General talk about software patterns

[Uwe Zdun <uwe.zdun AT wu-wien.ac.at>]

(apologies for multiple cross-postings)


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Call for papers
Workshop on Architecture-Centric Evolution (ACE'2005)
http://wi.wu-wien.ac.at/~uzdun/ACE2005

Hosted at the 19th European Conference on 
Object Oriented Programming (ECOOP 2005)
http://2005.ecoop.org/

25-29th July 2005, Glasgow, UK
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Workshop on Architecture-Centric Evolution
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Software architecture has become a key issue in the object-oriented
community, as architecture facilitates effective communication between
stakeholders, early analysis of the system, support of qualities and
successful evolution of the system.  However, the evolution of
software systems largely takes place at the code level, through
refactoring and re-engineering techniques. This hinders the
development team from having an overview of the "big picture" and
grasping the significant design decisions that can only appear at the
architectural level. As a result, the new design decisions that are
taken during evolution may compromise or even contradict fundamental
principles of the system's architecture. Moreover, the most
substantial properties of the system are its non-functional
requirements, the so-called quality attributes, and the evolution of
such properties can only be tackled at the architectural level of
abstraction. This problem becomes even more severe for more complex
and large-scale systems. For instance, product-lines (a family of
products sharing the same architecture) inherently require
domain-specific variation and evolution of the various products. Due
to the higher level of interdependency between the various software
assets in a product-line, software evolution is too complex to be
dealt with at the code level. In essence software architecture is the
best means for facilitating the synchronization of the system
requirements and its implementation during the evolution cycles.

This workshop aims to bring together researchers and
practitioners of the object-oriented community that work on the
evolution of software systems with a focus on software
architecture. It will foster a presentation of the latest approaches
in the field, both from industry and academia, as well as a creative
discussion between the participants in specific themes.

Topics of the workshop include but are not limited to:
-       Software engineering processes and methods for architecture-centric 
evolution
-       Theoretical aspects of architecture-centric evolution, e.g. causes of 
architectural changes
-       Configuration management techniques for architectural artifacts
-       Modeling Architectures to support evolution of software systems
-       Using ADLs or UML to model evolution
-       Synchronizing requirements, architecture and code during evolution
-       Architecture-centric evolution in the context of Model-Driven 
Engineering
-       CASE tools that foster architecture-centric evolution
-       Architecture-centric Evolution of Aspects and AOP
-       Case studies of architecture-centric evolution
-       Satisfying quality requirements through architecture
-       Evolution through software architecture patterns
-       Evolution of legacy software through its architecture
-       Architectural reengineering
-       Architectural analysis during evolution
-       Evolution in product lines and system families


Please visit the following URL for further information on the workshop:
http://wi.wu-wien.ac.at/~uzdun/ACE2005

Workshop Organizers:
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Paris Avgeriou
Fraunhofer IPSI, Darmstadt, Germany
paris.avgeriou AT ipsi.fraunhofer.de
http://www.ipsi.fraunhofer.de/~avgeriou/


Uwe Zdun
Department of Information Systems, Vienna University of Economics, Austria
zdun AT acm.org
http://wi.wu-wien.ac.at/~uzdun/



Program committee
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Goedicke Michael, University of Essen, Germany
Guelfi Nicolas, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Heckel Reiko, University of Leicester, UK
Kniesel Guenter, University of Bonn, Germany
Koschke Rainer, University of Bremen, Germany
Laemmel Ralf, Microsoft Corporation, USA
Medvidovic Nenad, University of Southern California, USA
Oberleitner Joe, Technical University of Vienna, Austria
Riehle Dirk, independent consultant, Germany
Wermelinger Michel, Open University, UK


Guidelines for Submission
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Please submit a position paper (max. 5 pages) or a technical paper
(max. 15 pages) by emailing it to both organizers
(paris.avgeriou AT ipsi.fraunhofer.de,
uwe.zdun AT wu-wien.ac.at).
 Submissions should be original and
unpublished research work or industrial experiences. Each submitted
paper will undergo a rigorous review process by at least three members
of the Program Committee. We plan to have a special issue of a
scientific journal devoted to architecture-centric evolution. Authors
of selected papers will be invited to submit their papers to this
special issue.

All submissions must be received by May 30th, 2005.

Important dates
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May 30th, 2005: Paper Submission
June 15th, 2005: Author Notification
June 30th, 2005: Camera-Ready Copy
July 25th, 2005: Workshop takes place