Call for Chapters: Modularization and Re-use in Software Architecture: Looking outside the box(es)

Call for Chapters Modularization and Re-use in Software Architecture: Looking Outside the Box(es) CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group (http://www.crcpress.com ) Intent/brief description submission: December 30, 2009 The discipline of software architecture has been maturing for over 40 years. The challenging problems of how to systematically modularize and re-use software engineering artifacts in software architecture continue to be open research issues. Recently, these problems have been considered from multiple paradigms in distinct, active communities including: * Agent-oriented * Aspect-oriented * Component-based * Dynamic Adaptable Systems * Product-line engineering * Service-oriented * And others Although the re-usable artifacts are specific to each paradigm (e.g., agents, aspects, components, core assets, services), from a broader perspective they share key characteristics. Methodologies (processes, tools, techniques, heuristics) are needed to systematically specify/model, evaluate, store, select, and compose the re-usable artifacts with respect to realizing functional and non-functional/quality of service attributes. Interesting and useful results have been achieved within research sub-communities, but they tend not to be widely disseminated across sub-communities. The purpose of this book is to acquire and share state-of-the-art knowledge across different sub-communities, to explore commonalities and differences. More specifically, this book is intended to provide an opportunity to consider the potential benefits of a more general approach, with a re-use meta-model; it is expected to be of great interest to practitioners and researchers. Roadmap style chapters on individual paradigms are preferred, which address technical topics related to modularization and re-use methodologies in software architecture. The chapters should include a discussion on the current state and important future directions for the paradigm. As much as possible, topics such as but not limited to the following are of interest: * Specification (meta-models, modeling) and Analysis * Selection, Composition techniques (design time, run time) * Repositories * Tool support * Plan-driven * agile methods * Applications, Empirical studies, case studies The CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group is one of the world's largest publishers, with over 1000 journals and a backlist of specialist book titles over 20,000. Please send an e-mail to Kendra Cooper (kcooper@utdallas.edu) indicating your interest in participating and a brief description (less than a page) of your chapter topic, or if you have any questions. Important Dates December 30, 2009: Intent/Brief Description February 28, 2010: Chapter Outline (proposal) April 15, 2010: Chapter Notification June 30, 2010: Chapter Submission August 31, 2010: Review Results Returned September 30, 2010: Final Chapter Submission October 31, 2010: Final Deadline Contact Information Kendra M. L. Cooper Associate Professor Department of Computer Science The University of Texas at Dallas www.utdallas.edu/~kcooper kcooper@utdallas.edu