Technical Papers and Presentations

Here are some samples of my work. For a complete list of publications and conference presentations, contact me using the link on the left.

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 Madsen, K. “Five Years of Framework Building: Lessons Learned.” In Companion of the 18th Conference on Object-Oriented Programming, pages 345-352, Anaheim, CA, Oct 29 – 30, 2003. Association of Computing Machinery, ISBN: 1-58113-751-6
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ABSTRACT: When developing large software systems, it is often difficult to foresee exactly which trade-offs are important, and which quality parameters will be of importance down the road. This paper reports experiences from a project in which a large application framework for B2B integration has been continuously developed and used over a five-year period. The framework has been the foundation for a variety of different concrete applications. Here we will report on our experiences from this endeavor.

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 I delivered this presentation at the Rotary District 6890 Conference in Tampa in May 2002. The topic of the talk was opportunities for our district to use our website to collaborate on district projects. The key theme was that for a community website to flourish, it must (a) provide up-to-date, relevant information, and (b) it must be easy for users to publish their own content. By building a critical mass of contributors, a website makes the transition from "just another website" to an on-line community.
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