M O D E L S 2 0 0 9 ACM/IEEE 12th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems Denver, Colorado, USA October 4-9, 2009 http://www.modelsconference.org/ The MODELS Conference Series ---------------------------- ... is devoted to model-based development for software and systems engineering, covering all categories of modeling languages, methods, tools, and their applications. Engineering models have long been used in the development of complex systems and the approach is also becoming more prevalent in the design of modern software systems. Methodologies and tools are emerging and applied successfully in practice. They create and manipulate such models starting with the earliest phases of development through to implementation and testing. The MODELS series of conferences (http://www.modelsconference.org/) is the premier venue for the exchange of innovative technical ideas and experiences relating to model-based approaches in the development of complex systems. To provide a broader forum for reporting on scientific progress as well as experiences and issues stemming from practical application of model-based methods, the 2009 conference has two distinct tracks: * A scientific track * An empirical results track (see separate CFP) Papers in each track will be evaluated by separate program committees based on criteria appropriate to that track. Call for Papers --- The Scientific Track -------------------------------------- Over the years model-based development has gained rapidly increasing popularity across various engineering disciplines. Numerous efforts resulted in the invention of concepts, languages, and tools for the definition, analysis, transformation, and extension of domain-specific modeling languages as well as general-purpose modeling language standards. Problems in this domain span multiple disciplines and have to be addressed by collaborative research activities spanning domains such as industrial automation, business engineering, hardware/software co-design, real-time system development, Web 2.0 application design, and so forth. A primary objective of the scientific track of MODELS is to build a forum for exchange and discussion of new research results dedicated to advancing the state-of-the-art of model-based development in general. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: * Development of domain-specific modeling languages * Design of general-purpose modeling languages and related standards * Definition of the syntax and semantics of modeling languages * Tools and meta-tools for modeling languages and model-based development * Definition and usage of model transformation and generation approaches * Development of systems engineering and modeling-in-the-large concepts * Proposals of new model quality assurance techniques * Integration of modeling languages and tools (hybrid multi-modeling) * Evolution of modeling languages and models * New modeling paradigms and formalisms Submission Process --- Scientific Track Long (15 pages) and short (5 pages) paper submissions must conform to the Springer LNCS formatting guidelines: http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-7-72376-0 All submissions must be original, unpublished, and not submitted simultaneously for publication elsewhere. They will undergo a thorough review process by a track-specific committee comprising leading experts from academia and industry; however, papers that are too long or violate the LNCS formatting instructions will be rejected. Accepted papers will be published in a conference proceedings by Springer in the LNCS series. Authors of best papers from the conference will be invited to revise and submit extended versions of their papers for a special issue of the Journal on Software and Systems Modeling (Springer Press). For further details concerning the submission process consult http://www.modelsconference.org/ About Denver and the Conference Center -------------------------------------- Denver is one of America's most beautiful cities. It is located at the base of the Rocky Mountains and has 300 days of sunshine. Denver has a great love of the outdoors. It is close to the Rocky Mountain National Park and several 14-ers, mountain peaks that are 14,000 ft or higher. It is also a cultural and sophisticated city. According to the official website of the Denver Metro Convention and Visitors Bureau (http://www.denver.org/), "The city has more than 40 museums and historic attractions, from Buffalo Bill's Grave & Museum to Daniel Libeskind's amazing new Denver Art Museum. The Denver Zoo is the fourth most popular in the nation." The conference will be held in