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Fifth SEI Software Architecture Workshop for Educators

The Fifth SEI Software Architecture Workshop for Educators will be held at the Software Engineering Institute in Pittsburgh, PA, on 18 - 20 August, 2008. The Software Architecture Workshop for Educators is a three-day forum for sharing Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute (SEI) software architecture technology with educators and for jointly determining ways to incorporate these concepts and methods into academic courses. This years workshop offers the Software Architecture Design and Analysis course as its centerpiece.

The workshop is open to any accredited college level educator. It is not open to the general public.

Software Architecture Curriculum

Over 6500 people from over 360 organizations have attended our software architecture and software product line courses. We have awarded over 950 professional certificates.

The Next Public Offerings in the Software Architecture Curriculum

On-site delivery of courses may be arranged by contacting the SEI.

Comprehensive information for the 2008 software architecture curriculum can be found at the Software Architecture Curriculum Web page.

The Software Architecture Technology (SAT) Initiative: Products and Services Web page lists additional tutorials related to software architecture.

Become an SEI Partner for Software Architecture: Principles and Practices

The SEI is seeking qualified individuals and organizations to deliver the Software Architecture: Principles and Practices course from the SEI Software Architecture Curriculum. Become an SEI Partner for the delivery of this course, and teach practicing software professionals the latest concepts in software architecture and how to use it successfully. Learn more about this opportunity.

Join us!

The Software Architecture Technology Initiative currently has positions open for highly qualified and motivated individuals. For more information, view Job Numbers 1208, 1205, and 1201 on the Careers at the SEI homepage.

New Publications

New Software Architecture Technical Reports

There are 4 new architecture technical reports.

For a complete list of SEI architecture technical reports, visit the publications (by topic) or publications (by type & date) Web pages.

 

news@sei: The Architect

news@sei is monthly online newsletter with feature stories about programs and services at the SEI and regular columns from SEI experts. Recent feature stories have included details about ongoing SEI research, results from SEI customer encounters, and updates about professional development, new products and services, and industry trends.

The Architect is a quarterly column
The latest column featured on software architecture is:

Web Page Updates and Changes

New or Updated Software Architecture Web Pages

There is 1 new or significantly updated software architecture Web page.

  • New Architecture Services
    The SEI now offers two new architecture services. The Architecture Improvement Workshop is a method for evaluating and improving software architectures relative to quality attribute goals. The Architecture Competence Assessment determines an organization’s competence to perform architecture-centric development and evolution.

New Upcoming Events in Software Architecture

There are 4 new additions to the upcoming events page.

New Software Architecture Definitions

There are 6 new definitions of software architecture.

  • Chitra Baggar (Student-M.Tech(Software Engineering), Banasthali Vidyapith, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India)
  • Arun Devadiga (System Architect, Siemens, Bangalore, Karnataka, India)
  • Sundaresan Krishnamurthy (Principal Software Engineer, SAP Labs India, Bangalore, Karnataka, India)
  • Naeem Muhammad (Doctoral Student, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium)
  • Prasad Narasimhan (Architect, Cognizant, Chennai, India)
  • Ozten Chelai (University Lecturer, Ovidius University of Constantza, Constanta, Romania)

New Essays on Software Architecture

There is 1 new essay on software architecture.

For the current list of bibliographies, you can either follow the "bio" links from the essays Web page or go directly to the Author Bibliographies Web page.

New Presentations on Software Architectures

There are 2 new presentations on software architecture.

The Software Architecture Presentations Web page includes presentations, podcasts, tutorials, and movies. The podcast is a .wav file and the movie is a QuickTime Movie.

New Additions to the Software Architecture Essential Bookshelf

There is 1 new nominations to the essential bookshelf.

  • Johnson, Rod. Expert One-on-One J2EE Design and Development
    nominated by Nikolaos Abatzis (Sr. SW Architect, Merlin International, Vienna, VA, USA)

New Duties, Skills, etc. of a Chief Software Architect

There are 2 new additions to the duties of a chief software architect.

  • Durga Srinivas Gudimetla (Associate Consultant, Tata Consultancy Services, Hyderabad, AP, India)
  • Moonesh Kachroo (Technical Manager, WNS, Gurgaon, Haryana, India)

New Related Software Architecture Web Sites

There are 3 new additions to the related architecture Web sites.