Dear Colleague I would like to invite you to attend the IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance, 2001, and associated workshops: IEEE SCAM, IEEE WESS, IEEE WSE, TABOO. FLORENCE, ITALY, 6-10 November 2001 http://www.dsi.unifi.it/icsm2001 Sponsored by IEEE Supported bt the: EC-IST, University of Florence, O-Groupi, IBM Italy in collaboration with: TABOO, AICA, AIIA, ERCIM, UNINFO, CESVIT, ... ICSM is the major international conference in the field of software and systems maintenance, evolution, and management. Theme: Systems and Software Evolution in the era of the Internet kEYWORDS: software evolution, embedded suystems, program analysis, reengineering, managment, maintenance, lyfe cycle, Internet and distributed systems, Multimedia systems, User interface evolution, Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS), Program comprehension, Formal methods, Empirical studies, Testing and regression testing, Measurement of software, METRICS,etc. Outstanding Keynotes such as: Prof. David Lorge Parnas and Prof. Dieter Rombach. Kent Beck 110 technical presentations, 4 workshops, Industrial papers and experiences, reseach papers and award, tutorials, tool expositions, dissertation forum and award, workshops, panels, and other exciting activities have been planned. Please forward the following to anybody who you think may be interested. The discount for the advanced registration fee will be active for few weeks. Apologies for multiple receptions. If you would like to be removed from our list please send an email to icsm2001@dsi.unifi.it with REMOVE in the subject. Paolo Nesi (ICSM2001 General Chair)