Topics of Interest

The ESCOT workshop is intended to cover wide range of topics on evaluation of aspect-oriented and related composition techniques, from theoretical foundations to assessment frameworks and empirical studies. We encourage authors to present novel ideas, critiques of existing work, and practical studies and experiments. We also welcome the submission of position papers in all aspects of empirical evaluation of composition techniques, including (but not limited to) the following:

• Lessons learned
• Empirical studies
• Comparative studies between different composition techniques
• Evaluation frameworks
• Software metrics and quality models
• Estimation models
• Validation of assessment methods for software composition techniques
• Assessment methods and tools to different phases of the software lifecycle
• Development of predictive models of defect rates and reliability from real data
• Infrastructure issues, such as measurement theory, experimental design, qualitative modeling and analysis approaches

Workshop Goals

The goals of the ESCOT workshop are the following:

• Share knowledge about existing empirical evaluations of software composition techniques
• Debate the open issues on the evaluation of software composition techniques
• Bring the attention of the AOSD community to the importance of empirical evaluation
• Foster a collaborative environment for both practitioners and researchers interested in effective evaluation of software composition techniques