OSMASoftwareAssuranceSymposium2001-NASA.docVIP

OSMA Software Assurance Symposium 2001 Survey Results The 1st Annual NASA Office of Safety and Mission Assurance Software Assurance Symposium (OSMA SAS 01) was held Wednesday through Friday, September 5-7, 2001 at the Lakeview Scanticon Resort and Conference Center in Morgantown, West Virginia and was sponsored by the NASA Office of Safety and Mission Assurance as part of its Software Assurance Research Program (SARP) managed by the NASA Software Independent Verification and Validation (IVV) Facility. The survey results, by those who attended, for 2001 follows. There were a total of 48 surveys submitted. For further information, please refer to the OSMA SAS 01 Web Site at /business/research/osmasas/. Many attendees expressed their thoughts and feelings about the symposium in our online survey; their comments are as follows (in the order they were received): Like you, I wasnt sure from the research titles what really was the topic. Some of the research was more related than I anticipated- wish we could have had related papers in same sessions. Better preparation on the method of showing the presentations. I would like to see the papers kept on schedule, with time blocked out, possibly at the end, for questions and discussion. The computer and projection needs to be better organized in advance. Keep some time for questions. Yes - it should be an annual affair by adding more outside speakers, you have a chance to make this a premier event in VVA/Software Assurance research. Some speakers should go longer, others shorter. Perhaps there should be a session concentrating on theory and innovative approaches, and then another session concentrating on applications, etc. The facility overall was very good. The conference was a great value and I enjoyed attending, meeting new people, and learning new approaches. Good job Ken and Traci, next year check out the HW sooner and require people to submit so time is not lost changing machines. It appeared t