3rd Workshop on Assessment of Contemporary Modularization Techniques (ACoM.09)

Motivation

Numerous modularization techniques have been developed to cope with complexity and increasing scale of software systems, such as Aspect-Oriented Software Development (AOSD) and Feature-Oriented Programming (FOP). Using these advanced modularization techniques, designers intend to achieve better changeability and adaptability through improved modularity. However, it remains unclear to what extent these new techniques have improved software productivity and maintainability in practice. It is even more challenging to determine their impact on closely-related emerging domains such as collaborative software engineering, ultra-large systems, cyber-physical systems and cloud computing. This workshop emphasizes the need for improving and pushing the boundaries on the assessment of modern modularization techniques, especially in the emerging domains of software development.

Workshop Goals

1. Do contemporary modularization techniques have a role to play in emerging system domains? Can their benefits be assessed? How does the application of contemporary modularization techniques to these domains affect assessment strategies?

2. What attributes of these complex systems need to be measured and assessed?

3. Are current conventional metrics sufficient to assess software quality in such domains? How can the validity of such metrics be measured?

4. What new assessment mechanisms are necessary to assess contemporary heterogeneous modularization techniques in emerging system domains and to accommodate the associated development practices?

5. What new modularization techniques or improvements to existing ones are suggested by previous assessment results?

6. What resources and benchmarks are necessary to enable the effective and efficient assessment of modularization techniques in emerging domains? How can repeatability of studies be achieved over such complex domains?

Latest News

Thursday, 22nd October: Complete workshop proceedings now available: pdf

Wednesday, 14th October: Accepted papers now available for download on the program page.

Monday, 12th October: Full schedule now available on the program page - paper downloads available soon.

Monday, 12th October: Please note that participation in ACoM.09 is open to all OOPSLA attendees (subject to space).

Friday, 2nd October: List of accepted papers now available on the program page.

Tuesday, 15th September: Paper notifications have now been distributed.

Monday, 7th September: Aslam Khan of factor10 has been added to our panel session.

Friday, 4th September: Submission deadline has now passed - thanks to all who submitted papers.

Saturday, 22nd August: **** PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED **** until 4th September 2009 5pm (UK time) no prior abstract submission necessary.

Friday, 21st August: We are pleased to announce the following panelists for our panel session: Klaus Ostermann (University of Aarhus), Hridesh Rajan (Iowa State University), Gary Leavens (University of Central Florida) and Yannis Smaragdakis (University of Massachusetts). More details and panelists soon!