Call for Papers - Architecture Driven Modernization Case Studies Workshop - (ADMCSW'09)

March 26^th, 2009 - Washington, DC USA

The Architecture Driven Modernization Case Studies Workshop is dedicated to real world case studies involving the automated transformation of information systems from existing source code into modernized languages and platforms for the military, federal government, commercial, and state and local governments. The purpose of ADMCSW'09 is to explore innovative methods for the transformation of information systems with an emphasis on critical success factors in modernization projects. The ADMCSW'09 will be held in conjunction with the OMG ADM Government Information Day in Washington DC, March 26^th. ADMCSW'09 papers will be presented to a broad audience of government federal, military and industrial senior IT managers and IT technologists.

TOPICS OF INTEREST

Modernization tools and techniques play an essential role in the technical infrastructure and tasks and activities of modernization projects. Case Study submissions should describe the tools and technologies employed for software representation, knowledge-discovery, metrics, analysis, visualization, refactoring and transformation. Modernization scenarios play a crucial role in structuring modernization projects. Case Study submission should describe the modernization scenarios employed. Topics of ADMCSW'09 include, but are not limited to, case studies describing directions in software modernization involving scenarios for:

• Application Portfolio Management
• Application Improvement
• Language-to-Language Conversion
• Platform Migration
• Non-Invasive Application SOA Integration
• Service Oriented Architecture Transformation
• Data Architecture Migration
• System and Data Architecture Consolidation
• Data Warehouse Deployment
• Application Package Selection and Deployment
• Reusable Software Assests / Components Reuse
• Model Driven Architecture (MDA) Transformation
• Software Quality Assurance

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS

Papers should describe significant work in the practice of software modernization. Papers should be limited to 10 to 15 pages, at most 9000 words. All papers should explicitly describe the modernization scenarios, tools, techniques employed, the key business case drivers, ROI, and should use accepted, standard terminology ADM Glossary, ADMTF Standards Roadmap, ADMTF Scenarios, ADM: Transforming the Enterprise. At least one author of each accepted paper must attend the conference. ADMCSW'09 strongly encourages electronic submissions. To submit a paper, please send an electronic mail message to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. including the paper in the proceedings format (described below).

Papers should be in the MS Word format. ADMCSW'09 is a discussion-oriented working conference. Paper presentations will have a strict time limit (15 minutes each), followed by open joint discussion of the topic area and the several papers presented.

IMPORTANT DATES

Program Co-Chairs:

William Ulrich (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Tactical Strategy Group, Inc.

2901 Park Ave, Suite D3

Soquel, CA 95073

Phone: 831-464-5344

Philip Newcomb (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

The Software Revolution, Inc
11410 NE 122nd Way,
Suite 304
Kirkland, WA 98034
Phone: 425 284 2770

Program Committee:

William Ulrich, Tactical Strategy Group

Philip Newcomb, Software Revolution, Inc.

Michael Blaha, ModelSoft Consulting, Corp.

Elliot Chikofsky, Engineering Management and Integration, Inc.

Nicole Kenetta, Crosstalk Article Coordinator

Vitaly Khusidman, Unisys

Bob Martin, Mitre

Cordell Green, Kestrel Institute

Arrangments:

Ken Berk (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

VP Business Development

140 Kendrick Street,

Building A, Suite 300

Needham, MA 02494

Phone 1-781-444-0404

Workshop Venue

OMG Technical Meeting, Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Washington, DC USA, March 26, 2009. Single/Double Room Rate is US$229.00 (+10.25% tax). The OMG room rate cutoff is Friday, Feb 25^th, 2009.

Hyatt Crystal City at Reagan National Airport

2799 Jefferson Davis Highway

Arlington, Virginia, USA 22202

Tel: +1 703 418 1234

Workshop Registration Fee: $150.00 (This is the one day attendance fee for the Architecture Driven Modernization Case Studies Workshop/ ADM Government Information Day to be held Thursday, March 26^th, 2009.)

For more information contact:

TSRI
Greg Tadlock
Vice President of Sales
Phone: (425) 284-2770
Fax:     (425) 284-2785
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"TSRI Wins Major Cable Communications Software Modernization Project"

Kirkland, WA. (June 16, 2009) – A major Canadian cable telecommunication company has awarded a contract to The Software Revolution, Inc. (TSRI) to generate Application and Transformation Blueprints for that organization’s core business systems as a roadmap for its modernization into a modern object oriented language, platform and database management system.

