[ecoop-info] CfP: Workshop on Middleware-Application Interaction (MAI'2008)

[Ruediger Kapitza]

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2nd Workshop on Middleware-Application Interaction (MAI'2008)
            MAI'2008, June 3, Oslo, Norway
                http://mai08.di.fc.ul.pt
Co-located With DisCoTec federated conferences 2008
                http://discotec08.ifi.uio.no/

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*Overview*
The basic interaction between middleware and application uses 
simple mechanisms such as method invocations or message passing. 
These basic interactions are not sufficient for complex tasks. 
There is a rising demand for middleware support for multiple 
cross-cutting features such as security, fault tolerance, and 
distributed resource management. In adaptive systems, the middleware
has to exert control on applications, and vice versa. Middleware 
systems need the right access to applications running on top; 
applications need the right way for influencing middleware 
behaviour. Unlike the basic interaction mechanisms, such complex 
features are currently addressed by a highly heterogeneous set of 
methods such as aspect-oriented programming, reflection, code 
annotations, and policies.

*Goals and Contributions*
MAI'2008 aims at providing researchers with a forum for discussing 
the state of the art of approaches to middleware-application 
interaction and for identifying challenging open problems.

The goal of the workshop is to bring together active researchers 
in the different fields that relate to the workshop topic. Our 
ambition is to foster discussions between participants with different 
background and experience, and to provide the participants with a 
broader view of the problems and established approaches.

We believe that the workshop will yield new ideas for future system 
research in the area of middleware platforms, and will nourish the 
exchange of ideas and strengthen the cooperation between interested 
scientists.

*Workshop Format*
The workshop will be organised as a series of sessions, each session
being devoted to the presentation of papers of a common domain. At 
the end of each session, we will have a mini-panel with the presenters 
on the session theme, led by the session chair, in order to foster 
discussions.

The workshop will conclude with a general discussion of open issues 
and future trends in the field, summarising the overall contributions 
of the workshop.

*Topics of Interest*
Topics of interest to this workshop include, but not limit to the 
following:

 -Composition of complex middleware features
 -Unanticipated middleware integration of applications
 -Interaction MW/App, MW/MW, App/App
 -Variability of the application-middleware-interconnect
 -Middleware reconfigurability and adaptivity
 -AOP for the implementation of middleware systems
 -AOP for middleware-based application
 -Dynamic AOP
 -Composition of independent aspects
 -Developer annotations for complex middleware features
 -Reflective middleware
 -Model-driven middleware and application design
 -Support for product lines in middleware
 -Software engineering for middleware-based applications

*Important Dates*
  Paper and abstract submission	20 March 2008
  Acceptance notification	1 May 2008
  Camera-ready papers due	15 May 2008
  Workshop	3 June 2008
  
*Submission Guidelines*
Manuscripts must be submitted as printable PDF documents and should 
not exceed 3000 words. Formatting according to the final manuscript 
style (ACM standard) is recommended. Electronic submission will be 
available starting in January on the workshop website.

The camera-ready version of manuscripts must be formatted according 
to the ACM standard style (2-column), and must not exceed 6 pages.

At least one author of an accepted paper must register at the 
conference and present the paper at the workshop.

*Workshop Chairs*
  Ruediger Kapitza	FAU-Erlangen, Germany
  Hans P. Reiser	University of Lisboa, Portgual

*Program Committee*
  Amy L. Murphy	ITC-IRST, Italy & University of Lugano, Switzerland
  Antonio Casimiro Costa University of Lisboa, Portugal
  Charles Zhang	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  Franz J. Hauck Ulm University, Germany
  Frederic Le Mouel	INRIA / INSA Lyon, France
  Hans P. Reiser University of Lisboa, Portugal
  Joni da Silva Fraga Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil
  Joerg Bartholdt Siemens AG, Germany
  Olaf Spinczyk	Uni Dortmund, Germany
  Patricia Dockhorn Costa Federal University of Espirito Santo, Brazil
  Ruediger Kapitza FAU-Erlangen, Germany
  Rene Meier Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
  Sameh Elnikety Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK

*Contact Info*
  ws-mai at i4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de