From gall at ifi.unizh.ch  Tue Jan 10 17:37:53 2006
From: gall at ifi.unizh.ch (Harald Gall)
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 17:37:53 +0100
Subject: [Choose-news]  [choose] Reminder: Service-oriented Computing
References: <384418D1F139CBF2124EC923@client83.glue.ch>
Message-ID: <F9DA14ED-3BA2-493B-ABBB-16CE04F768A7@ifi.unizh.ch>


Ein reminder fuer den kommenden CHOOSE SIGBeer Vortrag ueber SOC an  
der Uni ZH.
Bemerkung: Der Vortrag wird in deutsch gehalten werden.

Gruesse,
Harald Gall



> From: Igor Metz <metz at glue.ch>
> Date: 28. November 2005 17:01:00 GMT+01:00
> To: choose-news at iam.unibe.ch
> Subject: [choose] Service-oriented Computing - Fundamentals of  
> Modern Internet Technologies
>
> The CHOOSE executive board and the Institut f?r Informatik der
> Universit?t Z?rich are pleased to invite you to a presentation.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Service-oriented Computing - Fundamentals of Modern Internet  
> Technologies.
> ====================================================================== 
> ====
>
> When: Thursday January 12, 2006, @17h15
>
> Where:	Institut f?r Informatik (IfI), Universit?t Z?rich,
> 	IfI H-25
>
> Travel instructions: http://www.ifi.unizh.ch/ifiadmin/wayToInst.html
>
> Speaker
> =======
>
> Schahram Dustdar, Prof. Dr, Technical University of Vienna, Austria
> http://www.infosys.tuwien.ac.at/staff/sd/
>
> Agenda
> ======
>
> 17h15 - 18h00 Talk
>
> Abstract
> ========
>
> Today we are experiencing a major paradigm shift in the way that
> software applications are designed, architected, delivered, and
> consumed. Service-oriented Computing (SoC) is a new emerging paradigm
> for distributed computing that has evolved from object-oriented and
> component computing to enable building agile networks of collaborating
> applications distributed within and across organizational boundaries.
> Services are autonomous platform-inde pen dent computational elements
> that can be described, published, discovered, orchestrated and
> pro grammed using XML artifacts for the purpose of developing  
> massively
> distributed interoperable applications. In this talk we will  
> discuss the
> current state of Service-oriented Computing and outline future  
> research
> challenges.
>
> Bio:
> ======
>
> Schahram Dustdar is Full Professor for Internet Technologies at the
> Distributed Systems Group, Information Systems Institute, Vienna
> University of Technology (TU Wien) where he is director of the Vita  
> Lab
> and Honorary Professor of Information Systems at the University of
> Groningen (RuG), The Netherlands.
>
> He received his M.Sc. (1990) and PhD. degrees (1992) in Business
> Informatics (Wirtschaftsinformatik) from the University of Linz,
> Austria. In April 2003 he received his Habilitation degree (Venia
> Docendi in Angewandte Informatik) for his work on Process-aware
> Collaboration Systems - Architectures and Coordination Models for
> Virtual Teams. His work experience includes several years as the
> founding head of the Center for Informatics (ZID) at the University of
> Art and Industrial Design in Linz (1991-1999), Austrian project  
> manager
> of the MICE EU-project (1993 - 97), and director of Coordination
> Technologies at the Design Transfer Center in Linz (1999 - 2000).  
> While
> on sabbatical leave he was a post-doctoral research scholar
> (Erwin-Schr?dinger scholarship) at the London School of Economics
> (Information Systems Department) (1993 and 1994), and a visiting
> research scientist at NTT Multimedia Communications Labs in Palo Alto,
> USA during 1998.
>
> Since 1999 he works as the co-founder and chief scientist of Caramba
> Labs Software AG (CarambaLabs.com) in Vienna, a venture capital
> co-funded software company focused on software for collaborative
> processes in teams. Caramba Labs was nominated for several
> (international and national) awards: World Technology Award in the
> category of Software (2001); Top-Startup companies in Austria (Cap
> Gemini Ernst & Young) (2002); MERCUR Innovationspreis der
> Wirtschaftskammer (2002).
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> -
> This event is being run as part of the ifi Colloquium and is sponsored
> by CHOOSE. The participation is free for all interested parties. No
> registration is required, as there will be no drinks after the  
> talk :-(
>
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From oscar at iam.unibe.ch  Thu Jan 12 20:28:25 2006
From: oscar at iam.unibe.ch (Oscar Nierstrasz)
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 20:28:25 +0100
Subject: [Choose-news] Thu Feb 9 - Uni BE - Gilad Bracha - CHOOSE talk -
	Objects as Software Services: Toward a World without Releases
Message-ID: <D167951C-3292-425F-9515-621C4F0761A2@iam.unibe.ch>

The CHOOSE executive board is pleased to invite you to a presentation by
Gilad Bracha (Sun Microsystems) on
'Objects as Software Services: Toward a World without Releases'.

This event is free for all SI-CHOOSE members, even the drinks after the
talk! Non-CHOOSE members are encouraged to fill out the membership
application form (http://www.s-i.ch/si-appl.html) before attending the
meeting. If you want to know more about CHOOSE and the events which
CHOOSE organises, please visit http://www.choose.s-i.ch/.

NOTE: registration for this event is required. Please fill out the
registration form at the end of this e-mail.

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Objects as Software Services: Toward a World without Releases
=============================================================

Feb 9, 2006

Institut fuer Wirtschaftsinformatik (IWI), Universitaet Bern,
Engehaldenstrasse 8, 3012 Bern, Hoersaal 001.

Travel instructions: http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~scg/Resources/Maps/

Speaker
-------
Gilad Bracha, Computational Theologist & Distinguished Engineer -  
Java SE
Sun Microsystems

Agenda
------
17h15 Talk and Q/A
Afterwards you are invited to a refreshment.

Abstract
========
Software services seek to combine the advantages of traditional  
client applications and web services. Software services go beyond web  
services in supporting rich interaction when networks are slow,  
unreliable or nonexistent. At the same time, software services retain  
the advantages associated with web services: they are always  
available and always up to date. Software services have the potential  
to radically transform software development, as they enable a world  
without versions and releases. We discuss the advantages of dynamic  
object oriented language principles in facilitating the design of an  
object based platform for software services.

Bio
===
Gilad Bracha is a Computational Theologist and Distinguished Engineer  
at Sun Microsystems. He is co-author and maintainer of the Java  
Language Specification, and a researcher in the area of object- 
oriented programming languages. Prior to joining Sun, he worked on  
Strongtalk, the Animorphic Smalltalk System. He received his B.Sc in  
Mathematics and Computer Science from Ben Gurion University in Israel  
and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Utah.

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From ducasse at iam.unibe.ch  Fri Jan 13 11:29:05 2006
From: ducasse at iam.unibe.ch (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?st=E9phane_ducasse?=)
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 11:29:05 +0100
Subject: [Choose-news]  Free Java7 and C#3.0 new Feature conference
Message-ID: <32FDE5CB-8C00-4F90-8E73-A987B3CBE4EA@iam.unibe.ch>

The Logiciels and Syst?mes team of the LISTIC, IMUS (Institute of  
Management) of the University
of Savoie and Thesame would like to invite you to the free
presentation: Comparing C# 3.0 and Java 7 New Features, the 7th  
february 2006 at 17h30 at l'Espace Rencontre du Parc des Glaisins.  
During this unique presentation in France, the new features of C#3.0  
and Java 7 will be presented by two international and renowned  
speakers. We are proud to receive two prestigious invitees Gilad  
Bracha from Sun Microsystems and Mads Torgersen from Microsoft Research.

Tuesday, february the 7 th at 17h30 Espace Rencontre du Parc des  
Glaisins Annecy le
Vieux.
More Information at: http://www.listic.univ-savoie.fr/~ducasse/ 
Events.html
-------------

L'?quipe Logiciels et Syst?mes du laboratoire LISTIC, l'IMUS  
(Institut de Management) de
l'Universit? de Savoie et Thesame sont heureux de vous inviter ? une
conf?rence unique en France : Comparing C# 3.0 and Java 7 New
Features. Cette conference qui se fera en anglais est destinee en  
particulier aux professionnels curieux d'en savoir plus sur les  
langages de d?veloppement que sont C# et Java. Durant cette  
conf?rence les futures
fonctionalit?s de C#3.0 et de Java 7 seront pr?sent?es par deux
experts mondialement reconnus: Dr. Gilad Bracha de Sun Microsystems
et Mads Torgersen de Microsoft Research.

Cette conf?rence, ouverte ? tous, aura lieu:
le Mardi 7 Fevrier a 17h30 ? l'Espace Rencontre du Parc des Glaisins ?
Annecy le Vieux.
Plus d'information a:
http://www.listic.univ-savoie.fr/~ducasse/Events.html
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From uburri at ch-open.ch  Fri Jan 13 12:46:04 2006
From: uburri at ch-open.ch (Ursula Burri)
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 12:46:04 +0100
Subject: [Choose-news]  26.1.06: Swiss Open Business Lunch in Bern
Message-ID: <43C792FC.6060908@ch-open.ch>

Sehr geehrtes CHOOSE-Mitglieder

Die Swiss Open Systems User Group l?dt Sie ein, sich f?r den n?chsten 
Swiss Open Business Lunch vom 26.1.06 anzumelden:

11.45 Uhr: F?d?ral Entrec?te Caf?, B?renplatz 31, Bern/BE (vor dem 
Bundeshaus), Tel.: 031 311 16 24

Pascal Habegger, 4teamwork, h?lt zu Beginn einen Kurzvortrag zum Thema:
Subversion - Was ist anders als bei CVS

Abstract:
Das Kurzreferat gibt einen praxis-orientierten Ueberblick ?ber die 
Versionsverwaltung mit Subversion.

Bio:
Pascal Habegger, 1970, Informatikstudium/Dissertation an der Universit?t 
Bern, Mitinhaber 4teamwork GmbH. Seit mehr als drei Jahren als Leiter 
der Entwicklung f?r 4teamwork, Bern t?tig. Hier ist er verantwortlich 
f?r die Entwicklung Internet-basierter Plattformen auf der Basis der 
OSS-Produkte Zope und Plone.

Gerne erwarten wir Ihre Anmeldung unter
<http://www.ch-open.ch/events/lunchbe.html> bis zum 25.1.06.

Mit freundlichen Gruessen
Ursula Burri

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From choose at iam.unibe.ch  Mon Jan 23 11:28:26 2006
From: choose at iam.unibe.ch (CHOOSE)
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 11:28:26 +0100
Subject: [Choose-news] REMINDER -- CHOOSE talk in Bern Tue Jan 24 @ 17h15 --
	Two or three things I have learned about model-driven development
Message-ID: <BA91B2EC-3A12-4C95-B343-05601CC535CA@iam.unibe.ch>


The CHOOSE executive board and the Software Composition Group of the
University of Berne are pleased to invite you to a presentation.

When: Tuesday 24th of January, 2006, @17h15

Where:	Institut f?r Wirtschaftsinformatik (IWI), Universit?t Bern,
	Engehaldenstrasse 8, 3012 Bern, H?rsaal 001

Travel instructions: http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~scg/Resources/Maps/

Title:
====
Two or three things I have learned about model-driven development

Abstract: Model-driven development (MDD) of software applications is
currently gaining a lot of attention. On one hand, the OMG
(Object-Management Group) is undertaking a significant standardization
effort to promote the MDA (Model-Driven Architecture) initiative, a  
body of
standards for model-driven development. On the other hand,  
practitioners try
to understand what MDD is meaning for them and how this approach might
affect the software development processes. In both cases, early  
experience
reports are relevant to better understand how the MDD vision can be  
turned
into reality. In this talk we report on the experience gathered in
developing and using a model-driven CASE tool for Web information  
systems.
Hopefully, lots of this experience can be generalized and applied to  
other
kinds of model-driven developments. This talk will highlight the issues
encountered, detail their rationales and consequences and offer general
statements of direction widely applicable to model-driven  
development, so
that this experience may be useful to any kind of MDD effort.


