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JOT Special Issue CFP

Journal of Object Technology Special theme on MODELS AND EVOLUTION

The 13th Workshop on Models and Evolution (ME) 2019 is a satellite event at ACM/IEEE 22nd International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems - MODELS

Software artefacts constantly increase in complexity, variety and novelty. Environment and business constraints, user requirements and new insights put additional pressure on their adaptability, availability, reliability and quality: they continuously need to be up to date. But evolution issues are critical, complex and costly to manage. They concern requirements, architecture, design, source code, documentation, integration or deployment. They also typically affect various kinds of models (data, behavioural, domain, source code or goal models). Addressing and managing these varieties of changes is essential. Models and meta-models, the cornerstone of complex software systems’ abstractions, represent a powerful mean for facing software evolution challenges by ensuring a more abstract and expressive modeling of software evolution. They can help and guide software evolution and can enforce and reduce critical risks and important involved resources. The workshop puts the focus on Models and Evolution by considering two main sides: (1) Managing software evolution needs by relying on the high-level abstraction power of models and meta-models. (2) Managing model and metamodel evolution needs and the co-evolution of all related software artefacts by putting attention to their increasing evolution issues as they become primary artefacts.

A selection of best papers of ME2018-2019 will be invited to submit extended versions for tentative publication in a Special Issue of JOT, the Journal of Object Technology. The call (hybrid) will also be open to submissions by anyone interested in the topic.

Organizers:
Ludovico Iovino
Gran Sasso Science Institute (Italy)

Alfonso Pierantonio
University of L'Aquila (Italy)

Dalila Tamzalit
LS2N, Université de Nantes (France)

Important Dates

Abstract submission: Friday 28 June (AoE)
Paper submission: Friday 5 July (AoE)
Notification to authors: Sunday 22 July
Camera ready version: Friday 2 August
Workshop date: 16 Septempber 2019

Program Committee

Ludovico Iovino	Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila
Francesco Basciani	University of L'Aquila, Italy
Alessio Bucaioni	Mälardalen University
Alfonso Pierantonio	University of L'Aquila
Dalila Tamzalit	University of Nantes, LS2N - CNRS UMR 6004
Federico Ciccozzi	Mälardalen University
Adrian Rutle	Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
Davide Di Ruscio	Università degli Studi dell'Aquila
Mahmoud El Hamlaoui	ENSIAS, Rabat IT Center, UM5R, Morocco
Jesús Sánchez Cuadrado	Universidad de Murcia
Eugene Syriani	University of Montreal
Andreas Wortmann	RWTH Aachen University
Tao Yue	Simula Research Laboratory and Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Vincenzo Grassi	University of Roma "Tor Vergata"
Leen Lambers	Hasso-Plattner-Institut, Universität Potsdam
Arend Rensink	University of Twente
Massimo Tisi	IMT Atlantique, LS2N (UMR CNRS 6004)
Djamel Eddine Khelladi	DIVERSE Team, IRISA-INRIA, CNRS, Université Rennes 1
Jeff Gray	University of Alabama
Anthony Anjorin	Paderborn University
Antonio Cicchetti	Mälardalen University
Udo Kelter	University of Siegen, Germany

Topics of Interest

Formalisms, theories, formal approaches, methods and languages for expressing and understanding model-driven software evolution
Supporting processes and tools for managing model-driven software evolution
(Co-)evolution and (co-)adaptation of models, meta-models and modeling languages; classification of (co-)evolution scenarios
Conformance checking, inconsistency management, synchronization, differencing, comparison, impact analysis of evolving models
Transformation techniques for evolving models: restructuring, refactoring, migration, translation, composition, versioning, etc.
Maintenance and evolution of domain-specific languages
Maintenance and evolution of model transformations
Traceability maintenance, verification, and validation of evolving models, evolving model transformations, and evolving modeling languages; runtime models
Analysis of model maintainability
Variability management using models
Model-driven software architecture recovery, reverse architecting, reconstruction, migration and software release engineering
Model-based and model-related techniques for legacy systems evolution and systems integration
Reusable evolution solutions and patterns
Evolution issues in new and emerging systems and paradigms (e.g., cyber-security, cyber-physical systems, systems of systems, systems engineering, Internet of Things, cloud computing and its Software, Platform, Infrastructure (SPI) model, data analytics, big data, social media, devices and services, mobile applications, open source software, sustainability and modeling for social good, open architectures, product-line architectures, software ecosystems, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), micro-services, enterprise architectures)
Model-driven software evolution regarding energy-awareness and sustainability
Training, education, and certification around software evolution
State-of-the-art and state-of-practice in software evolution
Empirical studies, industrial needs, experience reports and experiments in software evolution
Tools and methods supporting all of the above topics

Submission Guidelines

We solicit papers of three main types: research papers, position papers and tool presentations as follows:

Research papers (max. 10 pages including references): These submissions provide novel contributions on topics of the workshop presenting novel ideas, addressing challenging problems, or making practical contributions.
Position papers (max. 6 pages):
- Work in progress papers by young researchers: These submissions present early work and preliminary research results of young researchers in topics related to the workshop.
- Visionary papers: We encourage papers proposing visionary and strategic ideas and/or looking for collaborations around international projects. These submissions take a visionary stance to the field describing long term ambitions, visionary technological advancements, paradigmatic changes and research agendas. Note that the ideas presented must be clearly positioned, adequately thought through, and sufficiently documented.
- Industrial experience: Industrial papers reporting about experiences in the area of models and evolution, novel industrial tools, and positions from industry about experience and/or case studies about managing or putting into practice model-driven software evolution solutions are highly appreciated.
Tool presentations (max. 6 pages): These submissions present (experience with) tools (which may be either research prototypes or commercial tools) that are fully/partially dedicated to supporting model-based software evolution and evolution issues encountered in model-based development.

