SIG
Special Interest Group on Software Engineering (SIGSOFT)
Mission
SIGSOFT seeks to improve our ability to engineer software by stimulating interaction among practitioners, researchers, and educators; by fostering the professional development of software engineers; and by representing software engineers to professional, legal, and political entities.
Newsletter
Software Engineering Notes is issued bimonthly.
VolumeIssueDate # of PagesArrived at ACM HQ
2004
291January 2004312 pp.WOSP ’04 proceedings
292March 200464 pp.2/4/04
293May 200440 pp.4/29/04
294July 2004296 pp.ISSTA ’04 proceedings
295September 200452 pp.8/16/04
296November 2004284 pp.SOFT/FSE ’04 proceedings
2005
301January 200540 pp.12/15/04
302March 200544 pp.2/15/05
303May 200544 pp.5/12/05
304July 200590 pp.9/16/05
305September 200552 pp.11/7/05
306November 200532 pp.11/29/05
2006
311January 200636 pp.1/23/06
312March 200648 pp.3/21/06
313May 200652 pp.5/22/06
314July 200644 pp.8/3/06
315September 200648 pp.10/13/06
316November 200664 pp.12/27/06
2007
321January 200764 pp.3/15/07
322March 200740 pp.4/13/07
323May 200732 pp.5/7/07
324July 200764 pp.8/31/07
325September 200748 pp.10/12/07
326November 200732 pp.12/10/07
2008
331January 200832 pp.3/10/08
332March 200848 pp.4/9/08
333May 200840 pp.6/4/08
334July 200836 pp.7/24/08
335September 200844 pp.9/23/08
336November 200844 pp.11/17/08
2009
341January 200944 pp.2/13/09
342March 2009
Membership1st yr2 + yearsTotal
ProfessionalAffiliateStudentInstitutionalTotalSubscribersRetentionRetentionRetention
June ’042,58997352113,04932554.4%66.7%75.53%
June ’052,50512028292,91625047.9%84.3%74.43%
June ’062,47213427752,88832750.0%84.0%75.86%
June ’072,36919024032,80230946.0%84.3%74.94%
June ’082,35213624142,73327944.7%83.6%74.74%
Fund Balance
DateAmountDeltaRequiredDiscretionaryDiscretionary/Member
June ’04$720,789$126,145$171,479$549,310$180.16
June ’05$680,211($40,578)$198,984$481,227$165.03
June ’06$762,435$82,224$238,069$524,366$181.57
June ’07$869,647$107,212$234,924$762,435$272.10
June ’08$1,060,245$190,598$289,821$770,424$281.90
June ‘09$1,123,878 (est.)$393,057
Conference Activity
Papers
FY ’04 EventsDateSponsorship# AttendeesSurplus/(loss) Submitted/AcceptedStatus
ICSE ’03: The 25th International Conference on Software Engineering
Portland, OR5/3-10/03SIGSOFT 50%587$137,086324/42Closed
SPIN ’03: 10th International SPIN Workshop onModel Checking of Software
Portland, OR5/9-10/03SIGSOFT 100%Closed
SOFTVIS ’03: ACM Symposium on Software Visualization
San Diego, CA6/11-13/03SIGSOFT 25%70$9,73365/20Closed
ESEC/FSE ’03: Joint 9th European Software EngineeringConference/11th ACM SIGSOFT Symposium on theFoundations of Software Engineering
Helsinki, Finland9/1-5/03SIGSOFT 50%164$16,947Closed
ISESE ’03: International Symposium on EmpiricalSoftware Engineering
Rome, Italy9/30-10/01/03SIGSOFT 50%113$18,227Closed
CODES + ISSS ’03: 1st IEEE/ACM/IFIP InternationalCODES + ISSS Merged Conference
Newport Beach, CA9/30-10-3/03SIGSOFT 8%$6,049143/30Closed
ASE ’03: 18th International Conference on AutomatedSoftware Engineering
Montreal, Canada10/6-10/03SIGSOFT 10%125$7,977Closed
UML ’03: 6th International Conference on the UnifiedModeling Language
San Francisco, CA10/20-24/03SIGSOFT 50%142$14,716Closed
WOSP ’04: 4th International Workshop on Software and Performance
Redwood Shores, CA 1/14-16/04SIGSOFT 50%57$40470/18Closed
SIGSOFT was in cooperation with 13 conferences in FY ’04.
