada 95
  Chad Bremmon
  
  Converting the Part Task Nautical Simulator to Ada 95
  Kor Molenmaker
  
  Visibility Control and Migration of Interfaces in Large Ada Systems
  Vincent Celier
  
  Ada Tasking and Dynamic Memory: To Use or Not To Use, That's a Question
  Philippe Waroquiers
  
  Experiences Applying a Practical Architecture Method
  David E. Emery, Richard F. Hilliard II, Timothy B. Rice
  
  A Decade of Development and Deployment of Distributed Ada Systems
  John D. Smart
  
  Planning the Transition to Ada 95 for a Large Real-Time Project
  Michael Tonndorf, Roland Feith
  

* PANELS

- ASIS PANEL 
  Co-chaired by Mr. Currie Colket, Chairman ASIS Working
  Group/Chairman ASIS Rapporteur Group and Dr. Sergey Rybin,
  Moscow State University

  The ASIS Panel will address the new ASIS specification to
  support Ada 95, its use in developing CASE tools, and ASIS
  resources available. It will provide an opportunity to discuss
  issues and technical solutions concerning the building of CASE
  tools using ASIS with those who have already done so.

- THE BUSINESS CASE FOR ADA 
  Chaired by Bob Mathis, Executive Director, Ada Resource
  Association with Robert Dewar, President, Ada Core Technologies,
  USA Rudolf Landwehr, CCI, Germany Nasser Kettani, Rational
  Software, France

  Ada has proven itself in many situations, but it is still not
  being used in many other situations where its proponents think
  it would provide a superior technology and an improved solution.
  This panel will discuss some of the different factors that go
  into evaluating programming languages for use in different
  business contexts. The panelists will also discuss the different
  perspectives that exist in different countries.

  Specific factors to be discussed include when and why software
  development managers make decisions about programming languages,
  level of familiarity with different programming languages, and
  importance of factors like reliability, ability to handle large
  programs, speed of running programs, language standardization,
  clarity of source code, reuse of code or designs, maintenance
  and support costs, portability of programs, client-server
  support, support for modern software engineering methods,
  object-oriented programming support, life cycle costs, initial
  costs, compile speed, global acceptance, popularity in an
  industry segment, and government use.

 
* PROCEEDINGS

The proceedings will be printed in the famous Lecture Notes of
Springer (LNCS), and be available at the start of the conference.




WORKSHOPS
---------

- Design Patterns for Active Objects (full day, Monday)
  Organizers: Mark Gerhardt, Loral Space and Range Systems,
  Gerhardt_Mark@srs.loral.com and Rich Hilliard, The MITRE
  Corporation, rh@mitre.org
  
  Active objects are objects that have or use a thread of control
  as a part of their state. The purpose of this workshop is to
  provide a forum for workers interested in formulating and
  discussing design patterns using active object techniques in
  Ada 95 (its features for full object-oriented programming,
  concurrency, and distribution). Prospective attendees are
  required to submit a position paper.


- Design and Coding Guidelines for Ada 95 (half-day, Thursday
  afternoon)
  Organizer: Philippe Kruchten, Rational Software,
  pkruchten@rational.com

  The objective of this workshop is to present and discuss
  guidelines for the use of Ada features, and preferably Ada 95
  features. Attendance to the workshop is by invitation only. The
  selection of participants will be based on the submission by
  candidates of 2 proposed guidelines.


Full abstracts are available on the WWW site of the conference.


* PARTICIPATION

For participation in a workshop, please contact the workshop
organizer.



JOINT EVENTS
------------

* ARG Meeting (June 15-17 (Sat-Mon), Eurotel Riviera 4*)
* ISO WG9 (Friday, June 14)
* ASIS Working Group (Monday, June 10)
* Ada-Europe General Assembly (Tuesday, June 11, 18:00-19:00)



EXHIBITION
----------

The conference will be accompanied by a three-day commercial
exhibition on June 11, 12 and 13. Vendors of software products and
services should contact the Exhibition Organizer at the earliest
convenience for further information and to ensure their inclusion.


* EXHIBITION LOCATION

The exhibition will take place in the Montreux Palace Hotel in
Room Léman A during the Conference from Tuesday to Thursday. It
will be opened Tuesday morning in the first coffee break and be
closed Thursday afternoon.


