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<b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:125%">The University of Memphis</span><br>
</b><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:125%;color:#000099">Systems Testing Excellence Program</span></b><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:125%"><br>
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:125%">FedEx Institute of Technology<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:125%"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:20.0pt">Sixth International Research Workshop on<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:20.0pt">Advances and Innovations in Software Testing<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:20.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://step.memphis.edu/">http://step.memphis.edu/</a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">July 24-25, 2012</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Memphis, Tennessee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Call for Papers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The University of Memphis’ Systems Testing Excellence Program and the FedEx Institute of Technology are pleased to announce:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Sixth International Research Workshop on Advances and Innovations in Systems Testing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="http://step.memphis.edu"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">http://step.memphis.edu</span></a> (<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">and then click on the Testing Workshop 2012 link)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">July 24-25, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Memphis, TN<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The workshop will be a mixture of presentations and open discussions. Presenters and attendees come from academia and industry. Please visit the workshop web site for detailed information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Important Dates<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Workshop registration opens - Jan 1, 2012
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Abstract submission deadline – Mar 15, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Acceptance notification to authors – Apr 10, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Paper submission deadline – Jun 1, 2012
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Final papers due – July 1, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Details<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The Sixth International Research Workshop on Advances and Innovations in Software Testing is scheduled in Memphis Tennessee at the FedEx Institute of Technology on July 24-25, 2012.
The workshop aims to bring together the very best research and industry practice on the subject of Software Testing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">We invite submissions related to all theoretical and practical aspects of testing including hardware testing, software testing, requirements testing, and the testing of business rules.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The workshop is organized by the Systems Testing Excellence Program (STEP) at The University of Memphis. STEP is an interdisciplinary program under the auspices of the Departments of
Management Information Systems, Computer Science, and Computer Engineering, and housed in the FedEx Institute of Technology.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The workshop will be a mixture of presentations and open discussions, and it is anticipated that attendees from both academic and industry practice will benefit greatly from the free
interchange of ideas and methodologies on display. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">We hope to see you at this year’s International Research Workshop on Advances and Innovations in Software Testing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Keynote Addresses<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Past keynote addresses were delivered by leading scholars/practitioners in the field of systems testing, including:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Dr. Steven Hutchinson, Defense Information Systems Agency
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Ralph H Groce III, Wells Fargo Retirement
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Dr. Alan Hevner, University of South Florida
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Dr. Bill Scherlis, Carnegie Mellon University
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Dr. Jeff Offutt, George Mason University
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Dr. Thomas Ball, Microsoft Research
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Dr. Cem Kaner, Florida Institute of Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Submissions<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">We invite submissions of original contributions in all aspects of Systems and Software Testing including, but not restricted to:
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Papers relating to any sub-discipline of Software Testing are welcome. Contributions will be reviewed based on their appropriateness of subject matter, originality and quality, clarity
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Submission Guidelines<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Abstracts (of 1 page) can be directly emailed to Dr. Ted Lee (elee@memphis.edu). The submission deadline will be March 15, 2012.
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Paper submissions in Word or PDF format are preferred. Authors should use the 8.5''x11'' two-column template provided on the conference website for formatting their papers. If a paper
is accepted at least one author must register to present the paper, and final papers must be submitted in MS Word format.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Mongolian Baiti";color:#1F497D">Robin Poston<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Mongolian Baiti";color:#1F497D">Associate Professor of MIS and Associate Director of the
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Systems Testing Excellence Program (STEP) of the <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Mongolian Baiti";color:#1F497D">FedEx Institute of Technology, University of Memphis<br>
Memphis, Tennessee <a href="tel:38152"><span style="color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none">38152</span></a><br>
<a href="tel:9016785739"><span style="color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none">901.678.5739</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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