Philip Newcomb

"Architecture-Driven Modernization of the
European Air Traffic Management System"
Philip Newcomb,
The Software Revolution, Inc. (TSRI)

21st Stevens Lecture
Tuesday, 18 October 2011, 11:00 AM Plenary
Working Conference on Reverse Engineering (WCRE)
 Lero - The Irish Software Engineering Research Centre
at University of Limerick
Limerick, Ireland

Abstract

This case study describes the modernization technology and processes employed by Thales Air Systems S.A. (Thales), a leading European and major global provider of ATM systems and its modernization solution provider, The Software Revolution, Inc., to modernize its Flight Data Processing system from 2005 through 2011. This paper provides an overview of the EATMS project that commenced with the initial risk reduction pilot project in 2005 that assessed the transformation validity and determined whether real-time Java or C++ would be the preferred target language and concludes with the deployment of the Java version of Eurocat at Shannon Airport in Ireland April, 2011, which marked a historic milestone in air traffic control as well as a major advancement in automated reverse-engineering, reengineering and forward engineering.

Paper Co-author:
Jerome DelaPeyronnie, Thales Air Systems, Toulouse, France



Previous Lectures in 2011


Barry Boehm

"21st Century Software Engineering Trends and Challenges"
Barry Boehm

Stevens Lecture
Wednesday, 18 May 2011
SSTC 2011 conference
Software & Systems Technology Conference
Salt Lake City, Utah
 

Barry Boehm was recognized for his profound, insightful, and inspired leadership for industry-wide understanding of software engineering processes, economics, and management.

Jared Spool

"Priciples of Design and Usability"
Jared Spool

Stevens Lecture
Wednesday, 18 May 2011
SSTC 2011 conference
Software & Systems Technology Conference
Salt Lake City, Utah
 

Jared Spool's quiet evangelism of usability and the practical outcomes of methods and tools has had a wide-ranging influence on how we think about making systems effective.

Mr. Spool is president of User Interface Engineering, headquartered in North Andover, Massachusetts, USA.

For further information, contact:
stevens@reengineer.org