5th WICSA 2005

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What's New

WICSA-5 is now closed, but participants are still encouraged to update the conference Wiki. Please watch this page for announcement on the future plan for this Wiki. Archive of announcements can be found here.

• Please visit the WICSA 5 Talk Page to provide feedback on the Wiki experience as well as suggestions for improvement. Thank you! --Shang-Wen Cheng

• If you would like to remain abreast of modifications to this Wiki site, please read this page on receiving change notifications.
• After the sessions, please do take some time to read, reflect on, and respond to the notes captured during the working sessions. Presenters are encouraged to upload their slides on the Wiki. See guidelines for uploading files and slides.
• Click the discussion link above (i.e. the WICSA 5 Talk Page) for ad hoc discussion pages!
  • Relationship between software architecture and reverse engineering.

Research Papers

• Qualities in Architecture
  Moderator: Rogerio de Lemos
  Papers | Discussions
• Requirements and Design Process
  Moderator: René Krikhaar
  Papers | Discussions
• Design Decisions in Architecting
  Moderator: Henk Obbink
  Papers | Discussions
• Architectural Descriptions
  Moderator: Eila Niemelä
  Papers | Discussions
• Software Architecture Consistency
  Moderator: Nenad Medvidovic
  Papers | Discussions

Opening Panel

• The Past, Present, and Future of Software Architecture
  Positions | Discussions

Working Sessions I

Tuesday 3:15-5:00 and Wednesday 8:30-10:00

• Education @ SHADYSIDE
  Moderators: Hans van Vliet and Mary Shaw
  Wiki Coach: Wesley Coelho
  Papers | Positions | Discussions | Results
• Quality @ PANTHER
  Moderator: Len Bass
  Wiki Coach: Paulo Merson
  Papers | Positions | Discussions | Results
• Architecting @ FORBES
  Moderator: Christine Hofmeister
  Wiki Coaches: Eoin, Rafael, Rod, Vikram
  Papers | Positions | Discussions | Results
• Evaluation and Analysis @ OAKLAND
  Moderator: David Garlan
  Wiki Coach: Marwan Abi-Antoun
  Papers | Positions | Discussions | Results

Working Sessions II

Wednesday 3:15-5:00 and Thursday 8:00-9:30

• Architectural Design Decisions @ OAKLAND
  Moderator: Jeff Tyree
  Wiki Coach: Wesley Coelho
  Papers | Positions | Discussions | Results
• Documentation in Practice @ FORBES
  Moderator: Paul Clements
  Wiki Coach: Marwan Abi-Antoun
  Papers | Positions | Discussions | Results
• Components and Services @ PANTHER
  Moderator: Ivica Crnkovic
  Wiki Coach: Vikram Jamwal
  Papers | Positions | Discussions | Results
• ADLs in Practice @ SHADYSIDE
  Moderator: Eoin Woods
  Wiki Coach: Nels Beckman
  Papers | Positions | Discussions | Results

Stevens Award Lecture

Tuesday, 6:15 ~ 8:00 PM

• <insert Jim's title and link to slides here>
  Jim Highsmith

• Sparking Research Ideas from the Friction between Doctrine and Reality
  Mary Shaw
  Paper | Announcement | Discussion

WICSA Keynote by Grady Booch

Monday, 1:00 ~ 2:30 PM

• Quantitative Observation and Theoretical Construction in Software Architecture
  Discussion

The Great Debate

Wednesday, 11:30 AM ~ 12:30 PM

• Discussion

Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions

Wednesday, 5:00 ~ 6:00 PM

• Suggest birds-of-a-feather session topics here. Look for signup sheets at the conference.
• Discussion pages
  • What Do Software Architects Actually Do?

Closing Session

• The Past, Present, and Future of Software Architecture
  Presentation slides | Themes | Call to Action

Getting Oriented Quickly

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  • A Concrete Walk-thru to Contribute a Page
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Take Actions

• To start:
  1. Browse the topics below
  2. Join working session(s) of your interest by clicking the Positions link and adding your name to the participant list
  3. Preview papers, offer positions if you are participating, add to discussion
  4. Add notes/summary during and after session
• Capture questions/answers following paper presentations. This information can be included in the proceedings as addendums to the papers for use in guiding future research. A place holder for this information is included after the link to each paper on the paper list.
• Capture discussion from the Panel and the Great Debate
• Note references made during the conference to thoughts/ideas from keynotes.

All of this information will be culled for inclusion in the conference proceedings and will become an invaluable resource for researchers and practitioners alike. For instance, imagine a Ph.D. student looking for a research topic, the questions/answers might well provide a important clues as to important unsolved problems. Or a reviewer could use the discussion to help when reviewing a paper that references one of these papers.

Getting Around Pittsburgh

Add suggestions for activities, dining, getting around Pittsburgh here.

Paper Preview

Papers are no longer available for preview, though paper abstracts are available and organized by sessions on the left. Conference proceedings (including the papers and the working session reports) will be available in print and electronic form from IEEE Computer Society Press in April 2006. Proceedings will be mailed to all who registered for the conference.

Discussion Topics

WICSA 4 Research Challenges

These research challenges were identifed at the end of WICSA 4. Which ones have we made progress on? Which ones are still relevant? What new ones would you add?

WICSA 5 Themes

You can find the themes from the WICSA5 call for participation here. What themes do you think should be included for WICSA6?

WICSA 6

• WICSA-1, 1999, St Antonio, Texas
• WICSA-2, 2001, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• WICSA-3, 2002, Montreal, Canada
• WICSA-4, 2004, Oslo, Norway
• WICSA-5, 2005, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• WICSA-6, 2007, ??, ??

Miscellaneous

See the About page for history, goals, & objectives.

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If you find the wiki useful or have suggestions for improvement, please give us feedback on this talk page or email one of these organizers: Shang-Wen Cheng (WikiMaster), Robert Nord (General Chair).