Preface. First International Workshop on Views on Designing Complex Architectures

Security and management of information are key issues in informatics, and are among its fast-developing fields. On the one hand, this calls for a continuous attention of the researchers to the most recent developments in these areas. On the other hand, it asks those same researchers to come up with novel ideas and insights, while designing their own views for the growth of these fields. The VODCA 2004 workshop aimed at providing a platform for young scientists to present their research views on all areas related to the design of complex architectures, with a special focus on the security and management of information. This volume contains the papers that were presented at the workshop. In total 18 papers were submitted and after a regular refereeing process 12 of them were selected for a presentation. In addition to the presentations of original research results, the programme included 3 invited lectures. We hope this workshop has helped its participants to establish new views on the design of complex architectures, especially in relation to the security and management of information in such architectures.