Contributions: must be written in English and adhere to the IEEE formatting. Contributions should address novel or preliminary research ideas, challenging problems, and practical contributions to the domain. Industrial feedback are welcome: experience or case studies about applying MDE in an industrial setting showing the lack of exibility, or ways to overcome it, are solicited as well. All submissions will be subjected to single-blind reviews, who are expert or have been experiencing in the related field for years. Accepted papers will be published as IEEE online proceedings, and indexed in DBLP and Scopus. Contributions must be submitted through the ME 2019 EasyChair submission page.

Accepted Papers

Johannes Schröpfer, Felix Schwägerl and Bernhard Westfechtel	Consistency Control for Model Versions in Evolving Model-Driven Software Product Lines
Alfa Yohannis, Horacio Hoyos Rodriguez, Fiona Polack and Dimitris Kolovos	Towards Visualising Change-based Models
Michael Tröls, Atif Mashkoor and Alexander Egyed	Multifaceted Consistency Checking of Collaborative Engineering Artifacts
Damir Bilic, Etienne Brosse, Andrey Sadovykh, Dragos Truscan, Hugo Bruneliere and Uwe Ryssel	An Integrated Model-based Tool Chain for Managing Variability in Complex System Design
Sanaa Alwidian and Daniel Amyot	Inferring Metamodel Relaxations based on Structural Patterns to Support Model Families
Xin Zhao and Jeff Gray	BESMER: An Approach for Bad Smells Summarization in Systems Models
Iris Reinhartz-Berger, Sameh Abbass and Anna Zamansky	Towards Automatic Domain Engineering by Polymorphism-Inspired Recommendation

Detailed Program

Program

09:00 - 09:15 Opening

09:15 - 10:30 Morning Session 1

Keynote: Antonio Cicchetti - Mälardalen University, Sweden
"Model Evolution: Research and Industrial perspectives".
Abstract:Model-Driven Engineering (MDE) aims at shifting the focus of software development from coding to modelling. The underlying goal is to address the ever-increasing complexity of software systems by tackling problems at higher levels of abstraction and then providing model transformation mechanisms to close the expressiveness gaps between abstractions levels. It is worth noting that a gap exists not only between design models and running code, but also with requirements analysis, testing environments, formal verification tools, and so forth. In this respect, model evolution management is a very useful tool to detect the impact and propagate changes on interconnected artefacts accordingly. In this talk I will discuss my personal view about state-of-the-art solutions and open problems related to model evolution management both from academic and industrial perspectives.

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:30 Morning Session 2

Consistency Control for Model Versions in Evolving Model-Driven Software Product Lines. Johannes Schröpfer, Felix Schwägerl and Bernhard Westfechtel

Towards Visualising Change-based Models. Alfa Yohannis, Horacio Hoyos Rodriguez, Fiona Polack and Dimitris Kolovos

Multifaceted Consistency Checking of Collaborative Engineering Artifacts. Michael Tröls, Atif Mashkoor and Alexander Egyed

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 15:30 Afternoon Session 1

An Integrated Model-based Tool Chain for Managing Variability in Complex System Design. Damir Bilic, Etienne Brosse, Andrey Sadovykh, Dragos Truscan, Hugo Bruneliere and Uwe Ryssel

Inferring Metamodel Relaxations based on Structural Patterns to Support Model Families. Sanaa Alwidian and Daniel Amyot

BESMER: An Approach for Bad Smells Summarization in Systems Models. Xin Zhao and Jeff Gray

15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break

Towards Automatic Domain Engineering by Polymorphism-Inspired Recommendation. Iris Reinhartz-Berger, Sameh Abbass and Anna Zamansky

16:30 - 17:30 Wrap Up and Discussion

Past Editions

ME 2018 (at MoDELS)

ME 2017 (at MoDELS)

ME 2016 (at MoDELS)

ME 2014 (at MoDELS)

ME 2013 (at MoDELS)

ME 2012 (at MoDELS)

ME 2011 (at MoDELS)

ME 2010 (at MoDELS)

MoDSE-MCCM 2009 (at MoDELS)

MoDSE 2008 (at CSMR)

MoDSE 2007 (at CSMR)

THE VENUE

The Workshop on Models and Evolution is a satellite event of MODELS 2019. MODELS, the ACM/IEEE 22th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems, is the premier conference series for model-driven software and systems engineering, and is organized with support of ACM SIGSOFT and IEEE TCSE. Since 1998, MODELS has covered all aspects of modeling, from languages and methods, to tools and applications. Attendees of MODELS come from diverse backgrounds, including researchers, academics, engineers and industrial professionals. MODELS 2019 is a forum for participants to exchange cutting-edge research results and innovative practical experiences around modeling and model-driven software and systems. This year’s edition will provide an opportunity for the modeling community to further advance the foundations of modeling, and come up with innovative applications of modeling in emerging areas of cyber-physical systems, embedded systems, socio-technical systems, cloud computing, big data, security, open source, and sustainability. We invite you to join us at MODELS 2019, in Munich, Germany 15-20 September 2019, and to help shape the modelling methods and technologies of the future!

Contact us

In case of questions, contact us via an email to me2019@easychair.org.