[Colloquium] Seminar Announcement: Service-Oriented Computing: Emerging Approaches for Web-Based Software Engineering-TODAY!

[Ninfa Mayorga]

Computation Institute Presentation

Speaker: M. Brian Blake, PhD, University of Notre Dame,Associate Dean  
of Engineering,Prof. Computer Science
Date: November 20, 2009
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: The University of Chicago, Searle Chemistry Lab, Rm 240,  
5735 S. Ellis Ave.

Title: Service-Oriented Computing: Emerging Approaches for Web-Based  
Software Engineering

ABSTRACT
Emerging technologies facilitate an environment where web-based  
software or web services have well-defined, open interfaces and are  
discoverable across the Internet. Service-oriented computing is an  
emerging approach to software engineering that suggests that new  
specialized business processes can be created, on-demand, simply by  
integrating the services provided by others. One might suggest that  
this is a virtual playground for software engineering researchers who  
focus on web-based software. However, in the real world, software  
developers tend to create applications that do not conform to  
consistent developmental practices even if they do use universal  
interface representations (e.g. the eXtensible Markup Language). Our  
research utilizes semantic approaches, enhanced syntactical methods,  
and contextual information to automate the integration of software  
services that are developed randomly from a wide array of diverse  
sources. In a sense, we attempt to tame web services fr om the wild.  
This talk discusses our lines of research and subsequent contributions  
in the areas of service discovery, composition, and evaluation.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
M. Brian Blake is a Professor of Computer Science and Associate Dean  
of Engineering, Strategic Initiatives in the College of Engineering at  
the University of Notre Dame. Dr. Blake conducts applied research in  
the development of automated approaches for the sharing of information  
and capabilities across organizational boundaries, sometimes referred  
to as enterprise integration. With respect to this area of interest,  
his investigations cover the spectrum of software systems engineering:  
design, specification, proof of correctness, implementation/ 
experimentation, performance evaluation, and application. He has  
published over 95 journal articles and refereed conference papers in  
the areas of service-oriented computing, intelligent agents and  
workflow, enterprise systems integration, component-based software  
engineering, distributed data management, and software engineering  
education. Over the past 8 years, his research lab has been awarded  
over $6 million in sponsored research f rom the National Science  
Foundation, DARPA, Federal Aviation Administration, the MITRE  
Corporation, Air Force Research Lab, SAIC, and the National Institute  
of Health. Dr. Blake received a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering  
from Georgia Institute of Technology and PhD in Information and  
Software Engineering from George Mason University.

More information about Dr. Blake can be found at http://www.cse.nd.edu/~mblake3

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Prof. Blake will give another talk entitled "The Need for Computer  
Scientists in a Bold New World" to the University of Chicago community.

Time: Friday, Nov 20th, 4:30pm @ BSLC 115*

Abstract: One decade serving as a faculty member in a computer science  
department is perhaps not a long time in an academic sense. However,  
it does represent a good milestone by which to reflect on the  
challenges of navigating life while on the computer science and  
information technology track. We are in the midst of interesting  
times. Historic changes in Washington, DC, financial and economic  
unrest, the continued growth and reliance on information technology  
just enumerate a few. This talk attempts to put the conditions around  
the world in context for the aspiring scientist. The talk will also  
highlight important research opportunities as they overlap the  
research interest of the presenter. In addition, having navigated this  
journey wearing the “underrepresented minority” tag, this talk is  
flavored with the impact of diversity issues.

Organized by
Student Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery http://acm.cs.uchicago.edu/
Organization of Black Students http://obs1.uchicago.edu/

Light refreshments will be served, courtesy of the UofC Computation  
Institute

* Biological Sciences Learning Center at 924 East 57th Street. Google  
“uchicago bslc” for a map.



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