CfP: MISS 2012 - Modularity in Systems Software

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MISS 2012 
    - Second AOSD Workshop on Modularity in Systems Software

    Held in conjunction with AOSD'12, Potsdam, Germany, March 27, 2012. 

    http://www.aosd.net/workshops/miss/2012

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--IMPORTANT DATES--

 

Paper Submission Deadline:    Dec 23, 2011

Notification of Acceptance:   Jan 13, 2012

Final Versions of Papers Due: Feb 19, 2012

Lightning Talks Due:          Mar 13, 2012

Workshop:                     Mar 27, 2012

 

--THEMES--

 

Systems software comprise artifacts ranging from middleware servers over

virtual machines and operating systems to hardware descriptions. As more

and more system features and requirements are being "pushed down" into the

infrastructure, the developers of systems software need better tools and

techniques for dealing with the ensuing increased complexity. The design

and implementation of systems-level software presents unique opportunities

and challenges for research on software modularity. These challenges

include the need to address the inherent complexity of infrastructure

software, the need for strong assurances of correct and predictable

behavior, the need for maximum run-time performance, and the necessity

to deal with the large body of existing systems software components.

 

The workshop aims at providing a highly interactive forum for researchers

and developers to discuss exciting and new modularity constructs for

systems software, such as aspects, components, traits and context

layers. The goal is to put these constructs into a common reference

frame and to build connections between the software engineering and

systems communities.

 

Following up on last year's workshop, MISS 2012 puts special focus

on the challenges in system's programming introduced by multi-core

platforms. As hardware-supported parallelization becomes mainstream,

there is an increasing pressure on systems infrastructure to exploit

this new parallelism to its fullest. However, the non-modular nature of

parallel execution, and the numerous levels at which parallelism can

be achieved (application, systems infrastructure, hardware or even a

combination) make it hard to come up with an intuitive, yet efficient

parallel architecture. We solicit novel ideas and experience reports on

this emerging research area.

 

Other suggested topics for position papers include, but are not

restricted to:

 

* Approaches that combine or relate techniques based on advanced

  modularization concepts;

 

* Dimensions of infrastructure software quality including

  comprehensibility, configurability (by implementers), customizability

  (by users), reliability, evolvability, scalability, and run-time

  characteristics such as performance and code size;

 

* Merits and downsides of container-, ORB-, and system-based separation of

  concerns;

 

* Architectural techniques for particular system concerns, e.g., security,

  static and dynamic optimization, and real-time behavior;

 

* Design patterns for systems software;

 

* "Mining" and refactoring of concerns in systems code;

 

* Application- or domain-specific optimization of systems;

 

* Reasoning and optimization across architectural layers; and

 

* Quantitative and qualitative evaluation.

 

--WORKSHOP FORMAT--

 

The workshop will be structured to encourage fruitful discussions

and build connections between workshop participants. To this end,

approximately half of the workshop time will be devoted to short

presentations of accepted papers, with the remaining half devoted to

semi-structured discussion groups and lightning talks. The latter are

short talks that are combined with tool demos, aimed at stimulating

interaction between the workshop attendees.  Participants will be expected

to have read the accepted papers prior to the workshop, to help ensure

focused discussions.

 

--SUBMISSIONS--

 

Invitation to the workshop will be based on accepted

position papers, 3-5 pages in length. All papers must

be submitted as PDF documents in ACM format (option 2 on

http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates)

through the MISS 2012 online submission system found at:

http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=miss12. Paper submissions

will be reviewed by the workshop program committee and by designated

reviewers. Papers will be evaluated based on technical quality,

originality, relevance, and presentation.

 

We also solicit proposals for lightning talks, i.e., a combination of a

5 minute talk and 5 minute tool demo. Prospective lightning presenters

should send us an abstract of 250 words. Abstracts of lightning talks

will not be published in the proceedings (hence the later deadline).

 

--WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS--

 

All accepted papers will be posted at the workshop web site prior to

the workshop date, to give all participants the opportunity to read them

before the workshop. In addition, the accepted position papers will be

published in a Workshop Proceedings in the ACM Digital Library.

 

--PROGRAM COMMITTEE--

 

- Bram Adams,                 Queen's University

- Michael Engel,              TU Dortmund

- Christian Hochberger,       TU Dresden

- Christian Kästner,          Phillips-Universität Marburg

- Julia Lawall,               DIKU

- Stefan Marr,                Vrije Universiteit Brussel

- Oren Mishali,               Open University of Israel

 

--ORGANIZING COMMITTEE--

 

- Christoph Borchert,         TU Dortmund

- Michael Haupt,              Oracle Labs

- Daniel Lohmann,             FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg

- David H. Lorenz,            Open University of Israel

 

--STEERING COMMITTEE--

 

- Yvonne Coady,               University of Victoria

- Eric Eide,                  University of Utah

- David H. Lorenz,            Open University of Israel

- Olaf Spinczyk,              University of Dortmund

 

Comments and questions can be sent to [email protected].

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