Bio:
===
Pierre-Alain Muller is an associate professor of Computer Science at the
University of Mulhouse, France; he is currently spending two years with
INRIA in Rennes, France. His research interests include software  
engineering
and model-driven engineering; he is leading the Kermeta meta-language
development, and coordinating the RNTL OpenEmbeDD project. Before  
joining
academia, he has been CEO of ObjeXion Software from 1999 to 2002 and
consultant with Rational Software from 1988 to 1993. He has authored
"Instant UML" in 1997 and founded the <<UML>> series of conferences  
(with J.
Bezivin) in 1998.


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From oscar at iam.unibe.ch  Tue Jan 24 15:30:20 2006
From: oscar at iam.unibe.ch (Oscar Nierstrasz)
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 15:30:20 +0100
Subject: [Choose-news]  CHOOSE Talk CANCELLED - Jan 24,
	2006 - Pierre Alain Muller
Message-ID: <CF8BF25D-75A5-4A0E-955F-7254424DFCA7@iam.unibe.ch>


Due to unexpected circumstances, the CHOOSE Talk by Pierre Alain  
Muller, planned for today, Jan. 24, 2006 at 17h15, has had to be  
cancelled.

Please pass this information on to any colleagues who were planning  
to attend, and accept our apologies for the last minute change of plans.

Kind regards,
Oscar Nierstrasz
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University of Berne        -- Tel/Fax +41 31 631.4618/3355
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From oscar at iam.unibe.ch  Mon Jan 30 10:51:22 2006
From: oscar at iam.unibe.ch (Oscar Nierstrasz)
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 10:51:22 +0100
Subject: [Choose-news] CHOOSE Talk in Bern - Wed Feb 1 - Joseph Pelrine -
	How Agile Works -- Complexity and Agility
Message-ID: <264BAADC-3B2E-48F7-96CF-CDE959378A4E@iam.unibe.ch>

The CHOOSE executive board is pleased to invite you to a presentation by
Joseph Pelrine (MetaProg) on 'How Agile Works -- Complexity and  
Agility'.

This event is free for all SI-CHOOSE members, even the drinks after the
talk! Non-CHOOSE members are encouraged to fill out the membership
application form (http://www.s-i.ch/si-appl.html) before attending the
meeting. If you want to know more about CHOOSE and the events which
CHOOSE organises, please visit http://www.choose.s-i.ch/.

NOTE: registration for this event is required. Please fill out the
registration form at the end of this e-mail.

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How Agile Works -- Complexity and Agility
=========================================

When: Wednesday, February 1, 2006

Where: Institut fuer Wirtschaftsinformatik (IWI), Universitaet Bern,
Engehaldenstrasse 8, 3012 Bern, Hoersaal 002 (<= NB *** not 001! ***)

Travel instructions: http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~scg/Resources/Maps/

Speaker
-------
Joseph Pelrine

Agenda
------

17h15-18h30 Talk and Q/A

Afterwards you are invited to a refreshment.

Abstract
========

The use of so-called "Agile" methods such as eXtreme Programming and  
Scrum has helped many software projects to success, although it?s not  
always clear why and how. An understanding of the roots of agility,  
though,  is is a requirement for adopting and adapting agile  
processes in organizations. New research in the field of social  
complexity theory provides an explanation for when and how agile  
methods work. By using techniques from this relatively new field,  
developers and managers can more easily adapt agile methods to the  
idiosyncracies of specific organizations and projects, are more aware  
of weak signals that can lead to problems, and can design  
interventions to correct them.

This talk provides a short introduction to social complexity theory,  
especially the Cynefin multi-ontological sense-making framework, and  
illustrates its application to agile software development.

Bio
===

Joseph Pelrine is C*O of MetaProg, a company devoted to increasing  
the quality of software and its development process, and is one of  
Europe's leading experts on eXtreme Programming as well as Europe's  
first certified ScrumMaster Practitioner and Trainer. He has had a  
successful career as software developer, project manager and  
consultant, and has spoken about it at such diverse places as IBM,  
OOPSLA and the Chaos Computer Club. His work focus is on field of  
social complexity and its application to Agile processes.

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From oscar at iam.unibe.ch  Fri Feb  3 13:34:50 2006
From: oscar at iam.unibe.ch (Oscar Nierstrasz)
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 13:34:50 +0100
Subject: [Choose-news] REMINDER - Thu Feb 9 - Bern - Gilad Bracha CHOOSE
	talk -	Objects as Software Services
Message-ID: <08F42EB7-AE03-4250-8354-01B32B793B9D@iam.unibe.ch>

The CHOOSE executive board is pleased to invite you to a presentation by
Gilad Bracha (Sun Microsystems) on 'Objects as Software Services:  
Toward a World without Releases'.

This event is free for all SI-CHOOSE members, even the drinks after the
talk! Non-CHOOSE members are encouraged to fill out the membership
application form (http://www.s-i.ch/si-appl.html) before attending the
meeting. If you want to know more about CHOOSE and the events which
CHOOSE organises, please visit http://www.choose.s-i.ch/.

NOTE: registration for this event is required. Please fill out the
registration form at the end of this e-mail.

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Objects as Software Services: Toward a World without Releases
=============================================================

Feb 9, 2006

Institut fuer Wirtschaftsinformatik (IWI), Universitaet Bern,
Engehaldenstrasse 8, 3012 Bern, Hoersaal 001.

Travel instructions: http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~scg/Resources/Maps/

Speaker
-------
Gilad Bracha, Computational Theologist & Distinguished Engineer -  
Java SE
Sun Microsystems

Agenda
------
17h15 Talk and Q/A
Afterwards you are invited to a refreshment.

Abstract
========
Software services seek to combine the advantages of traditional  
client applications and web services. Software services go beyond web  
services in supporting rich interaction when networks are slow,  
unreliable or nonexistent. At the same time, software services retain  
the advantages associated with web services: they are always  
available and always up to date. Software services have the potential  
to radically transform software development, as they enable a world  
without versions and releases. We discuss the advantages of dynamic  
object oriented language principles in facilitating the design of an  
object based platform for software services.

Bio
===
Gilad Bracha is a Computational Theologist and Distinguished Engineer  
at Sun Microsystems. He is co-author and maintainer of the Java  
Language Specification, and a researcher in the area of object- 
oriented programming languages. Prior to joining Sun, he worked on  
Strongtalk, the Animorphic Smalltalk System. He received his B.Sc in  
Mathematics and Computer Science from Ben Gurion University in Israel  
and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Utah.

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From rytz at computer.org  Thu Feb 16 22:02:48 2006
From: rytz at computer.org (Bernhard Rytz)
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 22:02:48 +0100
Subject: [Choose-news] Erinnerung SI-SE 2006: Collaborative Software
	Engineering
Message-ID: <MOENLKHLICHLGDMGJNEGEEICCKAA.rytz@computer.org>

Wir laden Sie herzlich ein zur Teilnahme an der


                          SI-SE 2006
                 Fachtagung und Tutorien ?ber

                 Collaborative Software Engineering

                    16. und 17. M?rz 2006
                      Universit?t Z?rich

           http://www.ifi.unizh.ch/si-se/sise2006


Tagung am 17.3.06:
Paul Layzell (GB): Communication and Cooperation in Distributed
Software Project Teams +++ Ann M. Hickey (USA): Collaborative
Requirements Engineering and Management +++ Bernd Br?gge (D):
A Unified Model for Collaboration and System Modeling in Global
Projects +++ Stefan Koch (A): Open-source Softwareentwicklung
als Modell f?r kollaborative Realisierung +++ Martin Koblet:
Erfahrungsbericht kollaborative Softwareentwicklung im VISTA
Projekt +++ Christoph St?dler: Erfahrungsbericht kollaborative
Softwareentwicklung im Fire System 20 Projekt +++ Georg Molter:
Erfahrungsbericht Offshore Development Best Practices

Tutorien am 16.3.06:
Ann M. Hickey (USA): Selecting the "Right" Requirements Elicitation
Techniques +++ Bernd Br?gge und Allen H. Dutoit (D): Modeling in
a Distributed Environment

Melden Sie sich an unter
http://www.ifi.unizh.ch/si-se/sise2006/registration.html

Mit freundlichen Gr?ssen
Walter Bischofberger und Peter M?ller
SI-SE 2006 Tagungsleiter

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From uburri at jugs.ch  Sat Feb 18 09:56:35 2006
From: uburri at jugs.ch (Ursula Burri)
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 09:56:35 +0100
Subject: [Choose-news]  9.3. JUGS-Event JBoss inside
Message-ID: <43F6E143.3070908@jugs.ch>

Dear CHOOSE-Member

We are glad to invite you to the next talk given by Sacha Labourey, CTO
JBoss, Christian Bauer, Hibernate Team and Bela Ban, Lead JGroups and
JBossCache projects:

*9.3.: Inside JBoss*
For more information see below or <http://www.jugs.ch/html/events.html>
(with online registration form).

Best Regards,
The JUGS Board

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Inside JBoss
============

9.3.06
Technopark Zurich, Room Fortran
Travel instructions: <http://www.technopark.ch> > Kontakt > Lageplan

SPEAKERS
--------
Sacha Labourey, CTO JBoss
Christian Bauer, Hibernate Team
Bela Ban, Lead JGroups and JBossCache projects

AGENDA
------
14:00 - 14:05:	Welcome
		Silvano Maffeis, JUGS Board
14:05 - 15:20:	JBoss Enterprise Middleware Suite
		Sacha Labourey, CTO JBoss
15:20 - 16:35:	Hibernate
		Christian Bauer, Hibernate Team
16:35 - 17:00:	Break 	
17:00 - 18:15:	JBoss Clustering
		Bela Ban, Lead JGroups and JBossCache projects
18:15 - 18:30:	More questions and answers 	
18:30 - ?    :	Refreshment

ABSTRACTS
---------
*Sacha Labourey: JBoss Enterprise Middleware Suite*

Many JUGS members have used the JBoss Application Server in one way or
another. However, not everybody might be aware of the other "jewels"
which are part of the JBoss Enterprise Middleware Suite.
JBoss Enterprise Middleware Suite (JEMS) is an extensible and scalable
suite of products for creating and deploying e-business applications.
JEMS offers cutting-edge technology components which customers can
mix-and-match and roll out into their line of business infrastructure -
all at zero-cost software licenses. Sacha will talk about those JEMS
products and also give a glimpse of what you can expect from JBoss in
the future.

*Christian Bauer: Hibernate*

Christian Bauer will present the technical background behind Hibernate,
the most popular persistence solution for Java, and how the project
evolved into an EJB 3.0 persistence provider. The significantly improved
and simplified EJB entity beans of the new standard, and how
object/relational database mapping is handled, are another topic of this
presentation.
Finally, the new JBoss Seam framework is presented. Seam can greatly
simplify and speed up web application development in Java, by
introducing a new stateful component concept, based on EJB3 and
JavaServer Faces.

*Bela Ban: JBoss Clustering*

The talk will give an overview of JBoss Clustering. First, we will
define what clustering constitutes, and discuss load balancing and failover.

