Last Call: Legacy -> OO OOPSLA Workshop

Last Call: Legacy -> OO OOPSLA Workshop

[Dinesh Kulkarni]

                         CALL FOR PAPERS

                        OOPSLA '96 WORKSHOP

  Transforming Legacy Applications into Object-Oriented Applications

                        Sunday, October 6, 1996
                          San Jose, California

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                Extended Submission Deadline: August 19, 1996
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Overview:

This workshop aims at exchanging ideas for enabling a smooth
transformation of legacy systems into object-oriented systems. Legacy
bystems are both assets and impediments in the transformation process.
Hence, the workshop will address questions about utilizing legacy
systems for designing their object-oriented replacements and
understanding the interoperability between object-oriented and legacy
systems.

A summary of the workshop discussion will be made available to all the
participants and the object community soon after the workshop. It will
also be published in the Addendum to OOPSLA Proceedings.

Goals:

The wokshop will pool the experience and expertise of application
developers, specialist consultants, redevelopment tool developers and
object technology researchers for:

- Clearer understanding of migration path from legacy to object-oriented
  applications
- Improved design of object-oriented applications
- Better integration of legacy and object-oriented applications
- Enhanced tool-support for various parts of the transformation process

Focus:

We will focus on the utilization of legacy systems in transformation,
interoperability with object-oriented systems, processes, techniques and
design patterns for efficient transformation and tools for automating
transformation. These topics will be addressed in the workshop through
presentations followed by panel discussions. There will be substantial
opprtunity for informal discussions throughout the workshop. The panels
will focus on four key areas of legacy transformation:

- Experience with transformation of large software systems
    Programming language: moving from procedural to object-oriented
    languages
    Data: moving data from file-based/hierarchical/relational to OO
    databases
    Architecture: moving from mainframe-based to distributed
    architectures; utilizing ORBs and web-based architectures
    Specific transformation project experience

- Techniques and tools for assessment, analysis, modelling and
  transformation
    Sizing and partitioning tools
    Application understanding tools and approaches
    Impact assessment and bridging techniques
    Test automation/selection tools
    Design patterns for transformation

- Principles and theory
    Formal analysis and requirement specification
    Verification
    Pattern recognition - syntactic and semantic aspects
    Theory of specialization and generalization

- Processes, methods and overall management of transformation
    Transformation planning and balancing mission critical needs
    Integration of methodologies and tools for a complete transformation
    environment
    Quality assurance: verification and validation

Requirements for Attendance:

We seek position papers of 2-4 pages describing research and experience
in one or more of the key areas outlined above or a closely related
area. Papers are due by August 5 and selected participants will be
notified by August 20. Electronic submissions in text form are strongly
encouraged. Please also send a paper copy for non-text submissions
(e.g PostScript). Please check the URL for updates about the workshop.

Organizers:

Dinesh Kulkarni (ISSC/IBM Consulting Group)
John Mylopoulos (University of Toronto)
Philip Newcomb (Software Revolution, Inc.)

Submissions

Mail:
Dinesh C. Kulkarni
IBM Corporation
2707 Butterfield Rd., 3/T6L
Oak Brook, IL 60521
U.S.A.

Telephone:
+1 708 573 7162 (Voice)
+1 708 573 7187 (Fax)

Email:
dck@vnet.ibm.com

URL: http://www.acm.org/sigplan/oopsla/oopsla96/workshops/index.html