[aosd-announce] CFP: WTAOP 2005, Workshop on Testing Aspect-Oriented Programs at AOSD.2005

[Roger T. Alexander]

*** Workshop on Testing Aspect-Oriented Programs (WTAOP)  2005 ***

to be held in conjunction with the
Fourth International Conference on Aspect-Oriented Software 
Developmeant (AOSD.2005)

http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~rta/wtaop/

Call for Papers
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Overview

The AOSD Workshop on Testing Aspect-Oriented Programs is the first 
workshop to focus on the issues associated with the topic of testing 
and quality of aspect-oriented programs (AOPs). Our intention is to 
bring together researchers and practitioners that have interests in 
this important area, with the goal being to establish a research agenda 
that focuses on the challenges and issues associated with testing AOPs.

  The workshop will focus on exploring answers to key research 
questions, including:

	* How do we test aspects as units?

	* How do we test woven artifacts?

	* How do we predict emergent behaviors that arise due to subtle 
interactions when multiple artifacts are woven in combination into a 
core concern?

	* What types of faults do programmers make when using aspect-oriented 
languages?

Goals for the workshop

The goals for the workshop include (but not limitted to):

	* Defining a research agenda for the testing of AOPs

	* Identification of needed testing techniques, strategies, and tools

	* Framing the problems that pose essential testing challenges that are 
peculiar to aspect-oriented programming.

The format of the workshop will include a plenary session that 
discusses the above questions and goals, followed by the formulation of 
groups to focus on key problems. Each group will work on one or more 
key problems identified in the earlier plenary session. Prior to the 
conclusion of the workshop, each group will make a presentation 
outlining their deliberations and findings to the entire workshop. 
Proceedings on the workshop will be published in electronic form and 
will include all accepted position papers and a final report compiled 
by the organizers of the workshop.

To foster early collaboration and to maximize the use of workshop time, 
  a Wiki-based collaboration system will be set up prior to the 
workshop. The Wiki will host submitted position papers, workshop topic 
outline, a discussion forum, the final workshop report, and other 
relevant materials. The Wiki will be available both before and after 
the occurrence of the workshop. The Wiki can be access from the 
workshop web page: (http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~rta/wtaop/.

  Submission Information

Submissions should be no longer than six pages and be in the ACM SIG 
proceedings publication format nine point font or larger, and should be 
no longer than six pages, including all text, references, appendices, 
and figures. The expectation is that papers accepted at the workshop 
will eventually lead to full-length papers at high-quality conferences 
or journals.

  The topics of position papers should be related to a subject 
consistent with the testing of aspect-oriented programs. Papers will be 
reviewed by a committee and selections will be based on content, 
quality, and relevance.

  The final report of the workshop will be published in a future issue 
of Software Quality Journal. Also, authors of the best position papers 
and those leading to the most constructive discussions at the workshop 
will be invited to submit a suitably expanded form of the paper for a 
special issue or section on testing aspect-oriented programs in the 
Software Quality Journal. These papers will be peer reviewed.

Papers must be submitted in PDF, postscript, or Word format to 
wtaop at cs.colostate.edu by the deadline for paper submission. Submitted 
papers will be made available for download prior to the workshop date.

  Important dates

	* Deadline for paper submission: 10 January 2005

	* Notification of acceptance: 31 January 2005

	* Deadline for final contributions: 15 February 2005

	* Workshop at AOSD 2005: Tuesday, 15 March 2005


Questions

Questions regarding WTAOP should be directed to the workshop organizers:

Roger T. Alexander
Department of Computer Science
Colorado State University
1873 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, Colorado 80523 USA
Voice: (970) 491-7026
Fax: (970) 491-2466
rta at cs.colostate.edu


Anneliese A. Andrews
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Mail Stop 2752
Washington State University
Pullman, Washington 99164 USA
Voice: (509) 335-8656
Fax: (509) 335-3818
aandrews at eecs.wsu.edu