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From: "Sami Beydeda" <beydeda@gmx.de>
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Subject: Call for Chapter "Aspect-Oriented Software Development"

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CALL FOR CHAPTERS
Chapter submission deadline: March 1st, 2006
Notification deadline: May 1st, 2006
Aspect-Oriented Software Development
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A book edited by 
Sami Beydeda, Zentrum fuer Informationsverarbeitung und 
  Informationstechnik (ZIVIT), Germany
Volker Gruhn, University of Leipzig, Germany
URL: http://www.paperdyne.com/aobook06.html
Introduction
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One of the problems frequently met in the development of a software 
system, particularly of one with an industrial scale size, is to 
ensure system properties whose implementation "cross-cut" the 
implementation of that system's functionality. "Cross-cut", as used 
by Kiczales et al., refers in this context to an adverse effect on 
properties such as understandability and maintainability of the 
system. A prominent sample of such properties is efficiency. 
An approach to tackle this problem is aspect-oriented software 
development as proposed by Kiczales et al. It aviods this problem by 
handling implementation of system functionality orthogonally from the
implementation of the desired property. Both system functionality and
the property desired are formulated in the specific languages and the
system is obtained by "weaving" them.
The Overall Objective of the Book
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The objective of the book is twofold. Firstly, It aims at outlining 
the problems and open issues encountered in aspect-oriented 
development. Aspect-oriented development significantly differs from 
other paradigms and has its own specific problems not encountered in 
other paradigms. The differences are not always obvious and need to 
be outlined. Secondly, it aims at summarizing current research in the
area of aspect-oriented development. In recent years, significant 
progress has been achieved in this area at a conceptual as well as a 
technical level.
The Target Audience
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The target audience will be professionals and researchers working in 
the area of aspect-oriented development. The problems and open issues
outlined together with the summary of the contributions to the area 
will give a clear insight into the progress achieved and the possible
directions of future research. 
The Contents of the Book
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The book will have five parts according to the typical phases in 
software development. These parts will be Requirements analysis, 
Design, Implementation, Testing, and Maintenance. The aim of this 
structure is to give the reader the current state of the art in 
research in a concrete topic in aspect-oriented software development.
The focus here is particularly on current research irrespective of 
technologies, the book will not focus on current tools or market 
trends.
Publication
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The editors are in contact with Springer to publish accepted chapters
as a book similar to two books already published by Springer:
"Model-Driven
Software
Development"
(http://www.springer.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,1-40109-22-57480279-0,00.html)
"Testing Commercial-off-the-Shelf Components and
Systems"
(http://www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,5-146-22-33835936-0,00.html)
Submission Procedure
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Chapter submission deadline: March 1st, 2006
Notification deadline: May 1st, 2006
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit a chapter on or 
before March 1st, 2006. The submissions will undergo a thorough 
review process and authors will be notified by May 1st, 2006.
Submission URL: http://www.paperdyne.com/aobook06.html
Contact Info
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Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically to:
Sami Beydeda
E-mail: sb@stecc.de
Volker Gruhn
E-mail: gruhn@ebus.informatik.uni-leipzig.de
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