Visiting Professor: Emeritus Prof. Dr.-Ing. Manfred Nagl Monday 7 February 2011

Assalamu'alaikum and Dear all FSKSM staff and students,

A visit by Emeritus Prof. Dr.-Ing. Manfred Nagl (RWTH Aachen University), Germany. You are cordially invited.Students of related research are free to make appointment to see him.

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Schedule

09:00am -10:00am
Meeting with Academic and Faculty Administration Staffs

10:15am - 11:15am
Seminar
Title : Software Architectures: An Integrative and Non-Mainstream Approach
Venue : TBC
See Abstract below !!

11:30am - 01:00pm
Discussion with Students

02:00pm - 03:00pm
Discussion with SE Dept. Staffs

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Abstract Seminar

Software Architectures: An Integrative and Non-Mainstream Approach
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Manfred Nagl, Software Engineering, RWTH Aachen University

For modeling Software Architectures there exist many, nearly disjoint approaches in the literature: OO and UML, dataflow architectures in the embedded community, different architecture styles, architectures in data base systems / information management systems, and architectures in the modularity community.

The talk gives arguments and ideas for an integrative approach which tries to incorporate all above and different approaches.

Especially, an architecture modeling approach has to be applicable for practical problems as reverse engineering, reengineering, and maintenance in general, where the latter often means extension and integration of existing systems.

The architecture approach unifies good ideas, all coming from programming languages: functional and data abstraction, object and type units, locality, layers within architectures, classification and similarities, subsystems, and genericity.

It, especially, points out that there is not only one but a series of architectures, from an abstract form to a concrete one, the latter describing the delivered system to a customer with a lot of specifics, like distribution, used infrastructure, efficiency transformations, used available components.



Literature

M. Nagl: Software Engineering – Methodological Programming-in-the-Large (in German), Springer-Verlag, 1990, a new edition with the title "Software Architectures: An Integrative and Practical Approach" is being under work

Visiting Prof. Alan Dix (Author of Human Computer Interaction Book) on 9 and 10 December 2010 at UTM, JB

Assalamualaikum and Dear all FSKSM staff and students,

A visit by Prof. Alan Dix (http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/~dixa/) from Lancaster Uni., UK. There will be a talk as follows :-
Date : 9 Dec 2010
Time : 3pm - 5pm
Venue : BK2 N28 FSKSM, UTM JB

Schedule for Alan's Talk :

9 December 2010 (Thursday)	10am (Student Session) 10.30 am – 1 pm	Discussion session with PostGrad Students at Software Engineering Dept., FSKSM Venue :  -TBC-
	3 pm – 5 pm	SE Seminar  (Open) - See below !!  Venue : BK2
10 December 2010 (Friday)	9.00 am – 10.00 pm	Meeting with FSKSM Administration Staff
	10.00 am – 12.00 pm	Meeting with SE Dept. staff for checking SE programme
	3 pm – 5pm	Extended discussion for future and research direction

Prof Alan will give a talk on SE Seminar about - web of data, web of people, web of action

Abstract: 

From human readable web pages, to formal semantics of linked data and the emergent social semantics of tags and folksonomies, we routinely look to the web as both a source of information and a place to put data.  However, the web is also a locus of action: users want to get things done, whether booking a hotel room, or editing an online spreadsheet.
  The boundaries between web and desktop interaction are blurring. On the one hand, the traditional PC desktop is now inhabited by widgets such as the Mac Dashboard, web fast-download apps such as Java Web Start or Adobe Air, and expanded browser functionality such as Chrome.  On the other hand, computation and applications that once were part of the desktop are now hosted on the web (for example word-processing with Google Docs), and various technologies enable web applications to function even when users have no connectivity to the internet.  Furthermore, in emerging markets such as India and China, this convergence will be total, as the sole computing experience for many will be through mobile devices and predominantly the web.
  This talk will explore the premise that this emerging web will be a place of action, not just information, and that the purpose of global data is ultimately to serve human needs.

You are cordially invited esp. to Undergrad  / Postgrad Students.

Regards,
M Firdaus Harun, SE. Dept.