MODULARITY: aosd.2012 --- AOSD 2012 Call for Research Papers

MODULARITY: aosd.2012

*** AOSD 2012 ***

March 25=E2=80=9330, 2012
Hasso-Plattner-Institut Potsdam, Germany
http://aosd.net/2012/

Call for Papers -- Research Results

Modularity transcending traditional abstraction boundaries is essential =
for developing complex modern systems - particularly software and =
software-intensive systems. Aspect-oriented and other new forms of =
modularity and abstraction are attracting a great deal attention across =
many domains within and beyond computer science. As the premier =
international conference on modularity, AOSD continues to advance our =
knowledge and understanding of separation of concerns, modularity, and =
abstraction in the broadest senses of these terms.

The 2012 AOSD conference will comprise two main events: "Research =
Results" and "Modularity Visions". Both events invite full, scholarly =
papers of the highest quality on new ideas and results in areas that =
include but are not limited to complex systems, software design and =
engineering, programming languages, cyber-physical systems, and other =
areas across the whole system life cycle.

Research Results papers are expected to contribute significant new =
research results with rigorous and substantial validation of specific =
technical claims based on scientifically sound reflections on =
experience, analysis, or experimentation.

Modularity Visions papers (solicited in a separate call) are expected to =
present compelling new ideas in modularity, including strong cases for =
significance, novelty, validity, and potential impact based on thorough =
scholarly argumentation and early results.

AOSD 2012 is deeply committed to eliciting works of the highest caliber =
by employing a new approach to reviewing with three separate paper =
submission deadlines and review stages. A paper accepted in any round =
will be published in the proceedings and presented at the conference. A =
paper rejected in an early round may be invited to be revised and =
resubmitted for review by the same reviewers in a later round. There is =
no guarantee that a revised paper will be accepted. Authors may, on =
their own initiative, resubmit a rejected work in a subsequent round, in =
which case new reviewers may be appointed. Authors submitting a revised =
paper should attach a letter explaining the revisions made to it.

Topics

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

* Complex systems: Modularity has emerged as a vital theme in many =
domains, from biology to economics to engineered systems to software and =
software-intensive systems, and beyond. AOSD 2012 invites works that =
explore and establish connections across such disciplinary boundaries.
* Software design and engineering: Requirements and domain engineering; =
architecture; synthesis; evolution; metrics and evaluation; economics; =
testing analysis and verification; semantics; composition and =
interference; traceability; methodology; patterns.
* Programming languages: Language design; compilation and =
interpretation; verification and static program analysis; formal =
languages and calculi; execution environments and dynamic weaving; =
dynamic and scripting languages; domain-specific languages and other =
support for new forms of abstraction.
* Varieties of modularity: Context orientation; feature orientation; =
model-driven development; generative programming; software product =
lines; traits; meta-programming and reflection; contracts and =
components; view-based development.
* Tools: Aspect mining; evolution and reverse engineering; crosscutting =
views; refactoring.
* Applications: Data-intensive computing; distributed and concurrent =
systems; middleware; service-oriented computing systems; cyber-physical =
systems; networking; cloud computing; pervasive computing; runtime =
verification; computer systems performance; system health monitoring and =
the enforcement of non-functional properties.

Important Dates -- Research Results

(all deadlines are in 2011, 23:59:59 Apia, Samoa, time)

* Round 1: Submission: April 25 / Notification: June 22
* Round 2: Submission: July 18 / Notification: September 14
* Round 3: Submission: October 10 / Notification: December 7

Instructions for Authors

Submissions to AOSD Research Results will be carried out electronically =
via CyberChair. (Modularity Visions and Research Results will have =
separate CyberChair URLs.) All papers must be submitted in PDF format. =
Submissions must be no longer than 12 pages (including bibliography, =
figures, and appendices) in standard ACM SIG Proceedings format.

The submission deadline, length limitations, and formatting instructions =
are firm: any submissions that deviate from these may be rejected =
without review by the program chairs. Submitted papers must adhere to =
SIGPLAN's republication policy.

Each paper should contain an explanation of its contributions in both =
general and technical terms, clearly identifying what has been =
accomplished, explaining why it is significant, and placing it in the =
context of relevant prior work. Where appropriate, systems and =
experimental data should be made available on the Web. Authors should =
make the technical content of their papers understandable to a broad but =
technically sophisticated audience.

Publication

Accepted papers will be published by the ACM in the main AOSD 2012 =
conference proceedings and will appear in the ACM Digital Library. =
Authors of accepted papers are expected to revise their papers in light =
of reviewers' comments, and to provide camera-ready versions of the =
papers by the camera-ready deadline. All authors will also be required =
to sign the standard ACM copyright form.

Program Chair -- Research Results

* Eric Tanter, Universidad de Chile, Chile

Program Committee -- Research Results

* Jonathan Aldrich, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
* Sven Apel, University of Passau, Germany
* Eric Bodden, Technische Universit=E2=88=9A=C2=A7t Darmstadt, Germany
* Paulo Borba, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil
* Shigeru Chiba, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
* Yvonne Coady, University of Victoria, Canada
* Bruno De Fraine, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
* Erik Ernst, Aarhus University, Denmark
* Patrick Eugster, Purdue University, USA
* Alessandro Garcia, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, =
Brazil
* Stefan Hanenberg, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
* Michael Haupt, Hasso Plattner Institut, Germany
* Klaus Havelund, Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA, USA
* Wouter Joosen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
* Gregor Kiczales, University of British Columbia, Canada
* Shriram Krishnamurthi, Brown University, USA
* Ralf Laemmel, Universitaet Koblenz-Landau, Germany
* Julia Lawall, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
* Karl Lieberherr, Northeastern University, USA
* David Lorenz, Open University of Israel, Israel
* Donna Malayeri, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland
* Hidehiko Masuhara, University of Tokyo, Japan
* Mira Mezini, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Germany
* James Noble, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
* Bruno C. d. S. Oliveira, Seoul National University, South Korea
* Klaus Ostermann, University of Marburg, Germany
* Awais Rashid, Lancaster University, UK
* Mario Suedholt, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, France
* Peri Tarr, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, USA
* Eli Tilevich, Virginia Tech, USA
* Arie van Deursen, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
* Eric Wohlstadter, University of British Columbia, Canada