2012-05-16

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Last updated: Jan 20, 2016

Meeting Wed, May 16, 2012 @ 10 AM to 11.30 AM (Room CAP4 1210)

1. SPEC RG/ICPE

  • ICPE 2012 poster, 2-minute preview presentation, and paper available via
  • ICPE 2013 in Prague (tentative date Apr 21-26, 2013)
  • Interesting SPEC RG activities
    1. Repository of traces
    2. Reproducibility of results in publications
    3. Best practices for benchmarking

2. Kieker @ XY

b+m FGCenter

  • turned Sönke's feedback into tickets
    • #121: Runtime (de)activation of probes
    • #491: log rotation --> Sönke attached his sources to the ticket
    • #505: shutdown hook --> Sönke commented ticket
    • #506: final classes/methods --> Sönke commented ticket
    • #507: runtime reconfiguration of monitoring controller
  • Sönke sent us his complete sources --> discuss how/what to integrate

Lecture SEPVS

  • Thu, 28.6.2012 @ 2 pm
  • ...

Hamburg Web Performance Group

Geomar

  • Presentation on Tue, May 14, 2012
  • Follow-up meeting(s)?

3. Release Planning/Roadmap

  • Kieker 1.6/2.0 scheduled for October 17, 2012

4. Status of Current Activities

a. Web Site (new)

On 05/13/2012 03:27 PM, Oliver Preikszas wrote:
> [...]
> anbei die Sitemap als Mindmap (die Inhalte orientieren sich an dem
> derzeitig verfügbaren Content auf der Uni-Seite). [...]
> 
> Zum Design:
> - Einige Elemente, die auf der Start-Seite angeboten werden, sind auf
> den weiteren Seiten im Footer wiederzufinden.
> - Keeps an eye ist nun von 17 auf 21 Punkte gewachsen.
> - Der Content-Bereich hat ein zweispaltiges Design erhalten, um längere
> Inhalte gut strukturieren zu können.
> - Wie sich die Verbindungslinie der zwei Menüzeilen umsetzen lässt, kann
> ich noch nicht sagen - dafür fehlt mir noch ein wenig js.
  • Design:
  • Sitemap ( | sitemap-1-1.mm)
  • Current/Next step: WordPress-based Implementation

b. Web Site (misc)

  • #341: Plan page for Kieker subprojects
  • #421: SSL cert (for Kieker Trac, Jenkins etc.)

c. Web GUI #18

  • Status
  • Nie's proposal for a multi-user mode
  • Brainstorming to identify use cases?

d. Developer Guide, Javadoc, Tests

  • new Hiwi: bjw
  • TODO: Trac tickets mlo -> bjw
  • Related: Collection of features/requirements #378

e. 3D Trace Visualization for Large Software Landscapes

  • Architecture for remote analysis?
  • ...

f. PubFlow / Workflow monitoring

  • ...

g. OPAD

  • Git + Jenkins + Quick start?
  • Trac page (to be filled): wiki:opad
  • Trac page for tslib?
  • #500: "Live server" with sample application and OPAD interface hosted on SE machine (samoa?)
  • ...

h. MAMBA & Student Project

  • Developing (static and dynamic) extractor for KDM
  • related to #73 (ecore-based meta model for trace analysis)

i. DynaMod / Kieker4{COM|NET|COBOL}

  • Kieker4{COM|NET} to be migrated to Kieker 1.5
  • -> Provide releases (at least) via Jenkins
  • DynaMod Publication on COBOL monitoring @ WSR 2012:  .pdf

j. MENGES?

  • ...

k. Diploma Theses

  • bko (running): "Procity - A 3D approach for visualizing core utilization in multi-processor systems"
  • bri (running): "Dynamic analysis of COBOL system architectures for model-based testing"
  • pdo (running): "Entwicklung eines Konzepts zur Visualisierung von Synchronisationspunkten zusammen mit der Statik und Dynamik eines Softwaresystems"
  • topics/students?

5. Misc

  • "Kieker Days" Symposium.
    Tentative date: Thu/Fri, Sept. 20/21 Mon/Tue, Sept. 24/25, 2012? (~ 1 pm to 1 pm)
    • Ideas?

6. Ideas for Future Activities:

  • #500: Live installation/server (see also OPAD)
  • #499: "Merchandising" mainly for those of us interested; e.g.,
    • Polo shirt
    • Sticker for laptop etc.
  • #266: Organization and Documentation of reusable resources
    • For example, SVN/Git with contents index/previewed on Wiki page?
  • Workshop ("Kieker Day")
    • Date?
    • New features / Demo
    • Running/completed theses (internal + external?)
    • Related activities (in research projects)
    • Discussions/brain-storming
  • Collaborations/Contacts/Research groups with related topics
  • Database of monitoring logs
  • Static analysis of Kieker, 3D visualization
  • ...

Open table

  • Suggestion by Nils: Provide Maven repository for Kieker releases -> nie created ticket: #515
  • (Patterns for) Importers for other logs, e.g., Apache access log
  • ...

Next meetings

explorviz_data_processing_architecture.pdf