Then we will identify what can be clustered, e.g. HTTP sessions, SFSBs,
EJBs, and how to configure them for clustering.

Finally, we will take a look at the underlying architecture in place to
achieve clustering, e.g. JGroups and JBossCache.

The attendees should be familiar with J2EE and preferably have used the
JBoss application server before.


BIOGRAPHIES
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*Sacha Labourey*
Born in Neuchatel, Switzerland 1975, Sacha Labourey is the CTO (Chief
Technology Officer) of JBoss Inc. Previously, Sacha was the General
Manager of JBoss (Europe) SaRL, focused on managing the rapid expansion
of the JBoss, Inc.'s European business. Sacha was also responsible for
the first implementation of load-balancing/fail over for JBoss. Prior to
the JBoss, Inc., he was the founder of Cogito Informatique, a Swiss
consulting firm company working in the application server and middleware
fields. Sacha is a graduate of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
graduate computer science program.

*Christian Bauer*
Christian Bauer is working as a Technical Product Manager and consultant
for Hibernate, EJB3, and JBoss Seam at JBoss, Inc. He is the author of
the best-selling book "Hibernate in Action" and has designed and created
database applications for more than a decade. He regularly speaks
publicly about Java, databases, and data management.


*Bela Ban*
I completed my PhD at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. After some
time at IBM Research, I did a post-doc at Cornell. Then I worked at
Fujitsu Network Communications in San Jose, California. In 2003, I
joined JBoss Inc to work full-time on open source. I'm leading the
JGroups and JBossCache projects.

My interests include network protocols, performance, group
communication, trail running, biking and beerathlon. If not hacking code
I spend time with my family.


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From glinz at ifi.unizh.ch  Mon Feb 27 11:43:23 2006
From: glinz at ifi.unizh.ch (Martin Glinz)
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 11:43:23 +0100
Subject: [Choose-news]  SI-SE 2006: Collaborative Software Engineering
Message-ID: <p06200703c028871c54ab@[130.60.99.149]>



Wir laden Sie herzlich ein zur Teilnahme an der


                           SI-SE 2006
                  Fachtagung und Tutorien ?ber

                  Collaborative Software Engineering

                     16. und 17. M?rz 2006
                       Universit?t Z?rich

            http://www.ifi.unizh.ch/si-se/sise2006


Tagung am 17.3.06:
Paul Layzell (GB): Communication and Cooperation in Distributed
Software Project Teams +++ Ann M. Hickey (USA): Collaborative
Requirements Engineering and Management +++ Bernd Br?gge (D):
A Unified Model for Collaboration and System Modeling in Global
Projects +++ Stefan Koch (A): Open-source Softwareentwicklung
als Modell f?r kollaborative Realisierung +++ Martin Koblet:
Erfahrungsbericht kollaborative Softwareentwicklung im VISTA
Projekt +++ Christoph St?dler: Erfahrungsbericht kollaborative
Softwareentwicklung im Fire System 20 Projekt +++ Georg Molter:
Erfahrungsbericht Offshore Development Best Practices

Tutorien am 16.3.06:
Ann M. Hickey (USA): Selecting the "Right" Requirements Elicitation
Techniques +++ Bernd Br?gge und Allen H. Dutoit (D): Modeling in
a Distributed Environment

Melden Sie sich an unter
http://www.ifi.unizh.ch/si-se/sise2006/registration.html

Mit freundlichen Gr?ssen
Walter Bischofberger und Peter M?ller
SI-SE 2006 Tagungsleiter

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From michele.lanza at unisi.ch  Wed Mar  8 10:21:01 2006
From: michele.lanza at unisi.ch (Michele Lanza)
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 10:21:01 +0100
Subject: [Choose-news]  Fwd: Public Lecture given by Dr. Leslie Lamport
References: <003001c64290$c62b2d00$3345a8c0@DolphinDell>
Message-ID: <F0EC3393-8273-42CA-9C10-3753FE751C62@unisi.ch>

FYI

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Mauro Prevostini" <mauro.prevostini at unisi.ch>
> Date: 8 marzo 2006 10:14:54 GMT+01:00
> To: "500 Docenti" <500Docenti at lu.unisi.ch>, "510 Assistenti"  
> <510Assistenti at lu.unisi.ch>, "520 Dottorandi"  
> <520Dottorandi at lu.unisi.ch>
> Subject: Public Lecture given by Dr. Leslie Lamport
>
> The Faculty of Informatics is pleased to announce a Public Lecture  
> sponsored by Ticino's Rotary Clubs within the celebrations of the  
> 100 years of Rotary International.
>
>
> The Public Lecture will take place on March 15, 2006, and will be  
> given by Dr. Leslie Lamport, from Microsoft Research atMountain  
> View in California, who will be at the University of Lugano as  
> Visiting Professor.
>
>
>
> Public Lecture
>
> ?How to Write a Proof?
>
> March 15 at 18:00 (06:00PM)
>
> Aula Magna at USI Lugano
>
>
>
> Details can be found at http://www.inf.unisi.ch/guest-lectures/
>
>
> You?re kindly asked to forward this email message to anybody  
> interested in this event.
>
>
> Best Regards
>
> Mauro Prevostini
>
>
> University of Lugano
>
> Faculty of Informatics
>
> via G. Buffi 13
>
> CH-6904 Lugano
>
> Tel. +41 58 666 47 17
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> Fax. +41 58 666 45 36
>
> E-mail: mauro.prevostini at unisi.ch
>
> Web: www.inf.unisi.ch
>
>
>
>



From info at ch-open.ch  Sat Mar 11 01:01:45 2006
From: info at ch-open.ch (Ursula Burri)
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 01:01:45 +0100
Subject: [Choose-news]  [Fwd: 15.3. Open Business Lunch Bern]
Message-ID: <44121369.1010504@ch-open.ch>

Sehr geehrtes CHOOSE-Mitglied

Die /ch/open l?dt Sie ein, sich f?r den n?chsten Swiss Open Business 
Lunch in Bern anzumelden:

*15.3.06* 11.45 Uhr: F?d?ral Entrec?te Caf?, B?renplatz 31, Bern/BE (vor
dem Bundeshaus), Tel.: 031 311 16 24

Joe Ammann, Swiss Open Systems User Group, h?lt zu Beginn einen
Kurzvortrag zum Thema:
*MythTV*

*Abstract:*
Linux steht bei vielen Beobachtern im Ruf, in Sachen Multimedia ziemlich
r?ckst?ndig zu sein. Nichts k?nnte falscher sein als diese Meinung! In
den letzen Jahren wurden Dutzende von Multimedia-Projekten
vorangetrieben, und inzwischen existieren Software-L?sungen f?r fast
jeden Bereich. Auch den Herstellern von Consumer-Elektronik-Ger?ten
blieb dies nicht verborgen, und Linux nimmt heute seinen Platz in immer
mehr Setop-Boxen, DVD-Playern und ?hnlichen Ger?ten ein.

Im ersten Teil der Pr?sentation werden ein paar ausgew?hlte Projekte und
Techniken aus den Bereichen Audio, Video und Imaging vorgestellt. Mit
MythTV werden danach die M?glichkeiten eines vollst?ndigen
Heim-Mulitmedia-Centers basierend auf Open Source Software gezeigt. TV
mit Programmf?hrer, Radio, Video, DVD, Audio, Bildergallerie und
umfassende Informationen sind die wichtigsten Elemente. Neben der
Demonstration gibt es auch Tipps f?r den Kauf passender Hardware sowie
f?r die Installation.

*Bio:*
Joe Ammann, Vorstandsmitglied der /ch/open, hat vor zweieinhalb Jahren
den Grossteil der Heimelektronik durch ein MythTV Media Center ersetzt.
Inzwischen wurde das System zum "Mission Critical Element" f?r seine
Familie :-) Er berichtet von seinen Erfahrungen, Erfolgen und auch
R?ckschl?gen beim Einsatz des Media Centers.


Gerne erwarten wir Ihre Anmeldung unter
<http://www.ch-open.ch/events/lunchbe.html> bis zum 14.3.06.


Mit freundlichen Gruessen
Ursula Burri

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From Claude.Rubattel at fhso.ch  Thu Mar 30 13:49:34 2006
From: Claude.Rubattel at fhso.ch (Rubattel Claude)
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:49:34 +0200
Subject: [Choose-news]  Fachtagung "Mobile Verteilte Systeme" an der FHNW
Message-ID: <1AE2170383153B4F8931C6004701F92E01026C83@Hermes.so.fhnw.ch>

Liebe CHOOSE Mitglieder

M?chten Sie sich umfassend und kompetent ?ber die neuen M?glichkeiten der mobilen Software Systeme informieren? M?chten Sie erfahren, was bei Firmen wie IBM, Nokia oder Esmertec vorbereitet wird und was bei den SBB bereits heute funktioniert ? Wir laden Sie recht herzlich zu unserer 8. Fachtagung "Mobile Verteilte Systeme" im Rahmen unserer Tagungsreihe "Distributed Software Systems" ein, zu der wir dieses Jahr wieder namhafte Referenten aus dem In- und Ausland gewinnen konnten.

Die Tagung steht diesmal auch im Zeichen der Er?ffnungsfeier des neu gegr?ndeten Instituts f?r Mobile und Verteilte Systeme, welches aus der Fusion der ehemaligen Fachhochschulen Solothurn (FHSO), Beider Basel (FHBB) und Aargau (FHA) zur neuen Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz (FHNW) entstanden ist. Die ?ffentliche Er?ffnungsfeier findet direkt im Anschluss zur Tagung statt, und Sie sind recht herzlich dazu eingeladen!

Sie finden alle Informationen zur Tagung und eine online Anmeldungsm?glichkeit auf unserer Webseite www.dss.fhso.ch. Wir w?rden uns freuen, Sie, interessierte Mitarbeitende Ihrer Firma und andere Kollegen am 17. Mai an der FHNW, Hochschule f?r Technik, in Brugg-Windisch begr?ssen zu d?rfen.

Freundliche Gr?sse 
Claude Rubattel 
Tagungsleiter
Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz
Hochschule f?r Technik


From oscar at iam.unibe.ch  Tue May 23 12:12:27 2006
From: oscar at iam.unibe.ch (Oscar Nierstrasz)
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 12:12:27 +0200
Subject: [Choose-news] Jan Vitek - CHOOSE talk - Wed May 31 @ 17h15 - Java
	for Safety-Critical Hard Real-time Systems
Message-ID: <2D220F3F-4572-41C0-8C0E-A4C52E39CC3F@iam.unibe.ch>

The CHOOSE executive board is pleased to invite you to a presentation by
Prof. Jan Vitek, Purdue University on 'Java for Safety-Critical Hard  
Real-time Systems'.

This event is free for all SI-CHOOSE members, even the drinks after the
talk! Non-CHOOSE members are encouraged to fill out the membership
application form (http://www.s-i.ch/si-appl.html) before attending the
meeting. If you want to know more about CHOOSE and the events which
CHOOSE organises, please visit http://www.choose.s-i.ch/.

NOTE: registration for this event is required. Please fill out the
registration form at the end of this e-mail.

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Java for Safety-Critical Hard Real-time Systems
===============================================

Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Institut fuer Wirtschaftsinformatik (IWI), Universitaet Bern,
Engehaldenstrasse 8, 3012 Bern, Hoersaal 002.

Travel instructions: http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~scg/Resources/Maps/

Speaker
-------
Prof. Jan Vitek, Purdue University

Agenda
------
17h15 Talk and Q/A
Afterwards you are invited to a refreshment.

