Conference on computer-aided software engineering summary report

The fifth Conference on Computer-Aided Software Engineering was held July 10-12, 1996 in Tokyo in conjunction with CASE Japan'96. The general chair, Yoshihiro Matsumoto (University of OSAKA Institute of Technology), organized the program, along with the vice-chair, Hiroshi Mukaiyama (Japan Information Processing Developing Center), Ichiro Moriyama (Reed Exhibitions Japan), and the 17 members of the program Screening Committee. Reed Exhibitions Japan sponsored the Conference and all the related events as well.The program consisted of the Keynote Address and 20 sessions. I have selected several features out of the program and have submitted here as a Summary Report on behalf of all the members of the Committee so as to attempt to capture the essence of the Conference.