The embedded-community meets again in Nuremberg – at embedded world 2013 from 26 February–28 February. About 800 international exhibitors from around 34 countries show hardware, software, tools and services. We are there, too! If you want free tickets contact us dsantin@sqs.es

As the year draws to an end, QA&Test organizers would like to take this chance to wish you all a Happy New Year!!!

Don´t forget that Call for Papers for QA&Test 2013 is open!!

Silvia Nuñez                  David Santin

The 12th International Conference on Software QA and Testing on Embedded systems will take place on October 29-31 in Bilbao (Spain).

QA&TEST invites the professionals of QA & testing for Embedded Systems to share their knowledge and experiences in the Conference. The Call for Papers has started and will end on 31st March 2013.

Participate as a speaker at QA&TEST will bring you the possibility of establishing direct contact with directors and senior executives of technology companies. QA & TEST will allow you to improve your business network and build relationships with potential customers, from the vantage position of being recognized as an expert in QA & Testing for Embedded Systems.

The International Technical Committee of QA&TEST values especially those papers dealing with actual experiences and methods and innovative technology applications, specially related to embedded systems, according to the themes proposed in the colum of the right

Two types of papers may be submitted:

• Tutorials: during a 4 hour session the offer will be an insight into technologies, tools, instruments and working methods, showing clearly and concisely the practical elements of their implementation.
• Track Presentations: 45 minute presentations on topics of QA & Testing for Embedded Systems and Best Practices in the QA & Testing field.

Deadline: 31st March 2013

Download the template and send all the documentation by e-mail (info@qatest.org).

The International Committee of Experts from QA&TEST will select the most relevant papers and the results will be published during May 2013

Papers can be sent in English or Spanish. Simultaneous interpretation services will be provided during the conference

More info in our website. Stay tuned and like us on Facebook

Silvia Nuñez                  David Santin

Last Friday QA&Test 2012 edition ended. As in previous years, we have enjoyed three full days of presentations with high technical content and training together with professionals from around the world who have created an excellent atmosphere.

Day 1…

started with two tutorials in parallel. The first was taught by Bryan Baker “Scrum and Testing … the end of the test role?” and in the second Gary Draishpits and Shmuel Gershon  spoke about “Advanced Test Design Techniques: Embedded Systems & Combinatorial KDT Exploratory testing”. After lunch, Lynn McKee presented us an excellent keynote in which she emphasized the importance of Mindmapping tools in our work. We ended the first day with the presentations belonging to the tracks QA Management and QA & Testing Practices in Industrial Sectors.

Day 2…

was also full of brilliant presentations included within the thematic tracks “Test Automation” and “Testing Mobile devices and applications”. After getting together in the lunch offered in the Euskalduna, the day continued with the presentations of the tracks “Verification and Validation” and “Testing Real Time Systems”. This second day of QA&Test concluded with a panel involving the presenters Bryan Bakker, Lynn McKee and Jan Jaap Cannegieter and moderated by the General Manager of SQS, Begoña Laibarra. This forum, which discussed the future of testing and the role of tester, generated a lot of interaction between panelists and audience. During Thursday night we enjoyed a dinner in the Bilbaina Society, where the speakers, participants and organization of the conference could sit together and share their experience.

Day 3…

started with a great keynote given by  Derk-Jan de Grood, entitled “Testing for the business, it’s a people’s job” whose presentation is available on our website. QA&Test closed the eleventh edition with the tracks “Test Team Organisation” and “Testing Techniques”. After the closing ceremony and a cocktail, we said goodbye to all those who made possible once again the successful edition of QA&Test. We hope QA&Test 2012 has been beneficial to all participants because of the training content and the professional network established.
We remind that on November 20^th we launch the call for papers for the 12th edition of QA&Test and we invite you to send your suggestions about the content you want to be included the program through our mail info@qatest.org

From QA&Test organization, we want to extend our appreciation to all who have contributed to this eleventh edition: technical committee, speakers, associations and media support. We count on you for the next edition, for which we have started working today.

See you in QA&Test 2013!!

With the adoption of a service-oriented paradigm on the Web, many software services are likely to fulfil similar functional needs for end-users. We propose to aggregate functionally equivalent software services within one single virtual service, that is, to associate a functionality, a graphical user interface (GUI), and a set of selection rules. When an end user invokes such a virtual service through its GUI to answer his/her functional need, the software service that best responds to the end-user’s selection policy is selected and executed and the result is then rendered to the end-user through the GUI of the virtual service. A key innovation in this paper is the flexibility of our proposed service selection policy. First, each selection policy can refer to heterogeneous parameters (e.g., service price, end-user location, and QoS). Second, additional parameters can be added to an existing or new policy with little investment. Third, the end users themselves define a selection policy to apply during the selection process, thanks to the GUI element added as part of the virtual service design. This approach was validated though the design, implementation, and testing of an end-to-end architecture, including the implementation of several virtual services and utilizing several software services available today on the Web.

Authors:

Nassim Laga, Emmanuel Bertin, Noel Crespi, Ivan Bedini, Benjamin Molina and Zhenzhen Zhao

Read the entire article here

We are very pleased to welcome Hakin9, the new Media Sponsor that has recently partnered with us.

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Congratulations to the winners!!

Facebook: Jana Satkova

Linkedin: Antonio Robres

The free ticket includes:

• free access to the conference and tutorials
• lunches
• conference dinner

We have created a QA&Test Fan Page where we are going to post news, promotions, pictures, videos and much more!

Please “like” our page. You can search it by introducing “QA&Test 2012 -Software QA and Testing on Embedded Systems-”

Stay tuned!

We are very pleased to welcome Sofware Russia, the new Supporting Organization that has recently partnered with us.

Software Russia is a unique web portal dedicated to promoting the entirety of the rapidly expanding Russian software industry on the global market.

Created to address the short supply of transparent data available, Software Russia provides the most accurate and up-to-date information about the Russian software market and equips an international audience considering doing business in Russia with the tools necessary to make informed decisions based on unbiased information gathered from reliable sources.

As a nexus for the entire range of companies developing software for export including outsourcers, independent software vendors and R&D centers, as well as the professional associations that serve and support them, Software Russia acts as a conduit between potential partners, facilitating communication between business leaders internationally.

By analyzing industry-wide statistics on the full spectrum of software development activity and soliciting expert commentary from consultants and specialists working in the field, Software Russia also delivers practical information about doing business in Russia, profiles of the industry’s leading companies, the importance of up and coming development centers, insight into the personalities that lead the sector, and the impact of changing government policy on the market that is unavailable anywhere else.

You can find more information about Software Russia in their website.