Abstract
========
Real-time systems are notoriously difficult to design and implement,  
and, as many real-time problems are safety-critical, their solutions  
must be reliable as well as efficient and correct. While higher-level  
programming models (such as the Real-Time Specification for Java)  
permit real-time programmers to use language features that most  
programmers take for granted (objects, type checking, dynamic  
dispatch, and memory safety) the compromises required for real-time  
execution can create as many problems.
This talk reports on our experience implementing an open-source real- 
time Java Virtual Machine, and on the development of a navigation  
system for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle in a collaboration with the  
Boeing Company. I will then present two techniques for enhanced  
assurance in safety- and mission-critical systems. The STARS  
methodology is a new approach to the engineering of reliable hard  
real-time embedded systems. STARS is based on two new technologies: a  
pluggable type system for enforcing memory safety and an aspect- 
oriented language that separates real-time concerns from application  
logic. The second technique, Preemptible Atomic Region (PARs),  
provides guarantees of progress and protection against data races for  
concurrent embedded programs. The implement of PARs is based on a  
real-time software transactional memory and has been integrated in a  
real-time Java virtual machine. I shall conclude with a list of open  
research challenges.

Bio
===
Jan Vitek is an Associate Professor in Computer Science at Purdue  
University. He leads the Secure Software Systems lab. He obtained his  
PhD from the University of Geneva in 1999, and a MSc from the  
University of Victoria in 1995. Prof. Vitek research interests  
include programming language, virtual machines, mobile code, software  
engineering and information security.

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From oscar at iam.unibe.ch  Tue May 23 12:16:45 2006
From: oscar at iam.unibe.ch (Oscar Nierstrasz)
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 12:16:45 +0200
Subject: [Choose-news] Brian Henderson-Sellers - CHOOSE Talk - Tue June 27 @
	17h15 - OO and AO Methodologies - a Method Engineering Approach
Message-ID: <555A87C0-F242-4208-BA41-44ABACAD232C@iam.unibe.ch>


The CHOOSE executive board is pleased to invite you to a presentation by
Brian Henderson-Sellers (University of Technology, Sydney) on 'OO and AO
Methodologies - a Method Engineering Approach'.

This event is free for all SI-CHOOSE members, even the drinks after
the talk! Non-CHOOSE members are also welcome, and are encouraged to
fill out the membership application form (http://www.s-i.ch/) before
attending the meeting. If you want to know more about CHOOSE and
the events which CHOOSE organises, please visit www.choose.s-i.ch

NOTE: registration for this event is required. Please fill out the
registration form at the end of this e-mail.

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OO and AO Methodologies - a Method Engineering Approach
=======================================================

When: Tuesday June 27, 2006

Where: Institut fuer Wirtschaftsinformatik (IWI), Universitaet Bern,
Engehaldenstrasse 8, 3012 Bern, Hoersaal 001

Travel instructions: http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~scg/Resources/Maps/

Speaker
-------
Prof. Brian Henderson-Sellers, University of Technology, Sydney

Agenda
------

17h15 Talk and Q/A

Afterwards you are invited to a refreshment.

Abstract
========

The FAME project uses method engineering to construct a  
methodological approach for agent-oriented software development  
using, as a precursor, the object-oriented OPEN Process Framework.  
The repository of OO-focussed method fragments has been extended to  
support various agent-oriented methodological approaches. In this  
talk, I will show how method engineering provides an excellent base  
for constructing situation specific software engineering  
methodologies for both object and agent software development. Both  
OPF and FAME use an existing repository coupled to an appropriate  
metamodel (which in the near future will be the new ISO standard  
metamodel ISO24744, itself based on the OO concept of powertypes).  
This flexible, yet standardized repository supplies method fragments  
that are then configured to support specific projects. In addition,  
all existing, and new, OO and AO methodologies can be recreated, thus  
providing an industry strength resource for object-oriented and agent- 
oriented software development.

Bio
===

Brian Henderson-Sellers is Director of the Centre for Object  
Technology Applications and Research and Professor of Information  
Systems at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS). He is author  
or editor of 27 books and is well-known for his work in object- 
oriented and agent-oriented methodologies (MOSES, COMMA, OPEN,  
OOSPICE, FAME), OO metrics and metamodelling. More recently, he has  
chaired workshops at OOPSLA and AOIS (Agent-Oriented information  
Systems workshop) on agent-oriented methodologies. He is Editor of  
the International Journal of Agent-Oriented Software Engineering and  
on the editorial board of Journal of Object Technology, Software and  
Systems Modelling and International Journal of Cognitive Informatics  
and Natural Intelligence. In July 2001, Professor Henderson-Sellers  
was awarded a Doctor of Science (DSc) from the University of London  
for his research contributions in object-oriented methodologies.

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From karl.guggisberg at guggis.ch  Tue Jun  6 15:42:28 2006
From: karl.guggisberg at guggis.ch (Karl Guggisberg)
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 15:42:28 +0200
Subject: [Choose-news] Einladung zum vierten Berner Architekten Treffen am
	23.06.06 zum Thema Workflow
Message-ID: <003b01c6896f$0e970030$0a00000a@PCKARL>


            4. Berner Architekten Treffen
               Freitag, 23. Juni 2006
           16:00 - ca. 18:30, anschl. Ap?ro
             Hotel Allegro Kursaal, Bern
                   Raum: Bella Vista

  http://www.berner-architekten-treffen.ch/treffen.html

                    Thema: Workflow

Pr?sentationen:
  * Informatikstrategieorgan Bund ISB, Marc Schaffroth:
      "Flexible Prozesse - Modulare Gestaltungskonzepte und
      Umsetzungsbeispiele aus der ?ffentlichen Verwaltung"
  * anaptecs GmbH, Tillmann Schall:
      "Integration von Workflow-Management-Systemen in der Praxis"
  * RTC AG, Jean-Marc Terrettaz: "BPM f?r IBIS"
 
Das Programmheft als PDF ist verf?gbar unter:
http://www.berner-architekten-treffen.ch/archiv/4/BAT_Nr.04.pdf

Generelle Informationen zur Veranstaltung
-----------------------------------------
Das Berner Architekten Treffen ist eine Begegnungsplattform f?r an
Architekturfragen interessierte Informatikfachleute. Durch Fachvortr?ge
aus der Praxis und Gelegenheiten zur vertieften Diskussion von aktuellen
Problemstellungen sowie zu direkten Kontakten zwischen Firmen
unterschiedlicher Branchen bietet das Berner Architekten Treffen eine
hervorragende Plattform zum
Gedanken- und Erfahrungsaustausch.

Im Anschluss an die Pr?sentationen wird wie ?blich die Gelegenheit f?r
Networking und Diskussion bei einem ausgedehnten Ap?ro geboten.

Die Teilnahme ist kostenlos.

Ab sofort k?nnen Sie sich auf der Online Plattform anmelden.

Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Teilnahme.

Daniel K?hni
Mitglied des Organisationskomittees



From gerber at iam.unibe.ch  Tue Jun 13 08:57:09 2006
From: gerber at iam.unibe.ch (Sabine Gerber)
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 08:57:09 +0200
Subject: [Choose-news]  Informatik-Kolloquium
Message-ID: <000301c68eb6$99d8c470$4a425c82@cgg.unibe.ch>

Einladung zum n?chsten Kolloquium:

Friday 30 June at 11h30
Institut f?r Informatik und angewandte Mathematik  
Sch?tzenmattstrasse 14, 3012 Bern
Seminar Room 107

Speaker:
Prof. Houari Sahraoui, University of Montreal, Canada

Title:
Visual Detection of Design Anomalies and Evolution phenomena
in OO Programs

Abstract:
Design anomalies introduced in early stages of software development  
or during its evolution are frequent causes of low maintainability,  
high complexity, and possibly faulty behaviors. Detecting and  
correcting these anomalies have an important impact on the quality of  
software, and particularly on its evolvability. In this presentation,  
we describe a semi-automatic technique for anomaly detection based on  
visualization of large-scale software programs. Our visualization  
framework VERSO combines human visual system capabilities with  
composition of visual filters, and animation to detect a large  
spectrum of design anomalies and evolution phenomena.

Bio:
Houari A. Sahraoui is associate professor at the department of  
computer science and operations research (GEODES, software  
engineering group) of University of Montreal. His research interests  
include the application of artificial intelligence techniques to  
software engineering, object-oriented metrics, software quality,  
software visualization, and software reverse- and re-engineering. He  
has published more than 80 papers in conferences, workshops, and  
journals and edited two books. He served as steering, program, and  
organization committee member in several major conferences (ECOOP,  
ASE, METRICS, ICSM...) and as member of the editorial boards of two  
journals. He was the general chair of the IEEE Automated Software  
Engineering Conference in 2003.

URL: http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~sahraouh/index_eng.html


Freundliche Gr?sse
Sabine Gerber

Institut f?r Informatik und angewandte Mathematik
Neubr?ckstr. 10, 3012 Bern
http://www.iam.unibe.ch

Sekr. CGG / Pr?fungssekretariat, Sabine Gerber
Tel. 031 631 49 14 / Fax  031 631 39 65
E-Mail: gerber at iam.unibe.ch



From claude.rubattel at fhnw.ch  Mon Jun 19 16:53:45 2006
From: claude.rubattel at fhnw.ch (Rubattel Claude)
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 16:53:45 +0200
Subject: [Choose-news]
	=?iso-8859-1?q?Tagung_=22Software_Entwicklung_f=FCr_Mobile_Syste?=
	=?iso-8859-1?q?me=22_vom_20=2E_Oktober_2006?=
Message-ID: <1AE2170383153B4F8931C6004701F92E02466488@Hermes.so.fhnw.ch>

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=                         CALL FOR PAPERS
=
=  9. Konferenz der Tagungsreihe "Distributed Software Systems"
=                         www.dss.fhso.ch 
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=            Software Entwicklung f?r Mobile Systeme 
=================================================================

am 18. Oktober 2006 
an der Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW, Hochschule f?r Technik 
in Brugg-Windisch, Schweiz. 

Motivation:
Mobile Ger?te haben in der Zwischenzeit einen Stand erreicht, der es auch erlaubt grosse Anwendungen mit ihnen zu realisieren. Vom Medium f?r den reinen Informationsaustausch entwickeln sie sich weiter zu eigentlichen Arbeits- und Kollaborationsplattformen, sowohl f?r den privaten Bereich als auch f?r gesch?ftskritische Anwendungen.

Neben den hohen Anforderungen bez?glich Verf?gbarkeit, Zuverl?ssigkeit, Benutzbarkeit, Sicherheit und Integration in bestehende Systeme, stellen auch die Heterogenit?t der Devices, die vielf?ltige Kommunikationsinfrastrukturlandschaft, und der kurze Lebenszyklus der Ger?te grosse Herausforderungen an die Methoden und Technologien zur Entwicklung von mobilen Systemen

Ziele:
Die Tagung dient dieses Mal dazu, den aktuellen Stand der Softwareentwicklung von mobilen Systemen ausf?hrlich zu beleuchten und die zuk?nftigen Entwicklungen auf diesem Gebiet aufzuzeigen. K?nnen bestehende Softwareentwicklungsmethoden einfach auf die mobile Softwareentwicklung ?bertragen werden, braucht es neue Ans?tze und Methoden? Welche Werkzeuge und Technologien sind verf?gbar und welche braucht es in Zukunft? Wie sehen geeignete Architekturen f?r mobile Systeme aus? In speziellen Anwendungssessions soll ?ber Best Practices und Erfahrungen bei der Entwicklung mobiler Systemen aus verschiedensten Anwendungsgebieten berichtet. 

