Software Evolution and Reengineering Group

Greeting by Hongji Yang
The founding of the Software Evolution and Reengineering Group (SERG) might not be quite a dream come true but was showing that people in the Group were determined to study a few issues in the field of software evolution and reengineering.

The main challenges that SERG has tackled and will continue to tackle are to understand the ever complex software systems and suggest better methods for these systems to evolve and survive to provide the intended services at a lower cost.

As many other technologies, software technology takes time for all its techniques to mature. The study into software evolution and reengineering is the same. Nevertheless, it is now becoming significantly important that software evolution and reengineering can help with software industry.

SERG pays attention to the developments by scholars all over the world. We enjoy collaborating with colleagues to push forward the research in this field. Since its foundation, SERG has discussed a number of problems. Though we are not a big research group, we believe in developing ourselves and contributing to software technology.

Aims
Our aim is to develop an integrated and practical approach that handles the constant change in system requirements. Such an approach should permit a rapid re-engineering in response to changes, must be compositional and ensures consistency between the various stages in system evolution.

Group History
The group is established in 1993.

Facilities
Sufficient office space and necessary computing equipments.

Activities (Selected)
Professor Hongji Yang was Program Chairing:

                  FTDCS '2008
                          --12th IEEE International Workshop on Future Trends of Distributed
                             Computing Systems
                  CACSUK
                          --The Chinese Automation and Computing Society in UK
                  IEEE COMPSAC '2002
                          --International Computer Software and Application Conference
                  IEEE FTDCS '2001
                          --International Workshop on Future Trends of Distribute Computing
                  IEEE ICSM '1999
                          --International Conference on Software Maintenance
                  
Related Conferences in 2008

                  IEEE COMPSAC '2008
                                --International Computer Software and Applications Conference
                  ISA '2008
                                --International Conference on Information Security and Assurance
                  ICEIS '2008
                                --International Conference on Enterprise Information System
                  IEEE CSMR '2008
                                --European Conference on Software Maintenance and                                              Reengineering
                  IEEE CIT (DD) '2008
                                --International Conference on Computer and Information Technology
                  SEKE '2008
                                --International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge                                   Engineering
                  IEEE QSIC '2008
                                --International Conference on Quality Software
                  IEEE ICSM '2008
                                --International Conference on Software Maintenance
                  IEEE WSE '2008
                                --International Symposium on Web Site Evolution
                  IEEE FTDCS '2008
                                --International Workshop on Future Trends of Distribute Computing                                    System
                  IEEE QUORS '2008
                                --International Workshop on Quality Oriented Reuse of Software
                  AOSDM '2008
                                --International Conference on Information Security and Assurance
                  CODS '2008
                                --International Conference on Information Security and Assurance
                  E-Commerce '2008
                                --International Workshop on Agent-Oriented Software Development                                   Methodology
                  ICSOFT '2008
                                --International Conference on Software and Data Technologies

Professor Hongji Yang is also Editor of Following Journals:

                  IJAC (International Journal of Automation and Computing )
                  MAGS (Multiagent and Grid Systems-An International Journal )