ISSTA 98 Preliminary Program

6:00 reception

  • TUESDAY, March 3, 1998

    9:00-10:15 AM Invited talk
    Rodger Sherman, Former Director of Testing, Microsoft Corporation,
    "Shipping the Right Software at the Right Time"

    11 AM - 12:30 PM
    Session 4: Test Data Generation

    • Automatic Test Data Generation using Constraint Solving Techniques
      Arnaud Gotlieb, Bernard Botella, and Michel Rueher, Dassault Electronique.
    • An Applicable Test Data Generation Algorithm for Domain Errors
      Istvan Forgacs and Akos Hajnal, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
    • Automated Program Flaw Finding using Simulated Annealing
      Nigel J. Tracey, John Clark, and Keith Mander, University of York.

    12:30 - 2:00 Lunch

    2:00- 3:00 PM
    Session 5: Test Automation

    • A Visual Test Development Environment for GUI Systems
      Thomas Ostrand, Aaron Anodide, Herbert Foster, and Tarak Goradia, Siemens Corporate Research.
    • Automatic Interoperability Test Generation for Source-to-Source Translators
      Mark Molloy, Kristy Andrews, James Herren, David Cutler, and Paul Del Vigna, Tandem Computers.

    3:30-5:00 PM
    Session 6: Model Checking

    • Improving Efficiency of Symbolic Model Checking for State-Based System Requirements
      William Chan, Richard J. Anderson, Paul Beame, and David Notkin, University of Washington
    • Verifying Systems with Integer Constraints and Boolean Predicates: A Composite Approach
      Tevfik Bultan, Richard Gerber, and Christopher League, University of Maryland.
    • Model Checking Without a Model: An Analysis of the Heart-Beat Monitor of a Telephone Switch using VeriSoft
      Patrice Godefroid, Robert S. Hanmer, and Lalita Jategaonkar Jagadeesan, Lucent Technologies.

    6:00 New Results Section

  • WEDNESDAY: March 4

    9:00 - 10:30 AM
    Session: Structural Testing

    • On the Limit of Control Flow Analysis for Regression Test Selection
      Thomas Ball, Bell Laboratories.
    • Automated Regression Test Generation
      Bogdan Korel and Ali M. Al-Yami, Illinois Institute of Technology.
    • All-du-path Coverage for Parallel Programs
      Cheer-Sun Yang, Amie Souter, and Lori Pollock, University of Delaware.

    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    Panel: (Joint session with FMSP 98) ``If you could spend $1M extra this year on improving software quality, how would you allocate it?''
      Panelists to be announced