Strategic Directions in Software at Scale (SaS)
Abstract
In August 2010, the Office of Information Systems and Cyber Security (ISCS) within the Office of the Director, Defense Research and Engineering (DDR&E) sponsored the Strategic Directions in Software at Scale (SaS) Workshop, hosted by the University of California, Berkeley. The goals of the workshop were to: identify new ideas and promising research directions in software engineering and computer science achievable in the short-, mid-, and long-term; identify opportunities for collaboration and engage in rich intellectual exchange of technical ideas; create a foundation for developing a DoD roadmap for SaS; and begin to build a case for increasing DoD investment in software engineering and computer science research to strengthen the DoD's software technology base. Fifteen invited speakers gave presentations in the areas of software synthesis, robust and continuous behavior, temporal semantics, scalable composition, and software engineering process and methodology. Each speaker advocated a particular technical approach that could be the basis for a "Strategic Direction" in software research. To capture the quality and promise of the technical approaches, attendees were asked to rate each presentation with respect to six evaluation criteria, and a weighted rank analysis revealed the three best technical approaches overall as well as the top three performers for each individual evaluation criterion. ISCS found the workshop extremely useful and felt that it benefitted software researchers and the Department of Defense by assisting with community coordination and increased awareness.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 2010
- Accession Number
- ADA533761
Entities
People
- Edward A. Lee
- Lindsay E. Jones
- Michael J. May
Organizations
- Office of the Director