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==Learning on the Job: Supporting the Evolution of Designse==
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                                     Keynote
                  Learning on the Job:
           Supporting the Evolution of Designs

                                     Bran Selic

                           Malina Software Corp., Canada

    System design is the process of finding a suitable solution in the abstract
space of possible design variants. As design progresses, we identify and evaluate
potential design alternatives, learning in the process not only about possible
solutions but, if we are doing it right, about the problem on hand. (A wise man
once noted: If you think about a problem long enough, you will always find a
better way of solving it.) Engineering models can and should play a fundamental
role in this process, supporting both understanding and invention.
    In this talk, we first present a view of design as a search problem (which
clearly distinguishes it from the closely related project management process with
which it is often confused). From this perspective, we identify and categorize the
issues involved in design and focus in particular on where and how models and
model-based technologies can help overcome them. The talk concludes with a
list of related research challenges for the modeling community.




Bran Selic is President and Founder of Malina Software Corp., a Canadian consulting
and research enterprise, focused on model-based software and systems engineering. Bran
has over 40 years of industrial experience in the design and development of complex
software-intensive systems in various technical domains (robotics, aerospace, telecom,
and industrial control). He was one of the primary contributors to the Unified Modeling
Language (UML) and other modeling language standards. He is formally affiliated as
an adjunct with several academic and research institutions.

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