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Coordinates
and Addresses
Position:
Sr. Research
Scientist, Research Faculty, ISR
Research Director, Computer Game
Culture and
Technology Laboratory
Area:
Software
Office: ICS2-202
US
mail: Walt Scacchi
Institute for Software Research
Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-3455 USA
Other: Tel:
+1-949-824-4130
Fax: +1-949-824-1715
E-mail: wscacchi < @>>
ics << dot >>
uci <<dot> edu
Web: http://www.ics.uci.edu/~wscacchi
Curriculum
Vita (pdf)
Research Interests
- Organizational
Studies of
Software Development in Open Source Communities
- Networked
Computer Games and
Meta-Game Environments (see UCGameLab.net)
- Acquisition of Open Source Software Systems
(including governance, procurement, systems engineering, deployment, operations and
field support)
- Computer
Supported
Collaborative Work Environments
- Organizational
and Software
Process Modeling and Simulation
- Electronic Commerce (e.g., process components for
procurement and
acquisition)
Upcoming/Recent
Events
- Web
3.0: The Game Web, Calit2, UC Irvine, 21 June 2007, and follow-up
news story
- Third IFIP International
Conference on Open Source Systems, Limerick, IR, 11-13 June
2007. Online
proceedings
- Second IFIP International
Conference on
Open Source Systems,
Como, Italy 8-10 June 2006.
- MASSIVE: A Research Summit on
Networked
Multiplayer Games at
UCI (20 April 2006).
- Corporate Opportunities for
Multiplayer
Games,
OCTANe@UCI and
AeA, at UCI (21 April 2006)
Current/Recent
Research Projects
- Workshop to Establish National and International
Research Infrastructures for Multidisciplinary Empirical Science of
Free/Open Source Software, (2007-2008)
- Naval Postgraduate School, Center for the Edge, Governance Issues in Open Source Software Development, (2007-2008)
- Naval Postgraduate School, Acquisition Research Program, Emerging Issues in the Acquisition of Open Source Software and
Open Architectures, (2007-2008).
- Story on research
partnership investigating generation-beyond-next computer game culture
and technology (2007-2009)
- Discovering the Practices and
Processes
of Open Source Software Development (2006-2008)
- Game Research Grid for Science
Learning
Games (2004-2006)
- The Organizational Dynamics of
Software
Bugs, Errors, Issues, and Repairs (2002-2006)
- An Integrated Social and
Technical
Approach to Development of Distributed Inter-Organizational Applications
(2002-2006)
- Understanding Open Source
Software
Development Processes, Practices and Communities
(2000-2005)
- Research Directions for
Continuous
(Re)Design of Open Source Software (Fall 2003-2005)
- Dynamic Process Enactment,
Discovery and
Recovery (Spring
2003-2005)
- Exploring Open Software
Systems
Acquisition Processes and Architectures (2000-2002, archived)
Past
Projects and Research
Legacy
Recent
Publications and
Working Papers
- Understanding Requirements for Open Source Software, revised version in K, Lyytinen, P. Loucopoulos, J. Mylopoulos, and W. Robinson (eds.), Design Requirements Engineering: A Ten-Year
Perspective, Springer-Verlag, (to appear).
- Towards a Global Research
Infrastructure for Multidisciplinary Study of Free/Open Source
Software Development, (with L. Gasser), Proc. Fourth IFIP Intern. Conf. on Open Source Systems, Milan, IT (to appear, September 2008).
- Governance in Open Source Software Development Projects: Towards a Model for Network-Centric Edge Organizations, Proc. 13th. Intern. Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium, Bellevue, WA, July 2008.
- Collaborative
Game Environments for Informal Science Education, (with R. Nideffer and J. Adams), Proc. 2008
International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems,
Irvine, CA, May 2008.
- Emerging Issues in the Acquisition of Open Source Software within the U.S. Department of Defense, (with T. Alspaugh), Proc. 5th Annual Acquisition Research Symposium, Vol. 1, 230-244, NPS-AM-08-036, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA .
- Mobilization of Software
Developers: The
Free Software Movement,
(with Margaret Elliott), revised version in Information,
Technology and People, 21(1), 4-33, 2008.
- Guest
Editorial—Open Source Software for Engineering Education:
Pedagogical Strategies that Leverage Open Source Tools, (with M.
Lytras), IEEE
Transactions on Education, 50(4), November 2007.
