Workshop on
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Component-based Information Systems
Engineering (CBISE=9298)
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8-9 June 1998
Pisa, Italy
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Abstract=20
The use of components, or "componentware" systems, is becoming more
important in various aspects of Information Systems engineering.
Components can loosely be described as run-time "pluggable" software
entities that embody data, functionality and provide standardised interfa=
ces
for event notification, component structure querying, and application
domain configuration. Information Systems that use component-based and
distributed object management software architectures, such as OMG
CORBA, COM/DCOM, Java Beans, Active X, OpenDoc, Lotus InfoBus and
so on, are becoming more important, and inter-system operability is also
becoming of increasing importance. Along a similar vein, the use of
components to build CASE tools, distributed systems components, user
interface components, database interfaces, and to integrate legacy
Information Systems, are becoming more widely used by many Information
Systems Engineers.=20
Topics of interest=20
The aim of this workshop is to provide a forum for the discussion of a br=
oad
range of issues related to component-based and distributed object-based
Information Systems Engineering at CAiSE'98 in Italy. Prospective
attendees of the workshop are asked to submit a short position paper
describing either new research, surveying current approaches, or reportin=
g
case studies. Topics for the workshop include, but are not limited to:=20
- use of component technologies in developing new Information
Systems=20
- interfacing to legacy Information Systems via components=20
- functional and non-functional requirements for components for IS
applications=20
- modelling languages and methodologies for component-based
software design=20
- CASE tool support for components=20
- use of component-based architectures in meta-CASE tools=20
industry experience reports of use of component-based and
distributed object management architectures in Information Systems
development projects (eg. use of COM/DCOM, CORBA, Active X,
Java Beans, OpenDoc, etc.)=20
- new component-based software architecture models and
implementations=20
- components developed for distributed object management, database
interfacing and federation, user interfaces, cooperative work
support, process modelling and enactment, agent-based systems,
etc.=20
- tools or approaches supporting end user composition and
configuration of components for Information Systems applications=20
- incorporating component-based and distributed object management
systems into Information Systems and Software Engineering
education=20
This list is not exhaustive. Papers addressing practically any aspect of =
the
use of components and/or distributed object management relating to
Information Systems engineering are welcome.=20
Organisation of Workshop=20
The workshop will run over 2 days at the beginning of CAiSE*98 (8th and
9th June 1998). It is intended to have sessions focusing on themes with
position papers presented and discussed related to the session theme. The
exact nature of the themes is dependent upon the focus of position papers
accepted for the workshop, but we expect these to follow the general
workshop themes as listed above.=20
Position paper submission=20
Participation at the workshop is conditional on the acceptance of a short
position paper (2500 words maximum) describing either new research,
surveying component-based IS approaches, or describing a case study of
deploying component-based Information Systems. Position papers will be
reviewed by a workshop committee made up of researchers, industry
component users and component developers. Accepted position papers
will be published in a workshop proceedings. It is intended to make
accepted papers accessible to all workshop attendees via the internet pri=
or
to the workshop, to ensure attendees are able to read all position papers
beforehand. Attendees of the workshop are expected to register for and
participate in the main CAiSE*98 conference, 10-12 June 1998.=20
Please submit a Postscript version of your position paper via email to:=20
Important Dates=20
Position papers due: 1st April 1998=20
Acceptance notification: 1st May 1998=20
Final version for proceedings: 15th May 1998=20
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For any additional information about the workshop, or to register your
interest in attending, please contact the workshop organiser:=20
Dr John Grundy
Department of Computer Science=20
University of Waikato=20
Private Bag 3105, Hamilton=20
New Zealand=20
Phone: +64-7-838-4452=20
Fax: +64-7-838-4155=20
Email: jgrundy@cs.waikato.ac.nz
Further details about the workshop will be available from:=20
http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~jgrundy/caise98_workshop/=20
Details about CAiSE*98 can be obtained from:=20
http://www.pianosa.cnuce.cnr.it/caise98=20
Workshop Committee=20
Walter Bischofberger, TakeFive Systems=20
Sjaak Brinkkemper, Baan Company R&D=20
Elisabetta Di Nitto, Politecnico di Milano=20
Wolfgang Emmerich, University College London=20
Nicholas Graham, Queens University=20
John Grundy, University of Waikato (organiser)=20
Thomas Jell, Siemens AG=20
Nikolay Mehandjiev, University of Hull=20
Rick Mugridge, University of Auckland=20
Henri ter Hofte, Telematics Research Centre=20
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John Grundy email: jgrundy@cs.waikato.ac.nz
Department of Computer Science phone: +64-7-838-4452
University of Waikato fax: +64-7-838-4155
Private Bag 3105
Hamilton WWW:
New Zealand http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~jgrundy
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