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The architecture of a software system defines its primary structural and behavioral organization. A well designed and clearly documented architecture is a crucial pre-requisite for the successful implementation of a software system as well as for its subsequent evolution. In this talk, we examine how the new generation of model-based software engineering (MBSE) methods and technologies can be exploited to facilitate the specification and enforcement of software architectures. At the core of MBSE is the use of higher levels of abstraction and greater use of automation compared to more traditional development approaches.

Bran Selic is currently President and Founder of Malina Software Corp., and Director of Advanced Technology at Zeligsoft Limited. In 2007, Bran retired from IBM Canada, where he was an IBM Distinguished Engineer responsible for the strategic direction of IBM's software development tools. In addition, Bran is an adjunct professor of computer science at both the University of Toronto and at Carleton University in Canada.  He has over 35 years of practical industrial experience in designing and implementing large-scale software systems and has pioneered the application of model-based methods in real-time and embedded applications. In the past decade, Bran has led several international standards efforts related to modeling technologies, including the widely used UML 2 modeling language standard. A frequent invited and keynote speaker at various technical events, he is on the editorial board of two major scientific journals and has been the general and technical program chair of a number of technical conferences.

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