Institute for Software Research: Introduction Richard N. Taylor Director and Professor Debra A. Brodbeck Technical Relations Director Software Architecture Challenges 6/8/09 http://www.isr.uci.edu/

Forum Mission Advance software and information technology through research partnerships About ISR Established 1999 Located at the University of California, Irvine 25 faculty members from 8 universities Approx 60 graduate students at UCI Areas of Expertise Software Architecture, Web Technologies, CSCW, HCI, Ubicomp, Open Source Software, Game Culture and Technologies, Design, and more Software Architecture Challenges 6/8/09 http://www.isr.uci.edu/

Key Sponsors Software Architecture Challenges 6/8/09 http://www.isr.uci.edu/

Events Distinguished Speaker Series 4–6 Speakers annually, Fall through late Spring 2:00 – 3:30, Friday, UCI campus Annual Research Forum Keynote, Presentations by faculty and senior Ph.D. students, and Lightning Talks Posters and Demonstrations by graduate students Graduate Student Research Symposium (GSRS) Organized For Students, By Students Periodic Topical Workshops Software Architecture Challenges 6/8/09 http://www.isr.uci.edu/

Participation in community events Forum Co-sponsor events With USC CSSE and IEEE Software Software Architecture Challenges in the 21st Century Workshop Participation in community events The Aerospace Corporation’s Ground System Architectures Workshop (GSAW) Director Richard Taylor on ACE Working Group panel on Service-Oriented Architecture Prof. Walt Scacchi tutorial on Open Source Software Development (OSSD) Software Architecture Challenges 6/8/09 http://www.isr.uci.edu/

Research Partnerships Forum Research Partnerships Sponsored Research, Joint Research Projects, Field Study Sites, Technology Transition, Grad Student Internships, Visiting Affiliates, ISR Sponsorship Example: "Decentralized Virtual Activities and Technologies: A Socio-Technical Approach” $3 million, 3 year, NSF project ISR Profs. Walt Scacchi, Cristina V. Lopes, Gloria Mark, Bonnie A. Nardi, Richard N. Taylor, David Redmiles, Alfred Kobsa Industry partners: Avaya Labs, Discovery Science Center, Intel, Northrop-Grumman Cyber Warfare Integration Center, The Aerospace Corp., Unimodal, Inc. Long history of funding through NSF, DARPA, others Software Architecture Challenges 6/8/09 http://www.isr.uci.edu/

Forum Today “Architectural Styles and Runtime Software Adaptation” ISR Director Richard N. Taylor “Supporting Sketching as a Legitimate Architectural Practice” ISR Prof. André van der Hoek Panel discussion: The Role(s) of Software Architecture in Web, Grid, Cloud, and Volunteer Computing Meet our students! Software Architecture Challenges 6/8/09 http://www.isr.uci.edu/

For More Information Forum Contact ISR website: www.isr.uci.edu Richard N. Taylor, Director taylor@uci.edu http://www.isr.uci.edu/~taylor Debra A. Brodbeck, Technical Relations Director brodbeck@uci.edu http://www.isr.uci.edu/~brodbeck ISR website: www.isr.uci.edu ISR email list, ISR Connector newsletter Software Architecture Challenges 6/8/09 http://www.isr.uci.edu/