Message from Program Co-Chairs

The vision of APSEC 98 is to provide a forum for software practitioners and researchers to present their results and to exchange ideas and experiences. The program for APSEC ‘98 is expected to be a truly exciting software engineering conference. It consists of three keynote addresses, 5 panel sessions, 2 tutorials, a poster session and 44 technical presentations. The program committee received 93 paper submissions: 11 from Australia, 12 from Europe and North America, and 70 from Asia. After a rigorous review process, 44 regular papers covering important software engineering issues were nominated for inclusion in the program of APSEC ‘98. We regret that many excellent papers could not be included in the program due to time and space limitations. Here, we are grateful to all authors who submitted their novel work for the Conference. We are greatly indebted to the members of the Program Committee and other reviewers for their extraordinary efforts in reviewing the papers along with invaluable advice in putting this Conference together.