STITC 2011 - STITC Perspectives 2011 : CFC: Book - Software Testing in the Cloud: Perspectives on an Emerging Discipline (STITC)

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Category STITC 2011

Deadline: April 22, 2011 | Date: June 17, 2011

Venue/Country: Shanghai, China

Updated: 2011-01-27 16:47:36 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

BOOK TITLE: "Software Testing in the Cloud: Perspectives on an Emerging Discipline"

IMPORTANT DATES

* Chapter proposal (2-3 pages): Feb. 25, 2011 to Scott Tilley (stilleycs.fit.edu)

* Author notification: March 11, 2011

* Full chapters due: April 22, 2011

ABOUT THIS BOOK

Software testing is an important part of the software engineering life cycle.

Testing requires resources that are often not readily available, contributing

to an inefficient testing process. Running large suites of test cases can

consume considerable time and resources, often precluding their use in an

interactive setting.

Cloud computing has gained a significant amount of attention in the last few

years. It includes virtualized hardware and software resources that are hosted

remotely and made available on-demand using a services model (e.g., SOA).

Instead of running or storing applications locally, one can host their

application in the cloud and access it from anywhere using a thin client

application such as a Web browser. Cloud computing can reduce costs by cutting

down the need for buying large amount of hardware and software resources.

It also promises efficiency, flexibility, and scalability.

Software testing in the cloud (STITC) lies at the intersection of these key

areas: software testing, cloud computing, and system migration. It is an

emerging discipline with the potential to significantly change the way software

testing is done, and as such deserves the attention of researchers,

practitioners, and managers alike. This book is a way of raising awareness

about this exciting new topic.

TOPICS OF INTEREST

The book "Software Testing in the Cloud: Perspectives on an Emerging Discipline"

addresses three distinct facets of STITC:

(1) Migrating testing to the cloud: Moving the testing process, test assets,

and test infrastructure from their current state to testing in the cloud or

testing of the cloud.

(2) Testing in the cloud: Leveraging the resources provided by a cloud

computing infrastructure to facilitate the concurrent execution of test cases

in a virtualized environment.

(3) Testing of the cloud: Testing applications that are hosted and deployed in

a cloud environment, or testing the cloud infrastructure itself.

PUBLISHER

The book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global in 2012.

HOW TO SUBMIT

Send a 2-3 page chapter proposal by February 25, 2011 by email to the lead editor:

Dr. Scott Tilley

Professor & Director of Software Engineering

Department of Computer Sciences

Florida Institute of Technology

150 W. University Blvd.

Melbourne, FL 32901

Voice: +1 (321) 674-7045

Fax: +1 (321) 674-7046

Email: stilleycs.fit.edu

Web: http://www.cs.fit.edu/~stilley

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD

* Antonia Bertolino, Italian National Research Council, Italy

* Alan Brown, IBM Rational, Spain

* Dorothy Graham, Consultant, UK

* Ken Johnston, Microsoft Bing, USA

* Marin Litoiu, York University, Canada

* Serge Mankovski, CA Technologies, Canada

* Tim Riley, Acuitus, USA

* Dennis Smith, Software Engineering Institute, USA

* Ken Wong, University of Alberta, Canada

* Xiaoying Bai, Tsinghua University, China

FOR MORE INFORMATION: www.STITC.org/books/perspectives