* PROSPECT EXHIBITORS

- Addison-Wesley
- ACT Europe
- AJPO
- Cadre Technologies
- Competence Center Informatik GmbH
- CRI
- Dassault Electronique
- DDC-I
- Intermetrics
- GSE Gesellschaft für Software-Engineering mbH
- CISI
- Mark V
- OCS
- OIS
- Prentice-Hall
- Rational
- Sema Group
- SGI
- Springer Verlag
- Tartan
- TLD Systems Ltd.
- Thomson Software Products

If your company, or a company that you would like to meet at
Ada-Europe'96 , does not figure in this list, and you want to
be present at Ada-Europe'96, please contact the exhibition
organizer. See also the vendor exhibition form at the end of this
program.



SOCIAL EVENTS
-------------

A banquet will be held at the "Château du Chatelard".

The castle Châtelard has been built in 1441 as a defence tower
during the Burgundy wars. This private property is a famous
wine-growing center. The terrace with its view over the whold Lake
of Geneva is an ideal place for Aperitives. The banquets, with
Trumpets and Candlelight, are an unforgettable Event!

The Banquet package includes:

* Transportation to and from the Castle,
* The aperitive, with the "Vin du fût" and "pains aux greubons, au
  cumin et au lard".
* The meal (fine french cooking, including cheese and dessert)
* unlimited wine
* coffee and liqueur (à volonté)



TRAVEL INFORMATION
------------------

Montreux is situated on the shores of the Lac Léman - Lake Geneva-
in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, less than 40 km from
Lausanne. Surrounded by mountains, protected from cold winds, and
with palms and other exotic trees and plants lining its shores,
Montreux is known as the "Pearl of the Swiss Riviera".

* Access Routes and Links

- By Air

Geneva is the nearest airport. Direct trains to Montreux depart
every hour from the train station within the airport. Travel time
is approximately one hour. Montreux can also be reached by train
from Zürich International Airport in about 3 hours.

- By Rail

Direct trains from Paris, Milan, Rome. Connections in Basel,
Bern or Zürich with intercity lines from Germany, Benelux and
Scandinavia via Lausanne.

- By Road

Freeway, Montreux exit.



CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
-----------------------

To register, please fill out the form below and return it by
postal mail or fax it to the Convention and Tourist Office of
Montreux.

Convention and Tourist Office
Ada-Europe'96
Rue du Théâtre 5
Case postale 1451
CH-1820 Montreux
Switzerland
Phone +41 21 962 84 84
Fax +41 21 963 78 95

Please note that the conference organizers will not answer
questions regarding the conference registration. Direct your
questions to the Conference and Tourism Office.

All prices are given in CHF (Swiss francs).

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
ADA-EUROPE'96 REGISTRATION FORM

* IDENTIFICATION

 Name : ________________________ Surname : __________________________
 
 Company : __________________________________________________________
 
 Address : __________________________________________________________

 Postal Code : _____ City : _________________________________________

 Country : __________________________________________________________

 Phone : ___________________________ Fax : __________________________

 Email: _____________________________________________________________

 Badge: _____________________________________________________________

 
* EVENTS

- CONFERENCE

     Name                     Normal Price       On or before
						 May 10, 1996
[ ]  Full Conference             CHF 800            CHF 700
[ ]  Academics                   CHF 800            CHF 500
[ ]  One Day   Tuesday           CHF 400            CHF 400
[ ]  One Day   Wednesday         CHF 400            CHF 400
[ ]  One Day   Thursday          CHF 400            CHF 400
  
- BANQUET
  number of banquet tickets (each CHF 130): ___

- ADDITIONAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS:
  number of extra proceedings (each CHF 80): ___

- WORKSHOPS
     
     Name                                    Schedule            Price

[ ]  Design Patterns for Active Objects      Monday all-day      CHF 150
[ ]  Design and Coding Guidelines for Ada 95
     (free for conference attendees          Thursday afternoon  CHF 100
     registered for Thursday, June 13)

- TUTORIALS

    Name                          Schedule       Normal   On or before
                                                 Price    May 10, 1996
[ ] John Barnes
    OOP with Ada 95 and other     Monday         CHF 500     CHF 400
    gOODies                       all-day
[ ] Richard T. Dué
    Object Technology Project     Monday         CHF 500     CHF 400
    Management                    all-day
[ ] Joyce Tokar
    Real-Time and Distributed     Monday         CHF 500     CHF 400
    Features of Ada 95            all-day
[ ] Philippe Kruchten
    Software Architecture and     Friday         CHF 500     CHF 400
    Iterative Development         all-day
[ ] Vance Christiansee            Friday
    Task Schedulability Analysis  Morning        CHF 250     CHF 200
[ ] S. Tucker Taft
    Writing Java(tm)-compatible   Friday         CHF 250     CHF 200
    applets in Ada 95             Morning
[ ] Ben Brosgol
    Information Systems           Friday         CHF 250     CHF 200
    Programming in Ada 95         Afternoon
[ ] Michael Gonzalez-Harbour      Friday
    Real-Time Posix               Afternoon      CHF 250     CHF 200

