Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica

Abstract: Increasingly software can be considered to be critical, due to the business or other functionality which it supports. Upgrades or changes to such software are expensive and risky, primarily because the software has not been designed and built for ease of change. Expertise, tools and methodologies which support the design and implementation of software systems that evolve without risk (of failure or loss of quality) are essential. We address a research agenda for building software in computer-based systems that (a) is highly reliable and (b) retains this reliability as it evolves, either over time or at run-time. Bio: Dr. Michael G. Hinchey Co-Director Lero-the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre LRG-003 International Science Centre University of Limerick Limerick Ireland DVP Term Expires December 2008 Dr. Hinchey received his B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Limerick, Ireland , his M.Sc. in Computation from University of Oxford, England, and his Ph.D. in Computer Science from University of Cambridge, England. Dr. Hinchey is currently the Director of the Software Engineering Laboratory at theNASA Goddard Space Flight Center.