Papers
FY ’05 EventsDateSponsorship# AttendeesSurplus/(loss)Submitted/AcceptedStatus
ICSE ’04: 26th International Conference on SoftwareEngineering
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK5/23-28/04SIGSOFT 25%638($173,686)436/58Closed
PASTE ’04: SIGPLAN-SIGSOFT Workshop on ProgramAnalysis for Software Tools and Engineering
Washington, DC (co-located with PLDI 04)6/7-8/04SIGSOFT 50%49($882)37/10Closed
ISSTA ’04: International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis
Boston, MA7/11-14/04SIGSOFT: 100%95$6,32093/26Closed
CAV ’04: 16th International Conference on Computer-Aided Verification
Boston, MA (co-located with ISSTA 04)7/13-17/04SIGSOFT 25%132($3,831)Closed
ISESE ’04: International Symposium on EmpiricalSoftware Engineering
Redondo Bch, CA8/19-20/04SIGSOFT: 50%71($7,207)Closed
ASE ’04: 19th Conference on Automated SoftwareEngineering
Linz, Austria9/20-25/04SIGSOFT 12.5%139$23,591Closed
UML ’04: 7th International Conference on the UnifiedModeling Language
Lisbon, Portugal10/11-14/04SIGSOFT 50%158$1,373Closed
SIGSOFT ’04 /FSE-12: 12th International Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering
Newport Beach, CA10/31-11/4/04SIGSOFT 100%$40,099170/25Closed
SAVCBS ’04: Specification and Verification of Component-Based Systems
Newport Beach, CA10/31-11/1/04SIGSOFT 100%Closed
WOSS ’04: Workshop on Self-Healing Systems
Newport Beach, CA 10/31-11/1/04SIGSOFT 100%Closed
WISER ’04: Workshop on Interdisciplinary Software Engineering Research
Newport Beach, CA11/5/04SIGSOFT 100%24/8Closed
QUTE-SWAP ’04: Quantitative Techniques for Software Agile Process
Newport Beach, CA11/5/04SIGSOFT 100%Closed
ICSOC ’04: 2nd International Conference on Service Oriented Computing
New York, NY11/15-18/04SIGSOFT 25%$15,225164/33Closed
SIGSOFT was in cooperation with 15 conferences in FY ’05.
Papers
FY ’06 EventsDateSponsorship# AttendeesSurplus/(loss)Submitted/AcceptedStatus
CBSE ’05: Symposium on Component-Based SoftwareEngineering
St. Louis, MO5/14-15/05SIGSOFT 100% 52$3,048Closed
SOFTVIS ’05: Symposium on Software Visualization
St. Louis, MO5/14-15/05SIGSOFT 25%48$3,88476/20Closed
ICSE ’05: 27th International Conference on SoftwareEngineering
St. Louis, MO5/15-21/05SIGSOFT 50%637$177,223Closed
WOSP ’05: Workshop on Software and Performance
Palma de Mallorca, Spain7/11-15/05SIGSOFT 50%51($3,371)57/30Closed
ESEC/FSE ’05: Joint 10th European Software EngineeringConference/13th ACM SIGSOFT Symposium on theFoundations of Software Engineering
Lisbon, Portugal9/5-9/05SIGSOFT 50%154$15,352201/32Closed
SCM-12: 12th International Workshop on Software Configuration Management
Lisbon, Portugal95-6/05SIGSOFT 100%23Closed
RAMSS ’05: International Workshop on Remote Analysis and Measurement of Software Systems
Lisbon, Portugal9/5/05SIGSOFT 100%Cancelled
SEM ’05: Software Engineering and Middleware
Lisbon, Portugal9/5-6/05SIGSOFT 100%2128/16Closed
SAVCBS ’05: Specification and Verification of Component-based Systems
Lisbon, Portugal9/5-6/05SIGOSFT 100%24Closed
FMIC ’05: 10th International Workshop on Formal Methods in Industrial Critical Systems
