Association for Software Testing
The Association for Software Testing, commonly referred to as the AST, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the understanding and practice of software testing. AST's membership is comprised of scholars, students and practitioners who are interested in the advancement of the field of software testing. The group was founded in the United States in 2004.
AST has multiple Objectives including:
- Fostering cross-pollination of IDeaS between scholars, students and practitioners.
- Publishing a periodic scholarly journal of interest to both academics and practitioners called the Journal of the Association for Software Testing (JAST).
- Hosting an annual conference focused on cross-community information sharing.
- Promoting ethical behavior for all software testers.
- Supporting peer workshops related to software testing.
Conference
The AST's first conference, named "CAST" for the Conference of the Association for Software Testing, was held in Indianapolis, Indiana in 2006 and had the theme "Influencing the Practice".
See also
Up to date information on the Executive Committee, Board of Directors, and Committee Chairs can be found here.