* TOTAL (Conference + Banquet + Proceedings + Workshops + Tutorials)
  = CHF ______________

- PAYEMENT

[ ]  Cheque in CHF (Swiss Francs) drawn on a Swiss bank is attached
  
[ ]  Bank transfer to
        Banque Cantonale Vaudoise, CH-1820 Montreux, Switzerland -
        Clearing 767.222 Account : Ada-Europe'96 No 909'29.13.
     
     Kindly ensure that your name and your company are clearly
     indicated.

[ ] Credit card

     [ ] American Express    [ ] Eurocard/Mastercard    [ ] Visa

     Card number _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _

     Cardholder name _________________________________

     Expiring date ____-____


-  REMARKS
   (presentation of paper/tutorial, special conditions, vegetarian
   meals, ...)


- CANCELLATION

MUST be in writing; an administrative fee of CHF 100.- will
be applied to ALL cancellations. All refunds will be made
following the conference. NO REFUND WILL BE MADE FOR CANCELLATIONS
POSTMARKED AFTER MAY 17, 1996



Date: ___________________ Signature: ___________________________

--------------------------------------------------------------------------  


HOTEL RESERVATION
-----------------

Please fill out the above form and return it by postal mail or fax
it to the Convention and Tourist Office of Montreux.

Convention and Tourist Office
Ada-Europe'96 
Rue du Théâtre 5 
Case postale 1451 
CH-1820 Montreux 
Switzerland 
Phone +41 21 962 84 84
Fax +41 21 963 78 95

Please note that the conference organizers will not answer
questions regarding the hotel reservation. Direct your questions
to the Conference and Tourism Office.

All rooms include breakfast and hotels are within walking distance
(10 mins max.) of the conference facilities. Prices are in CHF
(Swiss Francs), per room and per night, VAT and service included.

(Please make your reservation as soon as possible. After May 24,
some categories may be sold out.)


* OFFICIAL HOTELS

The conference will be held at the Montreux Palace. The ARG
meeting will take place in the Eurotel Riviera.

 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
ADA-EUROPE'96 HOTEL RESERVATION FORM
 
* IDENTIFICATION

 Name : ________________________ Surname : __________________________
 
 Company : __________________________________________________________
 
 Address : __________________________________________________________

 Postal Code : _____ City : _________________________________________

 Country : __________________________________________________________

 Phone : ___________________________ Fax : __________________________

 Email: _____________________________________________________________

 Badge: _____________________________________________________________



* HOTEL 

    Hotel                       Single room            Double room
              
[ ] Montreux Palace 5*          CHF 280.--             CHF 400.--
[ ] Eurotel Riviera 4*          CHF 190.--             CHF 250.--
[ ] Bon Accueil 3*              CHF 150.--             CHF 180.--
[ ] Bon-Port 3*                 CHF 130.--             CHF 180.--
[ ] Inexpensive accommodation   CHF 60.-- to 110.--    CHF 120.--

Single/Double:_____________________________
(After May 24, some categories may be sold out.)

Arrival Date : _____________________________

Departure Date :_____________________________


* GUARANTEE

The Convention & Tourist Office of Montreux will confirm your
reservation. No deposit required. Please indicate the full details of
your credit card in order to guarantee your room :
 
 
     [ ] American Express    [ ] Eurocard/Mastercard    [ ] Visa

     Card number _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _

     Cardholder name _________________________________

     Expiring date ____-____




 Place and date :_______________ Signature :____________________________

-----------------------------------------------------------------------


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND MAILING LISTS
---------------------------------------- 


If you have access to the World Wide Web, please access the
conference home page at

      http://lglwww.epfl.ch/Ada-Europe/Conference/1996/

You can register your e-mail address by sending a message to
ae96-info@lglsun.epfl.ch. You will get up-to-date information by
e-mail whenever available.



* ORDERING PAPER COPIES OF THE ADVANCE PROGRAM

You can also receive a paper copy of the advance program as soon
as it is available. (It is an extract of the WWW pages and similar
in content to this ascii program.)

