Complexity in ICT Systems and Projects

18 April 2006

This all-day workshop will be the first Australian event to discuss the issue of complexity in information and communications technology [ICT] systems and projects. The program will comprise presentations and discussion forums to be led by leading researchers and practitioners who share a belief that something needs to be done to manage complexity and thereby assure:

The workshop will be convened by the Systems Engineering Society of Australia [SESA] www.sesa.org.au, a technical society of Engineers Australia [EA], and supported by the Australian Computer Society [ACS], EA and The Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering WHO ARE ALSO PROVIDING THE VENUE FOR THE WORKSHOP at Engineering Link Building, Sydney University. Taxis should be directed to Shepherd Street, Darlington

The preliminary program is as follows:

TIME SESSION TOPIC SPEAKER
0800


0830 REGISTRATION

0900 OPENING
CHAIR: C SKINNER
WELCOME Mr Shaun WILSON
Vice President SESA
0930 KEYNOTE Dr Terry STEVENSON
CTO Raytheon Australia
1000 BREAK    
1030 PAPERS 1
CHAIR: P LINDSAY
PAPER 1.1 #2: Controlling the inexorable growth in entropy and chaos for large systems Prof Fergus O'BRIEN
Central Queensland University
1100 PAPER 1.2 #7: Test automation through self-testing of component-based software Fevzi BELLI
1130 PAPER 1.3 #6: Management of Complexity inherent in large application development projects Mr Chris JAMES
1200 DISCUSSION  
1230 LUNCH    
1300    
1330 KEYNOTE 2
CHAIR: F O'BRIEN
KEYNOTE Prof Peter LINDSAY
University of Queensland
1400 BREAK    
1430 PAPERS 2
CHAIR:
T STEVENSON
PAPER 2.1 #3: Component Architecture and Scale-free Networks Lian WEN
Griffith University
1500 PAPER 2.2 #5: Software engineering - is there a better way? Prof Geoff DROMEY
Griffith University
1530 PAPER 2.3 #4: A conjecture on Sorting Algorithms and the scale-free network property Lian WEN
Griffith University
1600 PAPER 2.4 Topic to be advised
Dr Robert LANG
Agere Systems
1630 DISCUSSION  
1700 THE WAY AHEAD SUMMATION Mr John PHILLIPS

To register please go to Registration

Papers from the workshop and rapporteur reports will be published inline and wll be sent to registrants in hard copy after the event

For any further information please contact: Chris Skinner on 0414 990 834 or [email protected]