Under this contract, TSRI provided the As-Is Application Blueprint of the VMS VAX Basic CBS system and a To-Be Transformation Blueprint consisting of side-by-side views of the code and the complete UML, OOA/OOD and SASDM design and architecture of the VMS VAX BASIC CBS along side its transformation into a To-Be Java system. In addition, TSRI provided engineering support services for the preparation of a transformation, re-factoring and reengineering plan to separate the legacy system user interface, business application and data access layers into a scalable N-Tier object-oriented application and convert the RMS database into an Oracle 9i RDBMS. 

Philip Newcomb, TSRI’s Chief Executive Officer said, “TSRI is one of the few, perhaps the only company in industry that actually starts the modernization process for a client by capturing the complete Transformation Blueprint^® as a roadmap towards the target systems code, design and architecture. Our client’s architects using JANUS Studio^® Transformation Blueprint^® work with TSRI to parameterize TSRI’s automated modernization process to their individual needs. Whether we’re modernizing legacy VMS VAX BASIC and RMS database into Java/JEE and Oracle for a business system, or we’re modernizing mission critical systems such the Cobra Dane ballistic missile early warning system or the European air traffic control system, I think the message is finally getting out there. The capabilities TSRI has for modernizing legacy applications into modern object-oriented languages and application architectures, relational and network databases is second to none, and we have the unblemished published track record to prove it.”

For more information about TSRI, visit our web site or contact:

TSRI
Greg Tadlock
Vice President of Sales
Phone: (425) 284-2770
Fax:     (425) 284-2785
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"Thales Air Systems Java Flight Data Processing (JFDP) European-E Air Traffic Management (EATMS) approved for operation in late 2010."

Kirkland, WA. (October 15, 2009) – Thales Air Systems (THALES) of France awarded a ‘follow-on’ contract to The Software Revolution, Inc. (TSRI) in April to modernize the Flight Profile Library (FPL), the core of the Java Flight Data Processor (FDP) of THALES Eurocat-E air traffic control system. Under this contract, TSRI automatically translated the FPL from Ada into Java, refactored the Java to remove dead code, refactored Ada generics into Java generics, and detected and refactored global variables to minimize their visibility as Java member data. Modernization of the FPL module completes a project spanning 4-years in which TSRI supported the modernization of three variations of Eurocat-E, comprising approximately 1.7 million lines of Ada code into real time Java. Automated code translation, code redundancy analysis and code consolidation techniques were applied to modernize the three primary variations of the Eurocat (comprising approximately 1.6 million lines of code) with unprecedented economy of scale and scope and with two to one improvement in key code quality metrics according to published case studies. The European aviation authority required automated code transformation be used to minimize introduction of human error during the modernization of the Eurocat system. The transformed Java Eurocat complies with safety requirements of Eurocontrol (ESARR6) mandates governing SoftWare Assurance Levels (SWAL assessment required for ground applications).

Thales Air Systems S.A. is a major global provider of air traffic management systems and The Software Revolution, Inc. (TSRI) is an industry leader in automated legacy system modernization. Thales Air Systems supplies Eurocat-E as the primary air traffic control system in Europe, Asia and Australia where Eurocat is installed at 260 air traffic control centers worldwide. The JFDP air traffic control system is scheduled to commence operation at the end of 2010 at airports all across Europe and Asia. 

Philip Newcomb, The Software Revolution Chief Executive Officer said, “The Software Revolution is very proud to have played an instrumental role in the modernization of the European air traffic control system for Thales. A key to the success of this project was the use of JANUS Studio^®    for automated transformation, refactoring and creation of the Transformation Blueprint ^® to document the products and process. I believe the FAA could dramatically reduce costs as well as its 15-year schedule for the NextGen air traffic control system upgrade through the use of similar methods to those the Europeans have employed to modernize the European air traffic control system.”

For more information about TSRI, visit our web site or contact:

TSRI
Greg Tadlock
Vice President of Sales
Phone: (425) 284-2770
Fax:     (425) 284-2785
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