Research Track

AOSD is the premier conference on software modularity, with an emphasis on novel notions of modularity that crosscut traditional abstraction boundaries. The AOSD research track brings together leading researchers and practitioners working in the fields of software engineering, programming languages, and software systems. This page lists the papers to be presented in that research track at the 7th edition of AOSD, in 2008. A total of 79 papers were submitted, and 340 in-depth technical reviews were produced to rank the papers according to quality; the majority of papers received four reviews, many of the strong contenders received five reviews or more. Authors had an opportunity to respond to reviews, and this helped clear up some misunderstandings. The research program committee met in Darmstadt to make the final selection of 17 papers. The program reflects how AOSD brings together different communities around the theme of crosscutting concerns:

I would like to thank all members of the research program committee for their efforts, and also all the co-reviewers who generously shared their expertise during the evaluation process. Richard van de Stadt of Borbala Online Conference Services provided superb support for the use of the CyberChair system, going far beyond the call of duty. Gudrun Jörs and Thorsten Schäfer assisted with all the secretarial aspects of the paper selection process, including the organisation of the PC meeting, as did many other members of the Software Technology team of Darmstadt University of Technology.

-Mira Mezini, Program Chair AOSD08