Please send your postal address by e-mail to
ae96-booklet@lglsun.epfl.ch, or send it by postal mail or by fax
to the "Convention and Tourist Office" by filling out the form
below.

Convention and Tourist Office
Ada-Europe'96
Rue du Théâtre 5
Case postale 1451
CH-1820 Montreux
Switzerland
Phone +41 21 962 84 84
Fax +41 21 963 78 95

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
ADA-EUROPE'96 ADVANCE PROGRAM FORM
 
Please send me a paper copy of the advance program as soon as it is
available.

First Name: ________________________ Last Name: ________________________

Company:
_________________________________________________________________

Street:
_________________________________________________________________

City: __________________________ Zip: ________ Country: _______________

Phone: _________________________ Fax: __________________________________

--------------------------------------------------------------------------



VENDOR EXHIBITION APPLICATION FORM
----------------------------------

Please send your application to the exhibition organizer

Dr. Peter E. Obermayer
Competence Center Informatik GmbH
Lohberg 10
D-49716 Meppen
Germany
Tel. : +49 (5931) 805 469
Fax : +49 (5931) 805 100
email: obermaye@cci.de

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ADA-EUROPE'96 EXHIBIT APPLICATION FORM

* IDENTIFICATION

Organization name: ____________________________________________


Contact person: _______________________________________________

Address: ______________________________________________________

         ______________________________________________________

         ______________________________________________________

Phone: ________________________________________________________

Fax:   ________________________________________________________

Email: ________________________________________________________

URL:   ________________________________________________________



* BOOTH

We wish to exhibit a
[ ] Tool [ ] Technique [ ] Environment [ ] Product [ ] Book/Journal


Name of item(s) exhibited:



Description of item(s), software engineering problem(s) they address:



Contribution of item(s) to solving the problem:



Amount of space for exhibition booth requested, equipment provided and
price (please mark your choice):
  [ ] 9 square meter exhibition space
       with one table and two chairs 5000 CHF
  [ ] 12 square meter exhibition space
       with two tables and four chairs 6250 CHF
  [ ] 15 square meter exhibition space
       with three tables and six chairs 7500 CHF



* PAYEMENT

[ ]  Cheque in CHF (Swiss Francs) drawn on a Swiss bank is attached
  
[ ]  Bank transfer to
        Banque Cantonale Vaudoise, CH-1820 Montreux, Switzerland -
        Clearing 767.222 Account : Ada-Europe'96 No 909'29.13.
     
     Kindly ensure that your name and your company are clearly
     indicated.

[ ] Credit card

     [ ] American Express    [ ] Eurocard/Mastercard    [ ] Visa

     Card number _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _

     Cardholder name _________________________________

     Expiring date ____-____


Title of Vendor's Presentation:
_____________________________________________________________________

Presentor: ______________________________________________



Date: ___________________ Signature: ___________________________

--------------------------------------------------------------------------  

Call for Papers, Second Announcement -
International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies - Ada-Europe'96


From: Alfred.Strohmeier@di.epfl.ch (Alfred Strohmeier)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.object,comp.lang,comp.lang.ada,
  comp.programming,comp.realtime,comp.software,comp.software-eng,
  comp.sw,comp.sw.components,comp.object,ch.general,ch.si.general,
  epfl.general,di.general
Subject: CfP Reliable Software Technologies, SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT
Date: 12 Oct 1995 08:19:06 GMT
Organization: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne


                              CALL FOR PAPERS


                           Ada-Europe'96 Conference: 
                          ---------------------------
                          Reliable Software Technologies
                          -------------------------------

                  http://lglwww.epfl.ch/Ada-Europe/Conference/1996/


Dates: June 10-14, 1996

Location: Montreux, Switzerland

Sponsored by Ada-Europe, in co-operation with ACM SIGAda.

General Information
-------------------
The international conference of Ada-Europe, the European federation of
national Ada societies, will take place next year at the Montreux
Palace Hotel, Montreux, Switzerland, on the edge of beautiful lake
Geneva, from June 10 to 14, 1996. The full conference will comprise a
three-day technical programme and exhibition from Tuesday to Thursday,
and parallel workshops and tutorials on Monday and Friday.


