I’m glad to say that the CloudMDE workshop we organized at ECMFA has stirred interesting presentations and discussions.
I’ve summarized the online comments in this storified list of tweets:
http://storify.com/marcobrambi/cloudmde-workshop-on-model-driven-engineering-on-a.js[<a href=”http://storify.com/marcobrambi/cloudmde-workshop-on-model-driven-engineering-on-a” target=”_blank”>View the story “CloudMDE workshop on Model-Driven Engineering on and for the Cloud (at ECMFA2012)” on Storify</a>]<h1>CloudMDE workshop on Model-Driven Engineering on and for the Cloud (at ECMFA2012)</h1><h2>CloudMDE (http://cloudmde.como.polimi.it/) aims to identify opportunities for using MDE to support the development of cloud-based applications (MDE for the cloud), as well as opportunities for using cloud infrastructure to enable MDE in new and novel ways (MDE in the cloud). </h2><p>Storified by Marco Brambilla · Tue, Jul 03 2012 01:52:24</p><div>The CloudMDE workshop has been held on July 2, 2012. This is a storified version of the Twitter discussions that happened during the workshop. If you want to know more you can visit: <a target=”_blank” href=”http://cloudmde.como.polimi.it/”>http://cloudmde.como.polimi.it/</a></div><div>About to start the #cloudmde workshop at @ecmfa2012Richard Paige</div><div><h2>The keynote speech by Ali Babar:</h2></div><div>Ali Babar keynote at #cloudmde @ecmfa2012 http://pic.twitter.com/axHfzSDsRichard Paige</div><div>Ali Babar talking about the context of global software engineering: testers & developers cost the same in Scandinavia! #cloudmdeECMFA 2012</div><div>Ali is terrifying his audience about the lack of testing done by some small companies he’s interviewed. #cloudmdeECMFA 2012</div><div>In Denmark, around 92% of (presumably ICT) companies are 10 people or less. How to provide affordable tools and infrastructure? #cloudmdeECMFA 2012</div><div>Discussion of how to support multi-tenancy in a "Tools-as-a-Service" cloud infrastructure. #cloudmdeECMFA 2012</div><div>Ali now discussing a case study where he migrated a software metrics system to the cloud. Might be a scenario for MDE #cloudmdeECMFA 2012</div><div>An opportunity for MDE in cloud may be to make it easier to port applications to different cloud infrastructure. #cloudmdeECMFA 2012</div><div>Ali’s final remarks: cloud computing matters; tools-as-a-service has huge potential; MDE can help with migration or construction #cloudmdeECMFA 2012</div><div><h2>Techincal sessions – Morning:</h2></div><div>Massimo Tisi now talking about a research roadmap for model transformation in the cloud. #cloudmdeECMFA 2012</div><div>Massimo now talking about distributing parts of transformation computation to computational nodes. #cloudmdeECMFA 2012</div><div>Interesting discussion on strategies to distribute a transformation: no local loading, based on props of model elements, etc. #cloudmdeECMFA 2012</div><div>Ekkart Kindler jumped right in with the first controversial question of #cloudmde :-)ECMFA 2012</div><div>Now, Alek Radjenovic presenting a roadmap for using MDE to migrate applications to the cloud. #cloudmdeECMFA 2012</div><div>Alek Radjenovic at #cloudmde http://pic.twitter.com/MVKlWvtvRichard Paige</div><div>#webratio, one of the first commercial full fledged cloud-enabled #MDE tools http://www.webratio.com/content/en/cloud #cloudMDE @ecmfa2012 #MDD #cloudcomputingMarco Brambilla</div><div>Massimo Tisi getting ready to rumble at #cloudmde http://pic.twitter.com/eYVG00aHRichard Paige</div><div>Ekkart should come to every workshop 🙂 #cloudmdeECMFA 2012</div><div>Interesting question from @AVallecillo "What would be lost in migrating [data] to the cloud?" #cloudmdeECMFA 2012</div><div><h2>Technical session. Afternoon:</h2></div><div>Now back after lunch; Sebastien Mosser talking about CloudML. #cloudmdeECMFA 2012</div><div>Plug for REMICS project. Appropriate, given that this is a talk about pluggability. #cloudmdeECMFA 2012</div><div>Sebastian talking about migration of a COBOL application to IaaS. #cloudmdeECMFA 2012</div><div>"I should never rely on colours." — overheard at #cloudmdeECMFA 2012</div><div>Sebastian Mosser presenting at #cloudmde http://pic.twitter.com/DTt4mrSQRichard Paige</div><div>Laszlo Deak presenting work on NoSQL and performance analysis. #cloudmde http://pic.twitter.com/3UZ5m2bURichard Paige</div><div>Even if not there, the <br /> To keep updated on my activities you can subscribe to the <a href=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/WorkingWebEngineeringInItaly”>RSS feed</a> of my blog or follow my twitter account (<a href=”http://www.twitter.com/MarcoBrambi”>@MarcoBrambi</a>). And also remember that WebRatio itself is fully cloud-enabled by now!