- Knowledge
Work Artifacts: Kernel Cousins for Free/Open Source Software Development,
(with M. Elliott and M. Ackerman), Proc. ACM Conf. Support Group Work
(Group07), Sanibel Island, FL, 177-186, November 2007.
- Free/Open
Source Software Development: Recent Research Results and Emerging
Opportunities, Proc.
European Software Engineering Conference and ACM SIGSOFT Symposium on
the Foundations of Software Engineering, Dubrovnik, Croatia,
459-468, September 2007.
- Open
Source Development, Adoption and Innovation, (edited by J.
Feller, B. Fitzgerald, W. Scacchi, and A. Sillitti,), Springer, New
York, June 2007.
- Guiding
the Discovery of Open Source Software Processes with a Reference Model,
(with C. Jensen),in Proc.
Third IFIP International
Conference on Open Source Systems, Limerick, IR, 11-13
June
2007, 265-270.
- Role
Migration and Advancement Processes in OSSD Projects: A Comparative
Case Study, (with C. Jensen), in Proc. 29th. Intern. Conf.
Software
Engineering, Minneapolis, MN, May 2007, 364-374.
- Free/Open
Source Software Development: Recent Research Results and Methods,
in M.V. Zelkowitz (ed.), Advances
in
Computers, 69, 243-295, 2007.
- Understanding
the Development of Free E-Commerce/E-Business Software: A
Resource-Based View, in S.K. Sowe, I. Stamelos, and I.
Samoladas
(eds.), Emerging
Free and Open Source Software Practices, IGI
Publishing, Hershey, PA, 170-190, 2007.
- Open Source Systems, (edited by E. Damiani, B.
Fitzgerald,
W. Scacchi, M. Scotto, and G. Succi), Springer, New York, June 2006.
- Understanding Free/Open Source
Software
Development Processes,
(with Joseph Feller, Brian Fitzgerald, Scott Hissam, and Karim
Lakhani), Software Process--Improvement and Practice,
11(2),
95-105, March/April 2006.
- Experiences in Discovering,
Modeling,
and Reenacting Open Source Software Development Processes, (with Chris Jensen), in
Mingshu Li,
Barry Boehm, and Leon J. Osterweil (eds.), Unifying the
Software
Process Spectrum: Proc. Software Process Workshop, Beijing,
China,
May 2005, 442-469, Springer-Verlag, 2006.
- Modeling Recruitment and Role
Migration
Processes in OSSD Projects,
(with Chris Jensen), Proc. 6th Intern.
Workshop on
Software Process Simulation and Modeling, St. Louis, MO, May
2005.
- Emerging Patterns of
Intersection and
Segmentation when Computerization Movements Interact, revised version to appear in
K.L.
Kraemer and M. Elliott (eds.), Computerization Movements and
Technology Diffusion: From Mainframes to Ubiquitous Computing,
Information Today, Inc.
- Multi-Modal Modeling, Analysis
and
Validation of Open Source Software Development Processes, (with Chris Jensen, John
Noll, and
Margaret Elliott), Intern. J. Internet Technology and Web
Engineering, 1(3), 49-63, 2006. Previous version appeared in Proc.
First Intern. Conf. Open Source Software, 1-8, Genova, Italy,
July
2005. Received Best Paper Award.
- Collaboration, Leadership,
Control, and
Conflict Negotiation in the NetBeans.org Software Development Community, (with Chris Jensen), Proc.
38th. Hawaii Intern, Conf.
Systems Science, Waikola Village, HI,
January 2005.
- Process Modeling Across the
Web
Information Infrastructure,
(with Chris Jensen), Software Process--Improvement and
Practice, 10(3),
255-272, July-September 2005. Earlier version
appears in Proc.
5th.
Intern. Workshop on Software Process Simulation and Modeling,
Edinburgh, Scotland, May 2004.
- Opportunities and Challenges
for
Modeling and Simulating Free/Open Source Software Processes, working paper, Institute for
Software
Research, October 2004, based on a Keynote Address
presented at the Proc.
5th.
Intern. Workshop on Software Process Simulation and Modeling,
Edinburgh, Scotland, May 2004.
- Data Mining for Software
Process
Discovery in Open Source Software Development Communities, (with Chris Jensen), Proc.
Workshop on Mining Software Repositories, 96-100, Edinburgh,
Scotland, May 2004.
