Stable Design Patterns for Software and Systems

Software stability concepts have shown great promise in the area of software reuse and lifecycle improvement. These innovative concepts produce unique models that are both stable over time and across various paradigm shifts within a given application context. The important idea behind stable design patterns is to design and create an enduring solution to the problem under consideration, with the goal of increased stability and broader reuse. This book presents novel, pragmatic approaches to understanding and solving software stability challenges.

Dr. M.E. Fayad is a full professor of Computer Engineering at San Jose State University. He was a J.D. Edwards Professor in Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, from 1999 to 2002, and an associate professor at the computer science and computer engineering faculty at the University of Nevada from 1995 - 1999. He has more than 15 years of industrial experience. Dr. Fayad is an IEEE Distinguished Speaker, and an associate editor, editorial advisor, a columnist for The Communications of the ACM and his column is Thinking Objectively; a columnist for Al-Ahram Egyptians Newspaper; an editor-in-chief for IEEE Computer Society Press - Computer Science and Engineering Practice Press (1995-1997); a general chair of IEEE/Arab Computer Society International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA 2001), Beirut, Lebanon; and the founder and presidentof Arab Computer Society (ACS) from April 2004 to April 2007.

Dr. Fayad is a known and well recognized authority in the domain of theory and the applications of software engineering. Fayad’s publications are in the very core, archival journals and conferences in the software engineering field.

Dr. Fayad has published more than 218 papers, 84 advanced articles in refereed conferences, more than 20 well-received and cited journal columns, 16 blogged columns; 11 well-cited theme issues in prestigious journals and flagship magazines, 24 different workshops in very respected conferences, and over 125 tutorials, seminars, and short presentations in more than 30 different counties. Dr. Fayad has also filed for eight patents and has developed over 800 stable software patterns. Dr. Fayad received an MS and a PhD in computer science from the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis. His research topic was OO Software Engineering: Problems & Perspectives. He is the lead author of several classic Wiley books.