Themen von besonderem Interesse sind:
- Technologien und Entwicklungsplattformen (J2ME, .NetCF, Symbian, ...)
- Scriptsprachen
- Mobile Datenbanken & Synchronisation
- Frameworks & Architekturen
- Model Driven Development f?r mobile Ger?te
- Build, Test, Integration & Deployment von mobilen Systemen
- Signierung und Autorisierung von mobilen Applikationen
- Integrationsplattformen und adaptive Middleware
- Usability von mobilen Anwendungen
- Entwicklung von mobilen Services
- Best Practices, Erfahrungen

Zielpublikum:
Bei dieser Fachtagung sprechen Sie vor SW-Architekten und SW-Designern, SW-Entwicklern, Projektmanagern und Abteilungsleitern, die technologische Richtungsentscheidungen f?llen und umsetzen.

Einreichung von Beitr?gen:
Bitte senden Sie Ihre Vortragsvorschl?ge (Titel, Abstract, Kurzbiographie und vollst?ndige Anschrift) bis zum 29. Juni 2006 an: mailto:claude.rubattel at fhnw.ch Auf unserer Webseite www.dss.fhso.ch finden Sie weitere Informationen ?ber die Tagung (insb. den Call for Papers zum Download), ?ber die Tagungsreihe und Sponsoring- und Ausstellerinformationen.

Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Vorschl?ge.

Mit freundlichen Gr?ssen 
Das Organisations-Team der Tagung der Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW


From uburri at ch-open.ch  Fri Jun 23 10:17:56 2006
From: uburri at ch-open.ch (Ursula Burri)
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 10:17:56 +0200
Subject: [Choose-news]  10. - 12.10.06 /ch/open Workshoptage
Message-ID: <449BA3B4.9080907@ch-open.ch>

Call for Papers Workshop-Tage 2006, 10.-12. Oktober
===================================================

Die praxisnahen /ch/open Workshop-Tage werden schon seit 1991 mit Erfolg 
durchgef?hrt, seit einigen Jahren in Zusammenarbeit mit der JUGS (Java 
Users Group Switzerland). Dieses Jahr erm?glicht die Hochschule 
Rapperswil, Abteilung Informatik die Durchf?hrung in den R?umen der HSR 
vom 10.-12. Oktober 2006.

An 3 Tagen werden in 4 parallelen Tracks Workshops (halb- oder ganztag) 
zu aktuellen Themen der Informatik abgehalten. Teilnehmer sind vor allem 
Mitglieder der /ch/open und anderer IT-Verb?nde, die eine praxisgerechte 
Einf?hrung in ein neues Thema oder eine neue Technologie suchen.

Mit diesem CfP suchen wir Referenten, die einen Workshop in diesem 
Rahmen durchf?hren wollen. Thematisch sind folgende 4 Tracks geplant 
(wobei Abweichungen durchaus m?glich sind, diese Liste soll nur eine 
Vorstellung von m?glichen Themen geben):

    1. Java
       Beispiele von m?glichen Themen:
           * J2EE/Spring (JBoss, Geronimo, Hibernate)
          * Eclipse (Rich Client Framework, Plugins)
          * Java Tuning, Java Testing, etc.
    2. Software Entwicklung und Tools
       Beispiele von m?glichen Themen:
           * AJAX, Ruby on Rails
           * UML, MDA
           * PHP 5, PostgreSQL 8, MySQL 5
    3. Linux und OSS Administration
       Beispiele von m?glichen Themen:
           * Virtualisierung mit XEN, OpenVZ
           * Voice over IP (Asterisk, Skype)
           * Ueberwachung (Nagios, Nessus, Snort)
           * Linux Clients (Laptop Konfiguration, USB, Free Desktop)
    4. Diverses: Projektmanagement, Menschenf?hrung, Marketing
       Beispiele von m?glichen Themen:
           * Pr?sentation, Verkauf
           * Linux Evangelisierung: Wie ?berzeuge ich meinen Kunden?
           * Linux Lobbying


Annahmeschluss: Freitag, 14. Juli 2006
Ort: Hochschule Rapperswil
Zeit: 10., 11. und 12. Oktober 2006

Dauer pro Workshop: 1/2 oder 1 Tag
Inhalt/Form: Gute Mischung zwischen Theorie, Praxis, ?bungen, 
Diskussionen und Teamwork

System-Infrastruktur: PCs mit Software ab Linux (VMware Image)
Vortragssprachen: Deutsch, Franz?sisch, Englisch

Honorar: 1'100.- / Halbtages-Workshop, 2'200.- / Ganztages-Workshop

Bitte benutzen Sie unser Online-Formular unter 
http://www.ch-open.ch/wstage/cfpform.php, um Ihren Beitrag anzumelden.

F?r R?ckfragen stehen wir gerne zur Verf?gung (E-Mail: 
workshoptage at ch-open.ch, Telefon: 044 404 1007)

Joe Ammann
Vorstandsmitglied /ch/open

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From oscar at iam.unibe.ch  Mon Jun 26 11:48:32 2006
From: oscar at iam.unibe.ch (Oscar Nierstrasz)
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 11:48:32 +0200
Subject: [Choose-news] REMINDER: Brian Henderson-Sellers - CHOOSE Talk - Tue
	June 27 @ 17h15 - OO and AO Methodologies - a Method
	Engineering Approach
References: <555A87C0-F242-4208-BA41-44ABACAD232C@iam.unibe.ch>
Message-ID: <6A06DF4A-A2EE-4065-A66F-9D1164626226@iam.unibe.ch>


The CHOOSE executive board is pleased to invite you to a presentation by
Brian Henderson-Sellers (University of Technology, Sydney) on 'OO and AO
Methodologies - a Method Engineering Approach'.

This event is free for all SI-CHOOSE members, even the drinks after
the talk! Non-CHOOSE members are also welcome, and are encouraged to
fill out the membership application form (http://www.s-i.ch/) before
attending the meeting. If you want to know more about CHOOSE and
the events which CHOOSE organises, please visit www.choose.s-i.ch

NOTE: registration for this event is required. Please fill out the
registration form at the end of this e-mail.

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OO and AO Methodologies - a Method Engineering Approach
=======================================================

When: Tuesday June 27, 2006

Where: Institut fuer Wirtschaftsinformatik (IWI), Universitaet Bern,
Engehaldenstrasse 8, 3012 Bern, Hoersaal 001

Travel instructions: http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~scg/Resources/Maps/

Speaker
-------
Prof. Brian Henderson-Sellers, University of Technology, Sydney

Agenda
------

17h15 Talk and Q/A

Afterwards you are invited to a refreshment.

Abstract
========

The FAME project uses method engineering to construct a  
methodological approach for agent-oriented software development  
using, as a precursor, the object-oriented OPEN Process Framework.  
The repository of OO-focussed method fragments has been extended to  
support various agent-oriented methodological approaches. In this  
talk, I will show how method engineering provides an excellent base  
for constructing situation specific software engineering  
methodologies for both object and agent software development. Both  
OPF and FAME use an existing repository coupled to an appropriate  
metamodel (which in the near future will be the new ISO standard  
metamodel ISO24744, itself based on the OO concept of powertypes).  
This flexible, yet standardized repository supplies method fragments  
that are then configured to support specific projects. In addition,  
all existing, and new, OO and AO methodologies can be recreated, thus  
providing an industry strength resource for object-oriented and agent- 
oriented software development.

Bio
===

Brian Henderson-Sellers is Director of the Centre for Object  
Technology Applications and Research and Professor of Information  
Systems at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS). He is author  
or editor of 27 books and is well-known for his work in object- 
oriented and agent-oriented methodologies (MOSES, COMMA, OPEN,  
OOSPICE, FAME), OO metrics and metamodelling. More recently, he has  
chaired workshops at OOPSLA and AOIS (Agent-Oriented information  
Systems workshop) on agent-oriented methodologies. He is Editor of  
the International Journal of Agent-Oriented Software Engineering and  
on the editorial board of Journal of Object Technology, Software and  
Systems Modelling and International Journal of Cognitive Informatics  
and Natural Intelligence. In July 2001, Professor Henderson-Sellers  
was awarded a Doctor of Science (DSc) from the University of London  
for his research contributions in object-oriented methodologies.

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From uburri at jugs.ch  Tue Jul  4 14:56:35 2006
From: uburri at jugs.ch (Ursula Burri)
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2006 14:56:35 +0200
Subject: [Choose-news]  13.7.06: Quo vadis Mobile Banking
Message-ID: <44AA6583.8040705@jugs.ch>

Sehr geehrtes CHOOSE-Mitglied

Die Java User Group l?dt Sie ein, an ihrem n?chsten Event teilzunehmen:

13.7.06, Technopark Zuerich, Raum Cobol
17:00 - ca. 18:45 Uhr: Quo vadis Mobile Banking
<http://www.jugs.ch/html/events/2006/mobile_banking.html?by=mailing%20of%20another%20association>
Anschliessend an den Vortrag sind Sie zu einem Ap?ro eingeladen.

Falls Sie ?ber alle JUGS-Events informiert werden m?chten, k?nnen Sie 
sich in die neue Interssenten-Mailingliste der JUGS eintragen lassen: 
<http://www.jugs.ch/html/join_mailinglist.html>. CHOOSE-Mitglieder 
k?nnen an den meisten JUGS-Events zu Mitgliederkonditionen teilnehmen!


Quo vadis Mobile Banking:
Strategische Implikationen zunehmender Kundenmobilit?t
======================================================

Referent:
---------
Rajnish Tiwari, Technische Universit?t Hamburg-Harburg

Abstract:
---------
Totgesagte leben l?nger. Dieser Volksweisheit folgend, erf?hrt "Mobile 
Banking" zurzeit eine Renaissance. Die zeit- und ortsunabh?ngige 
Abwicklung von Finanzdiensten unter Zuhilfenahme mobiler Endger?te wie 
Handys oder PDAs erfreut sich wieder einer grossen Aufmerksamkeit 
seitens Kreditinstituten und Medien. Dies ist eine beachtliche 
Entwicklung, da viele Banken ihre zur Millenniumswende euphorisch 
eingef?hrten mobilen Dienste schon kurze Zeit sp?ter unter hohen 
finanziellen Verlusten wieder eingestellt haben. Ausschlaggebend daf?r 
war, dass die erhoffte Kundennachfrage ausblieb und die prognostizierten 
Umsatzzuwachse, die zuweilen von wenig Realit?tssinn zeugten, ausfielen. 
Kurz: Die "IT-Blase" war geplatzt - Mobile Banking war "tot".

Nun scheint sich das Blatt wieder zu wenden. Der "Totgesagte" lebt nicht 
nur l?nger, er ist sogar ges?nder denn je. Neue Studien belegen, dass 
Mobile Banking national wie international neuerdings verst?rkt auf 
Kundeninteresse st?sst und dass mobile Dienste sogar gewinnbringend 
eingesetzt werden k?nnen. Immer mehr Banken nehmen mobile Finanzdienste 
in ihr Produktportfolio auf. Selbst manches seinerzeit von Mobile 
Banking entt?uschte Kreditinstitut plant mittlerweile die 
Wiedereinf?hrung mobiler Angebote.

