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Subject: UML '03 First Workshop on Software Stability & Stable Analysis Patterns Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 23:16:14 -0500 (CDT) From: Mohamed Fayad fayad@cse.unl.edu To: Undisclosed recipients: ;
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_____________________________________________________________________ UML '03 First Workshop on Stable Analysis Patterns: A True Problem Understanding with UML Call for Papers UML '03 Full day workshop UML 2003 Sixth International Conference on UML - Modeling Languages and Applications October 20-24, 2003, San Francisco, USA http://www.umlconference.org/ (UML. 03 Link) http://www.engr.sjsu.edu/~fayad/workshops/UML03 http://www.activeframeworks.com/publications.html#workshops _____________________________________________________________________
There are two issues will be debated in this workshop: Software Stability Model and Stable Analysis Patterns: a True Problem Understanding with UML. Software stability concepts, introduced by me with the aid of UML, have demonstrated great promise in the area of software reuse and lifecycle improvement. Software stability models apply the concepts of .Enduring Business Themes. (EBTs) and .Business Objects. (BOs). These concepts have been shown to produce models that are both stable over time, and stable across various paradigm shifts within a domain or application context. By applying stability model concepts with UML to the notion of analysis patterns we propose the concept of Stable Analysis Patterns. The idea behind the stable analysis patterns is to analyze the problem under consideration in terms of its EBTs and the BOs with the goal of increased stability and broader reuse. By analyzing the problem in terms of its EBTs and the BOs, the resultant pattern models the core knowledge of the problem. The goal of this concept is stability.
Software analysis patterns play a major role in reducing the cost and condensing the time of software project lifecycles. However, building reusable and stable analysis patterns is still a challenge. This workshop examines the novel concept of Stable Analysis Patterns as a new approach for building stable and reusable analysis patterns with UML.
PAPER FORMAT AND SUBMISSION
People interested in participating to the workshop are requested to submit a short position paper (3-5 pages) or regular workshop papers (limited to 10 pages, double space, including figures) representing views and experience relevant to the discussed topic. The title page should include a maximum 200-word abstract, five keywords, full mailing address, e-mail address, phone number, fax number, and a designated contact author. Papers will be selected depending on the originality, quality and relevance for the workshop. Interesting papers will be selected by the organizers and their authors will have the possibility to give a 20 minute presentation of them at the workshop. To foster lively discussions, each author is encouraged to present open questions and one or two main statements that shall be discussed at the workshop. Submissions must be either MS-Word or RTF formats (please, DO NOT compress files). In alternative, initial submission can by done by emailing a URL pointing to an HTML version of the paper.
Depending on the number and spread of contributions, the scope may be narrowed to ensure effective communication and information sharing. Accepted position papers will be published in the workshop proceedings to be distributed to the participants before the workshop, and made generally available through WWW and FTP. A workshop report will be published in the addendum proceedings of the conference.
Please note that workshop participants must register at least on that day at UML conference. Early registration discount is available. We will have an overhead projector, computer projector, and a flipchart available.
For more information please check http://www.engr.sjsu.edu/~fayad/workshops/UML03 or http://www.activeframeworks.com/publications.html#workshops
You may also contact the organizers.
IMPORTANT DATES
Position papers due on or before: September 1, 2003 Notification of acceptance/rejection: September 17, 2003 Camera-ready papers due September 30, 2003 Workshop date: October 20, 2003
ORGANIZERS
Chair and Point of Contact: DR. MOHAMED E. FAYAD (primary contact) Professor of Computer Engineering Computer Engineering Dept., College of Engineering San Jos State University One Washington Square, San Jos, CA 95192-0180 Ph: (408) 924-7364, Fax: (408) 924-4153 E-mail: m.fayad@sjsu.edu, fayad@activeframeworks.com http://www.engr.sjsu.edu/fayad
HAITHAM HAMZA . CO-CHAIR Computer Science & Engineering Dept University of Nebraska, Lincoln 115 Ferguson Hall, P.O. Box 880115, Lincoln, NE 68588-0115 Ph: (402) 472-3485 (office) E-mail: hhamza@cse.unl.edu
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