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Requirements Engineering (RE) lies at the heart of software development.
RE is concerned with identifying the purpose of a software system,
and the contexts in which it will be used. Hence, RE acts as the bridge
between the real world needs of users, customers, and other constituencies
affected by a software system, and the capabilities and opportunities
afforded by software-intensive technologies. RE is a multi-disciplinary
activity drawing on research and experience in software engineering,
computer science, business and information systems, human-computer
interaction, and social and cognitive sciences. In the 1990’s, significant
advances in RE research were made, such as the development of techniques
for eliciting and analysing stakeholders’ goals, modelling scenarios
that characterise different contexts of use, the use of ethnographic
techniques for studying organisations and work settings, and the use
of formal methods for analysing safety and security requirements.
Despite these advances, RE remains one of the most challenging aspects
of software development.
RE’01 will provide an opportunity for researchers, practitioners,
and students to exchange problems, solutions, and experiences in
RE. It will emphasise the crucial role that RE plays in the development
and delivery of systems, products, and services that permeate all
aspects of life and increasingly serve users across national, cultural
and professional boundaries. In addition to wanting systems to deliver
required functions, users increasingly demand systems that are usable,
reliable, secure and responsive. In a rapidly changing world, users
and product managers expect today’s products to be adaptable to
their future technical and social environments.
RE’01 invites submissions of high quality papers describing novel
research, experience, and state-of-the-art surveys in RE. Proposals
for tutorials, tool demos and poster presentations are also welcome.
Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to:
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Requirements elicitation through interview,
observation, reverse engineering and re-engineering |
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Requirements modelling, analysis and re-use, including
domain modelling |
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Handling non-functional and quality requirements |
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Formal representation schemes and specification
languages, and formal analysis techniques |
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Multiple viewpoints, conflict resolution, and
inconsistency management |
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Prototyping, and animation and execution of requirements |
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Requirements management, traceability and metrics |
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Evolution of requirements over time and across
product families |
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RE standards, processes, methods and environments |
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RE case studies and experiences |
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RE and information systems development |
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Interaction of RE with software architecture,
design, verification & validation, and software maintenance |
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Analysis of safety, reliability and other high
assurance requirements |
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Cognitive, social, political and cultural factors
in RE |
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Human-computer interaction, groupware, and CSCW
aspects of RE |
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Artificial intelligence techniques for RE |
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RE education |
Submission
information:
Electronic submissions will be accepted at the RE'01 Paper submission
site http://re01.doc.ic.ac.uk/.
Authors without web access must make advance arrangements with the
Programme Chair at least one week before the deadline. Papers must
not exceed 8 pages in length, and must be in IEEE CS Press format
(see http://www.re01.org/submission.html).
Accepted papers must be accompanied by a signed IEEE copyright release
form. See the symposium website for information on how to submit
panel and tutorial proposals, doctoral workshop papers, posters
and research demos. For any other queries, please contact info@re01.org.
Evaluation:
Paper submissions will be reviewed by the PC for originality, significance,
soundness, and quality of presentation. Research papers must clearly
present an original contribution to the state-of-the-art or practice.
Experience papers must clearly present lessons learned that would
be of interest and benefit to a broad audience of researchers and
practitioners. Papers must describe work that has not been submitted
to or presented at another forum. Revised versions of a selection
of best papers from the symposium will appear in a special issue
of the Requirements
Engineering Journal, and authors of those papers will be offered
a free one-year individual subscription to the journal.
Key Dates
Paper abstract submissions (mandatory) |
15th
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February |
2001 |
Full paper submissions |
22nd
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February |
2001 |
Notification sent to authors |
2nd
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May |
2001 |
Tutorial proposal submissions |
6th
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April |
2001 |
Doctoral workshop submissions |
6th
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April |
2001 |
Posters and Research Demonstrations |
14th
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May |
2001 |
Camera-ready submissions |
1st
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June |
2001 |
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