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From: Paul.Boca on 12 Jan 2010 12:45
(Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement)


BCS-FACS Evening Seminar Series


Evolving Critical Systems

Professor Mike Hinchey (Lero, Ireland)


28 January 2010

6pm

BCS London Offices
First Floor,
The Davidson Building
5 Southampton Street
London WC2E 7HA

http://www.bcs.org/upload/pdf/london-office-guide.pdf

Increasingly software can be considered to be critical, due to the
business or other functionality which it supports. Upgrades or changes
to such software are expensive and risky, primarily because the
software has not been designed and built for ease of change.
Expertise, tools and methodologies which support the design and
implementation of software systems that evolve without risk (of
failure
or loss of quality) are essential. We address a research agenda for
building software that (a) is highly reliable and (b) retains this
reliability
as it evolves, either over time or at run-time. We propose Evolving
Critical Systems as an area for research to tackle the challenge and
Outline a number of scenarios to highlight some of the important
research questions that should be asked of the community. Given
that software evolution can be seen as a compromise between
cost and risk, the most pressing question to ask is which processes,
techniques and tools are most cost-effective for evolving critical
systems?"

Refreshments will be served from 5.15pm.

The seminar is free of charge and open to everyone. If you would
like to attend, please email Paul Boca [Paul.Boca(a)googlemail.com]
by >>>26 January<< . Pre-registration is required.

BCS-FACS Website: http://www.bcs-facs.org

Location of venue: http://www.bcs.org/upload/pdf/london-office-guide.pdf

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