[pept:13] CfP Generative and Component-Based Software Engineering

[Robert Glueck <glueck@xxxxxxx>]

                       Call for Papers for the

                Second International Symposium on
    Generative and Component-Based Software Engineering (GCSE)
              Erfurt, Germany, October 9 - 12, 2000
   http://www.netobjectdays.org/node00/de/Authors/cfp-gcse.html

Component-based software development is expected to bring a 
productivity increase to software development comparable to the 
introduction of the assembly line in manufacturing. Unfortunately, 
current component technologies suffer from several problems. Over 
years of evolution and also during customization for reuse, 
components are affected by changes arising from new functional and 
non-functional requirements, new software architectures and component 
deployment strategies, new versions of a computing environment that 
affect component communication, etc. Due to those changes, components 
soon start suffering from complexity explosion, performance 
degradation and redundant implementations of similar features. The 
cumulative effect of this uncontrolled growth becomes prohibitive to 
reuse. Generative techniques have a potential to alleviate the above 
problems, as changes affecting components can now be more effectively 
managed during the generation process rather than at the component 
level. Using generative techniques, we can produce custom components 
from elements that can be considerably simpler than executable 
components themselves, keeping the complexity of an evolving 
component system under control. Both generative and component-based 
approaches require changes in analysis and design methods, 
particularly, to move their focus from single systems to product 
lines.

Important Dates:
   June 15, 2000: Submission Deadline
   July 15, 2000: Notification of Acceptance
   Sept  1, 2000: Camera Ready Version

The symposium will also feature a YOUNG RESEARCHERS WORKSHOP to be 
organized by Elke Pulvermueller, Andreas Speck, Kai Böllert, Detlef 
Streitferdt and Dirk Heuzeroth.
   http://i44s11.info.uni-karlsruhe.de/%7Eheuzer/GCSE-YRW2000/