(Apologies if you receive multiple copies) PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Student COntest in softwaRe Engineering SCORE 2009 http://score.elet.polimi.it an initiative of the 31st International Conference in Software Engineering (ICSE 2009) 16-24 May 2009, Vancouver, Canada ICSE 2009 in Vancouver, Canada will see the first finals of the SCORE Software Engineering Contest. Teams from all over the world will enter in a competition that is open to students from undergraduate to masters level. Each team will develop a system chosen from those proposed by SCORE committee members. Teams will produce a report as their first deliverable, followed by a prototype system for those chosen as semi-finalists. Evaluation will be based on the quality of the software engineering process followed, as well as the outcome. In order to accommodate all academic calendars, the 2009 SCORE Contest will run from December 2007 to January 2009 with with team sign-up starting in February 2008 and ending in November 2008. Up to 10 finalist teams will be announced in April 2009. At least one representative from each of the finalist teams will have expenses paid to attend ICSE in Vancouver, 16-24 May 2009, for final judging. The SCORE Contest is aimed at promoting and fostering software engineering in universities worldwide. The committee consists of members of industry and academia. Each participating team will benefit from the experience of working on member selected projects, and from being part of an exciting new venture. Program Chairs: Mehdi Jazayeri, University of Lugano, Switzerland Dino Mandrioli, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Upcoming Important Date: 15 December 2007: publication of the project topics on the SCORE website For all information, including a full Call for Participation, see the website: http://score.elet.polimi.it _______________________________________________ events mailing list events@fmeurope.org http://www.fmeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/events