Lisbon, Portugal9/5-6/05SIGSOFT 100%28Closed
PASTE ’05: SIGPLAN-SIGSOFT Workshop on Program Analysis for Software Tools and Engineering
Lisbon, Portugal9/5-6/05SIGSOFT 50%38/17Closed
AADEBUG ’05: 6th International Symposium on Automated and Analysis Driven Debugging
Monterey, CA9/19-21/05SIGSOFT 50%$1,27330/11Closed
MODELS ’05: Model Driven Engineering Languages andSystems (formerly UML)
Montego Bay, Jamaica10/3-7/05SIGSOFT 50%$23,151Closed
ASE ’05: International Conference on Automated Software Engineering
Long Beach, CA11/7-11/05SIGSOFT 25%225$7,390298/28Closed
SSATTMM ’05: Software Security Assurance Tools, Techniques and Metrics Workshop
Long Beach, CA11/7-8/05SIGSOFT 75%44$7,240Closed
SAPS ’05: Specification and Automated Processing of Security Requirements Workshop
Long Beach, CA11/7-8/05SIGSOFT 75%Closed
SoftCeMent ’05: Software Certificate Management Workshop
Long Beach, CA11/8/05SIGSOFT 75%19$1,437Closed
TEFSE ’05: Traceability in Emerging Forms of Software Engineering
Long Beach, CA11/8/05SIGSOFT 75%27$1,536Closed
ISESE ’05: International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering
Noosa Heads, Australia11/17-18/05SIGSOFT 50%$5,914Closed
ICSOC ’05: 3rd International Conference on Service Oriented Computing
Amsterdam, The Netherlands12/13-16/05SIGSOFT 25%$20,016Closed
SIGSOFT was in cooperation with 16 events in FY 06
Papers
FY ’07 EventsDateSponsorship# AttendeesSurplus/(loss)Submitted/AcceptedStatus
ICSE ’06: 28th International Conference on Software Engineering
Shanghai, China5/20-28/06SIGSOFT 25%1,382$55,361370/36Closed
CBSE ’06: Symposium on Component-Based Software Engineering
Stockholm, Sweden6/29-7/1/06SIGSOFT 100% 90$565Closed
ISSTA ’06: International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis
Portland, ME7/17-20/06SIGSOFT 100%153$9,06694/26Closed
SOFTVIS ’06: International Symposium on Software Visualization
Brighton, England, UK9/4-5/06SIGSOFT 25%49$4,544Closed
ASE ’06: International Conference on Automated Software Engineering
Tokyo, Japan9/18-22/06SIGSOFT 12.5%274$4,904Closed
ISESE ’06: International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil9/21-22/06SIGSOFT 50%104$5,005Closed
MODELS ’06: Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (formerly UML)
Genoa, Italy10/1-6/06SIGSOFT 50%349$16,785Closed
SIGSOFT ’06 /FSE-14: 14th International Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering
Portland, OR11/05-11/06SIGSOFT 100%206$36.11612525Closed
SEM ’06: Software Engineering and Middleware
Portland, OR11/05/06SIGSOFT 100%Closed
SOQUA ’06: 3rd International Workshop on Software Quality Assurance
Portland, OR11/6/06SIGSOFT 100%Closed
First Alloy Workshop 2006
Portland, OR11/6/06SIGSOFT 100%Closed
SAVCBS ’06: 5th International Workshop on Specification and Verification of Component-Based Systems
Portland, OR11/10/06SIGSOFT 100%Closed
ICSOC ’06: 4th International Conference on Service Oriented Computing
Chicago, IL12/03-07/06SIGSOFT 25%139$17,258164/33Closed
WOSP ’07: Workshop on Software and Performance
Buenos Aires, Argentina2/5-8/07SIGSOFT 50%41$6,71339/13Closed
SIGSOFT was in cooperation with 12 events in FY ’07.
