Workshop on Evaluating
Software Architectural Solutions - 2000

Preparing for the Next Decade of Software Architecture Research

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Monday, May 8
    8:00 - 9:00 On-site Registration
  9:00 - 9:10

Welcome
Richard N. Taylor, Institute for Software Research, University of California, Irvine

  9:10 - 9:45

Keynote: Where Does Architecture End and Technology Begin? (paper - PDF, slides - PDF)
Rami Razouk, The Aerospace Corp.

  9:45 - 10:15 Discussion
  10:15 - 10:30 Break
  10:30 - 12:00 Paper Session I: General Issues
 
10 mins
Experience with Software Architectures and Configured Software Descriptions (paper - PDF , slides - PPT, slides - PDF)
Walt Scacchi, University of California, Irvine
James S. Choi, California State University, Fullerton
 
10 mins
Architectural Evaluation for Product Lines (paper - PDF, slides - PDF)
Judy Kerner, The Aerospace Corp.
 
20 mins
Integrating the Operational Architecture (paper - PDF, slides - PPT)
Michael Minette, The Raytheon Company
 
50 mins

Discussion

  12:00 - 1:30 Lunch
  1:30 - 3:00 Paper Session II: Interesting Architectures
 
10 mins
alphaServices ­ an Experiment in Developing Enterprise Applications (paper - PDF, slides - PPT)
Colin Harrison, IBM
 
10 mins
The CBSP Approach For Bridging Requirements and Architecture Models (paper - PDF, slides - PPT)
Paul Gruenbacher, University of Southern California
 
5 mins
Internet-scale Event Notification: Architecture Alternatives (paper - PDF, slides - PDF)
Jie Ren, University of California, Irvine
 
5 mins
Challenges in Implementing Software Architectures (paper - PDF, slides - PPT)
Marija Rakic and Nikunj Mehta, University of Southern California
 
15 mins

CWM: A Model-based Architecture For Data Warehouse Interchange (paper - PDF, slides - PPT)
Doug Tolbert, Unisys Corp.

 
30 mins

Discussion

  3:00 - 3:15 Break
  3:30 - 5:00 Paper Session III: Middleware & Analysis
 
15 mins
Planning for Middleware (paper - PDF, slides - PPT)
R. Gamble, J. Payton and L. Davis, University of Tulsa
 
15 mins

Software Connectors: A Taxonomy Approach (paper - PDF, slides - PDF, slides - PPT)
Nikunj Mehta, University of Southern California

 
10 mins
The Role of Middleware in Software Architectures (paper - PDF, slides - PPT)
Eric Dashofy, University of California, Irvine
 
15 mins
Putting Formal Description of Software Architecture in Practice: Good News, Bad News (paper - PDF, slides - PPT)
Paola Inverardi, Universita' dell'Aquila
 
5 mins

Analyzing Software Architecture Descriptions to Generate System-level Tests (paper - PDF, slides - PDF, slides - PPT)
Aynur Abdurazik, George Mason University, Zhenyi Jin, ITT Industries, A. Jefferson Offutt and Elizabeth L. White, George Mason University

 
5 mins
Validating Consistency between Architecture and Design Descriptions (paper - PDF, slides - PDF, slides - PPT)
Alexander Egyed, University of Southern California
 
25 mins
Discussion

 

 
Tuesday, May 9
  9:00 - 9:45

Keynote: Geek Chic and the Future of Space Systems (paper - PDF, slides - PPT)
Michael Gorlick, The Aerospace Corp.

  9:45 - 10:30 Discussion
  10:30 - 11:00

Break

  11:00 - 12:15

Paper Session IV: Challenge Problems

 
15 mins
The Future of Software Architecture: Special Issues for Complex Embedded Applications (paper - PDF, slides - PPT)
Carolyn Boettcher and Richard Falcioni, Raytheon Company
 
15 mins
Architectural Challenges in Developing a Web Based Public Health Reporting System (paper - PDF, slides - PPT)
Donna Nowell, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
 
10 mins
Architecture or Component Frameworks? (paper - PDF, slides - PPT)
Alexander Wolf, University of Colorado, Boulder
 
35 mins
Discussion
  12:15 - 12:30 Break
  12:30 - 2:30

Lunch and Closing Session

 
20 mins
Background & Introduction to Mission Data System (paper, slides)
Nicolas Rouquette, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
    Discussion
  2:30
End of Workshop



Institute for Software Research
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-3425