Fall SERC Showcase 1999 Agenda

West Virginia University
National Research Center for Coal and Energy Building (NRCCE)
Morgantown, West Virginia

December 7 - 8, 1999

All Travel Arrangements may be made with National Travel 1-800-359-0160 or natltrvl@westco.net  


Tuesday December 7, 1999                                                    

7:30 - 9:00 a.m. Policy Board Breakfast Meeting
Room 109, NRCCE Building
Participants:
Robert Cowan, Stuart Faulk, Michael Forman, Bob Horgan, Aditya Mathur, Ali Mili,  Vida Scarpello, Alex Schwarzkopf, Steve Thebaut, George Trapp.

8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
Assembly Room B, NRCCE Building
8:30 - 9:30 a.m. Registration
NRCCE Lobby

8:30 - 10:00 a.m. Poster Sessions
Assembly Room B, NRCCE Building
Evaluation of an Interface-based Testing Methodology for CORBA-based Distributed Systems
Sudipto Ghosh, Aditya Mathur, Purdue University

Monitoring, Control and Architecture of CORBA-based Distributed Systems
Priya Govindarajan, Aditya Mathur, Sambhrama Munkdkur, Baskar Sridharan, Purdue University

Feedback Control of Software Process
Joao Cangussu, Aditya Mathur, Purdue University

Practical Genetic Programming for Image Processing
Brad Lucier, Purdue University

Towards Automatic Generation of Software Schedulers
Walid G. Aref, Purdue University

A Framework for Software Debugging-After-Testing
Marcos Chaim, Jose Carlos Maldonado, Mario Jino, Purdue University

Quality of Service and Multicast Support in Computer Networks
Sonia Fahmy, Purdue University

Entropy Based Design Metrics for Product Lines
Ali Mili, Tang Xia,  West Virginia University

Defining and Applying Measures of Distance in Software Engineering
Habib Ammari, Ali Mili,  West Virginia University

Software Composition Workbench Project
Steven Atkinson, Murali Sitaraman,  West Virginia University

Reuse Cost Estimator
Senta Fowler, Ravi Gottumukkala, Ali Mili, Lisa Zhang, West Virginia University

A Hierarchy of COTS Certification Criteria
Chakri Kaveri, Ali Mili, Sherif Yacoub, West Virginia University

Web-enabled Alternative to Interactive Electronic Technical Manual Specification
Hany Ammar, Bojan Cukic, Dina Ghobashy, Sherif Yacoub, West Virginia University

Architecture-level Risk Analysis and Assessment
Hany Ammar, Ali Mili, Sherif Yacoub, West Virginia University

WV Virtual Environments Lab....Visualizing New Worlds
Vic Baker, West Virginia University

Testing First Person Entertainment Simulations
Warren Harrison, Portland State University

Tool Support for the Metrics Repository
Warren Harrison, Portland State University

Testing for  Entertainment Simulations
Stuart Faulk, University of Oregon

Characterization and Evaluation of IV&V ROI
Warren Harrison and David Raffo, Portland State University

Generalizing SERC Process Models
David Raffo, Portland State University

Metrics Directed Process Guidance for SDL Model Development
Wayne Zage, Dolores Zage, Melissa May and Ashis Dutta, Ball State University

Object Oriented Design Metrics
Wayne Zage and Dolores Zage, Ball State University

Requirements Verification and Validation Tool Kits in the EXTEND Architecture
David Rine, George Mason University, Michael Xenos, SONEX Enterprises, Inc.


10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Software Demonstrations
Assembly Room A, NRCCE Building
10:00 - 10:20 Requirements Verification and Validation Tool Kits in the EXTEND Architecture
David Rine, George Mason University and SONEX Enterprises, Inc.
10:20 - 10:40 TDS: A Tool for Testing Distributed Systems
Sudipto Ghosh, Priya Govindarajan, Aditya Mathur, Baskar Sridharan, Purdue University
10:40 - 11:00 POD: A Development Environment for Pattern-oriented Design
Hany Ammar, Keethi Arutle, Hengyi Xue, Sherif Yacoub, West Virginia University

11:00 - Noon

Research Proposal Presentations
Assembly Room A, NRCCE Building
11:00 - 11:20 Architecture-level Risk Analysis and Assessment - (NASA)
Hany Ammar, Ali Mili, Sherif Yacoub, West Virginia University
11:20 - 11:40 (AverStar)
Hany Ammar, Sherif Yacoub, West Virginia University
11:40 - 12:00 Flow Visualization Using Virtual Reality - ( FETC )
Vic Baker, West Virginia University

12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Buffet Lunch
Assembly Room B, NRCCE Building

1:00 - 1:15 p.m.

