SETE 2000 
Call for Papers

"Systems Engineering"
and
"Test & Evaluation"
in
the Changing Environment of the 21st Century

Brisbane, Queensland, 15-17 November 2000

A Conference of
The Systems Engineering Society of Australia (SESA)
And
The Southern Cross Chapter of
The International Test and Evaluation Association (ITEA

Conference Program
Important Dates
Categories of submissions
Distant Mode
Student Track
Submissions
Presentation Timing

The SETE 2000 Conference theme is "Systems Engineering" and "Test & Evaluation" in the Changing Environment of the 21st Century. Presentations and papers are invited relating to this theme, as well as to the traditional tracks and special interest areas of SESA and ITEA.
  • Distance mode presentations - Conference presentations may be made in person or by means of asynchronous (non real-time) distance mode technology.
  • Student Track - Presentations and papers are also invited from students of the fields of Systems Engineering and Test and Evaluation (T&E).
  • Exhibit area - Registrations of interest are also sought from potential exhibitors. SETE 2000 will include both exhibitions and presentations by vendors.
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Conference Program

The Conference program integrates the Systems Engineering and Test & Evaluation fields in a combination of plenary sessions, panels, technical papers and exhibits. The program is expected to include papers in at least the following areas.
 
Systems Engineering
 Test & Evaluation
  • Systems Engineering Applications
  • T&E Visions of the Future
  • Soft Systems Methodologies
  • Critical Technologies (Instrumentation, Modeling, Simulation)
  • Systems of Systems
  • Measures of Effectiveness (MOEs)
  • Selling Systems Engineering
  • The Planning and Management of T&E 
  • Measurement
  • T&E Investment Planning
  • Modeling and Tools
  • Virtual T&E
  • Systems Engineering Management
  • The Design of Experiments
  • Processes and Methods
  • Error Budgeting
  • Software Engineering
  • T&E for Systems of Systems
  • Requirements Engineering and Management
  • T&E - The Value Added
  • Education and Training
  • T&E - The Legal Issues

Important Dates:

  • Preliminary Submission: 15 July 2000
  • Acceptance Notification: 15 August 2000
  • Final submission 15 September 2000

Categories of submissions

There are two categories of submissions to serve the needs of industry and academia:

  • Papers
  • Presentations
Papers

This category is primarily designed for Academia to meet the Australian Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs (DETYA) requirements for published papers. 
The preliminary paper is to have a title page with abstract (but no author information), 5-8 numbered pages in length, including figures, tables and other illustrations. Upon acceptance, paper format requirements will be sent to the primary contact. 
Full papers will be reviewed anonymously by at least two peer reviewers. For each paper submitted, prospective authors are requested to submit by E-mail two files:

  • a separate Identification Page and 
  • the paper, 
both in Microsoft Word, using Times New Roman 11 point font, in double column format.

An example paper, which may be used as a template, will shortly be provided on the Conference Web site. 

Papers accepted for presentation at SETE 2000 will be published in the Conference Proceedings in both book and CD-ROM form.

 Presentations

This category is primarily designed for industry practitioners. Submissions are to be made in the form of Power Point 97 presentations. The presentations will be reviewed by at least two peer reviewers.
For each submission, prospective authors are requested to submit by E-mail two files: 

  • a separate Identification Page and 
  • the presentation. 
An example presentation, which may be used as a template, will shortly be provided on the Conference Web site. 

Presentations accepted for presentation at SETE 2000 will be published in the Conference Proceedings in CD-ROM form.
The Identification Page is to contain the following:
        • Paper title
        • Author name(s)
        • Business affiliation(s)
        • Address(es)
        • Phone number and fax
        • e-mail address(es)
        • A short biography for each author.
        • Primary contact to be used for all communications.

Presentation Timing

Technical session paper presentations will be 20-30 minutes in length, plus a 10-15 minute question and answer period.

Call for Distant Mode Papers and Presentations


Call for papers and presentations to be presented in distant mode.

This is a call for papers and presentations to be presented by personnel who otherwise would be unable to attend the Conference. The intent is to prototype the process for mixing asynchronous presentations with synchronous discussions into the traditional Conference sessions. Personnel submitting distance mode papers and presentations must agree to

  • Prepare their presentations in Power Point and recording the audio to accompany each slide. Instructions and an add-in tool to Power Point 97 can be found on the Conference Web site.
  • Telephone the Conference at a prearranged time and take part in the traditional post presentation discussion in the session room. The cost for a ten-minute telephone call is expected to be less than $10 from most places in the world.
These papers and presentations are to meet the same review requirements as the papers and presentations to be presented live at the Conference. The accepted paper will be published in the Conference proceedings. The audio enhanced presentation will be published in the Conference CD-ROM.

Examples of asynchronous presentations can be seen at http://www.umuc.edu/~jkasser/distance/distance.htm

Call for Student Track Papers


This is a call for papers and presentations in the student track. The intent of this track is to encourage students to publish. Students enrolled in Master's level and above programs are encouraged to upgrade a recent assignment, paper or presentation with the advice of their instructors and submit them for the student track. Student track papers and presentations can be submitted for live or distance mode participation in the Conference. Student track papers and presentations must be accompanied by an endorsement by the instructor certifying that the paper or presentation is an example of the work produced by students in the specific program in the specific institution.

All student track paper and presentation submissions will pass through a two step review process.

  • Step 1 - The regular peer review process.
  • Step 2 - An academic review process.
If the submission fails in Step 1, Step 2 will determine if corrections can be made to upgrade the submission to Conference standards, and recommend same.

Preliminary student track submissions are required to contain both the preliminary presentation and the preliminary paper

Accepted student track papers and presentations will

  • Be published in the Conference proceedings and CD-ROM.
  • Compete for the Systems Engineering and Evaluation Centre (SEEC) Award for the best Student Paper at the Conference.

Submit papers and presentations to the Technical Chair:

Associate Professor Joseph Kasser
Systems Engineering and Evaluation Centre
University of South Australia,
Mawson Lakes SA 5095, AUSTRALIA
Tel: +61 8 8302-3941
Conference E-mail: CT2000@unisa.edu.au
Other E-mail Joseph.Kasser@unisa.edu.au

SESA is a Technical Society of The Institution of Engineers Australia (IEAust), affiliated with the International Council of Systems Engineering (INCOSE). SESA's Web site is at http://www.sesa.org.au/

ITEA Southern Cross Chapter's Web site is at http://itea.netspot.com.au/
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