Schedule
--------
20 November 1995: Submission of extended abstracts and 
                  tutorial/workshop proposals

20 December 1995: Notification to authors

20 Febuary 1995: Final papers (camera-ready) required
       
10-14 June 1996: Conference


Contacts
--------
Prof. Alfred Strohmeier (Programme Chair)
Mr. Stephane Barbey (Tutorial Chair)

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL)
Department of Computer Science
Software Engineering Lab
CH-1015 Lausanne
Switzerland

Fax +41 21 693 5079

{alfred.strohmeier | stephane.barbey}@di.epfl.ch


Topics
------
The conference will provide an international forum for researchers,
developers and users of reliable software technologies. Presentations
and discussions will cover applied and theoretical work currently
conducted to support the development and maintenance of software
systems. Participants will include practitioners and researchers from
industry, academia and government.

For papers, tutorials, and workshop proposals, the topics of interest
include, but are not limited to:

  Management of Software Development and Maintenance
     Methods, Techniques and Tools
  
  Software Quality
     Quality Management and Assurance, Verification, Validation and
     Testing of Software Systems
 
  Software Development Methods and Techniques
     Requirements Engineering, Object-Oriented Technologies, Formal Methods,
     Software Management Issues, Re-engineering and Reverse
     Engineering, Reuse
  
  Software Architectures
     Patterns for Software Design and Composition, Frameworks,
     Component and Class Libraries, Component Design
     
  Tools
     CASE Tools, Software Development Environments, Compilers,
     Browsers, Debuggers

  Kinds of Systems
     Real-Time Systems, Distributed Systems, Fault-Tolerant Systems,
     Information Systems, Safety-Critical Systems

  Applications in 
     Multimedia Systems and Communications, Manufacturing, Avionics,
     Space, Railway, Industry

  Ada 95 Language and Tools
      Programming Techniques, Object-Oriented Programming, New
      Approaches in Tool Support, Bindings and Libraries, Evaluation
      and Comparison of Languages

  Ada 83 and Ada 95 Experience Reports
      Experience Reports from Projects using Ada 83 or Ada 95; 
      Management Approaches, Metrics, Comparisons with past or parallel
      Experiences in non-Ada Projects

  Education and Training
  
  Case Studies and Experiments

Proceedings
-----------
The proceedings will be printed in the famous Lecture Notes of
Springer (LNCS), and be available at the start of the conference.

Awards
------
There will be awards, sponsored by Ada-Europe: Best paper award: ECU
500.-; Best presentation award: ECU 500.-.
       
Submissions
-----------
Authors are invited to submit original contributions. Submissions
should be in English. Five paper copies of the extended abstract (4-6
pages) or of the full paper should be sent to the Programme Chair.
Submissions by e-mail in Postscript are also accepted. Submissions by
fax are not accepted. The first page should include: the title of the
paper; name, current affiliation, postal address, e-mail address,
telephone and fax of each author; the name of the designated contact
person; and a list of keywords ordered by relevance, including,
whenever possible, topics and subtopics taken from the list of topics
of the conference.  To enable publication of the accepted papers before
the conference, strict adherence to the dates of the schedule is
essential.

Call for Tutorials
------------------
A tutorial should address any of the topics of the theme of the
conference. A tutorial will last a half or full day.  The proposals
should include a title, an abstract, a description of the topic, a
detailed outline of the presentation, a description of the presenter's
teaching experience in general and with the proposed topic, duration
(half day or full day), level of the tutorial (introductory, intermediate,
or advanced), expected audience experience and background. Proposals
should be submitted by e-mail to the Tutorial Chair.

Call for Workshops
------------------
Half- and full-day workshops can be held to address timely issues or
to initiate a longer term effort on a topic of interest. Proposals
should be submitted by e-mail to the Programme Chair.

Exhibition
----------
The conference will be accompanied by a three-day commercial exhibition
on June 11, 12 and 13. Vendors of software products and services should
contact the Exhibition Organizer at the earliest convenience for
further information and to ensure their inclusion. Contact address:
Peter E. Obermayer, Competence Center Informatik GmbH, Lohberg 10, P.O.
Box 1225, D-49716 Meppen, Germany; Fax: +49 5931 805 100; e-mail:
obermayer@cci.de.

Registration Fees
-----------------
The sponsoring organization has decided to lower substantially the
registration fees, including coffee breaks and lunch meals, for the
1996 conference: CHF 800.- for late registration, CHF 700.- for early
registration, CHF 500.- for early registration by academics.

