[aosd-announce] CFP: The First IEEE International Workshop on Quality Oriented Reuse of Software

[neil loughran]

The First IEEE International Workshop on Quality Oriented Reuse of Software

QUORS' 07

Beijing, China, July 24, 2007
(in conjunction with COMPSAC 2007)

http://conferences.computer.org/compsac/2007/workshops/QUORS.htm
 
GOAL OF THE WORKSHOP

The level of software reuse has recently been raised to large-scale
components, agglomeration of components and even services in SOA. Systematic
and large-scale reuse of reusable assets at multiple development levels is
improving the efficiency of software development activities significantly in
terms of cost and time. New approaches and products keep emerging from
research community and industry. 

However, previous research in software reuse mainly focused on the
functional aspect of a system, and tended to ignore the quality aspects or
put them at a trivial place. Modern computing models, such as SOA, mobile
and pervasive computing, and embedded systems, have imposed more rigorous
quality requirements on software development technologies including
reuse-based paradigms such as component-based development, design patterns,
architectural patterns and software product lines. The above situation makes
it a challenge to meet the non-functional requirements of a software system
and meanwhile enjoy the benefits of substantial software reuse.

Recently, the software reuse community has been aware of the above weakness
and much work has been ongoing. In this workshop we wish to bring together
researchers and practitioners to share research results, advances and
practical experiences under the banner of "quality oriented reuse of
software". The workshop will act as a forum for active discussion, idea
stimulation and communication.

THEME AND SCOPE OF THE WORKSHOP


The workshop will bring together researchers and developers from academia
and industry for advancing the technology of software reuse which emphasizes
meeting strict quality requirements, such as dependability, agility and
performance. The workshop seeks new approaches, system architectures and
tools that facilitate the quality aspects of software reuse technologies. 

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Aspect-oriented software reuse and system quality; Feature-oriented software
reuse and system quality; Quality aspects of software reuse; Dependable
component-based systems; Quality features and software product lines;
Quality aspects of design patterns; Reuse in Service Oriented Architecture
and Quality of Service; Quality-based component specification,
qualification, adaptation and integration; Software evolution and quality
attributes; Software quality measurement; Quality-based COTS product reuse;
Case studies and experience reports. 
 
PARTICIPANTS
 
Researchers and practitioners in software reuse, software evolution,
emerging software systems such as SOA, mobile computing and embedded
software, testing and quality assurance and all other relevant areas. The
chairs expect to bring to the workshop researchers and practitioners
worldwide from research institutes, universities and industries. 
 
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
 
Colin Atkinson, Software Technology Lab, University of Mannheim, Germany

Xavier Franch, Technical University of Catalunya, Spain

Jerry Gao, San Jose State University, USA

George Kakarontzas, Dept of Informatics, Aristotle University of
Thessaloniki, Greece

Neil Loughran, Dept. of Computing, Lancaster University, UK

Mikko Raatikainen, SEI, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland

Salah Sadou, VALORIA Lab, University of South Brittany, France

Guifa Teng, School of Computing, Hebei Agricultural University, China

(To be completed)
 

IMPORTANT DATES


February 23, 2007
 Deadline for paper submission
 
April 8 2007
 Decision notification (electronic)
 
April 30, 2007
 Camera-ready copy and author registration due
 

SUBMISSION
 
Papers must be submitted electronically via the QUORS 2007 Submission Page
(to be activated). Please follow the instructions posted on the web site.
The format of submitted papers should follow the guidelines for IEEE
conference proceedings, i.e., 8.5" x 11", Two-Column Format (PDF, DOC);
Layout Guide (PDF, DOC). The paper should not exceed 4000 words or 6 pages
in IEEE paper format including all figures, tables, and references. 

All papers will be reviewed by the program committee according to its
originality, significance, correctness, presentation and relevance. We also
encourage authors to present position papers on practical studies and
experiments, critique of existing work, emerging issues, and novel ideas
under development. Papers can be submitted as either regular papers, short
papers, or fast abstracts. Acceptance and final category depends on reviewer
feedback. 

Accepted papers or fast abstracts will be published in the workshop
proceedings of the 31st IEEE Computer Software and Applications Conference
(COMPSAC 2007). At least one of the authors of each accepted paper or fast
abstract must register as a participant of the workshop to have the paper or
fast abstract published in the proceedings. 
 

WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS
 

Program Chairs 

Xiaodong Liu

School of Computing

Napier University

Edinburgh, UK

Email: x.liu at napier.ac.uk;

 
 Hongji Yang

School of Computing

De Montfort University

UK

Email: hyang at dmu.ac.uk


 Kyo Chul Kang

Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering

Pohang University of Science & Technology

Korea.

Email: kck at postech.ac.uk

GENERAL INQUIRIES
 
For QUORS'07, please contact the Workshop Organizers.
For COMPSAC, please visit http://conferences.computer.org/compsac/2007/