Workshop on the Quality and Process in Engineering of Complex Network Systems, Tempe, Arizona

组织者Sourav Bhattacharya （sourav@asu.edu）、Jeffrey M. Capone （jcapone@asu.edu）和Kevin Dooley （kevin.dooley@asu.edu）将举办一个探索性研讨会，探讨复杂网络系统工程和操作中质量和过程方面的研究问题。本次研讨会的焦点和动机源于认识到软件过程和质量研究对软件开发的巨大实际效用和影响——导致了“软件工程”的主题领域。本研究的目的是在网络工程和运营领域创造类似的影响。在网络工程与运营（NEO）中，设计过程和质量导向的研究在很大程度上是缺失的。NEO过程中的最新技术类似于软件开发的非结构化方法，这种方法现在显然已经过时了，而且经常被认为是有害的。一个好的NEO流程应该允许网络开发人员或工程师从一组需求开始，指定它们，分析它们，考虑高级设计替代方案，采用实现，有效地操作网络，并以具有成本效益，可控和进化的方式对它们进行测试。本次研讨会的重点是讨论近地天体的研究问题。研究人员将沿着“底层网络技术”和“网络系统工程”领域解决研究问题。此类研究问题的示例将包括但不限于以下内容：QoS和QoS测试；端到端集成;商用现货（COTS）组件兼容性和接口；交通调节和大规模流量控制；生命周期管理、配置控制和网络资源管理工具；管理网络的可扩展性和成长性；设计和测试可用性、保证和经济有效的维护。研讨会将促进学术界、工业界和政府的积极参与。它将包括来自核心网络技术领域、系统工程、网络运营和过程与质量领域的受邀关键研究人员。本研究的基本性质是高度跨学科的，需要计算机科学、电气工程和过程与质量（制造）领域的专家。本次研讨会向所有感兴趣的各方和贡献者开放。本次研讨会的成果将包括确定东北地区的一些研究问题，以及开展下一步工作的路线图。

The organizers, Sourav Bhattacharya (sourav@asu.edu), Jeffrey M. Capone (jcapone@asu.edu), and Kevin Dooley (kevin.dooley@asu.edu) will hold an exploratory workshop to investigate the research issues in quality and process aspects in the engineering and operation of complex network systems. The focus and motivation for this workshop stems from recognizing the immense practical utility and impact that software process and quality research has made to the development of software - leading to the subject area of "software engineering". The objective of this research is to create similar impact in the network engineering and operations area. In Network Engineering & Operations (NEO), design process and quality-oriented research is largely missing. The state-of-the-art in NEO process is similar to the unstructured approach of software development that is clearly outdated now, and often considered harmful. A good NEO process should allow a network developer or engineer to commence with a set of requirements, specify them, analyze them, consider high level design alternatives, adopt an implementation, operate the network efficiently, and test them in a cost effective, controlled and evolutionary manner.The focus of this workshop would be to discuss the research issues in NEO. The researchers will address research issues both along the lines of "Underlying Network Technology" and "Network System Engineering" area. Examples of such research issues will include, but are not limited to, the following: QoS and QoS testing; end-to-end integration; commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) components compatibility and interface; traffic moderation and large-scale flow control; tools for life-cycle management, configuration control and network resource management; management of network scalability and growth; design and testing for availability, assurance, and cost-effective maintenance. The workshop will foster active participation from academia, industry and government. It will include invited key researchers from core network technologies area, as well as systems engineering, network operations and process & quality areas. The basic nature of this research is highly interdisciplinary, calling upon experts in the area of computer science, electrical engineering and process & quality (manufacturing). Participation in this workshop is open to all interested parties and contributors. Outcome of this workshop will include identification of some of the research issues in NE, and a roadmap to carry forward to the next step.