Proceedings Of The First AOSD Conference 2002

The University of Twente campus in Enschede — The prestigious University of Twente, host of the first conference on AOSD.

The first conference on AOSD took place from April 22–26, 2002 at the prestigious University of Twente, located in the beautiful town of Enschede, the Netherlands.

SummaryA First Of Its Kind

Harold Ossher

General chair · IBM Research Center

The conference, which promised a fulfilling week, drew support from notable brands across the IT industry — IBM, ACM, and AITO among them. The general chair was Harold Ossher of the IBM Research Center; the program chair was Gregor Kiczales of the University of British Columbia. The keynote speakers at the event were Linda Northrop and Michael Jackson.

Dedicated to AOSD as the first conference ever organised for it, the 2002 edition was put together:

As a meet-up for researchers on AOSD, and as a forum for discussion of leading-edge research
To give practitioners room to learn AOSD technologies — and the benefits that come with them — by interacting with the providers and the inventors
To give researchers the privilege of learning real-world problems from practitioners, as motivation for further studies
To provide a platform for discussing the adoption of AOSD, the challenges that come with it, and how to address them

The programWhat Was On

The program comprised different sections featuring keynote presentations, research papers, workshops, tutorials, demonstrations, and invited sessions on the AOSD industry.

For developers exploring AOSD

Session: Early Industrial Experience with AOSD
Panel: Commercialization of AOSD
Tutorial: an introductory package of four discounted tutorials on key AOSD approaches
Demonstration: AOSD tools demonstrations
Informal meetings between users and providers of AOSD tools

ConclusionAn Orderly Week

Tutorials and workshops on Monday and Tuesday; keynotes on Wednesday by Michael Jackson and on Thursday by Linda Northrop — with invited sessions, papers, demonstrations, and panels rounding out both days.The rhythm of the first AOSD

The meeting, which ran across the week, was orderly throughout — a fitting, disciplined start to a conference series that would circle the globe for the next thirteen years.