Code Generation 2008 Programme Information

Session Title	Building industrial sensors with Model-Driven Software Development
Session Type	Case Study
Duration	60 minutes
Session Description	This session describes work at SICK AG where we use a specification language (DSL) for our scanners. We generate all parts of the communication infrastructure and also most parts of the client side configuration GUI via a DSL using a lightweight MDSD / MDA approach.
Speaker	Bernhard Merkle works as a software architect and engineer in Research & Development at one of the world’s leading producers of sensors and sensor solutions. He serves as an internal consultant for the complete Software Development Cycle and is responsible for methods selection, tool evaluation and tool introduction. In his previous job, he worked at a major MDA-Tool vendor where he accomplished Client projects using MDA and Modelling-Languages and gave training courses on MDA, J2EE, CORBA, Java and C++. He regularly writes technical articles about these and other new technologies in IT magazines and has also given sessions at various conferences (e.g. ACCU, IX and OOP).
Intended Audience	Beginner and upwards