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
2nd Workshop on Architecture-Centric Evolution (ACE'2006)
http://www.cs.rug.nl/~paris/ACE2006

Hosted at the 20th European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming 
ECOOP 2006 - http://2006.ecoop.org/
July 3-7, 2006, Nantes (France)
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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.  However, the evolution of software systems largely takes
place at the code level, through refactoring and re-engineering techniques.
This workshop explores the role of software architecture as the
central 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:

-    Modeling architectures to support evolution of software systems
-    Using ADLs or UML to model evolution
-    Quality attributes and architectural evaluation in evolution
-    Meta-modeling of architectural refactoring
-    Architecture model transformations
-    Evolution through software architecture patterns
-    Architectural design decisions and architectural knowledge in evolution
-    Evolution of legacy software through its architecture
-    Architecture-centric evolution in the context of service-oriented 
architectures (SOA) or Model-Driven Engineering (MDE)
-    Software engineering processes and methods for architecture-centric 
evolution
-    Theoretical aspects of architecture-centric evolution, e.g. causes of 
architectural changes
-    Synchronizing requirements, architecture and code during evolution 
-    Evolution in product lines and system families
-    Case studies of architecture-centric evolution
-    Tools that foster architecture-centric evolution

Please visit the following URL for further information on the workshop:
http://www.cs.rug.nl/~paris/ACE2006


Workshop Organizers:
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Paris Avgeriou
Department of Mathematics and Computing, University of Groningen
Software Engineering and Architecture (SEARCH) Group
paris AT cs.rug.nl
http://www.cs.rug.nl/~paris/

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

Isabelle Borne
University of Bretagne-Sud, France
Isabelle.Borne AT univ-ubs.fr


Program committee
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Michael Goedicke, University of Essen, Germany
Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, University of Montreal, Canada
Nicolas Guelfi, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Dieter Hammer,  University of Groningen, the Netherlands
Reiko Heckel, University of Leicester, UK
Ralf Laemmel, Microsoft Corporation, USA
Joe Oberleitner, Technical University of Vienna, Austria
Nicolas Revault, University of Cergy Pontoise, France
Michel Wermelinger, Open University, UK


Guidelines for Submission
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Please submit a position paper (max. 4 pages) or a technical paper
(max. 10 pages) by emailing it to the organizers (paris AT cs.rug.nl, 
uwe.zdun AT wu-wien.ac.at, Isabelle.Borne AT univ-ubs.fr). Submissions should be original and
unpublished research work or industrial experiences. Each submitted
paper will undergo a rigorous review process by 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 April 1st, 2006.


Important dates
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April 1st,2006: Paper Submission
May 1st,  2006: Author Notification
May 15th, 2006: Camera-Ready Copy
May 23rd, 2006: Early-registration deadline 
July 3rd, 2006: Workshop