Important Dates:
Submission of position papers: Monday 14th
February
Notification of acceptances: Monday 6th
March
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Technical Scope:
Middleware technologies such as CORBA and DCOM are now established as central elements in modern computer systems. Middleware like JINI and CORBA can offer portability and interoperability through their platform independent programming models. However, the rapid deployment of applications of this technology has created a demand for dynamically configurable middleware to accommodate rapidly changing execution requirements. The reflective middleware platforms that are emerging offer a general solution to agile reconfiguration through the concepts of open implementation and reflection.
The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers working on reflective middleware platforms (and related technologies), to identify key developments in such areas, and to discuss the future of this potentially important technology. The workshop will be limited in size to a maximum of 50 participants to enhance discussion, with participants invited on the basis of position papers. Such position papers should be no longer than two pages in length and should address topics such as:
The
design and implementation of reflective middleware
platforms;
Experiences
with such reflective technologies in suitable application
domains, e.g. mobile computing;
Fundamental
developments in the theory and practice of reflection,
related to this area;
Experience
with existing mechanisms such as CORBA interceptors or the
Meta-Object Facility;
Consideration
of alternative techniques for dynamic configuration and/or
re-configuration;
Examination
of potentially complementary techniques such as
aspect-oriented programming;
Techniques
to improve performance and/ or scalability of reflective
techniques;
Approaches
to maintain the integrity of reflective
technologies;
Tool
support for reflective middleware.
The workshop will last for 1 day, starting after lunch on the 7th April (immediately following the end of Middleware’2000, and ending at lunchtime on the following day.
Submission Procedure:
Submissions should be made electronically, following the procedure described at:
by the date given above. A technical program will then be put together by the program committee, based on the submitted position papers, with emphasis given to opportunity for discussion. The collective set of position papers will be made available on this website, along with a record of the discussions.
Last updated: 29/06/2000