Call for papers: Applications track

As with any emerging technical discipline, model-based engineering approaches to software and system development give rise to a unique set of challenges related to practical application. These include a very diverse list of issues such as problems of scaling to multi-domain and geographically distributed teams, difficulties of integrating new methods and tools into legacy environments, resistance to culture change, and coping with immature technologies. Nevertheless, there are numerous practical examples of industrial application of model-based engineering in which such problems have been overcome, resulting in successful systems that clearly demonstrate the viability and the advantages of model-based methods. Unfortunately, there is still insufficient awareness among many practitioners of such results and the potential of these methods for delivering major increases in productivity and product quality.

A primary objective of the MODELS applications track is to provide a realistic and verifiable picture of the current state-of-the-practice of model-based engineering. In addition to such experience reports, papers that describe innovative solutions and concepts stemming from practical application of model-based methods and tools in industrial, business and science-driven settings are deemed highly relevant to this track. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

* Introducing model-based approaches into organizations
* Experience stories in general (successful and unsuccessful)
* How to scale modeling to large combinations of users, viewpoints or workflows
* Issues related to limitations, gaps and mismatches in current modeling standards
* Engineering and managing sets of modeling languages
* Integrating models into business environments such as development or sales
* Experience with model-based engineering tools and traceability to/from models

Applications track program committee
Information on the members of the Applications track program committee: [To come].
Submission process
How to submit your Applications track paper. [To come]

The paper length is limited to 15 pages. Paper submission must conform to the Springer LNCS formatting guidelines.

All submissions must be original, unpublished, and not submitted simultaneously for publication elsewhere.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.

The reviews of the papers will be provided to the authors around June 17, 2010 and authors will have 48 hours to submit an optional response limited to 500 words for the purpose of clarification, correction, or answering questions asked by the reviewers. Responses will be taken into account during the PC meeting.

Accepted papers will be published in the 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).

Important dates
Abstract submission: April 18, 2010
Full paper submission: May 3, 2010 Hard deadline
Reviews sent to authors: June 17, 2010
Authors’ response (optional): Within 48 hours of receiving the reviews Hard deadline
Author notification: June 28, 2009
Camera-ready papers: July 11, 2009


Call for papers: Foundations 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 Foundations 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
* New methodologies/frameworks/processes for model-driven development
* Development of systems engineering and modeling-in-the-large concepts
* Proposals of new model quality assurance techniques (analysis, testing, verification)
* Integration of modeling languages and tools (hybrid multi-modeling approaches)
* Evolution of modeling languages and models
* New modeling paradigms and formalisms

Foundations track program committee
Information on the members of the Foundations track program committee: [To come].
Submission process
How to submit your Foundations track paper. [To come]

The paper length is limited to 15 pages. Paper submission must conform to the Springer LNCS formatting guidelines.

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.

The reviews of the papers will be provided to the authors around June 17, 2010 and authors will have 48 hours to submit an optional response limited to 500 words for the purpose of clarification, correction, or answering questions asked by the reviewers. Responses will be taken into account during the PC meeting.

Accepted papers will be published in the 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).

Important dates

Abstract submission: April 18, 2010
Full paper submission: May 3, 2010 Hard deadline
Reviews sent to authors: June 17, 2010
Authors’ response (optional): Within 48 hours of receiving the reviews Hard deadline
Author notification: June 28, 2009
Camera-ready papers: July 11, 2009