General talk about software patterns

["Christa Schwanninger" <christa.schwanninger AT siemens.com>]

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     *         CALL FOR PARTICIPATION AND POSITION PAPERS                *
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                              First Workshop on
         -- Managing Variabilities Consistently in Design and Code --

     at

       19th Annual ACM SIGPLAN Conference on Object-Oriented Programming,
              Systems, Languages, and Applications (OOPSLA 2004)
        October 24-28, 2004, Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre
                    Vancouver, Britisch Columbia, Canada

       Workshop URL:http://www.kircher-schwanninger.de/workshops/MVCDC/

Abstract:
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With the introduction of software product line approaches into the practice,
variants and variability add a new dimension of complexity to the software
development process. The combinatorial explosion of possible variants in
systems with a high degree of variability requires improved and changed
concepts for specifying, modeling, and implementing these systems to assure
quality and functionality.

Current OO technologies and standardized design languages fall short in
offering appropriate support for designing and implementing variabilities.
Additionally the integration of design tools and implementation technologies
concerning variants is still poor.

The main goal is to discuss and identify efficient ways for dealing with
highly variable software systems on design and code level by evaluating
existing approaches and new ideas from the research community and industrial
practice.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

    * tools and processes for managing variants
    * modeling languages for capturing variants
    * code generation support
    * feature oriented development tools and technologies
    * languages for independent feature development and feature composition
    * AO approaches for independent feature development and feature
      composition
    * Integration of variant management into model driven software development
      techniques

Goal:
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The goal of this workshop is to evaluate existing technologies for their
ability to manage variants and the resulting variability in design and code
consistently, identify gaps and find points for collaboration to fill these
gaps.

Important Dates
Position Papers Due:         Friday,    August 27,    2004
Notification of Acceptance:  Wednesday, September 10, 2004
Workshop:                    Sunday, October 24,   2004

Submissions:
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Attendance to the workshop is limited to facilitate lively discussions and
the exchange of ideas. Interested parties are invited to submit a position
paper (max. 2 pages) in PDF, ASCII, HTML or MS Word format by email to
christa.schwanninger AT siemens.com, no later than August 27, 2004.

Organizers:
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Danilo Beuche,
  pure-systems GmbH, Germany, danilo.beuche AT pure-systems.com

Krzysztof Czarnecki,
  University of Waterloo, Canada, czarnecki AT acm.org

Mira Mezini,
  Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany, mezini AT informatik.tu-darmstadt.de

Christa Schwanninger,
  Siemens AG, Germany, christa.schwanninger AT siemens.com

Markus Voelter,
  Independent Consultant, Germany, voelter AT acm.org