WEA 2016 - 4th International Workshop on Ecosystem Architectures (WEA 2016)

Organizers & Contact
Jens Knodel, Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering, Germany
Mircea Lungu - University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Tom Mens, University of Mons, Belgium
Slinger Jansen, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
The WEA Workshop series is a venue for both practitioners and researchers discussing problems, solutions and lessons learned related to software development in the context of multiple systems which are inter-dependent, interrelated or integrated. The goal of the workshop series is to define challenges and find solutions for managers, engineers, integrators, and architects who work in such open-source or industrial ecosystems. We solicit submissions on technical topics related to scaling system architecture to the level of software ecosystems. What are relevant methods, processes, techniques and/or tools for architecting at scale? Which technical strategies are required to cope with the complexity of ecosystem architectures? How can architectural concepts assure end-to-end quality across system borders while keeping maintenance and evolution of the comprising systems independent from each other? What kind of capabilities do we need in terms of tools to analyze software ecosystems statically or monitor/diagnose them at run time?
We envision a high-quality technical program due a thorough reviewing process. Participants can expect to benefit from interesting and fruitful discussions, exchange their experiences, meet researchers working in the same area, and make new friends. The technical program shall cover a wide range of current research that pertains to technologies and architecture of software ecosystem.