General talk about software patterns

[Uwe Zdun <uwe.zdun AT wu-wien.ac.at> (by way of Uwe Zdun <uwe.zdun AT wu-wien.ac.at>)]

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                           CALL FOR PAPERS
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                          First Workshop on
                   Reuse in Constrained Environments
                             (RICE '03)
                                at
                            OOPSLA 2003

                       Tuesday, October 28, 2003
               Anaheim Convention Center and Anaheim Hilton
                       Anaheim, California, USA

              http://www.voelter.de/conferences/oopsla03.html

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Technical Scope
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Abstract
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The main goals of software reuse are to increase quality, reduce cost,
and shorten development cycles. The interesting question in this
context is: How to achieve reuse in constrained environments?

In desktop and enterprise systems, object-orientation, components,
frameworks, service-oriented architectures and most recently,
model-driven development are proposed as cornerstones for efficient
reuse. In constrained environments (i.e. embedded and real time
systems, PDAs, smart phones, settop boxes) reuse is not as simple,
because most reuse techniques imply some kind of overhead: memory,
performance, or determinism. This workshop explores practical reuse
techniques for constrained environments.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

    - middleware technologies
    - quality of service provisions
    - code composition and weaving
    - code generation, composition and weaving
    - small and efficient frameworks
    - component infrastructures for embedded systems
    - model driven development
    - static variability and metaprogramming
    - component composition
    - design and architectural patterns

Goal
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Our goal is to collect and evaluate current state-of-the-art and
upcoming reuse techniques (for resource constraint environments), to
find points of collaboration and to share insights about experiences
made. We would be happy to identify similar interests and come up with
a shared research agenda. A magazine article could be the starting
point for a fruitful collaboration.

Important Dates
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Position Papers Due:         Friday,  September  1, 2003
Notification of Acceptance:  Friday,  September 12, 2003
Workshop:                    Tuesday, October   28, 2003

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 format by email to
voelter AT acm.org,
 no later than September 1, 2003.

Organizers
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Markus Voelter, Independent Consultant
Uwe Zdun, Vienna University of Economics
Michael Kircher, Siemens AG
Christa Schwanninger, Siemens AG
Alexander Schmid, Independent Consultant