[ecoop-info] CfP WCOP 2008

[Ralf Reussner]

        Call for Position Statements

            WCOP 2008

Thirteenth International Workshop on Component-Oriented Programming

        (in conjunction with ECOOP 2008)

    Coral Beach Resort, Cyprus, July 7th or 8th, 2008

    http://research.microsoft.com/~cszypers/events/WCOP

WCOP seeks position papers on the important field of component-oriented
programming (COP). WCOP 2008 is the thirteenth event in a series of highly
successful workshops, which took place in conjunction with every ECOOP 
since
1996.
COP has been described as the natural extension of object-oriented 
programming to
the realm of independently extensible systems. Several important 
approaches have
emerged over the recent years, including component technology standards, 
such as
CORBA/CCM, COM/COM+, J2EE/EJB, .NET, and most recently software services,
but also the increasing appreciation of software architecture for 
component-based
systems, as in SOA, and the consequent effects on organizational 
processes and
structures as well as the software development business as a whole.
COP aims at producing software components for a component market and for 
late
composition. Composers are third parties, possibly the end users, who 
are not able or
not willing to change components. This requires standards to allow 
independently
created components to interoperate, and specifications that put the 
composer into the
position to decide what can be composed under which conditions. On these 
grounds,
WCOP'96 led to the following definition:
A component is a unit of composition with contractually specified 
interfaces
and explicit context dependencies only. Components can be deployed
independently and are subject to composition by third parties.
After WCOP'96 focused on the fundamental terminology of COP, the subsequent
workshops expanded into the many related facets of component software.
WCOP 2008 will discuss components in the context of mobile and distributed
computing. How can components be deployed effectively in distributed
environments? For instance, distribution and mobile computing always 
imply that
individual operations may fail and that services may be temporarily 
unavailable in
unpredictable ways due to communication problems, such as network 
failures. How
does it affect the idea of contract-based trust, if contract signers may 
not be
reachable?
In particular on mobile platforms resources are limited and balancing 
resource
requirements and allocations among a potentially open set of 
(installable) add-on
components becomes a particular challenge.
Finally, in addition to submissions addressing the theme, we explicitly 
solicit papers
reporting on experience with component-oriented software systems in 
practice,
where the emphasis is on interesting lessons learned, whether the actual 
project was
a success or a failure.

TOPICS
Topics of interest to WCOP 2008 include, but are not limited to:
*    mobile components for pervasive computer applications
*    ubiquitous computing with software components
*    controlling power consumption in extensible systems
*    resource pressure: can we afford components on mobile platforms?
*    security and privacy of mobile component systems
*    predictable assembly of components
*    performance/efficiency and reliability of component-based systems
*    systems for the description and prediction of non-functional component
      properties
*    deployment attribution / constraints  
*    COP and Model-driven Development (MDA)
*    interoperation among component frameworks
*    component-oriented development processes
*    relating architectural principles/approaches to component software
*    addressing variability requirements in component-based solutions
*    system design for independent extensibility
*    component versus application evolution
*    domain-specific (vertical) standards
*    organizational aspects
*    business aspects
*    what worked / what didn't work in practice and lessons learned

SUBMISSIONS AND PARTICIPATION
To enable lively and productive discussions, attendance will be limited 
to about 30
participants. To participate in the workshop, acceptance of a submitted 
position
statement is required. All submissions will be formally reviewed. 
High-quality
position statements will be considered for publication in conjunction 
with transcripts
of workshop results. Authors of accepted papers need to participate in 
the workshop.
Position statements should clearly state how they relate to the workshop 
theme, what
particular problems they address, and what solutions they envisage, and 
why the
statement is expected to be relevant to both this workshop and the 
community.
Statements should be four to eight pages (single-spaced A4 or letter) 
long and state
the author's name, affiliation, and contact. Submissions should be 
e-mailed in PDF to
Ralf Reussner (reussner "at" ipd.uka.de) with "WCOP 2008" in the subject 
line.


IMPORTANT DATES
*    Paper submissions: 4 May, 2008
*    Notification of acceptance: 17 May, 2008
*    Workshop handouts ready: 6 June, 2008

WORKSHOP CO-ORGANIZERS

Ralf Reussner
Institute for Program Structures and Data Organization
Universität Karlsruhe (T.H.)
Am Fasanengarten 5
D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
E-mail  reussner "at" ipd.uka.de
Web: http://sdq.ipa.uka.de

Clemens Szyperski
Microsoft
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98053, USA
E-mail  clemens.szyperski "at" microsoft.com
Web: http://research.microsoft.com/~cszypers/

Wolfgang Weck
Independent Software Architect
Probusweg 9
CH-8057 Zürich,
Switzerland
E-mail  wolfgang.weck "at" iaeth.ch
Web: http://www.wolfgang-weck.ch


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Institute for Program Structures and Data Organization
Faculty of Informatics, Universitaet Karlsruhe (TH)
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