Prominent Software Development Leaders Gather in Chicago this Week for the 4th Annual Dr. Dobb's Architecture & Design WorldWorld-renowned industry summit features in-depth training and visionary keynotesPRNewswire CHICAGO, July 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Distinguished members of the software development community convene in Chicago this week for Dr. Dobb's Architecture & Design World, presented by Think Services. Architecture & Design World provides four days of world-class training on crucial topics including enterprise .NET, threat modeling, SOA, UI architectures, global distributed systems, usable Web 2.0 apps and more. The Architecture & Design World curriculum is designed by an independent advisory board made up of well-known industry experts including Scott Ambler, Agile Development Practice Leader at IBM; Granville Miller, Project Recovery team member at Microsoft Consulting; Rebecca Wirfs-Brock, President of Wirfs- Brock Associates, and Bran Selic, Distinguished Engineer at IBM. Educational tracks include: -- Agile Development & Methods -- Modeling & Design -- Pervasive Parallelism -- Service-Oriented Architecture / Web Services -- Solutions / Technical Architecture -- Traditional Development & Methods Architecture & Design World 2008 features keynote presentations from software luminaries, 75 classes and tutorials taught by the most authoritative collection of speakers in the industry, nightly Birds-of-a-Feather gatherings and lively happy hours where attendees mingle and learn about the latest innovations from event sponsors. "Our goal is to offer an outstanding program that provides concrete solutions to the enterprise architecture challenges that software professionals face daily," said Conference Manager Amber Ankerholz. "With the ever increasing complexity of today's systems, we recognize that it is vital for attendees to constantly upgrade their knowledge and Architecture & Design World focuses on meeting that critical need." Scott Ambler, the founder of the Agile Modeling methodology, and Terry Quatrani, UML Evangelist at IBM, presented their keynote "Modeling Strategies, Philosophies, and Techniques: Traditional vs. Agile" to a packed room on Tuesday, July 22. Other sessions include: "Learning the Secret Handshake -- 10 Things an Architect Does" Michael Rosen: CTO, Wilton Consulting Group "Massively Parallel Programming with CUDA" Tim Murray: Applied Engineer, NVIDIA "Hackernomics " Hugh Thompson: Ph.D., Chief Security Strategist, People Security "You Just Inherited 1,000,000,000 Lines of Code, Now What?" Neelay Shah: Senior Software Security Consultant, Foundstone Inc., a Division of McAfee For more information about the event, please visit http://www.drdobbsarchworld.com/. About Dr. Dobb's (http://www.ddj.com/) Dr. Dobb's is recognized worldwide as the leading resource for the professional software development community. With an award-winning monthly publication (Dr. Dobb's Journal), worldwide technical events and conferences (Dr. Dobb's Events) and one of the web's most comprehensive sites (Dr. Dobb's Portal), Dr. Dobb's attracts the industry's most authoritative audience of professional developers, architects and managers and provides marketing partners highly actionable integrated marketing solutions to reach the software development buying team. About Think Services Think Services connects specialized communities worldwide using innovative media, educational events, consulting, training and certification. Providing comprehensive opportunities for people to learn from, network with, and inspire each other, Think Services builds strong brands and works within communities to foster a unique affinity with its products and services. The division's flagship products include the Game Developers Conference, the Webby Award-winning Gamasutra.com, Game Developer magazine, the International Customer Management Institute, HDI, and Dr. Dobb's Journal. Think Services is a subsidiary of United Business Media, a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $2.5 billion. To learn more, visit http://www.think-services.com/. Contact: Jenny Searles Dr. Dobb's Events jsearles@think-services.com (415) 947-6162 SOURCE: Think Services CONTACT: Jenny Searles of Dr. Dobb's Events, +1-415-947-6162, |