-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [computational.science] Call for Papers : First International Workshop on Problem-Oriented Development (POD 2009) Datum: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:59:28 +0800 Von: Wang Ye ai_4869@zju.edu.cn Antwort an: Wang Ye ai_4869@zju.edu.cn Organisation: "OptimaNumerics" An: Computational Science Mailing List computational.science@lists.OptimaNumerics.com

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**** POD 2009 **** First International Workshop on Problem-Oriented Development Co-located with TOOLS-EUROPE 2009, June 29-30 2009 ETH Zurich, Switzerland http://poc-workshop.eu

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Problem-Oriented Development (POD) is an umbrella term that encompasses a range of Software Engineering (SE) approaches that focus explicitly on the modelling and analysis of business problems (as opposed to their solutions). POD approaches facilitate formalisation and analysis of problems, provide effective tool support for problem elicitation and analysis, and support the automated derivation of requirements and solutions from problem models.

Past examples of POD research include empirical and scientific approaches to describing software problems or patterns to support knowledge reuse during problem analysis. Other approaches might, for example, focus on understanding why the current system does not meet organisational goals, on finding appropriate graphical representations for SE problems, or on identifying specific classes of SE problems.

POD approaches are, themselves, typically domain-independent, although they may be geared towards certain classes of problem. For example, an approach may be geared towards modelling problems involving transactional business processes, but without considering the application domain of the processes themselves. Instead a framework may be provided for formalising domain knowledge which may then be incorporated into the approach.

Scope

POD 2009 will address topics related to POD including (but not limited to):

* Analysis of the fundamental structures of SE problems;

* Pattern languages and libraries to support problem analysis;

* Approaches, techniques and formalisms for modelling SE problems;

* Tool support for problem analysis;

* Mappings between problem patterns and design patterns;

* Techniques for transforming problem models to solution models;

* Future challenges facing POD.

Workshop Format

The workshop will be divided into sessions which will address the various workshop topics. During sessions, authors will have 15 minutes to present their work, followed by a 20 minute panel discussion, and 20 minutes for questions from the floor.

Authors will sit on two panels, one of which will be during their own session.

A short, open brainstorming session will conclude the workshop to encourage a free exchange of ideas. A keynote talk will also be given by a leading researcher in the field.

Publication

We are currently in discussion with the TOOLS conference in relation to the publication of the POD-2009 workshop proceedings. We expect to make an announcement on this soon. Check our website for the latest news at http://poc-workshop.eu.

Important Dates

Deadline for Submissions: 11th May 2009

Notification of Acceptance: 1st June 2009

Camera-Ready Papers/Registration: 15th June 2009

Submissions

Papers should be submitted in the Springer LNIB format and should be no longer than ten pages. Check our website at http://poc-workshop.eu for further details.

Organising Committee

James Naish, University of Manchester

Kawther Saeedi, University of Manchester

Sun Jie, Zhejiang University

Wang Ye, Zhejiang University

Program Committee

James Naish, University of Manchester

Liping Zhao, University of Manchester

Ulrich Eisenecker, University of Leipzig

Xiaohu Yang, Zhejiang University

Pedro Sampaio, University of Manchester

Xinyu Wang, Zhejiang University

Hans Körber, University of Applied Sciences Kaiserlauten

Christopher Harrison, University of Manchester

Paul Verschueren, IBM, UK