Cris Kobryn

Cris Kobryn (1952) is an American technologist, system architect and entrepreneur who specializes in advanced software and systems development.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Publications 3 References 4 External links

Biography

Kobryn began his software engineering career in the early 1980s specializing in AI programming languages (Prolog, Lisp, CLOS) and applications (expert systems, natural language processing). He led the applications group at Harlequin Limited that developed the Watson investigative analysis application, which was eventually acquired by Xanalys Limited.^[1]

Kobryn is best known as an expert in visual modeling languages and model-driven development technologies. In 2003 he founded PivotPoint Technology, a software and systems engineering services company that focuses on model-driven development technologies.^[1] Prior to founding PivotPoint Kobryn held senior technical positions at Telelogic, EDS, MCI Systemhouse, Inference Corporation, Harlequin, and SAIC. Before Kobryn became a software engineer he served as a commissioned officer in both the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Army, and was infantry, armor, airborne and Special Forces qualified.^[2]

Kobryn is a member of the ACM, IEEE, INCOSE and AAAI. He chaired large international teams of vendors and users to specify the Unified Modeling Language (UML) 1.1 and UML 2.0 standards for software engineering, and the Systems Modeling Language (SysML) for systems engineering.^[3] In recognition of Kobryn's contributions to the UML, the OMG presented him with its Distinguished Service Award in 2000. In recognition of his contributions to the SysML, the INCOSE presented him with its Outstanding Service Award in 2006. In 2007 Kobryn received the SD Times 100 award for the Modeling category on behalf of the SysML Partners open source project that he chaired.^{[4] [5]}

Kobryn received a BA degree from Colgate University and a BSCS degree from San Diego State University (SDSU). His multi-disciplinary graduate studies at SDSU and UCLA explored the synergies between linguistics, computer science and Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Publications

As an expert in visual modeling languages and model-driven development technologies, Kobryn has published a book and many papers and articles on these subjects.^{[6] [7]}

• Gogolla, M and Kobryn, C [Eds.] (2001). UML 2001 - The Unified Modeling Language, 4th International Conference, Toronto, Canada, October 2001 Proceedings, Springer.
• Kobryn, C (2004). "UML 3.0 and the Future of Modeling", Software and Systems Modeling, 3(1):4–8.

References

External links

• PivotPoint Technology corporate bio page for Kobryn
• Cris Kobryn's Home Page

Software engineering Fields Requirements analysis Systems analysis Software design Computer programming Formal methods Software testing Software deployment Software maintenance Concepts Data modeling Enterprise architecture Functional specification Modeling language Programming paradigm Software Software architecture Software development methodology Software development process Software quality Software quality assurance Software archaeology Structured analysis Orientations Agile Aspect-oriented Object orientation Ontology Service orientation SDLC Models Development models Agile Iterative model RUP Scrum Spiral model Waterfall model XP V-Model Incremental model Prototype model Other models Automotive SPICE CMMI Data model Function model Information model Metamodeling Object model Systems model View model Modeling languages IDEF UML Software engineers Kent Beck Grady Booch Fred Brooks Barry Boehm Ward Cunningham Ole-Johan Dahl Tom DeMarco Martin Fowler C. A. R. Hoare Watts Humphrey Michael A. Jackson Ivar Jacobson Craig Larman James Martin Bertrand Meyer David Parnas Winston W. Royce Colette Rolland James Rumbaugh Niklaus Wirth Edward Yourdon Victor Basili Related fields Computer science Computer engineering Enterprise engineering History Management Project management Quality management Software ergonomics Systems engineering Category  Commons

Systems Modeling Language Actors Organizations: INCOSE • Object Management Group • SysML Partners • Persons: Cris Kobryn Concepts Object oriented: Object-oriented analysis and design Structure: Actor • Attribute • Block • Interface • Package  • Parametric Behavior: Activity • Event • Message • State • Use Case Relationships: Aggregation • Association • Composition • Flow • Generalization (or Inheritance) Extensibility: Profile Other topics Systems Engineering  • Unified Modeling Language • XMI

Unified Modeling Language Actors Organizations Object Management Group UML Partners Persons Grady Booch Ivar Jacobson James Rumbaugh Concepts Object oriented Object-oriented programming Object-oriented analysis and design Structure Actor Attribute Artifact Class Component Interface Object Package Profile diagram Behavior Activity Event Message Method State Use case Relationships Aggregation Association Composition Dependency Generalization (or Inheritance) Extensibility Profile Stereotype Other Multiplicity Diagrams Structure Class Component Composite structure Deployment Object Package Behaviour Activity State Machine Use case Interaction Communications Sequence Interaction overview Timing Derived languages Systems Modeling Language (SysML) UML eXchange Format (UXF) XML Metadata Interchange (XMI) Other topics Glossary of UML terms Rational Unified Process Comparison of UML tools UML colors

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