- Socio-Technical Interaction
Networks in
Free/Open Source Software Development Processes, in S.T. Acuña and
N. Juristo (eds.), Software
Process Modeling, 1-27, Springer Science+Business Media Inc.,
New
York, 2005.
- Discovering, Modeling, and
Reenacting
Open Source Software Development Processes, (with Chris Jensen), revised
version
in S.T. Acuna and M.I. Sanchez-Segura (eds.), New Trends in
Software Process Modeling, Series in Software Engineering and
Knowledge Engineering, Vol. 18, 1-20, 2006.
- Continuous Design of Free/Open
Source
Software: Workshop Report and Research Agenda, (with Les Gasser), UCI-UIUC
Workshop
on Continuous Design of Open Source Software, 15 October 2003.
- Understanding Continuous
Design in F/OSS
Projects,
(with Les
Gasser, G. Ripoche, and B. Penne), 16th.
Intern. Conf.
Software & Systems Engineering and their Applications,
Paris,
December 2003.
- Socio-Technical Design, in W. S. Bainbridge (ed.), The
Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction, 656-659,
Berkshire
Publishing Group, 2004.
- Free/Open Source Software
Development
Practices in the Computer Game Community, IEEE Software,
21(1), 59-67,
January/February 2004.
- Understanding Free/Open Source
Software
Evolution,
revised
version to appear in N.H. Madhavji, J.F. Ramil and D.
Perry (eds.), Software Evolution and Feedback: Theory and
Practice, 181-206, John Wiley and
Sons Inc, New
York, 2006.
- Free Software Development:
Cooperation
and Conflict in A Virtual Organizational Culture, (with Margaret Elliott),
revised
version in S. Koch (ed.), Free/Open Source Software
Development,
152-172, Idea Publishing, Pittsburgh, PA, 2004.
- Free Software Developers as an
Occupational Community: Resolving Conflicts and Fostering Collaboration, (with Margaret Elliott), Proc.
ACM
Intern. Conf. Supporting Group Work (Group'03), 21-30,
Sanibel
Island, FL, November 2003.
- When is Free/Open Source
Software
Development Faster, Better, and
Cheaper than
Software Engineering? Working
Paper, Institute for Software Research, UC Irvine, April 2003.
- Simulating an Automated
Approach to
Discovery and Modeling of Open Source Software Development Processes, (with Chris Jensen), Proc.
ProSim'03 Workshop on Software Process Simulation and Modeling,
Portland, OR May 2003.
- Issues and Experiences in
Modeling Open
Source Software Processes, Proc. 3rd.
Workshop on Open Source Software
Engineering, 25th. Intern. Conf. Software Engineering,
Portland,
OR, May 2003.
- Automating the Discovery and
Modeling of
Open Source Software Processes, (with Chris Jensen), Proc.
3rd.
Workshop on Open Source Software Engineering, 25th. Intern.
Conf.
Software Engineering, Portland, OR, May 2003.
- Communicating and Mitigating
Conflict in
Open Source Software Development Projects, (with Margaret Elliott), Projects
& Profits, IV(10), 25-41, October 2004.
- Open EC/B: A Case
Study in
Electronic Commerce and Open Source Software Development, Working Paper, Institute for
Software
Research, UC Irvine, July 2002.
- Open Acquisition: Combining
Open Source
Software Development with System Acquisition, Working Paper, Institute for
Software
Research, UC Irvine, July 2002.
- Understanding the Social,
Technological,
and Policy Implications of Open Source Software Development, position paper presented at
the NSF
Workshop on Open Source Software, January 2002 (revised
August
2002).
- Understanding the Requirements
for
Developing Open Source Software Systems, IEE
Proceedings--Software,
149(1), 24-39, February 2002.
- Hypertext for Software
Engineering,
revised version appears in J.
Marciniak (ed.), Encyclopedia of Software Engineering, 2nd.
Edition,
Wiley, 612-621, 2002 (in PDF).
- Process Models in Software
Engineering,
revised version to appear in J.
Marciniak (ed.), Encyclopedia of Software Engineering, 2nd.
Edition,
Wiley, 993-1005, 2002 (in PDF).
- Modeling and Simulating
Software
Acquisition Process Architectures, (with James Choi) appears in
Journal
of Systems and Software, 59(3), 343-354, 15 December 2001 (in
PDF).
