This year's conference will take place at the University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, March 29 to 30, 2004. The conference is hosted by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Calgary, and chaired by Professor Yingxu Wang.

The conference was originally introduced to discuss concerns related to the growth of Computer Engineering. Many universities now have accredited Computer Engineering (CTE) programs within Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) departments, and the pertinent educational issues relate to the expansion and improvements of this area. As it was at the beginning of the CTE programs, many new urgent issues have emerged with respect to the implementation of Software Engineering (SWE) programs and their relationship to the existing programs not only in the ECE departments, but also in Computer Science (CS) departments.

We hope that this year's conference will also be a success.