|
|
|
|
Sixth Australasian Workshop on Software and System
Architectures
In conjunction with |
A current trend in software architecture is to make use of the benefits of
software components (i.e., software units with well defined requires and
provides interfaces which contractually specify component deployment and
inter-component dependencies and interactions). One of the expected benefits
from a linkage of software architecture and components is the use of
contractual interfaces specifications which allow the inference of global
system properties (e.g., quality attributes) from local component properties
and architectural interaction patterns. However, practice has shown that this
linkage is not as straightforward as it seems and, therefore, further
investigations are needed to overcome the respective problems. The aim of the 2005 Australasian Workshop on Software and System
Architectures (AWSA 2005) is to bring together practitioners and researchers
to discuss ideas, exchange experiences and explore future directions in the
area of software architectures and component-based software engineering. In
particular, the workshop encourages submissions reporting industrial
experiences (positive and negative) when using software components for
architecting, configuring, or reengineering software and system
architectures.
To maximize interactions between participants and enable discussions, but also
giving participants the opportunity to present their areas of interest, this
event will contain both sessions with paper presentations as well as
discussion sessions. Depending on the number of participants, we also plan to
organize an informal workshop dinner on Tuesday March 29 (not included in the
workshop fees) to give the participants the opportunity to discuss topics of
interest in further detail outside scheduled workshop sessions.
Submissions should not exceed 4 pages (for extended abstracts) or 12 pages
(for full papers) and must have a cover page including the paper title,
abstract, names and affiliations of authors, postal contact addresses, email
addresses, and telephone numbers. In addition, we ask the authors to include a
list of critical questions and/or some, perhaps provocative, statements at the
end of their submission which will assist the organizers to define topics for
discussion in advance. Submissions should be sent in an electronic format (PDF
or PostScript) to
jschneider@swin.edu.au and
preferably prepared prepared in IEEE Proceedings
format (formatting instructions available from
computer.org).
All accepted position statements will be made available to the participants
at the workshop's web-site prior to the event. The proceedings containing all
accepted submissions will be published by Swinburne University Press.
Furthermore, we are currently investigating avenues for further publication
of selected papers.
For further information about the workshop, please refer to the
workshop home page at
http://mercury.it.swin.edu.au/ctg/AWSA05/ or contact Jean-Guy Schneider.
Call for Papers
Motivation
Topics
Authors are encouraged to address any aspects of software architecture and
components in their contributions. Suggested topics of interest include, but
are not limited to:
Submissions and Participation
In order to get a suitable number of participants, participation at the
workshop is by invitation only, mainly based on acceptance of a position
statement/paper submitted prior to the event. Submissions can be extended
abstracts (up to 4 pages) or full papers (up to 12 pages). All submissions
will be fully peer-reviewed by at least two members of the Program Committee
and/or other experts working in the field. Based on the quality and
originality, the best submissions will be presented at the workshop. It is
expected that at least one author of each accepted paper will register for the
workshop. To make the discussion effective, workshop attendance will be
limited to 15 to 30 people.
Expression of Interest
We would very much appreciate if you could contact Jean-Guy Schneider (jschneider@swin.edu.au) or any of the
other organizers prior to December 23, 2004 and express your interest
in either submitting a position statement or attending the workshop.
Expression of interest is not required for submission, but this information
will assist us in our planning and in organizing a better event. Thank you in
advance for your cooperation.
Important Dates
Expression of Interest:
December 23, 2004
Paper submission:
January 24, 2005
Notification of acceptance:
February 7, 2005
Camera ready copy:
March 1, 2005
Workshop:
March 29, 2005
Workshop Organizers
Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies, Swinburne University of
Technology, Melbourne, Australia
National ICT Australia, Sydney, Australia
Departments of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science,
University of Auckland, New Zealand
Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies, Swinburne University of
Technology, Melbourne, Australia
Microsoft Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia
Program Committee
Previous Events
For information about previous Australasian Workshop on Software and
System Architectures, please refer to the following web-sites: