The Design Requirements Project

Fred Brooks, University of North Carolina

Fred Brooks is Kenan Professor at the University of N.C. at Chapel Hill. He was Corporate Project Manager for the IBM System/360, including the computer family hardware, and the Operating System/360 software. He founded the UNC Department of Computer Science in 1964, chairing it 20 years. His research has been in "virtual reality", computer architecture, and software engineering. Books are The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering (1975, 1995); and Blaauw and Brooks, Computer Architecture: Concepts and Evolution, (1997). Brooks has received the National Medal of Technology and the ACM Turing Award.

Position paper: "We Don't Really Know the Goal When We Start"

Keynote Presentation: "The Design of Design"

Steve Easterbrook, University of Toronto

Steve Easterbrook is a Professor of Computer Science at University of Toronto, and Academic Director of Bell University Laboratories. He  received his PhD in 1991 from Imperial College, London, on the topic  of negotiation and conflict resolution for software requirements. In 1999 he joined the faculty at U of T, where he continues his research and teaching in software requirements analysis and inconsistency management. He has published over 50 peer-reviewed papers in software and requirements engineering. He served as general chair for the International Symposium on Requirements Engineering in 2001 and the program chair for the International Conference on Automated Software Engineering in 2006.

Position paper: "Model Management for Continuously Evolving Systems"

Martin Feather, NASA-JPL, California Institute of Technology

Martin S. Feather is a Principal in the Software Quality Assurance group at JPL. He works on developing research ideas and maturing them into practice, with particular interests in the areas of early phase requirements engineering and risk management, and of software validation (analysis, test automation, V&V techniques). Prior to his current 11+ years at JPL, he was a researcher at the University of Southern California 's Information Sciencec Institute. He obtained his BA and MA degrees in mathematics and computer science from Cambridge University , England , and his PhD degree in artificial intelligence from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. For further details, see http://eis.jpl.nasa.gov/~mfeather .

Position paper: "You Can't Always Get What You Want"

Gerhard Fischer, University of Colorado

Gerhard Fischer is the director of the Center for Lifelong Learning and Design, a professor in the Department of Computer Science, and a fellow of the Institute of Cognitive Science, all at the University of Colorado, Boulder . His research interests include: lifelong learning, design, meta-design, software design, creativity, social creativity, distributed intelligence, human-computer  interaction, and design-for-all (assistive technologies).

Position paper: "Meta-Design: Coping with Ill-Defined Problems & Emerging Requirements"

Anthony Finkelstein, University College London

Anthony Finkelstein is a Professor of Software Systems Engineering at University College London and Head of the Department of Computer Science . Dr. Finkelstein established the Software Systems Engineering Group,  and has also been involved in the establishment of the UCL Centre for Systems Engineering and UCLGrid. He is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the IEEE & BCS. I hold a B.Eng. degree in Systems Engineering, an M.Sc. in Systems Analysis, and a Ph.D. in Design Theory. His research is in the area of software systems engineering. He has contributed to software specification methods, software development processes, tool and environment support for software development. His current interests are in the area of managing distributed information in software development.

Walt Scacchi, University of California - Irvine

Walt Scacchi is acting director, senior research scientist, and research faculty member in the Institute for Software Research. He is also the associate director for research at the Computer Game Culture and Technology Laboratory, both at UC Irvine. He received a Ph.D. in Information and Computer Science at University of California , Irvine in 1981. Dr. Scacchi is a member of ACM, IEEE, AAAI, and the Software Process Association (SPA). He is an active researcher with more than 100 research publications. He has directed 45 externally funded research projects. He also has had numerous consulting and visiting scientist positions.

Position paper: "Lessons from Free/Open Source Software Development Projects"

Work Group Presentation: "Evolution of Requirements"

Panel Presentation: Understanding Requirements: Lessons from Free/Open Source Software Development Projects

Matthias Jarke, RWTH-Aachen

Prof. Dr. Matthias Jarke is the head of the Lehrstuhl Informatik V at RWTH Aachen as well as the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology (FIT). Prof. Jarke is founder director of the Bonn-Aachen International Graduate Center for Information Technology (B-IT) which is supported by RWTH Aachen, the University of Bonn, and the Fraunhofer - Gesellschaft. He is also President of the German Informatics Society (GI).

