Call for Papers

Special Issue of Transactions on Aspect-Oriented Software Development on

			   Dynamic Aspects


Guest editors: 

      Robert Filman
      Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science
      NASA Ames Research Center
      filman@computer.org

      Robert Hirschfeld
      DoCoMo Euro-Labs
      hirschfeld@acm.org

Call for contributions

Join points are the locus of aspect and base code interaction. Many
join points are describable in terms of the static structure of
programs, such as syntactic method calls, method entry and field
access.  However, sometimes it is desirable to invoke or change aspect
behavior based on the dynamics of program execution. Such situations
include changing behavior based on the call-stack context,
co-occurrence of predicate triggers, concurrent thread status,
predicates over the execution trace and events in the underlying
interpreter such as storage reclamation or process scheduling.

This special issue seeks papers that demonstrate examples of useful dynamic
aspect behavior; explicate appropriate linguistic structures for dynamic
aspects; and describe implementation techniques for dynamic aspects, such as
shadow compilation, dynamically changeable hook points, and modifications
required in the underlying execution environment. The editors are
particularly interested in papers that describe experience with dynamic
aspect systems and illustrate the lessons learned from this experience.

The topics of interest include, but are not limited to

* Application scenarios for and applications of dynamic aspects
* Linguistic structures for dynamic aspects
* Implementation mechanisms for dynamic aspects
* Enabling technologies and environment support for dynamic aspects (e.g., debuggers, IDEs) 
* Models for dynamic aspects
* Validation techniques for dynamic aspects
* Achieving the effect of dynamic aspects in conventional programming environments
* Challenges and research directions

Submission to this special issue is completely open. Extended versions
of previously presented, non-archivally published papers (such as
workshop submissions) are welcome. However, the special issue will
perform rigorous peer review from scratch. Authors are encouraged to
make clear the novelty of their work, its impact on the development of
aspect technology, to place their work appropriately in the
intellectual context of the development of the field, and to take care
that their presentation is clear and concise. Submissions will be
vigorously peer reviewed.


Deadline for submissions   :    October 1, 2005
Author's notification      :    December 31, 2005
Special issue's publication:    Mid 2006
Special issue's web site   :    tbd

The submissions should be sent in both source and pdf to
filman@computer.org via email.  Authors wishes to discuss potential
submissions are encouraged to contact the editors at.  Information
about the journal "Transactions of Aspect-Oriented Software
Development", can be found on the journal's web site:
http://www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,10735,3-164-2-109318-0,00.html