-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] CFP - EASA09 at WICSA/ECSA 2009 Datum: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 18:35:39 -0400 Von: Muhammad Ali Babar muhammad.alibabar@lero.ie Antwort an: Muhammad Ali Babar muhammad.alibabar@lero.ie An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network isworld@lyris.isworld.org
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
The Second Workshop on Empirical Assessment in Software Architecture (EASA 09), in Cambridge, UK, September 14, 2009
Collocated with Working IEEE/IFIP Conference on Software Architecture & European Conference on Software Architecture (WICSA/ECSA09)
---------------- Important Dates ---------------- Submissions: August 14, 2009
Notification: August 28, 2009
Camera Ready Paper: September 7, 2009
Workshop: September 14, 2009
--------------- Workshop Theme -------------- Software engineering researchers and practitioners have been increasingly emphasizing the importance of gathering and disseminating empirical evidence to help researchers to assess current research, identify the promising areas of research and practitioners to make informed decisions for selecting a suitable method, technique, or tool for supporting a particular software development activity. However, there has been relatively little effort to gather and use empirical evidence to support the claims of efficacy or capabilities of different methods, techniques, and tools proposed for developing software. In order to improve this situation, there has been growing recognition of the importance of providing community-based forums to debate the need and value of comparative evaluation of technologies proposed to support software development activities using evidence-based approaches. The evidence-based paradigm provides an objective and structured means of assembling and analysing the available data in order to answer research questions. The aim of EASA is to debate the importance, benefits, and limitations of rigorously assessing software architecture research outcomes by utilizing the methods and approaches from the evidence-based paradigm. The workshop will provide attendees with an opportunity to critically discuss the suitability of different assessment mechanisms, techniques and methods for software architecture discipline. The workshop participants are expected to propose and debate several questions related to the assessment of software architecture technologies. Some of the questions to be discussed are:
� How are the software architecture technologies evaluated? � How should software architecture research outcomes be assessed to support technology transfer? � What are the most appropriate mechanisms and methods to assess and compare software architecture deign and evaluation technologies (methods, techniques, and tools)? � What is the role of empirical methods for software architecture research and practice? � How to empirically assess the usability and usefulness of software architecture technologies (e.g., Architectural description languages) within industrial settings and considering cost bounds? � How to support the quality assessment of software architecture technologies during the different phases of the software lifecycle? � To what extend software architects and project managers should rely on existing software metrics and traditional quality indicators?
------------------ Topics of Interest ------------------ We invite short papers and extended abstracts on all aspects of assessing and comparing software architecture technologies, including the following:
� Lessons learned from assessing software architecture technologies � Challenges and opportunities of doing empirical studies for assessing software architecture technologies � The pros and cons of guiding software architecture research through empirical studies? � Comparative studies between different technologies of software architecture � Assessment frameworks for software architecture technologies � Measurement mechanics and metrics for assessing the quality of software architecture technologies � Assessment techniques, methods and tools for different activities of the software architecture design, description, and evaluation � Infrastructure issues, such experimental design, qualitative modelling and analysis approaches. -------------- Workshop Goals -------------- The main goals of the EASA workshop are the following:
� Bring the attention of the software architecture community to the importance of rigorous assessment and/or comparative evaluation of software architecture technologies; � Discuss the types of evidence required to support software architecture technology selection decisions; � Identify and debate on appropriate methodologies and criteria for assessing software architecture research outcomes; � Identify and debate the benefits and limitations of empirical approaches for assessing software architecture research and � Provide a platform to create a collaborative environment for researchers and practitioners interested in systematically gathering and widely disseminating evidence about the effectiveness and efficiency of software architecture technologies.
----------- Submissions -----------
We seek submissions, which reports empirical studies of software architecture technologies or describe authors� thoughts, lessons learned, or points of view with respect to the mechanics, importance, and challenges of utilizing empirical methods for guiding and/or evaluating software architecture research and practice. Moreover, we are specifically seeking contributions describing experience and/or novel ideas on how to assess software architecture research. The presentations will have a high potential for generating issues that will stimulate the discussions.
All submissions will reviewed by the members of the program committee. There can be two kinds of submission: � Short papers � research-in-progress, industrial experience, problem description (max 6 pages) � Extended abstract � (max 2 pages)
The accepted papers will be distributed to the workshop participants and will be made available online before the Workshop. The authors of the accepted papers will be invited to submit a revised and extended version of their paper for the post workshop proceedings that are planned to be digitally published via ACM digital library (Approal pending). The submissions can be emailed to one of the organizers. For more details and updates, please visit workshop Wiki: http://www.lmsa-community.org/wikis/index.php/EASA-2009
---------- Organizers ----------
M. Ali Babar (malibaba@lero.ie) Lero, University of Limerick, Ireland
Patricia Lago (patricia@cs.vu.nl) VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Paris Avgeriou (paris@cs.rug.nl) University of Groningen, The Netherlands
----------------------- Publicity & Wiki Master -----------------------
Lianping Chen, Lero, University of Limerick
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