SOFSEM'97
by Frantisek Plásil
For the twenty sixth time now, the SOFSEM (SOFtware SEMinar) was
held being partially sponsored by ERCIM for the second time. Having been
transformed during the years from a local event to a fully international
conference, the current SOFSEM is special in being a mix of a winter school,
a conference, and an advanced workshop, each striving for multidisciplinarity
in computer science. This aim is reflected in the technical program consisting
of a relatively large number of invited talks, refereed papers (24 of them
this year), and refereed poster contributions. In addition, time and space
for flash communications, industrial presentations and exhibitions are
provided.
The program of SOFSEM usually starts with an opening talk delivered
by a very distinguished speaker; this year Jan van Leeuwen presented his
keynote address "Challenges in Large-Scale Distributed Systems".
The Endowment Board recommended 22 invited talks focused on the following
key topic areas: Distributed and Parallel Systems, Software Engineering
and Methodology, Databases and Information Systems, and Fundamentals. The
proceedings of this event, held 22-29 November 1997 in Milovy, Czech Republic,
were published by the Springer Verlag in the LNCS, Vol.1338. More detailes
can be found at http://dior.ics.muni.cz/sofsem/sofsem.html
Please contact:
Frantisek Plásil - CRCIM
Tel: +420 2 21914266
E-mail: plasil@nenya.ms.mff.cuni.cz
