Symposium

Aspect-Oriented Language Concepts and their Application to Industrial Systems

June 9, 2006
University of Twente

(including free introductory tutorial on aspect-oriented programming)

SYMPOSIUM TOPIC

Due to the size and complexity of today's systems and the desire to achieve better quality, for example, in robustness, flexibility, time-to-market, etc, software development is becoming an increasingly complex discipline. In particular, so-called crosscutting concerns are an important cause of the problems. Crosscutting concerns cannot be modeled with state-of-the-art techniques such as OO, UML and patterns. During the last decade, Aspect-Oriented Software Development methods, tools and languages have been introduced to address such problems. In the recent years several practical applications have proved the versatility of these techniques in industrial applications.

This symposium aims at bringing together practitioners and researchers to achieve a better understanding of the problems caused by crosscutting concerns and how they appear in practice. In addition, experts present new insights in addressing these problems. Also, significant attention will be paid to the transfer of research results to an industrial setting.

The symposium "Aspect-Oriented Language Concepts and their Application to Industrial Systems" contributes to an exchange of expertise in the field of Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP). For attendees who are interested in the concepts and applicability of AOP, but do not have sufficient background, a short tutorial will be given just before the start of the symposium.

In the morning session, top researchers in the field of AOP will discuss new insights, share their experience in the application of AOP to practical applications, and will discuss the important trade-offs among software quality attributes when designing and applying AOP languages.

In the afternoon session, the focus is more on the transfer of the concepts and solutions to an industrial context: how can the research results be made practical, a case study on applying an aspect to large scale software, and a talk about the planned introduction of aspects in the mainstream software development of ASML. The symposium will be concluded with an interactive panel discussing the benefits and obstacles of applying aspects in mainstream software development.

Sponsors

Program

Download the brochure with the full program and the abstracts of the talks.
(For printing use the following print layout properties: portrait orientation, print on both sides, flip on short edge.)

Goals and Intended Audience

During this symposium you have the opportunity to learn about the essential concepts of aspect-orientation, some of its benefits in software development, recent insights into the technology, and a lot of information about the application of aspect-orientation in an industrial context.

Typically, the intended audience has essential programming language knowledge and a good understanding of software engineering issues. By following the optional (but free) tutorial at the start of the day, you will learn the basic concepts of Aspect-Oriented Programming, which will enable you to follow the talks in the remainder of the day.

Panel: Industrial application of Aspect-Oriented Technology

• Prof.dr.ir. Mehmet Aksit, University Of Twente

• Dr. Mario Sudholt, École des Mines de Nantes-INRIA, France
• Prof. dr. Theo D'Hondt, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
• Ir. Remco van Engelen, ASML, Netherlands
• Dr. Tom Tourwe, CWI, Netherlands
• Dr.ir. Lodewijk Bergmans, University Of Twente, Netherlands

Registration

Registration fee:

• Business: 195 euro
• Academics: 75 euro
• Students: Free

The registration fee includes drinks and lunch, an tutorial on aspects, a handout with all presented slides, and a copy of the PhD thesis "On the Design of Aspect-Oriented Composition Models for Software Evolution" by Istvan Nagy. Students are not provided with the lunch and a copy of the thesis.

Please print the form, fill it in, and fax it to fax number +31 53 489 32 47.

University of Twente, Waaier Building (building #12), Room 3. Route description and directions can be found here.

Hotels

In case you need a hotel, we recommend the following hotels. Please make your own reservations.

Organizing Committee

Mehmet Aksit
Lodewijk Bergmans
Ellen Roberts-Tieke
Gurcan Gulesir

Software Engineering Group
University of Twente
P.O.Box 217 - 7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands

E-mail: E.Tieke@cs.utwente.nl
Phone: +31-53-4893247