Frontiers of Software Practice

To help software professionals keep abreast of new developments in both research and practice of Software Engineering, this year’s ICSE introduced the Frontiers of Software Practice series. The series features eight presentations on cutting edge software engineering in the real world, although one of the lessons that the organizers wanted to teach was apparently also the art of being in four different places simultaneously (simultaneous multi-locality?). Unfortunately, the format features four presentations going in parallel, divided in two sessions, one Wednesday and the other today (1:10-1:50PM), which can pose an interesting time-management challenge. The presentations range from collaborative software engineering to modern middleware infrastructures to voice-based access to the Web. Today’s program includes talks on AntiPatterns in software architecture, Dependability of embedded systems, Infrastructure of Microsoft .NET, and Collaborative Software Engineering.

— Davor Cubranic
