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Software Architecture Conferences, Workshops, and Calls for Participation

12th International Symposium on Component Based Software Engineering (CBSE 2009)
June 22-25, 2009 in East Stroudsburg University, Pennsylvania
Component-Based Software Engineering (CBSE) has emerged as a technology for the rapid assembly of flexible software systems. CBSE combines elements of software architecture, modular software design, software verification, configuration and deployment. The CBSE symposium has a track record of bringing together researchers and practitioners from a variety of disciplines to promote a better understanding of CBSE from a diversity of perspectives, and to engage in active discussion and debate.  To foster exchange and collaboration with the software architecture community, CBSE is colocated with the Quality of Software Architectures Conference (QoSA) as part of the federated CompArch event.

ECMDA-FA 2009 Fifth European Conference on Model-Driven Architecture Foundations and Applications
June 23-26, 2009 at the University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
Model-Driven Architecture (MDA) is an initiative proposed by the Object Management Group (OMG) for platform-independent software development. It promotes the use of models in the specification, design, analysis, synthesis, deployment, and evolution of complex software systems. ECMDA-FA is dedicated to advancing the state of knowledge and fostering the industrialisation of the MDA methodology. Its focus is on engaging key figures of research and industry, in Europe and elsewhere, in a dialogue which will result in a stronger, more efficient industry, producing more reliable software on the basis of state-of-the-art research results. The 2009 conference is organised in two tracks dealing with the foundations and applications of MDA. There will be additional workshops and tools and poster exhibitions on these subjects. Deadline has been extended to February 15, 2009.

2nd IEEE International Workshop on Component-Based Design of Resource-Constrained Systems (CORCS 2009)
July 20-24, 2009 in Seattle, Washington
(held in conjunction with COMPSAC 2009)

Call for papers now open for a special ssue of the Empirical Software Engineering journal titled "Empirical Studies in Software Architecture: Opportunities, Approaches, and Challenges."
The aim of this special issue is to provide an authoritative reference on systematically selecting and rigorously applying suitable empirical methods for evaluating methods, techniques, and tools developed for supporting the software architecture process.

ESEC/FSE 2009: The 7th joint meeting of the European Software Engineering Conference (ESEC) and the ACM SIGSOFT Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE)
August 24-28, 2009 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
ESEC/FSE 2009 (The seventh joint meeting of the European Software Engineering Conference and ACM SIGSOFT Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering) is an internationally renowned forum for researchers, practitioners, and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, experiences, and challenges in the field of software engineering. Held bi- annually, ESEC/FSE brings together experts from academia and industry to exchange the latest research results and trends, as well as their practical application in all areas of software engineering. ESEC/FSE 2009 will offer a strong technical program with an exciting list of events, including keynote talks by leaders in the field, challenge presentations, demonstrations, posters, workshops, and a doctoral symposium.

IEEE(*)/IFIP WICSA/ECSA 2009, Joint Working International Conference on Software Architecture (WICSA) & European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA) 2009, The Conference for Software Architects by Software Architects
September 14-17, 2009 in Cambridge, UK
The 8th Working International Conference on Software Architecture (WICSA) and the 3rd European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA) have merged for 2009 to provide a unique forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss the latest R&D outcomes, experiences, trends, and challenges in the field of software architecture. This synergistic coupling of WICSA and ECSA for the first time promises an even more inspiring and productive event in 2009. Submissions for papers are due April 10, 2009. Abstracts for papers are due April 3, 2009.

The 11th International Conference on Software Reuse (ICSR 2009)
September 27-30, 2009 in Falls Church, VA
The theme of the conference is Formal Foundations of Reuse and Domain Engineering. Paper submission deadline is May 15, 2009. Details are available on the ICSR11 website.

Call for Papers: Eighth International Conference on  Generative Programming and Component Engineering (GPCE 2009)
October 4-5, 2009 in Denver, Colorado (co-located with MODELS 2009 and SLE 2009)
The International Conference on Generative Programming and Component Engineering provides a venue for researchers and practitioners interested in techniques for enhancing the productivity, quality, and time-to-market in software development that stems from deploying components and automating program generation.

The Journal of Systems and Software solicits papers for its software architecture section, which appears in each issue of the journal. This section provides a platform for academic and industrial research in Software Architecture. Topics of interest include architecture in industrial software engineering, software architecture techniques, and architecture centric reuse. Visit the Elsevier website for details.

The Microsoft Architecture Journal is a platform for "free thinkers and practitioners of IT architecture" and regularly issue calls for authors to submit papers. Visit the Architecture Journal website for details.

Call for papers: special issue of the Empirical Software Engineering Journal
"Empirical Studies in Software Architecture: Opportunities, Approaches, and Challenges"
http://www.lmsa-community.org/wikis/index.php/ESE-SA