COMPARCH 2008

COMPARCH and its federated events are the world's leading conference on component-based software design and quality of software architectures. It features a joint program on the following aspects on component-based systems and quality of software architectures:


 * New component models
 * Middleware for CBS
 * Analysis of extra-functional properties
 * Formal methods
 * Architectural design decisions
 * Validation & verification
 * Methods of development
 * Performance
 * Tools
 * Empirical studies
 * Component-based high performance computing

Program details can be found at http://comparch2008.ipd.uka.de/

Federated Events

 * has sub event::CBSE 2008 The 11th International Symposium on Component Based Software Engineering
 * has sub event::QoSA 2008 The Fourth International Conference on the Quality of Software-Architectures - Models and Architectures
 * has sub event::CBHPC 2008 The Third Workshop on Component-Based High Performance Computing

Keynotes

 * Prof. Dr. has keynote speaker::Carlo Ghezzi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy: "Rethinking the Use of Models in Software Architecture"
 * Dr. has keynote speaker::Michael Stal, Siemens AG, Germany: "Dealing with Design Erosion - Architecture Refactoring"
 * Prof. has keynote speaker::Philippe Kruchten, University of British Columbia, Canada: "Architecture and Agility -- an oxymoron?"
 * Prof. Dr. has keynote speaker::Thomas Dreier, Universit=C3=A4t Karlsruhe (TH), Germany: "Components, Architecture and the Law - A Tricky Interplay"
 * Prof. Dr. has keynote speaker::Florian Matthes, TU Munich, Germany

Tutorials

 * T1: Systematically Designing Component Frameworks: Dr. has sub event::Wolfgang Weck, independent Software-Architect, Switzerland
 * T2: Model-based Software Performance Prediction: Dr. has sub event::Steffen Becker, FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik, Germany
 * T3: Principles of Service-Oriented Architectures: Prof. Dr. has sub event::Gregor Engels, University of Paderborn, Germany

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Panel
Title: Extra-functional contracts versus service level agreements

Organizers: Dr. Wolfgang Theilmann (SAP AG), Mircea Trifu (FZI)

Additionally, COMPARCH will include an industrial experience report track and, as social event, a steam train trip into the scenic Black Forest.

Committees

 * General Co-Chairs
 * Prof. Dr. has general chair::Ralf Reussner, Faculty of Informatics, Universität Karlsruhe (TH) / FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik, Germany
 * Steering Committee
 * has SC member::Steffen Becker, FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik, Germany
 * has SC member::Ivica Crnkovic, Real Time Research Centre, Mälardalen University, Sweden
 * has SC member::Ian Gorton, Pacific North West National Laboratory, USA
 * has SC member::George Heineman, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA
 * has SC member::Sven Overhage, Universität Augsburg / Oversoft, Germany
 * has SC member::Ralf Reussner, Universität Karlsruhe (TH) / FZI, Germany
 * has SC member::Heinz Schmidt, RMIT University, Australia
 * has SC member::Judith Stafford, Tufts University, United States of America
 * has SC member::Clemens Szyperski, Microsoft, United States of America
 * Local Publicity Chair
 * has OC member::Kai Jesse, SMC InformationsTechnologien, Karlsruhe, Germany

Registration
Register online at http://comparch-registration.org/ Early registration discount ends Monday, August 25th, 2008.

Contact Information
Please send inquiries to: martens@ipd.uka.de