iCSC2005 Advanced Software Theme

Coordinators:
Brice Copy - CERN
Gerhard Brandt - University of Heidelberg

A few questions

Have you ever heard of Enterprise Computing, Is it relevant to physics computing?
Do you know what Design Pattern is?
Do you want to know more about the latest CVS developments?
Do you know which tools to use to get your code readable, to understand existing code?
Are you sure to know and master modern debugging tools?
Are you sure the software you write has no security holes?

All the answers in the Advanced Software Theme at iCSC

This theme focuses on recent developments and practical issues in software engineering extending the coverage during CSC2004. Topics concerning every step in the software life cycle are addressed. Entreprise computing concepts, design patterns and security issues should be considered the design stage. Iterative development and CVS in the integration stage. And finally code review and debugging are unavoidable issues in the maintenance stage of the software life cycle.

Though presenting the underlying concepts and situating them in the general landscape, this is also a practical theme, giving concrete example based on the use of existing tools.

Overview

Lectures in the theme are organized into three blocks, which match to the three steps of software engineering: Design, Integration, Maintenance.

Slot	Block	Lecture	Description	Lecturer
			Thursday 24 February
09:00 - 09:55	Design Block	Lecture 1	An Introduction to Entreprise Computing	Giovanni Chierico
10:05 - 11:00		Lecture 2	Design Patterns	Ruben Leivas Ledo Brice Copy
11:30 - 12:25		Lecture 3	Security in Computer Applications	Sebastian Lopienski
12:30 - 14:00			Lunch
14:00 - 14:55	Integration Block	Lecture 4	Change Control: Iterative Development/ Advanced CVS	Brice Copy Sebastian Lopienski
15:05 - 16:00	Integration Block	Special session	Semi-interactive session on integration	Brice Copy
16:30 - 17:25	Overall Theme	Discussion	Panel discussion: "Are novel Software Development techniques relevant to HEP?" Moderator: Gerhard Brandt	iCSC panelists Ioannis Baltopoulos Brice Copy Zornitsa Zaharieva Pere Mato Vila Alberto Pace
17:30			Adjourn
			Friday 25 February
14:00 - 14:55	Maintenance Block	Lecture 5	Code Reviews: Best Practices	Gerhard Brandt
15:05 - 16:00	Maintenance Block	Lecture 6	Debugging Techniques	Paolo Adragna