Institute for Software Research:
Introduction
Richard N. Taylor
Director and Professor
Debra A. Brodbeck
Technical Relations Director
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Mission
Advance software and information technology through research
partnerships
About ISR
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Established 1999
Located at the University of California, Irvine
25 faculty members from 8 universities
Approx 60 graduate students at UCI
Areas of Expertise
Software Architecture, Web Technologies, CSCW, HCI, Ubicomp,
Open Source Software, Game Culture and Technologies, Design,
and more
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Key Sponsors
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Events
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Distinguished Speaker Series
4–6 Speakers annually, Fall through late Spring
2:00 – 3:30, Friday, UCI campus
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Annual Research Forum
Keynote, Presentations by faculty and senior Ph.D. students,
and Lightning Talks
Posters and Demonstrations by graduate students
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Graduate Student Research Symposium (GSRS)
Organized For Students, By Students
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Periodic Topical Workshops
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Co-sponsor events
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With USC CSSE and IEEE Software
Software Architecture Challenges in the 21st Century
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Participation in community events
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The Aerospace Corporation’s Ground System Architectures
Workshop (GSAW)
Director Richard Taylor on ACE Working Group panel on
Service-Oriented Architecture
Prof. Walt Scacchi tutorial on Open Source Software
Development (OSSD)
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Research Partnerships
 Sponsored Research, Joint Research Projects, Field Study
Sites, Technology Transition, Grad Student Internships, Visiting
Affiliates, ISR Sponsorship
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Example: "Decentralized Virtual Activities and Technologies:
A Socio-Technical Approach”
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$3 million, 3 year, NSF project
ISR Profs. Walt Scacchi, Cristina V. Lopes, Gloria Mark, Bonnie A.
Nardi, Richard N. Taylor, David Redmiles, Alfred Kobsa
Industry partners: Avaya Labs, Discovery Science Center, Intel,
Northrop-Grumman Cyber Warfare Integration Center, The
Aerospace Corp., Unimodal, Inc.
Long history of funding through NSF, DARPA, others
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Today
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“Architectural Styles and Runtime Software Adaptation”
ISR Director Richard N. Taylor
“Supporting Sketching as a Legitimate Architectural Practice”
ISR Prof. André van der Hoek
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Panel discussion: The Role(s) of Software Architecture in Web,
Grid, Cloud, and Volunteer Computing
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Meet our students!
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For More Information
Contact
Richard N. Taylor, Director
taylor@uci.edu
http://www.isr.uci.edu/~taylor
Debra A. Brodbeck, Technical Relations Director
brodbeck@uci.edu
http://www.isr.uci.edu/~brodbeck
ISR website: www.isr.uci.edu
ISR email list, ISR Connector newsletter
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