the Hyatt Regency, Denver Tech Center. It is in the heart of the Tech Center business conclave, and minutes from both downtown and airport. Important Dates --------------- Scientific and Empirical Paper Submissions: Abstract: April 26, 2009, 23:59 (MDT*) Full Paper: May 10, 2009, 23:59 (MDT*) Workshop Proposals: March 15, 2009 Tutorial Proposals: April 19, 2009 (*) MDT = Mountain Daylight Time Zone (Denver local time) Organization Committee ---------------------- Conference Chairs: Robert Pettit, The Aerospace Corporation, USA Sudipto Ghosh, Colorado State University, USA Scientific Track Program Chair: Andy Schuerr Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany Empirical Results Track Chair: Bran Selic Malina Software, Canada Workshop Chair: James Bieman Colorado State University, USA Tutorial Chair: Thomas Weigert Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA Doctoral Symposium Chair: Juergen Dingel Queen's University, Canada Educator Symposium Chairs: Robert France Colorado State UniversityUSA Martin Gogolla University of Bremen, Germany Panel Chair: Oystein Haugen University of Oslo, Norway Steering Committee Chair: Heinrich Hussmann Universität München, Germany Publicity Chairs: Arnor Solberg SINTEF, Norway Emanuel Grant University of North Dakota, USA Scientific Track Program Committee ---------------------------------- Aditya Agrawal The Mathworks Inc., USA Hernan Astudilo Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Chile Don Batory University of Texas, USA Benoit Baudry INRIA, France Jean Bézivin Université de Nantes, France Xavier Blanc LIP6, France Ruth Breu University of Innsbruck, Austria Lionel Briand Simula Research Lab and University of Oslo, Norway Jean-Michel Bruel Université de Toulouse, France Krzysztof Czarnecki University of Waterloo, Canada Juan de Lara Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain Jens Dietrich Massey University, New Zealand Juergen Dingel Queen's University, Canada Alexander Egyed Johannes Kepler University, Austria Gregor Engels University of Paderborn, Germany Jean-Marie Favre University of Grenoble, France Robert B. France Colorado State University, USA Harald Gall University of Zurich, Switzerland Dragan Gasevic Athabasca University, Canada Geri Georg Colorado State University, USA Sébastien Gérard CEA LIST, France Holger Giese Hasso Plattner Institute, Germany Martin Gogolla University of Bremen, Germany Susanne Graf VERIMAG, France Emanuel Grant University of North-Dakota, USA Jeff Gray University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA John Grundy University of Auckland, New Zealand Jun Han Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Řystein Haugen SINTEF, Norway Zhenjiang Hu National Institute of Informatics, Japan Heinrich Hussmann Universität München, Germany Jan Jurjens Open University and MSRC, UK Gerti Kappel Vienna University of Technology, Austria Gabor Karsai Vanderbilt University, USA Ingolf Krüger UC San Diego, USA Jochen Kuester IBM Research, Switzerland Thomas Kühne Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Ralf Laemmel University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany Michele Lanza University of Lugano, Switzerland Michaël Lawley The Australian e-Health Research Centre, Australia Timothy C. Lethbridge University of Ottawa, Canada Birger Mřller-Pedersen University of Oslo, Norway Ana Moreira Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal Pierre-Alain Muller Université de Haute-Alsace, France Ileana Ober IRIT, France Richard Paige University of York, UK Dorina C. Petriu Carleton University, Canada Alfonso Pierantonio Universitŕ degli Studi dell´ Aquila, Italy Claudia Pons University of La Plata, Argentinia Ivan Porres Ĺbo Akademi University, Finland Alexander Pretschner Fraunhofer IESE and TU Kaiserslautern, Switzerland Gianna Reggio Universitŕ di Genova, Italy Arend Rensink University of Twente, The Netherlands Bernhard Rumpe TU Braunschweig, Germany Andy Schuerr Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany Bran Selic Malina Software, Canada Michal Smialek Warsaw University of Technology, Poland Perdita Stevens University of Edinburgh, UK Juha-Pekka Tolvanen MetaCase, Finland Laurence Tratt Bournemouth University, UK Axel Uhl SAP Research Center, Germany Pieter Van Gorp Technical University of Eindhoven, The Netherlands Dániel Varró Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary Eelco Visser Technical University of Delft, The Netherlands Andrzej Wasowski IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark Jon Whittle Lancaster University, UK Andreas Winter Universiy of Koblenz-Landau, Germany