Programme Committee
-------------------
  Angel Alvarez, aalvarez@dit.upm.es, Technical University of Madrid
  Lars Asplund, asplund@docs.uu.se, Uppsala University 
  Stéphane Barbey, stephane.barbey@di.epfl.ch, EPFL, Tutorial Chair
  Mark S. Gerhardt, gerhardt_mark@srs.loral.com, LORAL Space & Range Systems
  Charlene R. Hayden, crhayden@sw-eng.falls-church.va.us, GTE Systems
  Björn Källberg, bjkae@celsiustech.se, CelsiusTech Systems AB, PR Officer
  Jan van Katwijk, jan@dutiba.twi.tudelft.nl, Delft University of Technology
  Philippe Kruchten, pkruchten@rational.com, Rational
  Peter E. Obermayer, obermayer@cci.de, Competence Center Informatik GmbH, Exhibition Organizer
  Laurent Pautet, pautet@inf.enst.fr, Telecom Paris
  Erhard Ploedereder, ploedere@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de, University of Stuttgart
  Jean-Pierre Rosen, rosen@enst.fr, ADALOG 
  Edmond Schonberg, schonberg@cs.nyu.edu, New York University
  Alfred Strohmeier, alfred.strohmeier@di.epfl.ch, EPFL, Programme Chair
  Bill Taylor, taylorb@sw-eng.falls-church.va.us, Transition Technology Limited
  Stef Van Vlierberghe, stef@cfmu.eurocontrol.be, OFFIS N.V./S.A. 
  Peter Wehrum, rpw@rational.com, Rational
  Brian Wichmann, baw@ditc.npl.co.uk, National Physical Laboratory


Advisory Board
--------------
  John Barnes, JGPB@jbinfo.demon.co.uk, John Barnes Informatics
  Luc Bernard, lbn@offis.be, OFFIS N.V./S.A.
  Alan Burns, burns@minster.york.ac.uk, University of York
  Dirk Craeynest, Dirk.Craeynest@cfmu.eurocontrol.be, OFFIS N.V./S.A.
  Xavier Cusset, x.cusset@applelink.apple.com, CS Defense
  Albert Llamosi, allamosi@etse.urv.es, Universitat Rovira i Virgili
  Karlotto Mangold, mangold@atm.aeg.kn.DaimlerBenz.com, ATM Computer GmbH
  Jim Moore, moorej@sw-eng.falls-church.va.us, MITRE Corp
  Kiyoshi Ishihata, ishihata@cs.meiji.ac.jp, Meiji University


National Member Bodies
----------------------
  Ada-Belgium, Dirk.Craeynest@cs.kuleuven.ac.be
  Ada in Denmark, jb@ddci.dk
  Ada-Deutschland, rpw@rational.com
  Ada France, rosen@enst.enst.fr
  Ada Greece, manos@isoft.intranet.gr
  Ada Italy, mario@bsdi.systech.it
  Ada in Norway, anton-b.leere@ffi.no
  Ada-Spain, fperez@ada.es
  Ada in Sweden, ais@docs.uu.se
  Ada in Switzerland, magnus.kempe@di.epfl.ch
  Ada Language UK Ltd, H.Byard@bton.ac.uk

Pointer to -
International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies - Ada-Europe'96


From: Alfred.Strohmeier@di.epfl.ch (Alfred Strohmeier)
Newsgroups: comp.object,comp.lang,comp.lang.ada,comp.programming,
  comp.realtime,comp.software,comp.software-eng,comp.sw,
  comp.sw.components,ch.general,ch.si.general,epfl.general,di.general
Subject: Ada-Europe'96 Conference (Montreux, Switzerland), WWW server
Date: 30 Aug 1995 08:53:49 GMT
Organization: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne

Ada-Europe'96 Conference: Reliable Software Technologies
--------------------------------------------------------

Dates: June 10-14, 1996

Location: Montreux, Switzerland

More information available on the WWW:

********************************************************
*   http://lglwww.epfl.ch/Ada-Europe/Conference/1996/  *
********************************************************

-- Alfred Strohmeier
Conference info on WWW server extended 21 Sep 1995.


Call for Papers -
International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies - Ada-Europe'96


From: Alfred.Strohmeier@di.epfl.ch (Alfred Strohmeier)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.object,comp.lang,comp.lang.ada,
    comp.programming,comp.realtime,comp.software,comp.software-eng,
    comp.sw,comp.sw.components,comp.object,ch.general,ch.si.general,
    epfl.general,di.general
Subject: CFP for the Ada-Europe'96 Conference
Date: 10 Jul 1995 10:00:55 GMT
Organization: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne


                              CALL FOR PAPERS


                           Ada-Europe'96 Conference: 
                          ---------------------------
                          Reliable Software Technologies
                          -------------------------------

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