History of SCAM

The Ninth SCAM working conference (SCAM 2009) The Ninth SCAM working conference (SCAM 2009) was held in Edmonton, on the 20th-21st September 2009, co-located with ICSM 2009. 39 papers and 5 tools demostration were submitted, of which 17 technique papers and 3 tools were accepted for publication.

All attendees were encourage to write ideas on plastic slides. These slides were collected and scanned for the website. The slides, and other resources and outputs (including papers and talks presented at the workshop) are available on the SCAM2009 website. 43 people attended the workshop.

In addition to support from IEEE, the workshop was also sponsored by CREST Center at King’s College London, icore, and SD which greatly helped to reduce the registration fee.

The SCAM 2009 Proceedings are published by the IEEE and there will be a special issue of The Software Quality Journal featuring extended versions of selected papers from the SCAM 2009 workshop.

The Eighth SCAM working conference (SCAM 2008) The Eigth SCAM working conference (SCAM 2008) was held in Beijing, on the 30th September and 1st October 2008, co-located with ICSM 2008. 55 papers were submitted, of which 23 were accepted for publication.

All attendees were encourage to write ideas on plastic slides. These slides were collected and scanned for the website. The slides, and other resources and outputs (including papers and talks presented at the workshop) are available on the SCAM2008 website. 55 people attended the workshop.

In addition to support from IEEE, the workshop was also sponsored by CREST Center at King’s College London, Reengineering Forum, SAP, SD and Soccer-lab, which greatly helped to reduce the registration fee.

The SCAM 2008 Proceedings are published by the IEEE and there will be a special issue of The Journal of Information and Software Technology featuring extended versions of selected papers from the SCAM 2008 workshop.

The seventh SCAM working conference (SCAM 2007) The seventh SCAM working conference (SCAM 2007) was held in Paris, on the 30th September and 1st October 2007, co-located with ICSM 2007. 74 papers were submitted, of which 19 were accepted for publication.

All attendees were encourage to write ideas on plastic slides. These slides were collected and scanned for the website. The slides, and other resources and outputs (including papers and talks presented at the workshop) are available on the SCAM2007 website. 75 people attended the workshop.

In addition to support from IEEE, the workshop was also sponsored by CEA, École Polytechique, SIG and CREST Center at King’s College London, which greatly helped to reduce the registration fee.

The SCAM 2007 Proceedings are published by the IEEE and there will be a special issue of The Journal of Automated Software Engineering featuring extended versions of selected papers from the SCAM 2007 workshop.

The sixth SCAM workshop (SCAM 2006) The sixth SCAM workshop (SCAM 2006) was held in Philadelphia, on the 27th-29th of September 2006, co-located with ICSM 2006. 48 papers were submitted, of which 20 were accepted for publication.

All attendees were encourage to write ideas on plastic slides. These slides were collected and scanned for the website. The slides, and other resources and outputs (including papers and talks presented at the workshop) are available on the SCAM2006 website. 54 people attended the workshop.

In addition to support from IEEE, the workshop was also sponsored by King’s College London, RainCode, and the Villanova University which greatly helped to reduce the registration fee.

The SCAM 2006 Proceedings are published by the IEEE and there will be a special issue of The Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution: Research and Practice featuring extended versions of selected papers from the SCAM 2006 workshop.

The fifth SCAM workshop (SCAM 2005) was held in Budapest, on the 30th of September and 1st of October 2005, co-located with ICSM 2005. 48 papers were submitted, of which 18 were accepted for publication.

All attendees were encourage to write ideas on plastic slides. These slides were collected and scanned for the website. The slides, and other resources and outputs (including papers and talks presented at the workshop) are available on the SCAM 2005website. 51 people attended the workshop.

In addition to support from IEEE, the workshop was also sponsored by King’s College London, RainCode, University of Szeged, and Istituto Trentino di Cultura  which greatly helped to reduce the registration fee.

The SCAM 2005 Proceedings are published by the IEEE and there will be a special issue of The Science of Computer Programming Journal featuring extended versions of selected papers from the SCAM 2005 workshop.

The fourth SCAM workshop (SCAM 2004) was held in Chicago, on the 15th and 16th of September 2004, co-located with ICSM 2004, Metrics 2004, WSE 2004and WESS 2004. 39 papers were submitted, of which 16 were accepted for publication.

The format was maintained, but extended to two full days to facilitate discussion and interaction. In particular, all attendees were encourage to write ideas on plastic slides, rather than merely contributing verbally. These slides were collected and scanned for the website. The slides, and other resources and outputs (including papers and talks presented at the workshop) are available on the SCAM 2004website. 43 people attended the workshop.

In addition to support from IEEE, the workshop was also sponsored by RainCode, The VASTT group and Loyola College, Maryland which greatly helped to reduce the registration fee.

The SCAM 2004 Proceedings are published by the IEEE and there will be a special issue of The Journal of Systems and Software featuring extended versions of selected papers from the SCAM 2004 workshop.

The third SCAM workshop (SCAM 2003) was held in Amsterdam, on September 26th and 27th, co-located with ICSM 2003, STEP 2003, ELIZA 2003, VISSOFT 2003and WSE 2003. 43 papers were submitted, of which 21 were accepted for publication.

The workshop maintained the discussion-based emphasis, with short paper presentations of 15 minutes and long discussion slots. Due to the large number of paper submissions in 2003, the organisers moved from the one-day format of previous years, to a one-and-a-half day format. Some resources and outputs from the workshop are available on the SCAM 2003 website. 52 people attended the workshop.

The SCAM 2003 Proceedings are published by the IEEE and there will be a special issue of The Software Quality Journal featuring extended versions of selected papers from the SCAM 2003 workshop.

The second SCAM workshop (SCAM 2002) was held in Montréal, on October 1st 2002 with ICSM 2002, WESS 2002, DBMR 2002, and WSE 2002. 23 papers were submitted, of which 17 were accepted for publication. The workshop maintained the discussion-based emphasis. Some resources and outputs from the workshop are available on the SCAM 2002 website. 43 people attended the workshop.

The SCAM 2002 Proceedings are published by the IEEE and there is a special issue of The Journal of Automated Software Engineering featuring extended versions of selected papers from the SCAM 2002 workshop.

The first SCAM workshop (SCAM 2001) was held in Florence, on November 10th 2001, co-located with ICSM 2001, WESS 2001and WSE 2001. 30 papers were submitted, of which 21 were accepted for publication. The workshop was a one day event with the emphasis on discussion. 40 people attended the workshop.

The SCAM 2001 Proceedings are published by the IEEE and there is a special issue of the journal Information and Software Technology featuring extended versions of selected papers from SCAM 2001.