VISSOFT 2005


	Collocated with the 21st IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance ( ICSM 2005 ) Software visualization is a broad research area encompassing techniques that assist in a broad range of software engineering activities including: specification, design, programming, testing, maintenance, reverse engineering and reengineering. In this workshop, we will focus on visualization techniques that draw on aspects of software maintenance, program comprehension, reverse engineering, and reengineering. That is, we focus on how visualization can help programmers understand and analyze software. This event will gather tool developers, users and researchers in a unique format to learn about, experience and discuss techniques for visualizing software for understanding and analysis. Software is inherently complex due to the number of artifacts in any system and their relationships. It is also unique in that it has both a static and a dynamic nature. This can affect the views that are applicable and useful, and even what constitutes a sufficiently complete view to support a comprehension task. There is a need to help support the program comprehension notion of discovering what a system does as well as how it does it. The goals of the workshop are to work towards being able to answer the question of what is a good representation for a given situation, data availability and required tasks. We will also consider the unique demands that software places on visualizations that other knowledge representations may not have to consider. NEW The Banquet details are online The final program is online Registration is open (Early registration deadline: August 30, 2005) Dates: Submission: June 10, 2005 Extended to June 17, 2005 (Now CLOSED) Notification of authors: July 15, 2005 - see special note on submissions page Camera ready versions: July 29, 2005 Early Registration: Aug 30, 2005 - Open Organizers: Stephane Ducasse, University of Berne , Switzerland - ducasse [at] iam.unibe.ch Michele Lanza, University of Lugano, Switzerland - michele.lanza [at] unisi.ch Andrian Marcus, Wayne State University, USA - amarcus [at] wayne.edu Jonathan I. Maletic, Kent State University, USA - jmaletic [at] cs.kent.edu Margaret-Anne Storey, University of Victoria, Canada - mstorey [at] uvic.ca Local Arrangements Chair: T�sokyn� Cser�p Andrea, SoRing Ltd, Budapest, Hungary - cserep.andi [at] mail.gatesgroup.hu
Sponsored by IEEE-CS

Collocated with the 21st IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance ( ICSM 2005 )

Software visualization is a broad research area encompassing techniques that assist in a broad range of software engineering activities including: specification, design, programming, testing, maintenance, reverse engineering and reengineering. In this workshop, we will focus on visualization techniques that draw on aspects of software maintenance, program comprehension, reverse engineering, and reengineering. That is, we focus on how visualization can help programmers understand and analyze software.

This event will gather tool developers, users and researchers in a unique format to learn about, experience and discuss techniques for visualizing software for understanding and analysis. Software is inherently complex due to the number of artifacts in any system and their relationships. It is also unique in that it has both a static and a dynamic nature. This can affect the views that are applicable and useful, and even what constitutes a sufficiently complete view to support a comprehension task. There is a need to help support the program comprehension notion of discovering what a system does as well as how it does it. The goals of the workshop are to work towards being able to answer the question of what is a good representation for a given situation, data availability and required tasks. We will also consider the unique demands that software places on visualizations that other knowledge representations may not have to consider.

NEW
The Banquet details are online
The final program is online
Registration is open (Early registration deadline: August 30, 2005)

Dates:
Submission:                     June 10, 2005 Extended to June 17, 2005 (Now CLOSED)
Notification of authors:    July 15, 2005 - see special note on submissions page
Camera ready versions: July 29, 2005
Early Registration:           Aug 30, 2005 - Open

Organizers:
Stephane Ducasse, University of Berne , Switzerland - ducasse [at] iam.unibe.ch
Michele Lanza, University of Lugano, Switzerland - michele.lanza [at] unisi.ch
Andrian Marcus, Wayne State University, USA - amarcus [at] wayne.edu
Jonathan I. Maletic, Kent State University, USA - jmaletic [at] cs.kent.edu
Margaret-Anne Storey, University of Victoria, Canada - mstorey [at] uvic.ca

Local Arrangements Chair:
T�sokyn� Cser�p Andrea, SoRing Ltd, Budapest, Hungary - cserep.andi [at] mail.gatesgroup.hu