[PVS] ECOOP 2005 First Workshop on Building a System Using Patterns-- Deadline extended

As software increases in size and becomes more complex and costly, the need for techniques to ease software development is likewise increasing. Over the years, pattern community has evolved and received more attention from both academia and industry. Developing software using patterns can reduce cost and condense development life-cycles, while simultaneously maintaining the quality of the developed systems. However, the potential of using patterns in developing software systems is not fully realized. Although several patterns have been developed for analyzing, designing, and implementing software; however, there exist no mature guidelines or methodologies that provide a systematic approach for integrating these different types of patterns into traditional development cycles. These challenges and others can greatly preclude the realization of patterns as a strong reuse paradigm. This workshop aims at bringing together researchers and practitioners to explore and advance state-of-the-art and state-of-the-practice of using patterns for developing software systems.

The main goal of this workshop is to explore the landscape of using patterns for developing software systems. In particular, we want to integrate our effort at ECOOP 2005 (accepted workshop) and OOPSLA 2005 (this workshop proposal) to form a community of researchers and practitioners that are interested in identifying and investigating the key issues of using patterns in developing software systems.
The workshop aim at exploring several fundamental issues related to the main question: can patterns be used to develop software system? We want researchers, framework developers, and application developers to answer the following questions:
1. Are the various claims related to building any system from patterns reasonable?
2. What do we mean when we say “systems of patterns”?
3. What are the various claims related to patterns composition; are they true?
4. If someone would like to build a system from patterns, how do you select patterns?
5. What kind of patterns should one select to build a system from patterns?
6. Is there a guideline for the selection process?
7. How architectural patterns can interact with both analysis patterns and design patterns when developing a system?
8. Are there any guidelines for patterns composition?
9. Are there any existing techniques for integrating patterns into traditional development cycles?

Paper Format and Submission

People interested in participating in the workshop are requested to submit a short position paper (3-5 pages) or regular workshop paper (limited to 10 pages, double spaced, including figures) representing views and experiences relevant to the discussion topic. The title page should include a maximum 150-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 to the workshop. To foster lively discussions, each author is encouraged to present open questions and one or two main statements that will be discussed at the workshop. Submissions must be either Pdf, MS-Word or RTF formats (please, DO NOT compress files). As an 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 papers will be published in the workshop proceedings as a technical report at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln 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.

People interested in participating in the workshop without submission are requested to fill out the participation form and e-mail to the workshop chairs at: m.fayad@sjsu.edu and hhamza@cse.unl.edu
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PARTICIPATION FORM:
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Please note that registration is required in order to participate in the workshop. Please check the conference registration webpage for more details. A projector connected to laptop and a flipchart will be available. For more information please visit <http://www.engr.sjsu.edu/~fayad/workshops/ecoop05/>
<http://www.activeframeworks.com/publications.html#workshops>

Important Dates:
Submission deadline May 30, 2005
Acceptance notification June 20, 2005
Camera ready paper due July 11, 2005
Workshop date: Tuesday, July 26, 2005

ORGANIZERS

Prof. Mohamed E. Fayad (Chair)
Computer Engineering Department, College of Engineering
San José State University
San José, CA 95192-0180
Ph: (408) 924-7364, Fax: (408) 924-4153
E-mail: m.fayad@sjsu.edu
http://www.engr.sjsu.edu/fayad

Mr. Haitham S. Hamza (Co-Chair)
Computer Science & Engineering Dept.
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
256 Avery Hall, P.O. Box 880115, Lincoln, NE 68588-0115
Ph: (402) 472-3485 (office)
E-mail: hhamza@cse.unl.edu