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Workshop on Software Architecture Reconstruction at WCRE 2002

Richmond, VA. – November 1, 2002

Agenda

Position papers:

Andrew Trevors and Michael W. Godfrey: Architecture Reconstruction in the Dark

Gerald C. Gannod and Shipla Murthy: Using Log Files to Reconstruct State-Based Software Architectures

Jean-Marie Favre and R. Sanlaville: Continuous Discovery of Software Architecture in a Large Evolving Company

Michael Barton and Richard Chapman: A Technique to Identify Component Interfaces

Background and Themes

Software architecture reconstruction aims at presenting existing software systems at the more abstract, architectural level. Architecture reconstruction research issues include many topics, such as:

• Architecture views, view selection and documentation
• Architecture conformance
• Reconstruction methods and tools
• Reconstruction of multiple similar systems for product line evaluation
• Reconstruction of systems that contain some COTS or binary components (no source code provided for those components)
• System browsing and visualization for reconstruction
• Usability evaluations of reconstructed artifacts

This workshop is intended for researchers in the area of architecture reconstruction to discuss their progress and explore future directions. The goals of the workshop are:

• to present new and promising work in architecture reconstruction;
• to exchange experience;
• to discuss new application areas;
• to discover areas of mutual collaboration; and
• to envision future trends in the field of software architecture reconstruction.

Call for participation

We would like to invite people to submit position papers in line with the themes of the workshop. Position papers are limited to 3 pages. We would like to invite all those who submit position papers to attend the workshop. The organizers will select a set of position papers and invite those authors to give a short presentation on their work. These presentations will lead to follow-on working discussions. The emphasis at this workshop will be on open discussions and exchange of views and ideas.

Workshop Organization

The workshop will be a full-day workshop with a set of sessions on various topics. We will invite a group of authors to present a short outline of their work in a particular area and open discussion will follow on that topic. Several sessions in this format will be included in the workshop. Each session will consist of a set of presentations (each presentation limited to approximately 10 mins) each of which will outline work in a particular area as a starting point for discussion on that topic. The organizers will facilitate the follow-up discussions.

Important Dates

Position paper submissions: September 13, 2002
Acceptance notification: September 27, 2002
Final version of position paper: October 11, 2002
Workshop date: November 1, 2002

Please submit you position paper to Liam O'Brien (lob@sei.cmu.edu) in PDF format.

Workshop Output

A workshop report, containing the position papers and summary of the presentations and discussions, will be developed and distributed to the attendees and made available on a workshop website.

Organizers

The workshop is organized by:

• Liam O'Brien, SEI
• Christoph Stoermer, Robert Bosch (Resident Affiliate at the SEI)
• Arie Van Deursen, CWI
• Mike Godfrey, University of Waterloo
• Rainer Koschke, University of Stuttgart
• Claudio Riva, Nokia Research Center
• Peggy Storey, University of Victoria