Software Engineering 2.0 & Research 2.0

CASCON 2009, 2 - 5 November, 2009.

Abstract

Software is BY and FOR people. This fact has been neglected for too long as the terms “computer science” and “computer languages” testify. However, it should be clear now that collaboration between many stakeholders is one of the most important key factors in the success (or failure) of large software projects. In this context, web 2.0 technologies provide new opportunities to share information between stakeholders, improve communications and build collaborative tools and processes. These technologies could also have a dramatic impact on how research is performed, leading to collaborative research.

This workshop will explore the various facets of Software Engineering 2.0 (web 2.0 for software engineering) and Research 2.0 (web 2.0 for research), considering not only collaborative tools, but also social aspects related to community engineering. The workshop will be based on a web 2.0 portal for software engineering, allowing both researchers and practitioners to share their experience and ideas, before, during, and after the workshop.

Chairs

• Denis Avrilionis - Managing Director, OneTree Technologies, Luxembourg
• Grady Booch - Chief Scientist, IBM Rational, USA
• Jean-Marie Favre - Assistant Professor, University of Grenoble, France
• Hausi Müller - Professor, University of Victoria, Canada

Objectives

The goal of the workshop is to bring together researchers and practitioners in order:

• To put emphasis on the importance of social aspects, both in the context of software engineering but also in the context of research.
• To increase the awareness of people that Software Engineering 2.0 and Research 2.0 are emerging fields.
• To show that the need for collaborative practices has been there for long, but that traditional infrastructures and techniques do not scale up very well when considering large social structures.
• To show that implicit and ad-hoc practices can be supported, at least to a certain point to new technologies.
• To show that the web 2.0 bring new opportunities and can lead to a new paradigm both for software engineering and research.
• To establish a map of existing activities, tools, and resources.
• To define with the participants a list of requirements for the system of the future.
• To elaborate a road map for further collaborative actions.

Topics

Topics relevant to this workshop are given below for the sake of illustration, but as this is an emerging field we expect to complete this list during the discussions.

• Integration of Web 2.0 technologies into software engineering tools and processes.
• Reuse of existing web 2.0 tools or social network for the purpose of software engineering or research.
• Web-based collaborative corpus for software engineering knowledge and artifacts.
• Collaborative software engineering tools.
• Research and education in software engineering based on collaborative infrastructures.
• Definition of collaborative projects to improve the state of the art and state of the practice of software engineering.

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