Eine an der Universit?t Hamburg durchgef?hrte Studie belegt, dass mobile 
Dienste inzwischen von wichtigen Kundengruppen "verlangt" werden. 
Gleichzeitig wird auch deutlich, dass die Kundenakzeptanz je nach Dienst 
und Kundensegment stark variiert. Ein differenziertes, der Bedeutung 
einzelner Zielgruppen gerecht werdendes Angebot mobiler Dienstleistungen 
ist der richtige Weg, um Wettbewerbsvorteile aufzubauen, zu sichern und 
gewinnbringend einzusetzen. Dipl.-Kfm. Rajnish Tiwari pr?sentiert 
ausgew?hlte Ergebnisse der Studie, die mit dem "Markt- und 
Kundenorientierung 2006" Preis der Vodafone Stiftung f?r Forschung 
ausgezeichnet wurde.

N?here Informationen: <http://www1.uni-hamburg.de/m-commerce/banking/>

Der Vortrag wird auf Deutsch gehalten.

Bio:
----
Dipl.-Kfm. Rajnish Tiwari ist Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Institut 
f?r Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement der Technischen Universit?t 
Hamburg-Harburg. Seit 2004 leitet er zusammen mit Herrn Dr. Stephan Buse 
das Forschungsprojekt Mobile Commerce.

Seine mit Herrn Dr. Buse durchgef?hrte Studie "The Mobile Commerce 
Prospects: A Strategic Analysis of Opportunities in the Banking Sector" 
stiess weltweit auf beachtliches Interesse und ist bisher die einzige 
Studie in diesem Bereich, die empirische Erhebungen sowohl auf der 
Kunden- als auch auf der Bankenseite durchgef?hrt und sich mit den 
Diskrepanzen in Nachfrage/Angebot auseinandergesetzt hat. Die Studie 
wurde mit dem F?rderpreis "Markt- und Kundenorientierung 2006" der 
Vodafone-Stiftung f?r Forschung ausgezeichnet und erscheint demn?chst in 
Buchform im Verlag Palgrave Publishers Ltd. in Hampshire/U.K.

Rajnish Tiwari hat in diversen Verantwortungspositionen Berufserfahrung 
in Indien und Deutschland gesammelt. Rajnish Tiwari erhielt ein 
Leistungsstipendium der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg und studierte 
Internationales Management, Wirtschaftsinformatik und 
Organisationssoziologie an der Universit?t Hamburg.

N?here Informationen: <http://www.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/RRZ/R.Tiwari/>

Bitte melden Sie Ihre Teilnahme an unter 
<http://www.jugs.ch/html/events/2006/mobile_banking.html?by=mailing%20of%20another%20association#Formular>.

Mit freundlichen Gruessen
Ursula Burri


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From uburri at ch-open.ch  Thu Jul  6 14:49:18 2006
From: uburri at ch-open.ch (Ursula Burri)
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 14:49:18 +0200
Subject: [Choose-news]
 =?iso-8859-15?q?7=2E7=2E06_=28Bern=29=3A_=D6ffentlicher_Review_S?=
 =?iso-8859-15?q?wissreg_II?=
Message-ID: <44AD06CE.2000501@ch-open.ch>

Liebe CHOOSE-Mitglieder

Matthias G?nter, Eidg. Institut f?r Geistiges Eigentum und Vorstand der
/ch/open, l?dt Sie ein, am nachfolgenden Anlass teilzunehmen:

*Swissreg-Architektur Review*
=============================

Beschreibung:
-------------
Frau Verena Sieber stellt einen Review der Softwarearchitektur von
Swissreg II vor. Swissreg II ist das neue Online-Register des Eidg.
Institut f?r Geistiges Eigentum, das im Moment in Entwicklung ist.


Beginn 	07.07.2006 15:00
Ende 	07.07.2006 17:00
Ort 	Eidg. Institut f?r Geistiges Eigentum, Einsteinstr. 2; 3003 Bern
Organisation 	IGE
Referentin 	Verena Sieber

Kurzbio:
--------
Verena Sieber arbeitet f?r T-Systems und seit 20 Jahren in der IT. Seit
2006 Head of Oracle CC, Solution Architect, 1998 -- 2005 Head of
Architecture and Method (J2EE), 1993 -- 1997 Projectmanagement Software
Development Projects, 1981 -- 1992 Analysing/Programming and 
Chiefprogramming

Mit freundlichen Gr?ssen
Ursula Burri

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From metz at glue.ch  Mon Aug  7 13:39:58 2006
From: metz at glue.ch (Igor Metz)
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 13:39:58 +0200
Subject: [Choose-news]
 =?utf-8?q?Philipe_R=C3=BCfenacht_-_CHOOSE_Talk_-_Tue_Aug_29_=40_?=
 =?utf-8?q?17h15_-_Patente_auf_Software_-_M=C3=B6glichkeiten_und_Grenzen?=
Message-ID: <CC16E21E66620AF09F709294@client83.glue.ch>


The CHOOSE executive board is pleased to invite you to a presentation by
Dr. Philipp R?fenacht (Keller & Partner Patentanw?lte AG, Bern) on
'Patente auf Software - M?glichkeiten und Grenzen'.

This event is free for all SI-CHOOSE members, even the drinks after
the talk! Non-CHOOSE members are also welcome, and are encouraged to
fill out the membership application form (http://www.s-i.ch/) before
attending the meeting. If you want to know more about CHOOSE and
the events which CHOOSE organises, please visit www.choose.s-i.ch

NOTE: registration for this event is required. Please fill out the
registration form at the end of this e-mail.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Patente auf Software - M?glichkeiten und Grenzen
================================================

When: Tuesday August 29, 2006

Where: Institut fuer Wirtschaftsinformatik (IWI), Universitaet Bern,
Engehaldenstrasse 8, 3012 Bern, Hoersaal 001

Travel instructions: http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~scg/Resources/Maps/

Speaker
-------

Dr. Philipp R?fenacht, Patentanwalt, Keller & Partner Patentanw?lte AG,
Bern

Agenda
------

17h15 Talk and Q/A. NB. the talk will be in GERMAN!

Afterwards you are invited to a refreshment.

Abstract
========

Die Patentierung von Software ist umstritten. Dies haben k?rzlich die
Diskussionen im EU-Parlament gezeigt, welche letztlich ohne greifbares
Ergebnis geblieben sind. Die Fronten zwischen Bef?rwortern und Gegnern
sind verh?rtet: Wo die eine Seite in Software-Patenten einen
Innovations- und Investitionsschutz sieht, werden diese von der anderen
Seite als innovationshemmende Hindernisse und als Machtinstrument
marktbeherrschender Grossunternehmen wahrgenommen.

Dieser Vortrag soll aufzeigen, was heute in Europa einerseits und in den
USA andererseits in Sachen Software-Patentierung bereits m?glich ist und
wo die Grenzen der amtlichen Patentpr?fung in diesem Bereich liegen.
Welche M?glichkeiten bieten Patente Entwicklern von Software, welche
Risiken k?nnen sie darstellen? Im weiteren wird eingegangen auf die
aktuelle politische Situation und auf m?gliche rechtliche Entwicklungen
im Hinblick auf den Schutz von Software. Sowohl eine uneingeschr?nkte
Patentierbarkeit von Software als auch ein allgemeines Verbot von
Patenten auf Software bieten gewisse Chancen, bergen aber auch Risiken
und Abgrenzungsprobleme.

Bio
---

Dr. Philipp R?fenacht hat an der Universtit?t Bern in theoretischer
Elementarteilchenphysik promoviert. Er arbeitet seit 2001 als
Patentanwalt bei Keller & Partner Patentanw?lte AG in Bern und ist seit
2005 zugelassener Vertreter vor dem Europ?ischen Patentamt. Im Rahmen
seiner T?tigkeit befasst er sich unter anderem mit Abkl?rungen und
Patenterteilungsverfahren im Zusammenhang mit computerimplementierten
Erfindungen.


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From igor.metz at glue.ch  Sun Aug 27 20:04:38 2006
From: igor.metz at glue.ch (Igor Metz)
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 20:04:38 +0200
Subject: [Choose-news]
 =?iso-8859-1?q?Philipe_R=FCfenacht_-_CHOOSE_Talk_-_Tue_Aug_29_?=
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 =?iso-8859-1?q?nzen?=
Message-ID: <B71B53E9F3AE24784D063C7C@traritrara>

NB. The room, where the talk will be given, has changed. It will take
place in H?rsaal 003.

---
The CHOOSE executive board is pleased to invite you to a presentation by
Dr. Philipp R?fenacht (Keller & Partner Patentanw?lte AG, Bern) on
'Patente auf Software - M?glichkeiten und Grenzen'.

This event is free for all SI-CHOOSE members, even the drinks after
the talk! Non-CHOOSE members are also welcome, and are encouraged to
fill out the membership application form (http://www.s-i.ch/) before
attending the meeting. If you want to know more about CHOOSE and
the events which CHOOSE organises, please visit www.choose.s-i.ch

NOTE: registration for this event is required. Please fill out the
registration form at the end of this e-mail.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Patente auf Software - M?glichkeiten und Grenzen
================================================

When: Tuesday August 29, 2006

Where: Institut fuer Wirtschaftsinformatik (IWI), Universitaet Bern,
Engehaldenstrasse 8, 3012 Bern, Hoersaal 003

Travel instructions: http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~scg/Resources/Maps/

Speaker
-------

Dr. Philipp R?fenacht, Patentanwalt, Keller & Partner Patentanw?lte AG,
Bern

Agenda
------

17h15 Talk and Q/A. NB. the talk will be in GERMAN!

Afterwards you are invited to a refreshment.

Abstract
========

Die Patentierung von Software ist umstritten. Dies haben k?rzlich die
Diskussionen im EU-Parlament gezeigt, welche letztlich ohne greifbares
Ergebnis geblieben sind. Die Fronten zwischen Bef?rwortern und Gegnern
sind verh?rtet: Wo die eine Seite in Software-Patenten einen
Innovations- und Investitionsschutz sieht, werden diese von der anderen
Seite als innovationshemmende Hindernisse und als Machtinstrument
marktbeherrschender Grossunternehmen wahrgenommen.

Dieser Vortrag soll aufzeigen, was heute in Europa einerseits und in den
USA andererseits in Sachen Software-Patentierung bereits m?glich ist und
wo die Grenzen der amtlichen Patentpr?fung in diesem Bereich liegen.
Welche M?glichkeiten bieten Patente Entwicklern von Software, welche
Risiken k?nnen sie darstellen? Im weiteren wird eingegangen auf die
aktuelle politische Situation und auf m?gliche rechtliche Entwicklungen
im Hinblick auf den Schutz von Software. Sowohl eine uneingeschr?nkte
Patentierbarkeit von Software als auch ein allgemeines Verbot von
Patenten auf Software bieten gewisse Chancen, bergen aber auch Risiken
und Abgrenzungsprobleme.

Bio
---

Dr. Philipp R?fenacht hat an der Universtit?t Bern in theoretischer
Elementarteilchenphysik promoviert. Er arbeitet seit 2001 als
Patentanwalt bei Keller & Partner Patentanw?lte AG in Bern und ist seit
2005 zugelassener Vertreter vor dem Europ?ischen Patentamt. Im Rahmen
seiner T?tigkeit befasst er sich unter anderem mit Abkl?rungen und
Patenterteilungsverfahren im Zusammenhang mit computerimplementierten
Erfindungen.


