-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [WI] CfPart: QoSA 2008 Datum: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:57:21 +0200 Von: Steffen Becker steffen.becker@fzi.de Organisation: Forschungszentrum Informatik (FZI) An: SEWORLD@cs.colorado.edu, fg-sw-arch@ira.uka.de, ak-mda@ira.uka.de, se-mitarbeiter@fzi.de, wi@aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de
Call for Participation - QoSA 2008
4th International Conference on the Quality of Software Architectures (QoSA 2008)
University of Karlsruhe (TH), Germany October 14-17, 2008 http://qosa.ipd.uka.de
Motivation ==========
Today, a systems's software architecture cannot be seen simply as a means to an end, the end being the implemented system. Although the ultimate measure of the quality of the software architecture lies in the implemented system, in how well it satisfies the requirements and constraints of the project and whether it can be maintained and evolved successfully, the quality of a system's software architecture is one of the critical factors in its overall system quality - encompassing both functional and extrafunctional properties. In order to treat design as an engineering discipline rather than an art, we need the ability to address the quality of the software architecture directly, not simply as it is reflected in the implemented system.
This years QoSA's main topic is on "Models and Architectures". Modelling software architectures for documentation purposes as well as manual analysis is an established practice. Due to the continuous maturation of model-driven software development methods and tools, software architecture models also become subject to automated model transformations. Their target is either to generate high quality software implementations or to automatically derive analysis models for predicting architectural quality characteristics like performance or reliability.
Highlights ==========
* Keynotes: Carlo Ghezzi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy: Rethinking the Use of Models in Software Architecture Michael Stal, Siemens AG, Germany: Dealing with Design Erosion - Architecture Refactoring Philippe Kruchten, University of British Columbia, Canada: Architecture and Agility -- an oxymoron? Thomas Dreier, Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Germany: Components, Architecture and the Law - A Tricky Interplay Florian Matthes, TU Munich, Germany: Visualizing and Managing the Evolution of Socio-Technical Systems of Systems André Ribes, EDF, France: Salome Platform: Focus on the Component Model
* Technical Program: 13 Selected papers on Quality of Software Architectures 3 Tutorials Panel on "Components and Services"
* Socialising: Social event Conference reception
Venue =====
QoSA 2008 will be located in Germany and hosted by the University of Karlsruhe (TH). It will run jointly with CBSE 2008 and CBHPC 2008 as the Federated Events on Component-Based Software Engineering and Software Architecture (CompArch 2008) (see http://comparch2008.ipd.uka.de for further details).
Comparch General Chair ======================
Ralf Reussner, University of Karlsruhe, GER
QoSA Program Committee Chairs =============================
Frantisek Plasil, Charles University, CZ Steffen Becker, University of Karlsruhe / FZI, GER
Steering Committee ==================
Ivica Crnkovic, Mälardalen University, SWE Ian Gorton, Pacific North West National Laboratory, USA Sven Overhage, University of Augsburg, GER Judith Stafford, Tufts University, USA Clemens Szyperski, Microsoft, USA
QoSA Program Committee ======================
Colin Atkinson, University of Mannheim, GER Achim Baier, itemis AG, GER Len Bass, Software Engineering Institute, USA Jan Bosch, Nokia Research Center, FIN Jeremy Bradley, Imperial College London, UK Vincenzo Grassi, Universität Rom "Tor Vergata", IT Wilhelm Hasselbring, University of Oldenburg / OFFIS, GER Christine Hofmeister, Lehigh University, USA Jean-Marc Jezequel, University of Rennes / INRIA, FR Samuel Kounev, University of Cambridge, UK Patricia Lago, Vrije Universiteit, NL Nicole Levy, University of Versailles, FR Markus Lumpe, Swinburne University, AUS Eric Madelaine, Inria, FR Tomi Mannisto, Helsinki University of Technology, FIN Nenad Medvidovic, University of Southern California, USA Raffaela Mirandola, Politecnico di Milano, IT Robert Nord, Software Engineering Institute, USA Dorina Petriu, Carleton University, CAN Iman Poernomo, King's College, UK Sasikumar Punnekkat, Mälardalen University, SWE Andreas Rausch, University of Kaiserslautern, GER Matthias Riebisch, Technical University of Ilmenau, GER Roshanak Roshandel, Seattle University, USA Bernhard Rumpe, University of Technology Braunschweig, GER Jean-Guy Schneider, Swinburne University, AUS Michael Stal, Siemens, GER Petr Tuma, Charles University, CZ Axel Uhl, SAP AG, GER Kurt Wallnau, Software Engineering Institute, USA Wolfgang Weck, Independent Software Architect, CH Murray Woodside, Carlton University, CAN Steffen Zschaler, Technical University of Dresden, GER