[aosd-announce] CFP: EuroSys WS MAI'2007

[Olaf Spinczyk]

----------------------------------------------------------------------

                           CALL FOR PAPERS

    The 1st Workshop on Middleware-Application Interaction (MAI'2007)
                   in conjunction with EuroSys 2007,
                           Lisbon, Portugal

                      Tuesday March 20, 2007

               http://www4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/z/WS-MAI/
----------------------------------------------------------------------


Overview
--------

The basic interaction between middleware and application uses simple
mechanisms such as method invocations or message passing.  These basic
interactions are not sufficient for complex tasks.  There is a rising
demand for middleware support for multiple cross-cutting features such
as security, fault tolerance, and distributed resource management.
In adaptive systems, the middleware has to exert control on applications,
and vice versa.  Middleware systems need the right access to applications
running on top; applications need the right way for influencing middleware
behaviour.  Unlike the basic interaction mechanisms, such complex features
are currently addressed by a highly heterogeneous set of methods such as
aspect-oriented programming, reflection, code annotations, and policies.


Goal and Contributions
----------------------

MAI'2007 aims at providing researchers with a forum for discussing the
state of the art of approaches to middleware-application interaction
and for identifying challenging open problems.

The goal of the workshop is to bring together active researchers in the
different fields that relate to the workshop topic.  Our ambition is to
foster discussions between participants with different background and
experience, and to provide the participants with a broader view of the
problems and established approaches.

We believe that the workshop will yield new ideas for future system research
in the area of middleware platforms, and will nourish the exchange of ideas
and strengthen the cooperation between interested scientists.


Workshop Format
---------------

The workshop will be organised as a series of sessions, each session being
devoted to the presentation of papers of a common domain.  At the end of each
session, we will have a mini-panel with the presenters on the session theme,
led by the session chair, in order to foster discussions.

The workshop will conclude with a general discussion of open
issues and future trends in the field, summarising the overall
contributions of the workshop.


Topics of Interest
------------------

Topics of interest to this workshop include, but not limit to the following:

    * Composition of complex middleware features
    * Unanticipated middleware integration of applications
    * Interaction MW/App, MW/MW, App/App
    * Variability of the application-middleware-interconnect
    * Middleware reconfigurability and adaptivity
    * AOP for the implementation of middleware systems
    * AOP for middleware-based application
    * Dynamic AOP
    * Composition of independent aspects
    * Developer annotations for complex middleware features
    * Reflective middleware
    * Model-driven middleware and application design
    * Support for product lines in middleware
    * Software engineering for middleware-based applications


Submission Guidelines
---------------------

Manuscripts must be submitted as printable PDF documents and should not
exceed 3000 words. Formatting according to the final manuscript style
(ACM standard) is recommended.  Electronic submission will
be available starting in January on the workshop website.

The camera-ready version of manuscripts must be formatted according to
the ACM standard style (2-column), and must not exceed 6 pages.

All workshop papers will be published via ACM's Digital Library as part of the
"ACM International Conference Proceeding Series".

At least one author of an accepted paper must register at the conference and
present the paper at the workshop.

Important Dates
---------------

Paper and abstract submission..............February 8th, 2007
Acceptance notification....................February 20th, 2007
Camera-ready papers due....................March 6th, 2007
Workshop...................................March 20th, 2007


Workshop Chairs
---------------

Hans P. Reiser..................Ulm University, Germany
Ruediger Kapitza................FAU-Erlangen, Germany


Technical Program Committee
---------------------------

Antonio Casimiro Costa .........University of Lisboa, Portugal
Arno Jacobson...................University of Toronto, Canada
Ruediger Kapitza................FAU-Erlangen, Germany
Frederic Le Mouel...............Univerity of Lyon, France
Rene Meier .....................Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Hans P. Reiser..................Ulm University, Germany
Olaf Spinczyk...................FAU-Erlangen, Germany
Eric Tanter.....................University of Chile, Chile
Charles Zhang...................University of Toronto, Canada

Contact Info: ws-mai at i4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de