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SECOND ASIA-PACIFIC CONFERENCE ON QUALITY SOFTWARE

NEW WORLD RENAISSANCE HOTEL, HONG KONG
1O-11 DECEMBER 2OO1

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The Fourth International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC 2004), the successor of APAQS, will be held in Braunschweig, Germany on 8-10 September 2004.

We look forward to your continued support.

News/Highlights

Important Dates
    o   APAQS 2001 Conference dates: 10-11 Dec 2001
    o   Deadline for early bird registration: 19 Nov 2001
    o   Final camera-ready copies due for IEEE CS Press: 7 Sep 2001
    o   Completion of conference registration by authors: 20 Aug 2001
    o   Agreement to conditions of acceptance by authors: 1 Aug 2001
    o   Email notice of acceptance or rejection to authors: 23 July 2001
    o   Extended deadline for paper or report submission: 28 May 2001

Conference Registration

The Conference Registration Form is now available in PDF format.

The registration form is also available in HTML format, which is best viewed and printed with Netscape 4.70 or above.

On-site registration is welcome.

Call for Participation

The Call for Participation sheet is now available in PDF, RTF, Word document and text format.

Final Program

The final program is now available in PDF and HTML format.

The final program at a glance is also available.

Steering Committeenew

Chair

    o   T.H. Tse, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Members

    o   T.Y. Chen, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
    o   Peter C. Poole, Emeritus Professor, The University of Melbourne, Australia
    o   C.V. Ramamoorthy, University of California at Berkeley, USA
    o   Stephen S. Yau, Arizona State University, USA

General Chair

    o   Professor N. Lee, Vocational Training Council, Hong Kong

Keynote Speakers

    o   Professor C.V. Ramamoorthy, University of California at Berkeley, USA
    o   Dr. Ray Paul, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, USA

Organizers

    o   Department of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong,
Hong Kong
    o   Centre for Software Engineering, School of Information Technology,
Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

Co-Organizer

    o   Information Technology Services Department,
The Government of the HKSAR, Hong Kong 		   

Sponsors

    o   BCS-HK The British Computer Society
(Hong Kong Section) 		    o   HKCS Hong Kong Computer Society
    o   HKIE The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
Information Technology Division 		    o   IEEE-HK IEEE Hong Kong Section
Computer Society Chapter

Objective and Background

The quality of software has an important bearing on the financial and safety aspects in our daily lives. Unfortunately, software systems often fail to deliver according to promises. It is well known that there are still unresolved errors in many of the software systems that we are using every day. The Asia-Pacific region is far from being immune to these problems. The prime objective of the conference is to provide a forum to bring together researchers and practitioners to address this issue seriously.

As a major international forum for quality software in the Asia-Pacific region, APAQS 2000 was a great success. The conference attracted about 100 participants from various parts of the world. Sixty-six papers were submitted to APAQS 2000 from over twenty countries from both within and outside the Asia-Pacific region. Thirty-three quality papers were selected by an international program committee. The Proceedings of APAQS 2000 was published by IEEE Computer Society Press.

In addition, four selected papers were subsequently expanded and, after the usual rigorous review process, published in a Special Issue on Quality Software of the International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering.

Following the success of APAQS 2000, the conference will be held again on 10-11 December 2001 in Hong Kong.

Program Committee

Program Co-Chairs
    o   Y.T. Yu, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.   Email: csytyu@cityu.edu.hk
    o   T.Y. Chen, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia.   Email: tychen@it.swin.edu.au

PC Members
    o   Doo-Hwan Bae, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea
    o   Paul Bailes, The University of Queensland, Australia
    o   Maarten Boasson, Hollandse Signaalapparaten BV, The Netherlands
    o   Jonathan Bowen, South Bank University, UK
    o   Gregory Butler, Concordia University, Canada
    o   Kai-Yuan Cai, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China
    o   David Carrington, The University of Queensland, Australia
    o   F.T. Chan, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    o   K.P. Chan, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    o   Carl K. Chang, The University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
    o   Huo Yan Chen, Jinan University, China
    o   Jason Jen-Yen Chen, National Central University, Taiwan
    o   S.-C. Cheung, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
    o   T.Y. Cheung, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    o   William Chu, TungHai University, Taiwan
    o   Jin Song Dong, National University of Singapore, Singapore
    o   Hans-Dieter Ehrich, Technische Universitaet Braunschweig, Germany
    o   Phyllis G. Frankl, Polytechnic University, USA
    o   Doug Grant, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
    o   Volker Gruhn, Universitaet Dortmund, Germany
    o   Lucas C.K. Hui, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    o   S.L. Hung, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    o   Stanislaw Jarzabek, National University of Singapore, Singapore
    o   John Jenkins, Vocational Training Council, Hong Kong
    o   Ho-Won Jung, Korea University, Korea
    o   K. Kishida, Software Research Associates, Japan
    o   H.F. Leung, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    o   Hareton Leung, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
    o   Karl Leung, Vocational Training Council, Hong Kong
    o   Mingshu Li, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
    o   Qing Li, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    o   Kecheng Liu, Staffordshire University, UK
    o   Michael Lyu, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    o   Danny Poo, National University of Singapore, Singapore
    o   Karl Reed, La Trobe University, Australia
    o   Barrie Thompson, University of Sunderland, UK
    o   Wei-Tek Tsai, Arizona State University, USA
    o   T.H. Tse, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    o   Jeffrey Voas, Cigital Inc, USA
    o   P.K. Wong, Vocational Training Council, Hong Kong
    o   Chris C. Yang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    o   Yun Yang, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

Organizing Committee
    o   Chair: P.T. Ho, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    o Vice-Chair: W. Wong, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
    o Secretary: I.K. Mak, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    o Treasurer: Pak-Lok Poon, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
    o Members: F.T. Chan, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
H.-W. Jung, Korea University, Korea
Emily Chui, Vocational Training Council, Hong Kong
K. Kishida, Software Research Associates, Japan
G. Keeni, Tata Consultancy Services, India
M.F. Lau, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Y.K. Leung, Vocational Training Council, Hong Kong
B. Xu, Southeast University, China

Conference Venue

New World Renaissance Hotel New World Renaissance Hotel

How to get there from the airport

Take the Airport Express Train to the Kowloon Station, which is the second stop from the airport, and then:

Hotel Information

You may simply stay at the New World Renaissance Hotel which is also the conference venue.
See conference venue (above) for booking and other information.

Or you may prefer accommodation which costs less. See below for more information.

Other Budget Hotels in Nearby Locations

Please contact Ms. Astor Wong of Swire Travel by telephone at +852-2579-6699, or by email to hkchina@swiretravel.com for enquiry and room booking (subject to availability) of the following hotels.

Conference Proceedings

Proceedings of APAQS 2001 To order

Related Conferences

Email Enquiries

For all enquiries, please send email to apaqs@cs.cityu.edu.hk

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