[ecoop-info] CFP: SPAQu'07 - 1st International Workshop on Software Patterns and Quality

[Hironori Washizaki]

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*Call for Papers*

 1st International Workshop on Software Patterns and Quality (SPAQu'07)

                 in Nagoya, Japan, December 3, 2007
collocated with 14th Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference (APSEC)
           http://patterns-wg.fuka.info.waseda.ac.jp/SPAQU/

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*Objective and Motivation*

A software pattern is an abstracted repeatable solution to a commonly
occurring problem under a certain context with forces that derive the
solution in software development. Patterns help people involved in
software to share experience-based proven solutions and develop products,
manage processes, projects and organizations, and communicate each other
more efficiently and effectively. Although numbers of pattern catalogues
have been published, little known about how to specify, measure and
evaluate quality of those patterns and/or their application results.

This workshop seeks to gain an improved understanding on the theoretical,
social, technological and practical issues related to quality aspects of
patterns including security and safety aspects.

Suggested topic areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

- Quality by software patterns: management, assurance, measurement,
  rating, testing, review and evaluation of quality in software products,
  processes, people and projects with software patterns (e.g. how much does
  maintainability of software become high by applying design patterns? )
- Quality of software patterns: management, assurance, measurement,
  rating, testing, review and evaluation of quality of software patterns
- Quality specific patterns: e.g., security patterns, safety patterns and
  performance patterns
- Quality aspects of activities related to software patterns
- Quality in pattern system and languages: how to build quality systems of
  patterns, pattern compositions, and stable/testable pattern languages
- Patterns and pattern languages pitfalls and how to avoid them
- Nature of "Quality Without A Name (QWAN)" in software development
- Methods and tools: modeling tools, measurement tools, testing tools and
  management tools related to software patterns quality
- Case studies and lessons learned from the viewpoint of quality
- Relationships among software patterns and related technologies from
  the viewpoint of quality

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*Paper Submission*

The workshop invites the submission of both full papers and position
papers. Full papers shall describe in detail research projects and
experience, and must not exceed 6 pages in the IEEE conference format
( http://www.computer.org/portal/pages/cscps/cps/cps_forms.html ).
Position papers shall describe visions, new perspectives, research
experience, or emerging research questions, and must not exceed 2 pages
of the same format.

Both types of submissions will be reviewed by the program committee for
their relevance as well theoretical, technological and practical
contributions to the workshop topics. We especially encourage the
submission of provoking or unconventional ideas that can lead to lively
and productive discussions.

Please send your submission (in PDF) to spaqu at sse-project.org
by September 14.

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*Publication*

Accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings with an
International Standard Book Number (ISBN) by the Information Processing
Society of Japan. Selected papers will be considered for publication in
issues of some possible international journals (pending).

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*Important Dates*

Full/position paper submission  September 14, 2007
Acceptance notification         October 15, 2007
Final camera-ready              November 2, 2007
Workshop                        December 3, 2007

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*Workshop Committee*

Organizers:
Hironori Washizaki, National Institute of Informatics, Japan
Nobukazu Yoshioka, National Institute of Informatics, Japan

Program Committee:
Akira Sakakibara, IBM Research, Japan
Atsuto Kubo, Waseda University, Japan
Bashar Nuseibeh, Open University, UK
Eduardo B. Fernandez, Florida Atlantic University, US
Eiichi Hanyuda, Mamezou, Co. Ltd., Japan
Eric Platon, National Institute of Informatics, Japan
Fuyuki Ishikawa, National Institute of Informatics, Japan
Gregor Hohpe, Google, Inc., US
Hajimu Iida, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
Jan Jurjens, Open University, UK
Katsuhisa Maruyama, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
Kenji Tei, Waseda University, Japan
Kiminobu Kodama, EXA Co. Ltd., Japan
Linda Rising, Independent Consultant, US
Masao Tomono, KameNet Inc., Japan
Michael Jackson, Independent Consultant, UK
Michael VanHilst, Florida Atlantic University, US
M.E. Fayad, San Jose State University, US
Naoyuki Nagatou, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
Somjai Boonsiri, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Soon-Kyeong Kim, The University of Queensland, Australia
Terunobu Fujino, InArcadia Inc., Japan
Tsukuda Gunji, Hitachi Co. Ltd., Japan
Yann-Gael Gueheneuc, University of Montreal, Canada
Yasuyuki Hirose, Ryukyu University, Japan
Yasuyuki Tahara, National Institute of Informatics, Japan
Yijun Yu, Open University, UK

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*Sponsors and Contact Us*

The workshop will be co-sponsored by IPSJ/SIGSE Patterns Working Group,
and SSE Project of National Institute of Informatics (NII).
Please contact us at: spaqu at sse-project.org
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