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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
Past
Projects and Research
Legacy
Recent
Publications and
Working Papers
-
Towards a Global Research
Infrastructure for Multidisciplinary Study of Free/Open Source
Software Development, (with L. Gasser), Proc. Fourth IFIP International Conference on Open Source Systems, Milan, IT (to appear, September 2008).
- Collaborative
Game Environments for Informal Science Education, (with R. Nideffer and J. Adams), Proc. The 1st
International Workshop on Collaborative Games (CoGames 2008), 2008
International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems,
Irvine, CA, (to appear, May 2008).
- Emerging Issues in the Acquisition of Open Source Software within the U.S. Department of Defense, Proc. 5th Annual Acquisition Research Symposium, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA (to appear, May 2008)
- 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.
- 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 92697-3425
Last
modified: 24 April 2008