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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
FIW'00
Sixth International Workshop on Feature Interactions
in Telecommunications and Software Systems
17th May to 19th May, 2000
Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
organised by
University of Glasgow
University of Strathclyde
with financial support of
FORCES
Network, UK
High Definition Systems AB, Sweden
KPN Research, The Netherlands
Telcordia, USA
The Workshop
The Feature Interaction Workshop is the primary international forum
for discussion and reporting on the Feature Interaction problem. Being
a workshop the forum is more than simply conference presentations. The
workshop includes:
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Invited speakers
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Presentations
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Posters
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Focussed workshop discussions
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Feature Interaction Contest
This is the second call for papers. In addition to presenting papers, contributors
will be asked to maintain a poster. The posters will be on display for
the duration of the workshop. Contest entrants will also present posters;
other participants are encouraged to offer a poster.
FIW'00 is the sixth in a series of workshops addressing the issue of
feature interactions. The workshop aims to bring together representatives
of both the Telecommunications industry and the research community; working
on various aspects of feature interactions in order to discuss possible
solutions and their practical applications, as well as setting directions
for further research. Active debates will be encouraged; workshop speakers
and contest participants are presenting a poster as well. Tool demonstrations
are also warmly welcomed.
The Feature Interaction problem
Feature interaction occurs when one telecommunications feature modifies
or subverts the operation of another one. This phenomenon is not unique
to the domain of telecommunications systems, but can also occur in any
large and distributed software system that is subject to continuous changes.
Growing competition and the
increasing number of stakeholders in the telecommunications markets
put more and more pressure on service providers to rapidly introduce new
services without compromising their quality. Undesired interactions can
both lower this quality and delay service provisioning. Therefore, the
problem of feature interactions in telecommunications and other software
systems is of great importance. In recent years, a lot of attention has
been devoted to the development of methods for detection and resolution
of feature interactions. However, the problem remains very complex, and
this complexity is only expected to grow in the future with the provisioning
of new broadband, multimedia and mobility services, and with the introduction
of more advances service architectures.
Programme
Please check the preliminary
programme.
Posters
To stimulate discussion amongst participants, authors and contest entrants
will display a poster at the workshop. Participants (not presenting a paper)
may also display a poster. The poster format is unconstrained (typically
A2 size), but they should give a "flavour" of the research, or the number
and nature of interactions found (in the case of a contest entry).
The Feature Interaction Detection
Contest
The workshop will continue the tradition of a feature interaction detection
contest (established at the 5th workshop), with the goal of providing a
simple comparison of different automated tools for feature interaction
detection. The results of the participants and the winner of the contest
will be announced at the workshop in a special session.
Submission Deadlines
April 17, 2000
Deadline for poster submission.
Workshop Location
Located on the banks of the River Clyde, Glasgow is Scotland's largest
city. The city had its beginnings in a monk's cell when St Mungo founded
a religious community in the sixth century. With historical references
to "the dear green place" easily forgotten with Glasgow's industrial past,
Glasgow has now reinvented itself. Boasting all the benefits and attractions
of a major cosmopolitan city; it has art galleries and exhibitions, opera,
dance, theatre, cinema, clubs and music concerts to suit all tastes. It
is also renowned as a shopping centre, with some of the world's most innovative
designers choosing to open outlets here. The URL http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/
has more information on the city.
The Workshop will be held the Teachers Building in Glasgow. The former
headquarters of Teacher's Whisky has been refurbished to form a regional
centre for the Institute of
Electrical Engineers. A testimony that Scotland largest export is no
longer whiskey but Personal Computers! The centre is located in the centre
of the city adjacent to railway and underground termini. URL http://www.iee.org.uk/SEC/building.htm
has more information, with maps and transport details. Block bookings have
been made at a selection of close by hotels; details will be made
available nearer the workshop.
The workshop dinner will be to the north of the city in a castle surrounded
by the Campsie Fells. Of course this would be incomplete without a visit
to the local distillery on the way! The trip will include a visit
to the Glengoyne Distillery. To build up a thirst try URL http://www.glengoynedistillery.co.uk
Contacts
All questions, replies, and submissions to Organising Committee and
Program Committees should be sent to:
FIW00@eee.strath.ac.uk
Workshop Co-Chairs
Dr. Evan Magill
Prof. Muffy Calder
Communications Division
Department of Computing Science
Electronic & Electrical Engineering
University of Glasgow
University of Strathclyde
Glasgow G12 8QQ
204 George Street
U.K.
Glasgow G1 1XW
U.K.
Email e.magill@eee.strath.ac.uk
Email: muffy@dcs.gla.ac.uk
Phone: +44 141
548 2521
Phone: +44 141 330
4969
Fax:
+44 141 552 4968
Fax:
+44 141 330 4913
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