Category Archives: Software Engineering

Talk at NEC & IDC Event on Smarter and Safer Societies

Posted on July 16, 2016 by Ali

Smart Cities initiatives can mean different things to different people and solutions providers. However, there is no doubt that a smart city solution should not only focus on providing the core service but should also contribute to the safety of … Continue reading →

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Systemization of Knowledge about Architecting Cloud-Based Systems

Posted on May 1, 2016 by Ali

We have been expanding our research on engineering systems with/for Cloud based infrastructures. One of the key challenges of engineering cloud-based systems is designing and evaluating appropriate architectures. Being a relatively new area, knowledge about designing and evaluating cloud-based systems … Continue reading →

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Smart Campuses – Experimental Platforms for Smart Cities

Posted on January 9, 2016 by Ali

Smart Cities initiatives are gaining popularity in almost every corner of the World – increasing urbanisation and myriad of socio-economic challenges are forcing governments and public sector organisations to leverage Information Communication Technologies (ICT) for conceiving and materialising innovative solutions … Continue reading →

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Designing and Evolving Architectures for Big Data Applications

Posted on September 30, 2015 by Ali

Big Data applications are playing critical role for all sorts of organisations. Whilst data scientist is considered a critical role for big data applications, the role of software architect has become even more critical as appropriate design and careful implementation … Continue reading →

Posted in Architectural knowledge, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Connected Cities, Design patterns, Design rationale, Knowledge Sharing, Service-Oriented Architecture, Software Architecture, Software Engineering | Leave a comment

Reference Architecture for Cloud-Based Tools as a Service Workspace Completed

Posted on August 4, 2015 by Ali

A few years ago we started an exciting and challenging project to design and implement a reference architecture for providing Tools as a Service (TaaS). That project was aimed at developing and evaluating an infrastructure that can host and provision … Continue reading →

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Collaborative Project with NICTA on Architecting for DevOps Starts

Posted on May 24, 2015 by Ali

We have recently started a collaborative project with the Software Systems Research Group of National ICT Australia in Sydney. The project is aimed at understanding and addressing new challenges for designing architectures of complex systems that would be following the … Continue reading →

Posted in Architectural knowledge, Continuous Development, Continuous Software Engineering, Design patterns, Design rationale, DevOps, Service-Oriented Architecture, Software Architecture, Software Engineering | Leave a comment

Australasian Software Engineering Conference Coming to Adelaide

Posted on May 4, 2015 by Ali

After several months of deliberations and discussions, I’m glad to announce that finally Australasian Software Engineering Conference (ASWEC) will be coming to Adelaide in late September this year; the exact dates are September 28 to October 1 2015. ASWEC will … Continue reading →

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Research Methods for Software Engineering Students

Posted on April 26, 2015 by Ali

The Software Engineering community is increasingly recognising the value of empirical evidence to support research and practice. Empirical evidence provides a means to evaluate the utility of promising research areas and to help practitioners to make informed technology adoption decisions. … Continue reading →

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Reference Architecture for Cloud-Based Workspace of Tools

Posted on April 12, 2015 by Ali

A few years ago, we started working on designing a cloud-based infrastructure for providing Engineering tools as services, an approach we called Tools as a Service (TaaS). We have made significant progress towards materialising the concept of developing an infrastructure … Continue reading →

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Making Software and Software Engineering Visible

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Ali

Software is becoming increasing pervasive. We have been witnessing dramatic changes and improvements in our lives courtesy to software based devices, services, and systems. Several reports are appearing that emphasise the importance of software engineering for continuously driving the ICT … Continue reading →

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