Papers
FY ’08 EventsDateSponsorship# AttendeesSurplus/(loss)Submitted/AcceptedStatus
AADEBUG ’07: 7th International Symposium on Automated and Analysis Driven Debugging
Graz, Austria4/23-27/07SIGSOFT 50%Cancelled
ICSE ’07: 29th International Conference on Software Engineering
St. Louis, MO5/20-27-21/05SIGSOFT 50%800$29,313335/49Closed
PASTE ’07: Workshop on Program Analysis for Software Tools and Engineering
San Diego, CA6/13-14/07SIGSOFT 50%50$1,51335/11Closed
CBSE ’07: 10th Symposium on Component-Based Software Engineering
Medford, MA07/9-11/07SIGSOFT 100% 50($1,532)Closed
A-MOST ’07: 3rd Workshop on Advances in Model-Based Testing
Medford, MA7/9-11/07SIGSOFT 100%Closed
ISSTA ‘07: International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis
London, England, UK7/9-12/07SIGSOFT 100%103$20,66310/6Closed
PADTAD ’07: Parallel and Distributed Systems: Testing and Debugging
London, England, UK (co-located with ISSTA ’07)7/9/07SIGSOFT 100%Closed
ESEC/FSE ’07: Joint 11th European Software Engineering Conference/15th ACM SIGSOFT Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering
Cavat near Dubrovnik, Croatia9/3-7/07SIGSOFT 50%164$12,382251/42Closed
IW-SOSWE ’07: 2nd International Workshop on Service Oriented Software Engineering
Cavat near Dubrovnik, Croatia9/3-7/07SIGSOFT 50%Closed
IWPSE ’07: 9th International Workshop on Principles of Software Evolution
Cavat near Dubrovnik, Croatia9/3-7/07SIGSOFT 50%Closed
SAVCBS ’07: 6th Workshop on Specification and Verification of Component-Based Systems
Cavat near Dubrovnik, Croatia9/3-7/07SIGSOFT 50%Closed
SOQUA ’07: 4th International Workshop on Software Quality Assurance
Cavat near Dubrovnik, Croatia9/3-7/07SIGSOFT 50%Closed
SYANCO ’07: International Workshop on Synthesis and Analysis of Component Connectors
Cavat near Dubrovnik, Croatia9/3-7/07SIGSOFT 50%Closed
SemDeskEng ’07: Engineering the Semantic Desktop
Cavat near Dubrovnik, Croatia9/3-7/07SIGSOFT 50%Closed
TOPIS’07: 1st International Workshop on Top-Down Design of Process-Intensive Information Systems
Cavat near Dubrovnik, Croatia9/3-7/07SIGSOFT 50%Closed
DoSTA ’07: Workshop on Domain Specific Approaches to Software Test Automation
Cavat near Dubrovnik, Croatia9/3-7/07SIGSOFT 50%Closed
EFTS ’07: 2nd Workshop on Engineering Fault Tolerant Systems
Cavat near Dubrovnik, Croatia9/3-7/07SIGSOFT 50%Closed
ESSPE ’07: Engineering of Software Services for Pervasive Environments
Cavat near Dubrovnik, Croatia9/3-7/07SIGSOFT 50%Closed
ESEM ’07: ACM-IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (formerly ISESE)
Madrid, Spain9/20-21/07SIGSOFT 50%120$6,948Closed
MODELS ’07: Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (formerly UML)
Nashville, TN9/30-10/5/07SIGSOFT 50%208$12,744Closed
ASE ’07: International Conference on Automated Software Engineering
Atlanta, GA11/5-9/07SIGSOFT 25%210$16,829312/37Closed
WRASQ ’07: Workshop on Automating Service Quality
Atlanta, GA11/5-9/07SIGSOFT 25%
IWLU ’07: Workshop on Living with Uncertainties
Atlanta, GA11/5-9/07SIGSOFT 25%
RT ’07: Workshop on Random Testing
Atlanta, GA11/5-9/07SIGSOFT 25%
AFM ’07: Workshop on Automated Formal Methods with PVS, SAL and Yices
Atlanta, GA11/5-9/07SIGSOFT 25%
WEASELTech ’07: Workshop on Empirical Assessment of Automated Software
Atlanta, GA11/5-9/07SIGSOFT 25%
SIGSOFT was in cooperation with 13 events in FY 08
Papers
FY ’09 EventsDateSponsorship# AttendeesSurplus/(loss)Submitted/AcceptedStatus
ICSE ’08: International Conference on Software Engineering
Leipzig, Germany5/10-18/08SIGSOFT 50%1,076$34,386370/56Closed
MSR ’08: 5th International Workshop on Mining Software Repositories
Leipzig, Germany5/10-18/08SIGSOFT 50%