Position Paper: "Requirements Management for Embedded Software: An Interdisciplinary Challenge"

Pericles Loucopoulos, Loughborough Business School

Pericles Loucopoulos joined Loughborough University Business School from the University of Manchester in November 2006. At Manchester University he was Professor of Information Systems Engineering since 1990 and served twice as Head of the Department of Computation. Professor Loucopoulos's research interests focus on the provision of information processing systems that support large, complex and dynamic organisational systems.

John Mylopoulos, University of Toronto

John Mylopoulos received his BEng degree from Brown University in 1966 and his PhD degree from Princeton in 1970, the year he joined the faculty of the University of Toronto. His research interests include information modelling techniques, covering notations, implementation techniques and applications, knowledge based systems, semantic data models, information system design and requirements engineering.

Position paper: "Dynamically Evolving Requirements"

Work Group Presentation: "Dynamically Evolving Requirements"

William Robinson, Georgia State University

Bill Robinson is an associate professor at Georgia State University (CIS). He has written over 60 academic articles, mostly in the areas of Requirements Engineering and Supply Chain Simulation. His journal articles include Communications of the ACM, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Journal of Global Information Management, Concurrent Engineering: Research & Applications, and ACM Computing Surveys. Dr Robinson is secretary of IFIP Working Group 2.9 (Software Requirements Engineering).

Position paper:  "Towards a Theory of Continuously Personalized Design in Mass Markets"

Colette Rolland, Universite Paris-Sorbonne

Colette Rolland is currently Professor in the University Paris1 Pantheon Sorbonne, in the Informatics & Mathematics department. Colette got her PhD Degree (Thèse d'Etat) in Applied Mathematics in 1971 at the University of Nancy, France and moved to Paris University in 1979. She is Director of the CRI (Centre de Recherche en Informatique) of the Sorbonne University which comprises twelve of permanent Associate Professors and Professors and about 25 researchers & PhD students. Her research interests lie on topics such as conceptual modelling, methodologies and CASE tools, method engineering & CAME tools, requirements engineering, business process modelling and change management.

Position paper: "Fitting Business Models to System Functionality: Alignment Issues"

Alistair Sutcliffe, University of Manchester

Alistair Sutcliffe (MA Cantab- Natural Sciences, PhD Wales) is Professor of Systems Engineering, and Director of the HCI Research Centre, in the School of Informatics , University of Manchester , UK . Originally an ethnologist, he has worked in the IT and finance industry, the civil service and City and Manchester Universities . His research spans software engineering, human computer interaction, cognitive and social science, with recent interests in scenario based design, methods for requirements engineering, analysis and modeling complex socio technical systems, visualisation and creative design.

Position paper: "On the Evolution of Requirements Engineering"

Panel Presentation: "Evolution of Requirements"

Yair Wand, University of British Columbia

Yair Wand is CANFOR Professor of MIS at the Sauder School of Business, The University of British Columbia, Canada . He received his D.Sc. in Operations Research from The Technion (Israel Institute of Technology) and his M.Sc. in Physics from the Weizmann Institute ( Israel ). Yair's research interests include theoretical foundations and methods for information systems analysis and design. In particular, he has done work on the use of ontological concepts in systems analysis and design. Presently he is on the editorial boards of the Journal of the AIS , Journal of Data Semantics, Journal of Database Management , Requirements Engineering Journal and Applied Ontology .

Position paper: "A Proposal for a Formal Definition of the Design Concept"

Michel Avital, Case Western Reserve University

Michel Avital is an Assistant Professor of Information Systems at Case Western Reserve University . His research focuses on the social aspects of information technologies and emphasizes a positive stance toward our capacity to construct better organizations and technologies. Michel has published articles on topics such as information system design, creativity, knowledge sharing, and appreciative inquiry. He has an interest in information environments and technologies that promote and encourage respect for human values, self-growth, interpersonal relationships, collaborative action, organizational agility, and social action. Michel is guided by the premise that information technologies are agents of organizational and social innovation, and that their consideration is vital to our success.

