International Conference on Software Maintenance (ICSM’2002)
03 Oct 2002 to 06 Oct 2002
Since its start in 1983, ICSM (International Conference on Software Maintenance) has grown and developed into an international forum for software maintenance researchers and practitioners to examine key issues facing the software maintenance community. Participants from academia, government, and industry share ideas and experiences solving critical software maintenance problems.
The ICSM conference is the premier international (world wide) event in the maintenance field. The importance of software maintenance is being increasingly recognised, both in terms of professional activities, and also through public perception, the Y2K problem (Millennium bug) and the Euro-conversion being the most obvious examples. Hence it is vital for the community of researchers and practitioners to publish, present, and debate the latest results in the field. ICSM proceedings present works of outstanding international excellence, where reports on the latest advances in the field may be found.
Previous ICSM conferences demonstrated tremendous interest and enthusiasm on the part of both researchers and applications personnel for current work in software maintenance. Many excellent papers were submitted and debated, showing that there is increasing interest in the subject.
ICSM is truly an international meeting place for researchers and practitioners in the field. Members of the program committee represent many different countries of the world. Many of the authors of papers also represent the software engineering interests of the international community.
A main goal of ICSM is to promote interaction between researchers and practitioners. ICSM 2002 will bring together researchers, practitioners, developers and users of tools, technology transfer experts, and project managers.
ICSM-2002 will offer technical presentations and demonstrations from academia and industry. We are particularly interested in exchanging concepts, prototypes, research ideas, and other results that could contribute to the academic arena and also benefit business and the industrial community. ICSM 2002 will be participatory, with working collaborative sessions and presentations of industry projects.