SAM ’08: First International Workshop on Software Architectures and Mobility
Leipzig, Germany5/10-18/08SIGSOFT 50%
MiSE ’08: Modeling in Software Engineering
Leipzig, Germany5/10-18/08SIGSOFT 50%
ULSSIS ’08: 2nd International Workshop on Ultra-Large-Scale Software Intensive Systems
Leipzig, Germany5/10-18/08SIGSOFT 50%
WoSQ ’08: 6th Workshop on Software Quality
Leipzig, Germany5/10-18/08SIGSOFT 50%
STC ’08: Socio-Technical Congruence
Leipzig, Germany5/10-18/08SIGSOFT 50%
IWAAPF ’08: 3rd International Workshop on Advances and Applications of Problem Frames
Leipzig, Germany5/10-18/08SIGSOFT 50%
APSO ’08: Scrutinizing Agile Practices or Shoot-out at Process Corral
Leipzig, Germany5/10-18/08SIGSOFT 50%
IWMSE ’08: International Workshop on Multicore Software Engineering
Leipzig, Germany5/10-18/08SIGSOFT 50%
LMSA ’08: Leadership and Management in Software Architecture
Leipzig, Germany5/10-18/08SIGSOFT 50%
SDSOA ’08: 2nd International Workshop on Systems Development in SOA Environments
Leipzig, Germany5/10-18/08SIGSOFT 50%
ROA ’08: The Role of Abstraction in Software Engineering
Leipzig, Germany5/10-18/08SIGSOFT 50%
AST ’08: Workshop on Automation of Software Test
Leipzig, Germany5/10-18/08SIGSOFT 50%
EA ’08: Early Aspects at ICSE: Aspect-Oriented Requirements
Leipzig, Germany5/10-18/08SIGSOFT 50%
PROMISE ’08: 4th International Workshop on Predictor Models in SE
Leipzig, Germany5/10-18/08SIGSOFT 50%
WEUSE IV: 4th Workshop on End-User Software Engineering
Leipzig, Germany5/10-18/08SIGSOFT 50%
GraMoT ’08: Graph and Model Transformation
Leipzig, Germany5/10-18/08SIGSOFT 50%
SDG ’08: Software Development Governance
Leipzig, Germany5/10-18/08SIGSOFT 50%
SEAMS ’08: Software Engineering for Adaptive and Self-Managing Systems
Leipzig, Germany5/10-18/08SIGSOFT 50%
BIPI ’08: Business Impact of Process Improvements
Leipzig, Germany5/10-18/08SIGSOFT 50%
SECSE ’08: 1st International Workshop on Software Engineering for Computational Science and Engineering
Leipzig, Germany5/10-18/08SIGSOFT 50%
CHASE ’08: Human and Cooperative Aspects of Software Engineering
Leipzig, Germany5/10-18/08SIGSOFT 50%
SHARK ’08: SHAring and Reusing Architectural Knowledge
Leipzig, Germany5/10-18/08SIGSOFT 50%
SEESE ’08: Software Engineering in East and South Europe
Leipzig, Germany5/10-18/08SIGSOFT 50%
AeroSE ’08: 2nd International Workshop on Aerospace Software Engineering
Leipzig, Germany5/10-18/08SIGSOFT 50%
SESS ’08: 4th International Workshop on Software Engineering for Secure Systems
Leipzig, Germany5/10-18/08SIGSOFT 50%
CVSM ’08: Comparison and Versioning of Software Models
Leipzig, Germany5/10-18/08SIGSOFT 50%
WOSP ’08: Workshop on Software and Performance
Princeton, NJ6/23-26/08SIGSOFT 50%49$7,28639/15Closed
ISSTA ’08: International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis
Seattle, WA7/20-24/08SIGSOFT 100%169$$7,556101/26Closed
Workshop on Defects in Large Software Systems
Seattle, WA7/20/08SIGSOFT 100%
PADTAD ’08: Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Systems Testing and Debugging
Seattle, WA7/20-21/08SIGSOFT 100%
WODA ’08: Workshop on Dynamic Analysis
Seattle, WA7/21/08SIGSOFT 100%
TAV-WEB ’08: Workshop on Testing, Analysis and Verification of Web Software
Seattle, WA7/21/08SIGSOFT 100%
SSEAT ’08: Workshop on State-space Exploration for Automated Testing
Seattle, WA7/24/08SIGSOFT 100%
ASE ’08: International Conference on Automated Software Engineering
L’Aquila, Italy9/15-19/08SIGSOFT 12.5%
SOFTVIS ’08: Symposium on Software Visualization
Munich, Germany9/16-17/08SIGSOFT 25%53$7,96538/16Closed
MODELS ’08: Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (formerly UML)
Toulouse, France9/28-10.02/08SIGSOFT 50%248$30,107Closed