Position paper: "Innovation through Generative Systems Design"

John Henderson, Boston University

John Henderson is the Richard C. Shipley Professor of Management and Faculty Director in the Information Systems Department at Boston University 's School of Management . He also serves as the Director of the Systems Research Center at the School.  A noted researcher, consultant, and executive educator, he has published in journals such as The Sloan Management Review, Human Resource Management, MIS Quarterly , and IBM Systems Journal .  Prior to joining Boston University , John was a faculty member at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

John Leslie King, University of Michigan

John Leslie King is Dean and Professor in the School of Information at the University of Michigan. Professor King studies the relationship between technical change and social change, especially the co-evolution of information technology and institutions in fields such as transportation, criminal justice, common carrier communications, finance, commerce, education, and health care. Prior to coming to Michigan, Professor King was professor of computer science and management at UC Irvine and Marvin Bower Fellow at the Harvard Business School.

Helmut Krcmar, Technical University Munich

Helmut Krcmar is Professor of Information Sciences at the Technical University Munich. The research interests of Professor Dr. Krcmar are focused mostly on information and knowledge management, engineering and management of IT based services, piloting of innovative information systems in health services, environmental management and e-Government, as well as computer-supported collaboration in distributed and mobile work and learning processes.

Kalle Lyytinen, Case Western Reserve University

Kalle Lyytinen is a Professor of Information Systems at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University and an adjunct professor at the University of Jyvaskyla. He was educated at he University of Jyvaskyla, Finland where he has studied computer science, accounting, statistics, economics, theoretical philosophy and political theory. He has a bachelor's degree in computer science, and a masters and Ph.D. in economics (computer science). He speaks fluently in Finnish and Swedish as well as English.

Position paper: "Requirements in the 21st Century"

Welcoming Presentation: "The Design Requirements Workshop"

Plenary Presentation: "DRW: Themes and Issues"

Liam Bannon, University of Limerick

Liam Bannon is Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Information Systems and Director of the Interaction Design Centre at the University of Limerick . He is a Fellow of the Irish Ergonomics Society, a Member of Irish Computer Society and ACM, and Irish representative on the IFIP Technical Committee on Human-Computer Interaction (TC13). His background is in psychology and computer science, and he has been a research academic in Universities and research centres around the world, including Honeywell and Xerox EuroPARC, UK . His research interests range over a broad range of topics in human-machine systems, including cognitive ergonomics, human-computer interaction, computer-supported cooperative work, knowledge management, computer-supported collaborative learning, new media and interaction design, and social dimensions of new technologies.

Position paper: "Making Sense of Design and Requirements Perspectives & Inter-relations"

Mark Bergman, Naval Postgraduate School

Mark Bergman is an Assistant Professor of Information Sciences within the Graduate School of Operations and Information Science (GSOIS) at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA . His current research interests are on modernizing systems analysis and design methodologies based on understanding what differentiates poor, good, and great systems. Furthermore, he has general interests in socio-technical systems analysis and design, computer supported cooperative work (CSCW), human-computer interactions (HCI), and systems-of-systems engineering. He has a B.S. (1983) from the University of California , Berkeley in EECS (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science), and an M.S. (1997) and Ph.D. (2003) from the University of California , Irvine in ICS (Information and Computer Science).

Position paper: "Problems-Requirements-Solutions Triangulation as Design Navigation"

Colin Potts, Georgia Institute of Technology

Colin Potts is Associate Professor in the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology . He received his Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from Sheffield University , England in 1980. He has been a faculty member at the University of London and a senior member of the technical staff at the Micro-electronics and Computer Technology Corporation. Dr. Potts' current research is in two areas: support for collaborative writing and supporting the specification of user-oriented system requirements through a mixture of formal and informal notations and documentation support tools.

Roger Dunbar, New York University

Roger Dunbar is a Professor of Management at the Stern School of Business, New York University. Dr. Dunbar is interested in sensemaking processes in organizations and in particular, how framing processes and language use determine meaning. Last year with Bill Starbuck, he edited a special issue of Organization Science (March-April 2006) that focused on Organization Design. He is a senior editor at Organization Studies.

Position paper: "Data Indeterminacy in Organizations"

Presentation: "Interpretation: The Columbia Shuttle Problem"

Raghu Garud, Pennsylvania State University

Raghu Garud is Alvin H. Clemens Professor of Management & Organization and the Research Director of the Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Pennsylvania State University. Before joining the Smeal College, Dr. Garud was at the Stern School of Business, New York University. He earned a Ph.D. degree in Strategic Management and Organization from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Garud's research currently explores how new ideas emerge, are valued, and become commercialized.

