Held in conjunction with the
20st
International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE98)
Kyoto,
Japan
Sponsors:
Overview:
One of the most exciting developments in recent years is the emergence of component-based systems technology in the commercial marketplace. Spurred by the rapid adoption of distributed object technology and web technology, major computer and software companies have committed to the development and/or use of component-based technology to change the way software-intensive systems are conceived, managed, developed, and deployed. In parallel, academic research in software engineering has long focused on several of the core concepts underlying component-based technology, for example module interconnection languages, architecture description languages, and architecture-driven system composition.
Unfortunately, there has been little interaction between the academic and industrial efforts. Are research and commercial developments in component-based technology heading in the same overall direction? If not, why not? If so, is there a gap between research agendas and industrial uses of component-based technology? If there is a gap, is it widening or shrinking – and who is on which side of the gap? The purpose of this workshop is to answer such questions by understanding, and relating, the concepts that underlie the component-based systems technology emerging from industry and research.
The focus of this workshop will be on what we refer to as "component-management infrastructure" (CMI) technology. By component-management infrastructure we mean both the vendor-developed software technology that supports development, execution, and deployment of component-based systems, and the broader user-developed business agreements necessary to support a thriving marketplace for components. The workshop will provide a forum for researchers, developers of component-management infrastructures, application developers and information technology managers to share their views and develop a common understanding of the current state of CMI technology, and what remains to be done for Component-Based Software Engineering (CBSE) to be effective.
Goals:
Using a two-day forum of presentations, panel discussions and open discussions, the workshop will seek to answer these specific questions:
Participation by both industry and academia is encouraged. Our intention is to publish a proceedings of the workshop, as well as to document the major findings or results of the workshop in a suitable form (for example, Software Engineering Notes).
Inquiries and submissions should be sent electronically to Kurt Wallnau (kcw@sei.cmu.edu).
Workshop Information
Workshop Program Committee:
Kurt Wallnau, Software Engineering Institute (cochair)
Jim Q. Ning,
Andersen Consulting (cochair)
Sanya Uehara, Fujitsu Laboratories (cochair)
Mikio Aoyama, Niigata Institute of Technology
Alan Brown, Sterling
Software
Desmond D'Souza, Icon Computing
Chris Dellarocas, MIT
Michael Stal, Seimens
Toru Takeshita, Chubu University
For additional information, please contact Kurt Wallnau.