- Software Development Practices
in Open
Software Development Communities, presented at the 1st Workshop on Open Source
Software
Engineering,
Toronto,
Ontario, May 2001).
- Specifying Process-Oriented
Hypertext
for Organizational Computing, (with John Noll) appears in J.
Network and Computer Applications, 24(1):39-61, 2001 (in PDF
or in Postscript).
- Redesigning Contracted Service
Procurement for Internet-based Electronic Commerce: A Case Study, appears in J.
Information
Technology and Management, 2(3), 313-334, 2001.
- Understanding Software Process
Redesign
using Modeling, Analysis and Simulation, revised version appears in Software
Process--Improvement and Practice, 5(2/3), 183-195, 2000.
- List of abstracts and links to some
other
research papers that I
have (co-)authored
Web based
presentations (in
HTML, PDF, or PPT)
- The Process of Innovation in Computing: A Personal 30 Year Perspective (PDF)
- Free/Open
Source Software Development: Recent Research Results and Emerging
Opportunities (PDF),
or the full paper can be found here
- Recent
Developments in Science Learning Games for Informal Science Education
(PDF)
- Web
3.0: Game Web Research at the UCI Game Lab (PDF)
(RM
video)
- Research
and Educational Innovations in Computer Games (PDF)
- Enabling
Exponential Innovation via Open Source Software Development (PDF)
- Recent
Advances in Science Learning Games (PDF)
- Identifying
New Market Opportunities through Process Discovery (PDF)
- Computing
Gaming as a Social Movement (PDF)
- Innovations
in Informal Science
Education: DinoQuest and DinoQuest Online (PDF)
- Patterns of Sustained
Collaborative
Creativity Across Open Computerization Movements
(PDF)
- Collaboration
Infrastructure for a Virtual Residency in Game Culture and Technology
(PDF)
- Opportunities for Game Culture
and
Technology in Public Libraries (PDF)
- Understanding and Improving
Software
Productivity (PDF), or a vintage paper can be
found here.
- Computer
Games, Open Source Software, and other Socio-Technical Processes (PDF)
- Discovering, Modeling, and
Reenacting
Free/Open Source Software Development Processes and Practices, or the paper can be found here.
- Collaboration, Leadership,
Control, and
Conflict Negotiation in the NetBeans.org Community, or the paper can be found here
- Modeling and Simulating
Free/Open Source
Software Development Processes, or the full paper can be
found here.
- Strategies for Developing and
Deploying
Free/Open Source Software
- Understanding the Requirements
for
Developing and Designing Open Source Software
- Software Process Simulation
and
Modeling: A Review
- Simulating an Automated
Approach to
Discovery and Modeling of Open Source Software Development Processes, or the full paper can be
found here
- Understanding the Potential
for Open
Government: Open Source Processes for E-Government
- The UCI Game Lab Research
Program
- Understanding the Requirements
for Open
Source Software System Development, or the full paper can be
found here
- Understanding and Visualizing
Information Work Processes and Practices
- Understanding and
(Re)Designing Software
Development Processes
- Understanding, Communicating,
and
(Re)Designing Complex Organizational Processes
- Process Life Cycle Engineering, or the full paper can be
found here.
- Experience with Software
Process
Simulation and Modeling,or
the full paper can be found here.
- Supporting Software
Development in
Virtual Enterprises,or
the full paper can be found here.
- Understanding Work Processes
and
Practices: A Computational Approach
- Developing a Knowledge Web for
Process
Redesign,
or the full
paper can be found here.
- Computational Business
Processes as
Software Components for Electronic Commerce, or a position paper can be
found here.
- (Re)Designing Software
Production
Architectures
- Experience with Software
Architectures
and Configured Software Descriptions, or a position paper can be
found here.
Current/Recent
Editorial
Board Positions
Intern. J.
Open Source Software and Processes, (coming soon)
Intern.
J. Social and Humanistic Computing (IJSHC), (http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalID=225)
Software
Process --
Improvement and Practice (http://www.interscience.wiley.com/jpages/1077-4866/)
Encyclopedia of Software
Engineering (2nd.
Edition, 2002), John
Wiley and Sons, Inc.
Journal
of Computer
Supported Cooperative Work (http://www.wkap.nl/journalhome.htm/0925-9724)
Other
Interests
Having
a good time!
Institute
for Software Research
Donald
Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences
University
of California, Irvine
Irvine,
CA 92697-3455
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modified: 20 August 2008