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 9th IFIP Int'l Workshop on Testing of Communicating Systems, IWTCS'96
       Formerly: International Workshop on Protocol Test Systems
                Darmstadt, Germany, September 9-11, 1996

   The full version of this _Call for Papers_ is available at URL:
   http://www.cs.utwente.nl/data/amast/links/v02/i08/full/AC0208C3.txt
  A Postscript version of the full Call for Papers is available via 
WWW page : http://www.darmstadt.gmd.de/~gattung/iwtcs/iwtcs96.html
and anonymous ftp : ftp://ftp.darmstadt.gmd.de/pub/iwtcs96/cfp.ps.gz
  The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers and 
practitioners in the field of testing of communicating systems. 
  *Topics of interest:* 
 o  Types of testing: Conformance testing - Interoperability testing - 
    Performance testing
 o  Phases of the testing process: Test case generation - Realization 
    of means of testing - Test execution - Analysis of results 
 o  Classes of systems to be tested: OSI protocols and services - 
    Internet protocols and services - Telecommunication networks - ATM 
    networks - Narrowband networks - ODP systems - Multimedia systems 
 o  Theory and practice of testing: Theoretical framework -
    Test-related algorithms - Applications of theory - Practical
    testing methodology - Practical testing experience 
  *Important dates:*
 o  March 11, 1996   Paper submissions
 o  May   10, 1996   Notification of acceptance
 o  June  17, 1996   Camera-ready copies
 o  June  17, 1996   Proposals for tool demonstrations
  *Submission policy:* Several types of contributions are solicited:
 o  Regular papers (original research or practice results, maximally
    16 pages including bibliography),
 o  Short papers (position statements, work in progress, experience
    reports, not necessarily original, maximally 5 pages),
 o  Tool demonstrations. 
  Submissions should be sent in 5 copies to one of the co-chairs. 
  *Conference co-chairs:* 
   Bernd Baumgarten, Heinz-J"urgen Burkhardt, Alfred Giessler
   GMD, Rheinstr. 75, 64295 Darmstadt, Germany