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Call For Papers
SDM-DS 2006

The Third International Workshop on
Software Development Methodologies of Distributed Systems

http://www.tsinghua.edu.cn/docsn/wb/interconf/softwaredev.htm

The international Workshops on SDM-DS were initiated by Tsinghua University.

SDM-DS 2006 is conjunction with the 28th International Conference on Software Engineering,ICSE 2006,

May, 20-28 2006, Shanghai, China; and sponsored by Shanghai Jiaotong University.

THEME: From Theory to Practice

Distributed systems are notoriously challenging to engineers. The distinct features of distributed systems include the fuzzy boundaries, fault tolerance, load balancing, and uncertainty amongst others. These features add to the very complexity of large systems.

We enjoy conveniences of modern distributed systems as well as suffer from many new inherent risks, such as security and reliability. Software development methodologies to develop distributed systems become one of the promising areas for the IT profession.

Academics and researchers interested in distributed systems focus on fundamental areas such as software engineering processes, software architecture, and net-centric computing from a theoretical point of view. Industry is concerned with quality attributes that can affect the realization of a distributed system, such as Internet standards, quality of service, and usable tools and techniques from a practical point of view. Working under budget and time constraints are also one of the key issues dealt by Industry Practitioners. Educators need to provide students with realistic and professional skills, as well as perspectives on issues faced by the Industry. Still the gap between different groups of professionals does exist to a large extent.

The goal of the workshop on "Software Development Methodologies of Distributed Systems" is to bring together members of distributed systems, software engineering, and information technology communities, both from academic and from industry, to discuss innovative methods for designing, constructing, and managing large-scale distributed systems, as well as explore the new ground to adapt the development methodologies for distributed systems. Modern distributed systems would benefit from the transition of results from theory into practice.

SDM-DS will provide an opportunity for the exchange of information related to exciting new research and empirical results in areas including:(but not limited to)

* Fundamental issues and education issues related to distributed systems and technologies
* Development processes tailored to distributed systems
* Architectural tradeoff analysis in the context of distributed systems
* Case studies for large-scale distributed systems development
* Testing and Validation issues of distributed systems
* Performance analysis of distributed systems
* Reverse engineering and graphical modeling of legacy distributed systems
* Tools and practice experiences
* Trends in Industry that effect design of distributed systems
* Impact of Outsourcing, BPO trends in Software Development methodologies

SDM-DS 2006 will include invited talks, paper presentations, discussion sessions, and vivid academic and industry visiting around, provided by ICSE 2006.

SUBMISSION Guidance

Submissions can be made by email with a title of "submission to SDM-DS 2006" to Organizers.

Submissions MUST be in English. All submitted papers will be carefully evaluated based on originality, significance, technical soundness, clarity of expression, and general applicability based on workshop goals. SDM-DS 2006 Proceedings will be published in Serial Book "Documents of SDM-DS 2006" as well as in ACM digital Library. Failure to commit to attend the SDM-DS 2006 workshops might exclude a paper in the proceedings.

Organizers for SDM-DS 2006

Biqing Huang,Tsinghua University., China; hbq@tsinghua.edu.cn

Shihong Huang, Florida Atlantic University, USA; shihong@cse.fau.edu

TBA

Editorial Committee of Serial Book on SDM-DS.
Contact email:sdm-ds@tsinghua.edu.cn