| Editor |
Grunske, Lars Hummel, Oliver Medvidovic, Nenad Mirandola, Raffaela Becker, Steffen Carlson, Jan Dagnino, Aldo Grassi, Vincenzo Larsson, Magnus |
| Abstract |
The 15th ACM SIGSOFT Symposium on Component Based Software Engineering (CBSE 2012) marks a milestone in the research on using components to build software systems in an efficient way. Over the years, this symposium has established a track record of bringing together researchers and practitioners from a variety of disciplines to promote a better understanding of CBSE from diverse perspectives, and to engage in active discussion and debate. Component-based software engineering continues to attract interest and evolve as a discipline for the rapid assembly of flexible software systems. CBSE combines elements of software requirements engineering, architecture, design, verification, testing, configuration and deployment. The role of and need for CBSE in industrial application remains critical. New trends in global services, distributed systems architectures, dynamically adaptable systems, and large-scale software systems often cross organizational boundaries and push the limits of established component-based methods, tools, and platforms. Innovative solutions from diverse paradigms (e.g., service-, aspect-, and agent-oriented) are needed to address these emerging trends. Topics of interest for CBSE 2012 therefore include, but are not limited to, the following: Specification, architecture, and design of component models and component-based systems Software quality assurance for component-based engineering Verification, testing and certification of component-based systems Component composition, binding, and dynamic adaptation Component-based engineering with agents, aspects, or services Component-based product line engineering Non-functional properties (quality of service attributes) in component-based engineering Patterns and frameworks for component-based engineering Tools and methods for component-based engineering Industrial experience using component-based software development Empirical studies in component-based software engineering Teaching component-based software engineering In addition to the above, this year we have a special theme: Components for Achieving Long-Lived Systems. Many industrial systems have very strict requirements for uninterrupted operation. There are examples of systems that have aimed to provide continuous operation for more than 15 years (that is, since the first CBSE!). Such requirements place significant demands on the underlying architecture, mandating that the architecture be very well understood and carefully designed. In turn, the architecture, if implemented correctly, forms a foundation for achieving critical quality attributes such as dependability, robustness, usability, and flexibility. The principles of component-based software engineering offer a promise for achieving effective architectures for long-lived systems. This is especially so since this approach natively provides the ability to add, remove, replace, and/or modify components during operation. A related class of approaches deals with self-management in component-based systems in order to ensure continuous operation. CBSE 2012 received 50 submissions, each of which received at least three independent reviews by the CBSE Program Committee. The careful review process included an on-line discussion, after which 11 papers (22%) have been accepted for publication in this volume as full papers. Eleven more submissions have been selected as short papers. We have assembled an exciting program that shows that this is still a very vibrant and relevant community. We hope to see you at CBSE 2012 in Bertinoro! This year, CBSE is again part of the federated event CompArch, together with "QoSA 2012: 8th International ACM SIGSOFT Conference on the Quality of Software Architectures," "ISARCS 2012: 3rd International ACM SIGSOFT Symposium on Architecting Critical Systems," "WCOP 2012: 17th International Doctoral Symposium on Components and Architecture," and "ROSS 2012: Workshop on Reusing Open-Source Components.". |
