The expected results of the workshop are one or two synthesis papers capturing the retrospective on existing modularity techniques and their effectiveness in meeting the challenges for software systems in the digital world, new emerging techniques in this space and a research agenda for the community for the next 5-10 years. We will achieve these results through the specific workshop activities as well as pre- and post-workshop activities highlighted below. We will aim to publish the synthesis papers in major conferences or journals, ideally targeting the modularity visions track at AOSD 2013.
Pre-workshop, all attendees will be asked to read the position statements/papers and add their discussion questions, if any, to the workshop website already (through this we aim to encourage pre-workshop discussions amongst participants). The organisers will cluster the position statements/papers around the two themes of retrospectives and new approaches. The workshop morning will be structured around these two themes with authors briefly presenting their views followed by a roundtable discussion amongst all participants. Key summary points will be captured at the end of each discussion. The afternoon will be structured into two parts. The first part will involve a brainstorm around open research questions arising from the discussions in the morning with the explicit goal of capturing a research agenda. The second part will focus on developing outlines for one or two synthesis papers and assigning authorship responsibilities and agreeing target venues, dates and timetables for preparing the synthesis papers. The writing of the synthesis papers will continue post-workshop.