| [aspectj-announce] Deadline Extension: Workshop on Modularization, Composition and Generative Techniques for Product Line Engineering |
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Apologies for any cross posts. Due to numerous requests we have decided to extend
the deadline for our workshop.
*** NOTE: EXTENDED DEADLINE 22 AUGUST 2008 ***
Workshop on Modularization, Composition
and Generative Techniques for
Product Line Engineering - McGPLE (formerly AOPLE) http://www.infosun.fim.uni-passau.de/cl/staff/apel/McGPLE2008/index.html
7th International Conference on Generative Programming and
Component Engineering (GPCE’08)
Abstract Product Line Engineering (PLE) is an increasingly
important paradigm in software development whereby commonalities and variations
among similar systems are systematically identified and exploited. PLE covers a
large spectrum of activities, from domain analysis to product validation and
testing. Variability is manifested throughout this spectrum in artifacts such
as models, requirements, code and components and it is often of crosscutting
nature. These characteristics make different kinds of modularization and
composition techniques (e.g. objects, components, aspects, features, subjects,
frames, etc.) appealing as suitable candidates to modularize variability. Work
on Generative Programming (GP) and Component Engineering (CE) has shown the
crucial role they play in PLE. This workshop aims at expanding and capitalizing
on the increasing interest of researchers from these communities. The main goal
of the workshop is to share and discuss ideas, identify research opportunities
and foster collaboration to tackle the challenges these opportunities may bring
about. Goals Work on software modularization and composition
concepts and techniques when applied to Software Product Line Engineering has
shown promising results. These results can be further strengthened when
Generative Programming and Component Engineering techniques are applied in
concert. The main goal of the workshop is to foster and strengthen the
collaboration between the different software composition and modularization
techniques, PLE and generative research communities by identifying common
interests and research venues. The new workshop builds on the success of the
aspect-oriented product line engineering (AOPLE) workshops that established an
initial community of researchers, but focuses on a broader range of
issues, techniques and approaches. We expect the following results from the workshop: * A list of the participants’ interests and
contact details that will be posted on the workshop website, * The papers and a summary of the discussions will
be compiled into a technical report, publicly available through the workshop
website and other university departmental sites, * Extending the research agenda that would lead into
further joint projects and publications. Workshop Format The workshop is scheduled as a full day workshop.
Participants are expected to read the papers accepted beforehand to be able to
contribute to lively discussions about approaches and ideas presented. The morning
session will consist of short presentations of the most representative papers.
Interesting discussion topics will be collected for the afternoon session. In
the afternoon we will use the “Open Space” format in order to
discuss topics of interest that might be related but not restricted to the
papers presented in the morning. The results of the discussion groups will be
presented in the last half hour of the workshop. The papers and a summary of the discussions will be
compiled into a technical report that will be posted on the workshop’s
website. If we receive a significant amount of submissions of high quality, we
will consider submitting them to a special issue of some journal. Important Dates Paper submission deadline: ***EXTENDED to August 22,
2008*** Notification: September 4th, 2008 Early registration deadline: September 11th Camera ready: October 3, 2008 Workshop: October 23, 2008 Submission We invite submissions of 2 to 6 pages long in ACM or
IEEE format. The papers will be reviewed by at least three members of the
program committee and the organization committee. The authors will be notified
about acceptance before the early registration deadline. We are looking for contributions in the following
topics: * Domain Engineering and/or Application Engineering * Modularization techniques applied to mapping and
traceability of requirements to architecture, design and implementation of
product line systems * Approaches for independent feature development and
feature composition * Application of generative techniques to product
line engineering * Product line testing and evolution * Core asset and variability management * Product line adoption * * Case studies using modularization and generative
approaches in software product lines Organizers Neil Loughran Research Associate in AOSD Roberto Lopez-Herrejon Career Development Fellow Computing Laboratory and Iris Groher PhD Student, Siemens AG, Christa Schwanninger Senior Research Scientist Siemens AG, Sven Apel Assistant Professor (akad. Oberrat) Department of Informatics and Mathematics Program Committee Jeff Gray, Vander Alves, Markus Völter, Independent Consultant Don Batory, Andreas Rummler, SAP Research, Rob van Ommering, Philips Research, |