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From claude.rubattel at fhnw.ch  Wed Sep 13 14:09:57 2006
From: claude.rubattel at fhnw.ch (Rubattel Claude)
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:09:57 +0200
Subject: [Choose-news]
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	=?iso-8859-1?q?ysteme=22_an_der_FHNW?=
References: <1AE2170383153B4F8931C6004701F92E022E389A@Hermes.so.fhnw.ch>
Message-ID: <1AE2170383153B4F8931C6004701F92E022E389B@Hermes.so.fhnw.ch>

Liebe CHOOSE Mitglieder
 
Software Entwicklung f?r Mobile Systeme bildet das Schwerpunktthema auf der 9. Konferenz "Distributed Software Systems" der Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW. Informieren Sie sich umfassend, wie Sie den besonderen Herausforderungen bei der Entwicklung von mobilen Softwaresystemen begegnen und diese meistern k?nnen. Kompetente Referenten aus der Wissenschaft und der Industrie stellen die neuesten Trends und Technologien zur Entwicklung von mobilen Anwendungen vor und informieren in Erfahrungsberichten ?ber Best Practices bei der Entwicklung von solchen Systemen. 
 
Sie finden alle Informationen zur Tagung und eine online Anmeldungsm?glichkeit auf unserer Webseite www.fhnw.ch/technik/imvs/weiterbildung/tagung <http://www.fhnw.ch/technik/imvs/weiterbildung/tagung>  
 
Wir w?rden uns freuen, Sie, interessierte Mitarbeitende Ihrer Firma und andere Kollegen am 18. Oktober 2006 an der FHNW, Hochschule f?r Technik, in Windisch begr?ssen zu d?rfen. 
 
Freundliche Gr?sse 
Claude Rubattel 
Tagungsleiter 
Hochschule f?r Technik FHNW
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Liebe CHOOSE Mitglieder
 
Software Entwicklung f?r Mobile Systeme bildet das Schwerpunktthema auf der 9. Konferenz "Distributed Software Systems" der Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW. Informieren Sie sich umfassend, wie Sie den besonderen Herausforderungen bei der Entwicklung von mobilen Softwaresystemen begegnen und diese meistern k?nnen. Kompetente Referenten aus der Wissenschaft und der Industrie stellen die neuesten Trends und Technologien zur Entwicklung von mobilen Anwendungen vor und informieren in Erfahrungsberichten ?ber Best Practices bei der Entwicklung von solchen Systemen. 
 
Sie finden alle Informationen zur Tagung und eine online Anmeldungsm?glichkeit auf unserer Webseite www.fhnw.ch/technik/imvs/weiterbildung/tagung <http://www.fhnw.ch/technik/imvs/weiterbildung/tagung>  
 
Wir w?rden uns freuen, Sie, interessierte Mitarbeitende Ihrer Firma und andere Kollegen 
 
am 18. Oktober 2006 
an der FHNW, Hochschule f?r Technik, in Brugg-Windisch 
 
begr?ssen zu d?rfen. 
 
Freundliche Gr?sse 
Claude Rubattel 
Tagungsleiter 
Hochschule f?r Technik FHNW
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From philippe.dugerdil at hesge.ch  Thu Oct 19 09:53:22 2006
From: philippe.dugerdil at hesge.ch (Dugerdil Philippe (HES))
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 09:53:22 +0200
Subject: [Choose-news] Nov 9 - HEG- GVA - Nicolas Gold - CHOOSE talk -
	Understanding programs with concept assignment and related
	technologies
Message-ID: <E2136BC5EACFFD44A66171AA0BAADB1CC3B915@heron.ge-em.ad.etat-ge.ch>


The CHOOSE executive board is pleased to invite you to a presentation by
Nicolas Gold (King's College London) on
'Understanding programs with concept assignment and related technologies'.

This event is free.

Non-CHOOSE members are encouraged to fill out the membership
application form (http://www.s-i.ch/si-appl.html) before attending the
meeting. If you want to know more about CHOOSE and the events which
CHOOSE organises, please visit http://www.choose.s-i.ch/.

NOTE: registration for this event is required. Please fill out the
registration form at the end of this e-mail.

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Understanding programs with concept assignment and related technologies
=======================================================================

Nov 9, 2006

HEG - Haute ?cole de gestion
Univ. of Applied Sciences
Campus Battelle, Building F.
7, rte de Drize
1227 Geneva 
Room C210

Travel instructions: http://campus.hesge.ch/dugerdilp/how_to_find_heg.htm

Speaker
-------
Dr Nicolas Gold
King's College London

Agenda
------
17h15 Talk and Q/A

Abstract
========
Program understanding has long been recognised as a necessary but difficult 
part of the software maintenance process.  Concept assignment approaches aim
to aid this task by linking domain-level information (concepts) to parts of 
source code.  Although concept assignment was originally proposed to aid comprehension, 
recent work has extended it to enable executable component extraction on 
the basis of concept-level criteria.  This talk will present an overview of 
this recent work (undertaken in the CONTRACTS research project) describing 
algorithms developed for component extraction, experiments with new
methods to improve concept assignment, and studies of program characteristics 
that help to explain the behaviour of techniques that rely on program 
dependence information.

Bio
===
Dr Gold is a lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at King's College London,
deputy director of the Centre for Research in Evolution, Search and Testing (CREST) and 
director of the Service-Oriented Software Research Network (SOSoRNet).  
He received his Ph.D. from the University of Durham in 2000 and his primary research interests 
are in software evolution using reverse engineering and service-oriented computing.  
His work in reverse engineering has produced methods for concept assignment and component extraction,
and he has worked on architectures, negotiation methods, and comprehension approaches for 
service-oriented software.

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From gaelli at iam.unibe.ch  Thu Oct 26 09:58:55 2006
From: gaelli at iam.unibe.ch (Markus Gaelli)
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 09:58:55 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: [Choose-news] Invitation to my PhD Defense "Modeling Examples to
 Test and Understand Software"
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0610260955180.25655-100000@kilana>

Hello everyone,

on Monday 13th of November at 10:00 I will defend my Ph. D. thesis
entitled  "Modeling Examples to Test and Understand Software".
The defense will take place in room 003 in the IWI building on
Engehaldenstrasse 8, 3012 Bern. Please find the abstract below.
After the defense, there will be an apero in the Cafeteria of the
building S14 on Schutzenmattstrasse 14.
Everybody is cordially invited to the defense and to the apero.

With best regards

Markus Gaelli
Software Composition Group
Universitaet Bern
-------------------------------------
One of the oldest techniques to explain abstract concepts is to provide
concrete examples.  By explaining an abstract concept with a concrete
example people make sure that the concept is understood and remembered.

Examples in software can be used both to test the software and to
illustrate its functionality. Object-oriented programs are built around
the concepts of classes, methods and variables, where methods are the
atoms of the functionality. But the meta-models of object-oriented
languages do not allow developers to associate runnable and composable
examples with these concepts and particularly not with methods.

Unit tests on the other hand, assure the quality of the units under test
and document them. Not being integrated into the language, unit tests are
not linked explicitly to their units under test which makes it
unnecessarily difficult to use them for documenting, typing and debugging
software. In addition they are not composable making it hard to develop
higher level test scenarios in parallel with higher level objects.

In this thesis we analyze unit tests to learn about implicit dependencies
among tests and from tests to the methods under test.
We develop a technique to partially order unit tests in terms of their
covered methods, which reveals possible redundancies due to the lack of
composability. We show how partial orders can be used to debug and to
comprehend software.
We then develop a taxonomy based on several case studies revealing that a
high fraction of unit tests already implicitly focuses on single methods.
We show that the rest of the tests can be decomposed into commands
focusing on single methods.

We build a meta-model based on our findings of analyzing test
interdependencies which establishes how tests can be explicitly linked to
their method under test and how they can be composed to form higher-level
test scenarios.
We explain how the problems of missing links between tests and units under
test are solved using our meta-model. Furthermore, we implemented the
meta-model and a first user interface on top of it to give first evidence
of how our model supports the developer.



From karl.guggisberg at guggis.ch  Thu Oct 26 17:22:18 2006
From: karl.guggisberg at guggis.ch (Karl Guggisberg)
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 17:22:18 +0200
Subject: [Choose-news]
	=?iso-8859-1?q?Einladung_zum_f=FCnften_Berner_Architekten__Treff?=
	=?iso-8859-1?q?en_am_17=2E11=2E06_zum_Thema_SAP?=
Message-ID: <001901c6f912$876887a0$0a01a8c0@PCKARL>

Ank?ndigung
-----------
            5. Berner Architekten Treffen
             Freitag, 17. November 2006
           16:00 - ca. 18:30, anschl. Ap?ro
             Hotel Allegro Kursaal, Bern
                  Raum: Bella Vista

  http://www.berner-architekten-treffen.ch/treffen.html

          Thema: SAP Integration / Strategie

Pr?sentationen:
  * Informatikstrategieorgan Bund ISB, Richard Sch?ren:
      "Enterprise Resource Planning in der Bundesverwaltung -
       Gestern, Heute und Morgen"
  * BKW FMB Energie AG, Dr. Thomas Wettstein, Christian H?rlimann:
      "Chancen und Grenzen der SAP Plattform-Strategie
       der BKW FMB Energie AG"
  * RTC AG, Guido Steiner:
      "SAP ein Bestandteil von IBIS?"
 
Das Programmheft als PDF ist verf?gbar unter:
http://www.berner-architekten-treffen.ch/archiv/5/BAT_Nr.05.pdf

Generelle Informationen zur Veranstaltung
-----------------------------------------
Das Berner Architekten Treffen ist eine Begegnungsplattform f?r an
Architekturfragen interessierte Informatikfachleute. Durch Fachvortr?ge
aus der Praxis und Gelegenheiten zur vertieften Diskussion von aktuellen
Problemstellungen sowie zu direkten Kontakten zwischen Firmen
unterschiedlicher Branchen bietet das Berner Architekten Treffen eine
hervorragende Plattform zum
Gedanken- und Erfahrungsaustausch.

Im Anschluss an die Pr?sentationen wird wie ?blich die Gelegenheit f?r
Networking und Diskussion bei einem ausgedehnten Ap?ro geboten.

Die Teilnahme ist kostenlos.

Ab sofort k?nnen Sie sich auf der Online Plattform anmelden.

Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Teilnahme.

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Unter dem Patronat der IAM Alumni und mit freundlicher Unterstuetzung
der Firmen indato GmbH, Die Mobiliar, PostFinance und 
RTC Real-Time Center AG.




From eric.dubuis at bfh.ch  Wed Nov  1 16:14:50 2006
From: eric.dubuis at bfh.ch (Eric Dubuis)
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2006 16:14:50 +0100
Subject: [Choose-news] Short course on "Understanding Security With Patterns
Message-ID: <4548B9EA.8010206@bfh.ch>

Dear Madam/Sir:

On behalf of SWEN, a network of competence in software engineering and a
gateway between universities/universities of applied sciences and the 
economy,
I would like to inform you about the following forthcoming event:

"Understanding Security With Patterns"
A short course given by Prof. Peter Sommerlad
at the Hochschule f?r Technik Rapperswil
Thursday, November 23, 2006, 17h15 to 18.45.

After the event there will be a "networking" ap?ro.

Please consult the attachment for more information and details for the 
registration.

Yours sincerely,
Eric Dubuis

-- 
Diesen Event d?rfen Sie nicht verpassen!
22. Face-to-Face-Meeting am Dienstag 28.11.2006 in Biel
*Mobile Information Society - For You!
*Detailprogramm und Anmeldung unter http://www.ti.bfh.ch/forschung
--
Eric Dubuis, Berner Fachhochschule, Technik und Informatik,
Postfach, CH-2501 Biel, Schweiz. Tel: +41-32-321 6318.
E-Mail: eric.dubuis at bfh.ch, WWW: http://prof.ti.bfh.ch/due1.

