Future of Software Design Workshop 2017

The goal of the worksop is to formulate ideas for software design of future systems – ideas that help our community revitalize its ownership of responsible design, importance of structure and behavior systems so that they support future innovations. We are awash in the now mainstream trends that involve AI, autonomy, data everywhere, etc. These trends are being led largely by industry. The real innovations are usually proprietary and profit driven. Much of the architecture/design research community (at least as manifest in the academic conferences) continues to make safe, incremental offerings based on the foundational pillars the same community established in the past.
We come together to discuss and postulate about the future of design. What are the gems – the needed pillars - of software design, what are the obstacles to realizing them, and how do they harness the mainstream trends of our milieu and project them soundly?

Our hope is to gather a small number of thoughtful people (roughly two dozen) with somewhat diverse backgrounds. We intentianally aimed to:

Keep the group small with ample social gathering (dinners, etc.) for discussion to continue informally
Bring big ideas about software design (not just architecture) and related areas
Provide enough structure to reveal different ideas but allow the conversations to flow

It would be nice to get a modest publication or continued collaboration.

Important Dates

Confirm participation (RSVP) - December 22, 2017
Optional lightning talks and position papers due - January 8, 2018
Workshop: January 12 - 14, 2018

More Information

Hotel and venue

The workshop will take place in Pittsburgh, PA at the Hotel Monaco.

About the Software Engineering Institute

For over three decades, the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) has been helping government and industry organizations to acquire, develop, operate, and sustain software systems that are innovative, affordable, enduring, and trustworthy. It serves the nation as a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and is based at Carnegie Mellon University, a global research university annually rated among the best for its programs in computer science and engineering.

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