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CALL FOR PAPERS Special issue on Automated Tools for Requirements Engineering International Journal of Computer Systems Science and Engineering http://www.crlpublishing.co.uk/csse.htm

Guest Editors
Didar Zowghi (didar@it.uts.edu.au)
Vincenzo Gervasi (gervasi@di.unipi.it)

BACKGROUND Requirements Engineering (RE) has long been recognized to be a crucial part of software systems development. It covers all activities related to the elicitation, modelling, analysis, specification and management of requirements throughout the systems development life cycle. RE is a multi-disciplinary and communication rich part of software development that utilises a variety of techniques and tools at different stages of development and for different kinds of application domains. In recent years, RE has emerged as an important field of research and practice in software engineering and information systems. Errors in requirements specifications can have a major impact on software costs and project duration. It is evident that early detection and correction of potential problems during requirement analysis may alleviate many much larger problems later on during testing and maintenance. Despite this, in comparison with the rest of software development activities, relatively little time and effort is expended during the requirements phase. Furthermore, tools and techniques developed by the RE research community do not seem to find their way easily into RE practice, hence the infamous gap between RE research and practice remains.
The International Journal of Computer Systems Science and Engineering seeks scholarly contributions for a special collection on Automated Tools for Requirements Engineering that describe and evaluate original research results in the design, development and usage of automated tools in support of Requirements Engineering.
Topics of interest in this special collection include, but are not restricted to:
=95=09Novel tools and algorithms for Requirements Engineering activities
=95=09Reports of industrial case studies of application of RE tools
=95=09Experiences with the introduction of RE tools in practice
=95=09Cognitive support and user interface issues in RE tools
=95=09Evaluation and comparison of RE tools
=95=09Integration of RE tools into software development processes

PAPER SUBMISSION
Submissions are expected to be in two broad categories within the context of RE research and practice, namely: Research papers: Research papers can focus on newly developed RE tools and implemented algorithms, or on novel developments and applications of pre-existing tools. All aspects of tool design and implementation are of interest. Rigorous case studies, evaluation and comparisons of RE tools will also be considered in this category. Research papers should be up to 30 pages in single spaced A4 format.
Industrial experience papers: Experience reports on research prototypes or commercially available RE tools and their applications can be submitted in this category. Papers are expected to have significant scientific content and should be no longer than 12 pages in single spaced A4 format.
All papers will be reviewed by international reviewers from the RE discipline. They should be submitted electronically to the Editor in Chief: email: tharam2@cs.latrobe.edu.au

IMPORTANT DATES Initial submission: June 21st 2004
Reviewer comments returned to authors: July 30th 2004 Revisions due: August 30th 2004
Decisions on inclusion and final feedback: September 30th 2004 Final drafts due: October 30th 2004
Publication: November 2004

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Associate Professor Didar Zowghi
Director of Requirements Engineering Research Group 
Department of Software Engineering        Email: didar@it.uts.edu.au
Faculty of Information Technology         Phone: +61 (02) 9514 1860
University of Technology, Sydney          Fax:   +61 (02) 9514 4535
P O Box 123, Broadway, NSW 2007           www-staff.it.uts.edu.au/~didar
Australia                                 CRICOS Provider Code - 00099F
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