Position paper: "Incomplete by Design and Designing for Incompleteness"

Isabelle Reymen, Eindoven University of Technology

Isabelle Reymen is Assistant Professor Design Processes at the Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (TU/e), the Netherlands. She received her Ph.D. in design sciences from the TU/e in 2001 with a thesis about improving design processes through structured reflection. After a postdoc at the Stan Ackermans Institute (SAI), she worked for the University of Twente, Faculty of Engineering Technology, as Assistant Professor Design Management. Her current research interests are managing (as) designing, design reflection and learning, academic designing, and designing support for academic entrepreneurship.

Position paper: "The Evolution of Design Requirements in the Trajectory of Artificiality"

Work Group Presentation: "The Evolution of Design Requirements in the Trajectory of Artificiality: A Research Agenda"

Fred Collopy, Case Western Reserve University

Fred Collopy is a p rofessor and the chair of the Information Systems Department at Case Western Reserve University . Dr. Collopy received hid PhD in 1990 from the University of Pennsylvania 's Wharton School . His research interests include business forecasting, objective setting in organizations, multimedia, and design.

Sol Greenspan, National Science Foundation

Sol Greenspan is a Program Director in the Computing and Communication Foundations Division at the National Science Foundation and a Research Affiliate at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Previously, he worked at GTE Laboratories, consulted in the health care industry, and taught graduate courses in both London (UK) and Massachusetts . He received his Ph.D. at the University of Toronto in 1984 on work using concepts of AI knowledge representation in the area of requirements analysis.

Sal March, Vanderbilt University

Professor Salvatore T. March joined the faculty of the Owen School in 2000 after more than two decades at the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota , where he was honored as Graduate Teacher of the Year (1989-90) and received the Outstanding Graduate Teacher Award (1992-93). Dr. Marches research interests are in the areas of Information System Development, Electronic Commerce, Logical and Physical Database Design, Distributed Database Design, and the Economics of Information.

Position paper: "Challenges in RE: A Research Agenda for Conceptual Modeling"

Plenary Presentation: "Challenges in Requirements Engineering: A Research Agenda for Conceptual Modeling"

Bill Mitchell, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

William J. Mitchell, Professor of Architecture and Media Arts and Sciences at MIT, holds the Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. (1954) Professorship and directs the Media Lab's Smart Cities research group. He was formerly Dean of the School of Architecture and Planning and Head of the Program in Media Arts and Sciences, both at MIT. In 1997 he was awarded the annual Appreciation Prize of the Architectural Institute of Japan for his "achievements in the development of architectural design theory in the information age as well as worldwide promotion of CAD education."

JoAnne Brooks - MITRE Corporation

JoAnn Brooks is Research Sociologist at the MITRE Corporation in Bedford , MA , and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Sociology at Bentley College in Waltham , MA .  Her research interests focus on organizing practices involving information and communication technology.  At MITRE she is conducting case study research on enterprise-scale systems engineering projects.   Her PhD  is from University of Michigan , with a concentrat ion  in organizational studies.  She holds an MS in Computer and Information Science from UMass/Amherst and  worked as a develop er of  user interface software  for large and complex information spaces prior to her doctoral work.

Sasi Pillay - NASA

Dr. Sasi Pillay serves as the Chief Information Officer at the NASA Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field. He is responsible for advocating, managing, and implementing Information Technology (IT) investments and infrastructure for NASA Glenn. Under his leadership, NASA Glenn serves as the lead for NASA for the development of Agency-wide standards and architecture for desktop systems and servers with a focus on security, interoperability, and collaboration. He also serves on the Center's Strategic Management Team and the Program Management Council. Dr. Pillay is the recipient of NASA's Exceptional Service Medal and the Outstanding Leadership Medal.

K. Venkatesh Prasad - Ford Motor Company

K. Venkatesh Prasad, Ph.D., is the founding leader of Ford Motor Company's Infotronics Technologies Research & Advanced Engineering Group, based at Ford's Research and Innovation Center in Dearborn, Michigan. Prasad is responsible for the global activities of the Infotronics technology cluster, one of twelve such clusters within the Ford Research and Advanced Engineering (R&AE) Organization. In this capacity, Prasad oversees the research, architecture, standards, applications development and vehicle system integration of a broad spectrum of electrical, electronics & embedded software technologies.

Baldev Singh - Motorola, Inc.

Baldev Singh is the Chief Enterprise Architect at Motorola, Inc.