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1st Workshop on Assessment of
Aspect-Oriented Technologies (ASAT.07)
Vancouver, British Columbia, March
12, 2007
Co-located with the 6th Int. Conference on
Aspect-Oriented Software Development (AOSD.07)
Motivation
Assessment is a key activity to enable us to reach evidence
and learn about the quality of our software artefacts. With
Aspect-Oriented Software Development (AOSD) fast gaining
wide attention in both research and industry environments,
there is a pressing need to define proper assessment
mechanisms, techniques and methods tailored to this new
paradigm. In fact, assessment is a deep concern to
researchers and practitioners of AOSD and can be
characterized according to two different perspectives: an
inter-paradigm perspective, and an intra-paradigm
perspective. In the first perspective, empirical studies
along with supporting assessment techniques provide the
basic means to improve our understanding of the benefits and
drawbacks of AO techniques, especially when compared to
techniques from other development paradigms. According to an
intra-paradigm perspective, systematic assessment of
aspect-oriented artefacts is imperative through all the
software lifecycle phases, from requirements engineering to
implementation and maintenance. For example, estimation
models and measures of software internal attributes are
assessment techniques that can assist software developers,
managers, customers and users to characterize and improve
the quality of AO artefacts and products.
As a consequence, assessment is a central issue to enable the
effective transfer of AO technologies to the mainstream of software
development. Not surprisingly, effective assessment of AO
technologies has been a challenge since the arising of the first
aspect-oriented programming languages in the past decade. However,
there are still a number of complementary questions related to both
intra-paradigm and inter-paradigm assessment issues that need to be
addressed, such as:
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what are the proper assessment mechanisms and methods to support the comparison between AO techniques and other techniques (e.g. OO techniques)?
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how to empirically assess the usability and usefulness of AO techniques within industrial settings and considering cost bounds?
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how to support the quality assessment of AO artefacts through the different phases of the software lifecycle?
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to what extent aspect-oriented software engineers should rely on existing software metrics and traditional quality indicators?
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how to validate AOSD assessment mechanisms?
Goals
The goals of the ASAT workshop are the following:
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debate the open issues on the assessment of AO techniques;
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bring the attention of the AOSD community to the importance of rigorous assessment of AO techniques;
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motivate the expansion of research and practice associated with assessment of aspect-oriented technologies; and
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foster a collaborative environment for both practitioners and researchers interested in effective AOSD assessment.
Topics of Interest
The ASAT workshop is intended to cover wide range of topics
on assessment of AO techniques, from theoretical foundations
to assessment frameworks and empirical studies. We encourage
authors to present novel ideas, critique of existing work,
and practical studies and experiments. We welcome the
submission of position papers in all aspects of AOSD
assessment, including the following:
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Lessons
learned from assessing AOSD techniques>
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Empirical studies
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Comparative studies between AO techniques and other techniques
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Assessment frameworks
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Software metrics and quality models
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Estimation models
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Validation of assessment techniques for AOSD
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Assessment techniques, methods and tools to different phases of the AO
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software lifecycle Development of predictive models of defect rates and reliability from real
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Infrastructure issues, such as measurement theory, experimental design,
qualitative modeling and analysis approaches
Workshop Format and Submissions
The format of the workshop will strongly be
discussion-oriented, and it will combine short
presentations, followed by discussions, and focused
discussion groups. Authors who plan to contribute with a
paper are requested to submit a position paper in PDF format
to both
christa.schwanninger@siemens.com and
zhao-jj@cs.sjtu.edu.cn by January 15, 2006.
We are soliciting the submission of very short position
papers (1-2 pages), where the authors describe their
thoughts, lessons learned, or points of view with respect to
one or more workshop topics.
Papers will be refereed by at least two reviewers, and
should describe work that is not yet advanced enough for a
full paper. Moreover we *especially* encourage authors to
present their experience and/or novel ideas on how to assess
AOSD techniques. The papers chosen for presentation should
offer different or novel perspectives on the workshop topics
and they must have a high potential for generating issues
that will stimulate the discussions.
Important Dates
Submission Deadline:
25 January 2007 (Extended)
Notification of Acceptance: 2 February
2007
Workshop: 12 March 2007
Organizing Committee
Alessandro Garcia, Lancaster University, UK
Elisa
Baniassad, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Cristina Videira
Lopes, University of California at Irvine, USA
Christa
Schwanninger, Siemens AG, Germany
Jianjun Zhao, Shanghai Jiao
Tong University, China
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