Many software-intensive systems of the future will be of ultra-large size on one or many dimensions; number of lines of code; number of people employing the system for different purposes; amount of data stored, accessed, manipulated, and refined; number of connections and interdependencies among software components; number of hardware elements to which they interface. They will be ultra-large-scale (ULS) systems. Is the software community ready to tackle ULS systems? Will incremental changes in our current software development and management practices be sufficient?

The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University led a team of experts in a study of ULS systems. The results of the study are documented in Ultra-Large-Scale Systems: The Software Challenge of the Future (ISBN 0-9786956-0-7). The SEI continues to nurture a community interested in exploring the associated challenges and promising research to address those challenges.

This forum will bring together experts involved in the study and those in the community interested in the growing trend toward ultra-large scale systems.

Who Should Attend?
Senior-level leaders in commercial, government and academic organizations who are involved with the development or acquisition of large, complex software-intensive systems such as those used in the healthcare, transportation, defense, and homeland security industries.

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