Brian Henderson-Sellers

Research Interests:

Object-oriented analysis and design (For information, see the OPEN homepage)

Object-oriented metrics

Agent-oriented methodologies

Method engineering

Metamodelling

Migration of organizations to object technology

Some Recent Research Papers of Interest:

For papers on OPEN, see www.open.org.au

A recent book of interest is "Metamodelling for Software Engineering" co-authored with Cesar Gonzalez-Perez (2008).

The COTAR website has a wealth of information relating to OO/SE research.

Some Upcoming Workshops of Interest:

In 2010, I will be co-chairing the ISOMeta/CTT and MUSE workshops at the ENASE conference in Athens.

Qualifications:

DSc, University of London

PhD, Leicester University

MSc, Reading University

BSc(Hons), A.R.C.S., Imperial College, London

Graduate Management Qualification, UNSW

Information Technology Diploma, City and Guilds

Teaching: Semester 1

Object-oriented modelling (32536)

Subject outline (2010) (available soon)

This and all subject-related files will be available on UTS Online

Teaching: Semester 2

Object-oriented process (32106)

These and all subsequent subject files will be available on UTS Online

Subject outline (2009) - to be updated to 2010 approx June/July 2010.

Administrative Responsibilities:

Director of Centre for Object-Oriented Technology Applications and Research: COTAR

Brief Biography:

BRIAN HENDERSON-SELLERS is Professor of Information Systems, Director of the Centre for Object Technology Applications and Research (COTAR) at the University of Technology, Sydney and a member of the School of Software. He is author of numerous papers including thirty-one books and is well-known for his work in object-oriented and agent-oriented software development methodologies and situational method engineering (MOSES, COMMA and OPEN) and in OO metrics.

Brian is Editor of the International Journal of Agent-Oriented Software Engineering and on the editorial board of the Journal of Object Technology and Software and Systems Modelling and was for many years the Regional Editor of Object-Oriented Systems, a member of the editorial board of Object Magazine/Component Strategies and Object Expert. In 1990, he founded the Object-Oriented Special Interest Group of the Australian Computer Society (NSW Branch) and was Chairman of the Computerworld Object Developers' Awards committee for ObjectWorld 94 and 95 (Sydney). He is co-founder and leader of the international OPEN Consortium. He is a frequent, invited speaker at international OT conferences, and, in 1999, he was voted number 3 in the Who's Who of Object Technology (Handbook of Object Technology, CRC Press, Appendix N). Brian's current research projects include OO and AO modelling (particularly aggregation in UML and OML), OO Process (OPEN), AO methodology construction, organizational transition to OO, OO metrics (including requirements and complexity metrics), OO ontologies and component-based development. He has been involved in review panels for both UML and SPEM de facto standards of the Object Management Group and the co-editor of the ISO/IEC 24744 standard: "Software Engineering: Metamodel for Development Methodologies" published in February 2007. He is an initial signatory on the SEMAT Initiative (read his position statement)

In July 2001, Professor Henderson-Sellers was awarded a Doctor of Science (DSc) from the University of London for his research contributions in object-oriented methodologies.