Registration is still open for the June 8 Software Architecture Challenges in the 21st Century workshop, co-sponsored by IEEE Software magazine, the University of Southern California'ss Center for Software and Systems Engineering, and the University of California Irvine'ss Institute for Software Research.
The daylong workshop will bring together industry members, researchers, and educators to address the challenges of making software development match the ambitious requirements and fast
pace of current projects. Taking place at USC'ss Andrus Gerontology Center from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., the workshop will feature two keynotes from well-known names in the software industry:
> Grady Booch, an IBM Fellow and one of the UML'ss original authors, who will discuss (via Second Life) eliminating the superfluous accoutrements in complex
architectures, and
> Philippe Kruchten, a codeveloper of the Rational Unified Process and a software engineering professor at the University of British Columbia, who will speak on
agility and architecture, drawing on his influential career as a software engineer, consultant, and educator.
The full day of talks and panel discussions will address both real-world challenges and emerging research solutions. The day will end with a panel discussion on The Role(s) of Software
Architecture in Web, Grid, Cloud, and Volunteer Computing. The panel includes industry leaders from Google, the Aerospace Corp., and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, among others.
Registration is $20 per person (free for full-time students with valid IDs) and includes lunch; parking costs $8. To register for this limited-seating event, sign up at http://computingnow.computer.org/sac21 before June 1.
IEEE Software magazine (http://www.computer.org/portal/site/software), published by the IEEE Computer Society, is the authority
on translating software theory into practice, and features peer-reviewed articles and columns by real-world experts. The University of Southern California'ss Center for Software and
Systems Engineering is a research center with a national reputation for tackling the problems of building large-scale IT systems to solve complex problems. The University of California,
Irvine'ss Institute for Software Research is dedicated to fostering innovative basic and applied research in software and information technologies through partnerships with industry and
government.
About the Computer Society
With nearly 85,000 members, the IEEE Computer Society (http://www.computer.org) is the world'ss leading organization of computing professionals.
Founded in 1946, and the largest of the 39 societies of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Computer Society is dedicated to advancing the theory and
application of computer and information-processing technology, and is known globally for its computing standards activities.
The Computer Society serves the information and career-development needs of today'ss computing researchers and practitioners with technical journals, magazines, conferences, books,
conference publications, and online courses. Its Certified Software Development Professional (CSDP) program for mid-career professionals and Certified Software Development Associate
(CSDA) credential for recent college graduates confirm the skill and knowledge of those working in the field. The CS Digital Library (CSDL) is an excellent research tool, containing more
than 250,000 articles from 1,600 conference proceedings and 26 CS periodicals going back to 1988.