Welcome: Dr. John D. Weete, Associate Provost for Research, West Virginia University
Assembly Room A & B, NRCCE Building

1:15 - 1:40 p.m.

Research Proposal Presentations ( continued )
Assembly Room A, NRCCE Building
1:15 - 1:40 Monitoring, Controlling and Testing Distributed Systems - ( BT Labs, Teclordia, Tivoli )
Aditya Mathur, Purdue University
1:40 - 5:00 p.m. Research Progress Presentations
Assembly Room A & B, NRCCE Building
1:40 - 2:05 Value-Based Software Engineering
Stuart Faulk, University of Oregon, David Raffo, Portland State University
2:05 - 2:30 Tool Support for the Metrics Repository and Generalizing SERC Process Models
Warren Harrison, David Raffo, Portland State University
2:30 - 2:55 Web-enabled Alternative to Interactive Electronic Technical Manual Specification
Hany Ammar, Bojan Cukic, Dina Ghobashy, Sherif Yacoub, West Virginia University
2:55 - 3:20 Practical Genetic Programming for Image Processing - (BT Labs)
Brad Lucier, Purdue University
3:20 - 3:45 Metrics Directed Process Guidance for SDL Model Development
Wayne Zage and Dolores Zage, Ball State University
3:45 - 4:10 Characterization and Evaluation of IV&V ROI
Warren Harrison and David Raffo, Portland State University

4:10 - 4:35

Testing First Person Entertainment Simulations
Warren Harrison, Portland State University

4:35 - 5:00

Testing for  Entertainment Simulations
Stuart Faulk, University of Oregon

5:00 - 6:00 p.m. IAB Closed Meeting
Assembly Room A, NRCCE Building
Participants: Ravi Appan, Robert Cowan, Richard David, Brian Dodson, Dave Dorenbos, Bryan Everly, Stuart Faulk, Michael Forman, David Griffiths, Bob Horgan, Ron Kohl, Linnea Kountz, Aditya Mathur, Ali Mili, Thomas O'Brien,Glenn Racine, Jay Reddy, Don Reynolds, Steve Romaniak, Vida Scarpello, Alex Schwarzkopf, Steve Thebaut, George Trapp, Michael Xenos, Siamak Yassini

6:15   p.m. Evening Banquet, Bus Leaves Holiday Inn
at
Hotel Morgan "Grand Ballroom"(6:30 p.m.)
Wednesday December 8, 1999

8:00 - 8:50 a.m. Breakfast Buffet
Assembly Room B, NRCCE Building

8:50 - 9:10 a.m. State of SERC : Dr. Aditya Mathur, SERC Director
Assembly Room A & B, NRCCE Building

9:10 - 9:30 a.m. Annual SERC Survey : Vida Scarpello, NSF Evaluator
Assembly Room A & B, NRCCE Building

9:30 a.m. - Noon Company Presentations
Assembly Room A & B, NRCCE Building
9:30 - 9:55 AverStar
Ron Kohl, AverStar
9:55 - 10:20 Virtual Demonstration of DOE-Fossil Energy Vision 21 Power Plants
Thomas O'Brien, Federal Energy Technology Center ( FETC )
10:20 - 10:45 Next Generation Verification and Validation Tool Kits: EXTEND
Michael Xenos, SONEX Enterprises, Inc.
10:45 - 11:10 Virtual Realty Applications at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Brian Dodson, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ( NIOSH )
11:10 - 11:35 Evolutionary Agent Societies
Dr. Steve Romaniak, Analytic Services, Inc. ( ANSER )
11:35 - 12:00 Pragmatics of Leveraging Research - Trials and Triumphs of a Small Business
Jay Reddy, ProLogic

12:00- 1:30 p.m. Buffet Lunch
Assembly Room  B, NRCCE Building
12:00- 1:30 p.m. IAB Meeting Continue as a Working Lunch
Assembly Room  A, NRCCE Building

1:00 - 6:00 p.m. SERC Virtual Job Fair
NRCCE Lobby, Assembly Room B and A as available, the Internet

1:30 - 4:30 p.m. Invited Attendance Workshops
Assembly Room A, NRCCE Building
1:30 - 2:30 Test Taxonomies for Certification and Predication
Bob Horgan, Telcordia; David Dorensbos, Motorola; Aditya Mathur, Purdue
2:30 - 3:30 TechWatch
Hany Ammar, Robert Cowan, Bojan Cukic, Ali Mili, West Virginia University
3:30 - 4:30 TBD

4:30 p.m. Closing Remarks and General Meeting Adjourn
Assembly Room A, NRCCE Building

4:30 - 5:00 p.m. SERC Administration Meeting
Assembly Room A, NRCCE Building