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From philippe.dugerdil at hesge.ch  Mon Nov  6 13:05:32 2006
From: philippe.dugerdil at hesge.ch (Dugerdil Philippe (HES))
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 13:05:32 +0100
Subject: [Choose-news] CANCELLATION - Nov 9 - HEG- GVA - Nicolas Gold -
	CHOOSE talk - Understanding programs with concept assignment
	and related technologies
In-Reply-To: <E2136BC5EACFFD44A66171AA0BAADB1CCA2F7B@heron.ge-em.ad.etat-ge.ch>
Message-ID: <E2136BC5EACFFD44A66171AA0BAADB1CE2BE23@heron.ge-em.ad.etat-ge.ch>


Due to the fact that the speaker has fallen ill during this week end, the CHOOSE executive board is sorry to announce that the presentation by Nicolas Gold (King's College London) on 'Understanding programs with concept assignment and related technologies' that should have taken place on Tuesday Nov 9th, 2006 17:15 at: 

HEG - Haute ?cole de gestion
Univ. of Applied Sciences
Campus Battelle, Building F.
7, rte de Drize
1227 Geneva 
Room C210 

is CANCELLED.




From laurie at tratt.net  Mon Nov  6 14:34:35 2006
From: laurie at tratt.net (Laurence Tratt)
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 13:34:35 +0000
Subject: [Choose-news]  Call for Papers: TOOLS Europe 2007
Message-ID: <20061106133455.GB10855@phase.home.tratt.net>

============================================================================

                             TOOLS EUROPE 2007
                   Objects, Models, Components, Patterns
                  ETH Zurich, Switzerland 24-28 June 2007
				  
                           http://tools.ethz.ch/

============================================================================


  Call for Papers

TOOLS EUROPE 2007 will be devoted to the combination of technologies that
have emerged as a result of object technology becoming "mainstream". Like
its predecessors, TOOLS EUROPE 2007 combines an emphasis on quality with a
strong practical focus.

This is the 45th TOOLS conference. Started in 1989, TOOLS conferences, held
in Europe, the USA, Australia, China and Eastern Europe, have played a major
role in the development of object technology field; many of the seminal
concepts were first presented at TOOLS. After an interruption of four years,
the conference is now revived to reflect the maturing of the field and the
new challenges ahead.

Contributions are solicited on all aspects of object technology and
neighbouring fields, in particular model-based development, component-based
development, and patterns (design, analysis and other applications); more
generally, any contribution addressing topics in advanced software
technology fall within the scope of TOOLS. Reflecting the practical emphasis
of TOOLS, contributions showcasing applications along with a sound
conceptual contribution are particularly welcome. For a non-exclusive list
of potential topic areas see the conference Web page.


  Submission Guidelines

All contributions will be subject to a rigorous selection process by the
international Program Committee, with a stress on originality, practicality
and overall quality. Every paper will be reviewed by at least 4 committee
members. The acceptance rate will be published in the conference
proceedings; TOOLS is committed to a fair and extensive peer-review process
establishing a high standard in the area of modern practices in software
engineering.

By submitting a paper to TOOLS, authors warrant that the work is original
and that the paper or a similar contribution is neither published nor
considered for publication elsewhere. Submissions should follow the
publication format of the Journal of Object Technology (JOT). Papers should
be limited in size to 20 single-spaced pages. Further details are available
from the website.


  Important Dates

Deadline for technical papers: February 1, 2007, midnight Zurich time
Author notification:           April 15, 2007
Camera-ready copy due:         May 15, 2007

The proceedings will be published as a special issue of the Journal of
Object Technology.

TOOLS EUROPE will also include workshops and tutorials (June 24), a poster
session, and a venture forum (June 28). See the corresponding calls for
contributions.


  Chairpersons

Conference chair: Bertrand Meyer
Program chair:    Jean Bezivin
Publicity chairs: Philippe Lahire, Laurence Tratt


  Program committee

Patrick Albert, Gustavo Alonso, Uwe Assman, Don Batory, Claude Baudoin,
Bernhard Beckert, Jean-Pierre Briot, Stefano Ceri, Siobhán Clarke, 
Pierre Cointe, Charles Consel, Bernard Coulette, Patrick Cousot, 
Krystof Czarnecki, Tharam Dillon, Klaus Dittrich, Gregor Engels, 
Jacky Estublier, Jose Fiadeiro, Judit Nyekyne Gaizler, Viktor Gergel, 
Carlo Ghezzi, Yossi Gil, Martin Gogolla, Jeff Gray, Rachid Guerraoui, 
Pedro Guerreiro, Alan Hartmann, Reiko Heckel, Connie Heitmeyer, 
Valerie Issarny, Gerti Kappel, Joseph Kiniry, Ivan Kurtev, Philippe Lahire, 
Ralf Lämmel, Gary Leavens, Rustan Leino, Mingshu Li, Tiziana Margaria, 
Erik Meijer, Silvio Meira, Christine Mingins, Peter Müller, Elie Najm, 
Oscar Nierstrasz, Jonathan Ostroff, Richard Paige, Alfonso Pierantonio, 
Jaroslav Pokorny, Ralf Reussner, Richard Riehle, Nicolas Rouquette, 
Anthony Savidis, Doug Schmidt, Bran Selic, Richard Mark Soley, 
Clemens Szyperski, Dave Thomas, T.H. Tse, Antonio Vallecillo, 
Alan Cameron Wills, Amiram Yehudai

From gall at ifi.unizh.ch  Mon Nov 20 12:33:48 2006
From: gall at ifi.unizh.ch (Harald Gall)
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 12:33:48 +0100
Subject: [Choose-news]  CHOOSE Forum 2006 - December 18, 2006
Message-ID: <F1927AF3-CF90-4A32-85F2-89A7A5F4A540@ifi.unizh.ch>


------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
-------------------------
			CHOOSE Forum 2006
				on
	"Assessing Software Quality in Products and Processes"
                                 and
                       CHOOSE General Assembly

		http://www.choose.s-i.ch/events.html
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
-------------------------


CALL OF PARTICIPATION

Conference of the Swiss Group for Object-Oriented Systems and  
Environments (CHOOSE)

Monday December 18, 2006 ? Full day
Allegro Grand Casino Kursaal Bern
Bern

On-line registration and a preliminary program for this event are now  
available on the CHOOSE web site: http://www.choose.s-i.ch/events.html


Abstract
--------------------------------------
Software quality is a major challenge for the kinds of software  
systems that are developed these days. Modern software systems are  
increasingly large, complex, heterogeneous and open. Both product and  
process quality attributes have a major impact on development and  
release cycles.

This CHOOSE Forum offers a series of presentations from experts that  
come from academia and industry and share their insights into  
software quality assessment. Newest technologies together with  
lessons learned cover aspects in products and processes. This forum  
addresses questions such as:

.) What are effective means for quality assessment?
.) What is the state-of-the-art and the state-of-the-practice in  
quality engineering?
.) What is the impact of software architecture on quality attributes?
.) How can Reengineering contribute to quality assessment?

The day will conclude with a discussion session in which paths should  
be sketched where to go from here for better quality engineering.

The day also includes the CHOOSE General Assembly, including reports  
from the President and the Treasurer, and elections for the CHOOSE  
Executive Board.

Preliminary Schedule
--------------------------------------

Time	Session
08.30 ? 09.00	Registration and Coffee
09.00 ? 09.15	Welcome and Opening
		Oscar Nierstrasz, University of Berne, Switzerland (CHOOSE President)
		Harald Gall, University of Zurich, Switzerland (CHOOSE Forum  
Organizer)
09.15 ? 10.00	David Notkin, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
			Software Architecture and Quality
10.00 ? 10.30	Coffee Break
10.30 ? 12.00	Serge Demeyer, University of Antwerp, Belgium
			Reengineering for Quality
		Jana Koehler, IBM Research Lab Zurich, Switzerland
			Anti-Patterns and typical failures in Business Process Modeling
		Hans Sassenburg, Software Improvement Group AG, Switzerland
			If Software Quality Is So Important, Why Is It So Often Neglected?
12.00 ? 13.30	Buffet Lunch and CHOOSE General Assembly
13.30 ? 15.00	Jacky Estublier, Grenoble University, France
			Are Software Processes really improving Software quality?
		Sander Tichelaar, Credit Suisse, Switzerland
			Quality Lessons from Lean Manufacturing
		Michele Lanza, University of Lugano, Switzerland and
		Radu Marinescu, TU Timisoara, Romania
			Object Oriented Metrics in Practice
15.00 ? 15.30	Coffee Break
15.30 ? 16.00	Panel
17.00 ? 17.15	Closing


--------------------------------------

Agenda for the CHOOSE General Assembly
--------------------------------------
Please note that the General Assembly will be held during the CHOOSE  
Forum. All CHOOSE members are kindly invited to participate.
1. President's report. Activities since the last General Assembly.
2. Treasurer's report for 2005.
3. Miscellaneous.







From gerber at iam.unibe.ch  Thu Dec 21 10:04:17 2006
From: gerber at iam.unibe.ch (Sabine Gerber)
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 10:04:17 +0100
Subject: [Choose-news]  Informatik-Kolloquium
Message-ID: <002401c724df$02437230$4a425c82@cgg.unibe.ch>

Einladung zum n?chsten Vortrag:

23. Januar 2007, 17:30 Uhr
Uni Engehalde, Engehaldenstrasse 8, 3012 Bern, H?rsaal 001, 1. UG

Titel:
Usability Assessments und User Centered Development - Methoden und deren
Anwendung in der Praxis

Referent:
Philipp Murkowsky, Zeix AG, Z?rich

Abstract:
Die Verbreitung von Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien hat in den
letzten zehn Jahren massiv zugenommen. Handy, Computer und
Internet-Anschluss geh?ren mittlerweile zur Standard-Ausr?stung und sind aus
im privaten und beruflichen Alltag nicht mehr wegzudenken.

Die rasante Ausbreitung dieser "neuen" Technologien ver?ndert auch die
Anspr?che an deren Nutzbarkeit. Damit eine Technologie auf dem Massenmarkt
Erfolg haben kann, ist ein hohes Mass an Bedienungsfreundlichkeit
erforderlich. Viele Unternehmen haben dies inzwischen erkannt und versuchen,
ihre Produkte mit der Hilfe von Spezialisten benutzerfreundlich zu
gestalten.

Im Rahmen dieses Referates soll anhand von konkreten Beispielen und
Fallstudien aufgezeigt werden, wie Usability-Methoden in der Praxis
eingesetzt werden, um die Benutzerfreundlichkeit von Websites, Software und
dezidierten Ger?ten zu optimieren. Der Schwerpunkt liegt dabei auf Usability
Assessments von bestehenden und der Nutzer-zentrierten Entwicklung von neuen
Produkten.

Der Referent, Philipp Murkowsky, hat an der Universtit?t Bern allgemeine
Psychologie und Sozialpsychologie studiert und arbeitet seit ?ber zwei
Jahren als Usability Consultant bei der Firma Zeix in Z?rich. Zeix ist mit
18 Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeitern die gr?sste unabh?ngige
Usability-Consulting Firma in der Schweiz und testet und entwickelt Produkte
f?r namhafte Auftraggeber wie Swisscom, SBB, Scout24, Credit Suisse und die
Verwaltungen von Bund und Kantonen.  

Freundliche Gr?sse und frohe Festtage
Sabine Gerber


Institut f?r Informatik und angewandte Mathematik
Neubr?ckstr. 10, 3012 Bern
http://www.iam.unibe.ch

Sekr. CGG / Pr?fungssekretariat, Sabine Gerber
Tel. 031 631 49 14 / Fax  031 631 39 65
E-Mail: gerber at iam.unibe.ch