ESEM ’08: ACM-IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement
Kaiserslautern, Germany10/9-10/08SIGSOFT 50%100/28
CBSE ’08: 11th International Symposium on Component-Based Software Engineering
Karlsruhe, Germany10/14-17/08SIGSOFT 100%46
SIGSOFT ‘08/FSE-16: 16thInternational Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering
Atlanta, GA11/9-15/08SIGSOFT 100%152/31
SAVCBS ’08: Workshop on Specification and Verification of Component-Based Systems
Atlanta, GA11/9-10/08SIGSOFT 100%
iReCoSE ’08: 1st International Workshop on Infrastructure for Research in Collaborative Software Engineering
Atlanta, GA11/9/08SIGSOFT 100%
PASTE ’08: ACM SIGPLAN-SIGSOFT Workshop on Program Analysis for Software Tools and Engineering
Atlanta, GA11/9-10/08SIGSOFT 50%
RSSE ’08: International Workshop on Recommendation Systems for Software Engineering
Atlanta, GA11/10/08SIGSOFT 100%
WEH ’08: 4th International Workshop on Exception Handling
Atlanta, GA11/14/08SIGSOFT 100%
CAGSD ’08: Workshop on Intersections of Software Componentization and Global Software Development
Atlanta, GA1114/08SIGSOFT 100%
SIGSOFT was in cooperation with 18 events in FY 09
Papers
FY ’10 EventsDateSponsorship# AttendeesSurplus/(loss)Submitted/AcceptedStatus
ICSE ’09: International Conference on Software Engineering
Vancouver, BC5/16-24/09SIGSOFT 50%
(24 workshops are scheduled to be co-located with ICSE ’09)
CBSE ’09: Symposium on Component-Based Software Engineering
East Stroudsburg, PA6/23-26/09SIGSOFT 100%
DEBS ’09: 3rd International Conference on Distributed Event-Based Systems
Nashville, TN7/6-9/09SIGSOFT 50%
ISSTA ’09: International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis
Chicago, IL7/19-23/09SIGSOFT 100%
ESEC/FSE ’09: Joint 12th European Software Engineering Conference/17th ACM SIGSOFT Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering
Amsterdam, the Netherlands8/23-28/09SIGSOFT 50%
MODELS ’09: Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems
Denver, CO10/4-9/09SIGSOFT 50%
ESEM ’09: International Symposium on Software Engineering an d Measurement
Lake Buena Vista, FL10/15-16/09SIGSOFT 50%
ASE ’09: International Conference on Automated Software Engineering
Auckland, New Zealand11/16-20/09SIGSOFT 12.5%
WOSP ’10/SIPEW ‘10: Workshop on Software and Performance (Joint with SIPEW ’10)
San Francisco areaLate January 2010SIGSOFT 25%
Papers
FY ’11 EventsDateSponsorship# AttendeesSurplus/(loss)Submitted/AcceptedStatus
ICSE ‘10: International Conference on Software Engineering
Cape Town, South Africa5/1-10/10SIGSOFT 50%
Papers
FY ’12 EventsDateSponsorship# AttendeesSurplus/(loss)Submitted/AcceptedStatus
ICSE ‘11: International Conference on Software Engineering
Honolulu, HI5/1-10/10SIGSOFT 50%
SIG Officers2001-20032003-20052005-20072007-2009
ChairmanAlexander WolfAlexander WolfWilliam GriswoldWilliam Griswold
Vice-ChairmanMary Jean HarroldMary Jean HarroldDavid RosenblumDavid Rosenblum
Secretary/TreasurerWilliam GriswoldWilliam GriswoldMatthew DwyerMatthew Dwyer
Past ChairmanDavid NotkinDavid NotkinAlexander WolfAlexander Wolf
N/L EditorWill TraczWill TraczWill TraczWill Tracz
Awards
Distinguished Service Award
2000Marvin Zelkowitz
2001Kouichi Kishida
2002Lori Clarke
2003Axel van Lamsweerde
2004Will Tracz
2005Richard N. Taylor
2006Carlo Ghezzi
2007David Notkin
2008John C. Knight
2009
Outstanding Research Award
2000Victor Basili
2001Michael Jackson
2002Gerard Holzmann
2003Leon J. Osterweil
2004Nancy Leveson
2005Jeff Kramer and Jeff Magee
2006David Harel
2007Elaine J. Weyuker
2008Axel van Lamsweerde
2009
ICSE Most Influential Paper Award (for most influential paper of ICSE 10 years prior)
2000No award.
