SPEAKER:  Karl J. Lieberherr, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
TITLE:  Controlling the Complexity of Software Designs

Abstract: 

We show how designers/programmers can improve two key
properties of software: information hiding and information overload
by following the Law of Demeter for Concerns (LoDC).
The LoDC leads to more information hiding by not only
separating clients from implementation changes but also 
from interface changes. The LoDC leads to less information
overload by using AOSD techniques.

We explore the ramifications of the 
LoDC to achieve better separation of concerns through improved software
processes.  They are supported by language mechanisms that are implemented
using novel applications of automata theory.