Workshop participants will be organized into parallel working groups focused on different topics within software architecture. Attendance is limited to 40 and is by invitation on the basis of position papers of between three and five pages. Position papers will be evaluated for their reasoned presentation of a point of view pertinent to the workshop theme.

Topics of interest include:

Case Studies and Experience Architecture Description Languages Formal Foundations and Analyses Architectural Styles and Patterns Product Line Architectures Generic Architectures

Domain-specific Architectures Tools/Environments for Software Architects Architecture Recovery and Reengineering Education and Training Dynamic Architectures and Reconfiguration Architectural Evolution

Submission Procedure: Send submissions electronically (postscript preferred) to either of the Co-Chairs listed below no later then 1 July 1998.

Dewayne E. Perry Bell Laboratories Lucent Technologies dep@research.bell-labs.com

Jeff N. Magee Department of Computing Imperial College jnm@doc.ic.ac.uk

Submissions must not exceed five (5) pages of single-column text, using a minimum of 11pt font at 1.5 spacing. Submissions must not have been published nor be concurrently submitted for publication elsewhere.

Submissions must be accompanied by a cover sheet giving the title, abstract, topic area covered, and address information for one contact author, including surface mail address, email address, and telephone number. A copy of the cover sheet in plain text should be sent by email to either Co-Chair.

Organizing Committee:

Rob Allen	IBM
Bob Balzer	USC Information Sciences Institute
Paola Inverardi	Universita d'Aquila
Henk Obbink	Philips Research
Shelly Qian	SecureSoft, Inc.
Doug Schmidt	Washington University, St. Louis
Dick Taylor	University of California, Irvine
Will Tracz	Lockheed Martin