It's been over two years since my last trip to Japan. I'm excited to be visiting the country once again and looking forward to seeing my friends and colleagues there.
I'll be arriving in Tokyo on the 27th. The next day, I will be travelling by bullet train, either Tokaido Shinkansen or possibly the Nozomi with my colleague Rebecca Wirfs-Brock to Kyoto, where we will take in the historic sites.
On March 1st, I'll be heading back to Tokyo, where I'll take in the sites before working with Hironori Washizaki Research Group on Software Modeling Patterns and Evalution Software Models including Refactoring. Later in the week, I may also meet with an agile group while waiting for AsianPLoP 2014: 3rd Asian Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs which runs from March 5-8.
At AsianPLoP, I will be hosting a workshop about Alexander's Properties, taken from the Nature of Order by Christopher Alexander, in which I will be discussing how they relate to software and other areas. In addition to the workshop, I'll be presenting a paper called "Continuous Inspection: A Pattern for Keeping your Code Healthy and Aligned to the Architecture" with Paulo Merson, Ademar Aguiar, and Eduardo Guerra. Rebecca Wirfs-Brock and I will also be presenting a paper entitled, "QA to AQ: Patterns about transitioning from Quality Assurance to Agile Quality."
I look forward to arriving in Japan and seeing the beautiful country once again. If you will be in the area or at the conference, get in touch!