In software engineering, we are entering a new age, the age of
software component
integration. Classic
programming is superseded by component composition and integration mechanisms
like aspect-oriented programming, multi-dimensional separations of
concerns, invasive software composition, model-based development,
and generative programming.
Because these techniques reduce complexity and enhance
comprehensibility, they offer a considerable advantage for the
construction of complex systems. This holds for a broad class of systems,
such as business systems, software development systems, but
also for resource-aware systems, such as embedded and real-time systems.
ST, the software technology lab in the institute for software and
multimedia technology (SMT) of Technische Universität Dresden,
devotes itself to this new dawning age of
integrational software
engineering (ISE). It develops
methods, techniques, and tools for software integration, simplifying
the engineering of complex software systems in the
areas of
- product-line engineering, in particular, model-driven development,
- component-based software engineering, and
- semantic technologies.