2001Robert Balzer, “Tolerating Inconsistency” (ICSE-13, 1991)
2002David S. Rosenblum, “Towards a Method of Programming with Assertions” (ICSE-14, 1992)
2003Bashar Nuseibeh, Jeff Kramer, Anthony Finkelstein, “Expressing the Relationships between Multiple Views in Requirements
Specification” (ICSE-15, 1993)
2004Robert Allen, David Garlan, “Formalizing Architectural Connection” (ICSE-16, 1994)
2005Michael Jackson, Pamela Zave:“Deriving Specifications from Requirements: An Example” (ICSE-17, 1995)
2006No award given
2007Antonio Carzaniga, Gian Pietro Picco and Giovanni Vigna: “Designing Distributed Applications with Mobile Code Paradigms” (ICSE-19, 1997)
2008Peyman Oreizy, Nenad Medvidovic and Richard N. Taylor: “Architecture-Based Runtime Software Evolution” (ICSE-20, 1998)
2009Peri Tarr, Harrold Ossher, William Harrison, Stanley M. Sutton, Jr.: “N Degrees of Separation: Multi-Dimensional Separation of Concerns”
(ICSE-21, 1999)
SIGSOFT Impact Paper Award (most influential paper presented in a sponsored or co-sponsored conference at least 10 years prior)
2008David S. Rosenblum and Alexander L. Wolf, “A design framework for Internet-scale event observation and notification” (ESEC/FSE, 1997)
In addition, five papers were designated for Retrospective Awards from the years prior to 1998.
SIGBED/SIGSOFT Frank Anger Memorial Award(to increase mutual awareness of similar research in embedded systems and software engineering communities, this award provides support for student travel to a flagship conference in the other community.)
2007Stefan Henkler (University of Paderborn) and Chunyang Ye (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
2008Basil Becker (University of Potsdam, Germany)
SIGBED also named a student each year to attend a SIGSOFT conference.
SIGSOFT Influential Educator Award, to be presented to an educator who has made significant contributions to, and impact on, the field of software engineering through accomplishments as a teacher, mentor, researcher (in education or learning), author, and/or policy maker.
2009
SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Awards
Each SIGSOFT-sponsored conference is encouraged to designate a small percentage of papers as SIGSOFT Distinguished Papers.
Member Benefits
FY ’09 Member benefits for SIGSOFT Members:
- Bi-monthly newsletter, Software Engineering Notes, in combined hard copy/electronic format. At least two issues a year list the table of contents and abstracts of conference proceedings, including FSE and ICSE. Contents include articles submitted by members as well as several regular columns, one of which is the popular forum "Risks to the Public."
- Web access to the SIGSOFT portion of the ACM Digital Library, including articles from all SIGSOFT sponsored and co-sponsored conferences.
- Discounted registration at conferences and workshops sponsored, co-sponsored and in cooperation with SIGSOFT.
- Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE) are available as a Member Plus package.
Community benefits provided by SIGSOFT:
- Networking and leadership opportunities through participation in SIGSOFT events.
- Opportunities to serve as a volunteer in various capacities in relation to SIGSOFT activities.
- Participation in honoring distinguished individuals through the Outstanding Research Award and Distinguished Service Award, as well as the ICSE Most Influential Paper Award. Distinguished Paper Awards are also given for SIGSOFT conferences.
- Stimulating interaction among practitioners, researchers, and educators through events; fostering professional development of software engineers through participation in the Computing Curriculum for Software Engineering Steering Committee; representing software engineers to professional, legal, and political entities.
- Providing assistance to graduate students presenting papers at SIGSOFT-sponsored conferences, via the Conference Attendance Program for Students grants.
- Web site.
Viability History
10/1/88Found Viable
10/1/92Postponed until February 1993
2/1/93Found Viable
2/1/97Found Viable
3/11/01 Found Viable
3/20/05Found viable
SBG Attendance record
March 2001yes
August 2001yes
February 2002yes
September 2002yes
March 2003yes
September 2003yes
March 2004yes
October 2004yes
March 2005yes
August 2005yes
February 2006yes
October 2006yes
February 2007yes
July 2007yes
February 2008yes
September 2008yes
March 2009
Annual report submitted
For year ending June 30, 2001yes
For year ending June 30, 2002yes
For year ending June 30, 2003yes
For year ending June 30, 2004yes
For year ending June 30, 2005yes
For year ending June 30, 2006yes
For year ending June 30, 2007yes
For year ending June 30, 2008yes
03/16/09 ghi