ACM/IEEE 18th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MODELS 2015) September 27 - October 2, 2015. Ottawa, Canada Call for papers and proposals Web site: http://www.modelsconference.org Models 2015 is the premier conference on systems and software modeling. It will be held in Ottawa, Canada from September 27 to October 2, 2015. The first three days (the 'satellite events') will focus on workshops, tutorials and symposia. The final three days will feature keynotes, various categories of papers, and demonstrations. NEW! ==== For the first time, MoDELS will accept papers in the IEEE proceedings format TOPICS OF INTEREST: =================== MODELS 2015 is seeking workshop proposals, tutorials, papers and demonstrations on all topics related to models and modeling in software and systems engineering. Specific areas of interest include but are not limited to: * Evaluation and comparison of modeling languages, techniques and tools * Modeling standards from bodies such as OMG, ITU, INCOSE, Open Group * Syntax and semantics of modeling languages * Model transformations * Modeling tools * Generative reengineering * Code generation * Quality assurance (analysis, testing, verification) for models * Modeling non-functional properties * Requirements modeling * Process modeling * Modeling in systems engineering * New modeling formalisms, approaches and frameworks * Model-driven engineering * Modeling in open source * Domain-specific modeling languages and metamodels for specific domains * Standard languages such as UML, SysML, SDL, GRL, URN * Eclipse Modeling Framework, Papyrus and other Eclipse projects * Specific formalisms such as state machines, ERDs, Use Case Maps * Data modeling * Real-time modeling and modeling in automotive, aerospace and telecommunications domains * Profiles such as Autosar, Marte * Modeling practices, experiences and requirements in industry * Modeling in enterprise architecture * Modeling in the public sector * Integrating modeling and programming * Management of modeling * Modeling for cyber-physical systems * Modeling for cloud computing and the Internet of Things * Modeling for data analytics and big data * Collaborative modeling * Modeling in science in such areas as climate modeling, economic modeling * Model interoperability * Megamodeling * Education of modeling * Usability of modeling tools and languages SUBMISSION TYPES: ================= MODELS 2015 seeks submissions from industrial practitioners of modeling, academics performing research in modeling, and students. We invite the following types of submissions * Foundations Track Papers: Novel research and new ideas related to models * MDE in Practice Track Papers focusing on experience with modeling in industry * Modeling Pearls Papers, illustrating good practice in modeling * Educators Symposium Papers focusing on how to teach topics of interest to the conference * Demonstrations of modeling tools and techniques * Posters * Submissions to individual workshops, which will be announced soon * Doctoral Symposium papers * ACM Student Research Contest Papers SUBMISSION DATES: ================= * Foundations and MDE in Practice Papers: - Abstracts: May 1, 2015 - Full papers: May 8, 2015 * All other submissions: July 17, 2015 SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: ======================== Submissions must adhere to the IEEE 2-column formatting instructions: * LaTeX users: please use the LaTeX class file IEEEtran v1.8 with the following configuration (without option 'compsoc' or 'compsocconf'): \documentclass[conference]{IEEEtran} http://cruise.eecs.uottawa.ca/models2015/resources/IEEEtran.cls * Word users: please use this Word template http://cruise.eecs.uottawa.ca/models2015/resources/MSW_USltr_format.doc Please submit to the following sites by the deadlines above: * Foundations Track (including Technical, and New Ideas): http://cyberchairpro.borbala.net/modelspapers/submit/ * For Modeling in Practice track (including Experience Reports, Case Studies and Modeling Pearls): http://cyberchairpro.borbala.net/modelsmeippapers/submit/ Instructions for other tracks and more details of the above instructions such as page limits and acceptance criteria are available on the main conference website. http://www.modelsconference.org CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION: ======================== General Chair ------------- Timothy Lethbridge, University of Ottawa, Canada, tcl@eecs.uottawa.ca Foundations Track Program Chair ------------------------------- Jordi Cabot, ICREA - UOC, Barcelona, Spain MDE in Practice Program Chair ----------------------------- Alexander Egyed, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria Finance Chair ------------- Yvan Labiche, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada Tutorials Co-Chairs ------------------- Gunter Mussbacher, McGill University, Montreal, Canada Ana Moreira, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal Workshops Co-Chair ------------------ Abdelwahab Hamou-Lhadj, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada Emilio Insfran, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain Posters and Demos Co-Chair -------------------------- Vinay Kulkarni, TCS, India Omar Badreddin, Northern Arizona University, USA Panels Co-Chairs ---------------- Benoit Baudry, INRIA, France Benoit Combemale, Institut de Recherche en Informatique et Systèmes Aléatoires, France Educators Symposium Co-Chair ---------------------------- Tony Clark, Middlesex University, London, UK Educators Symposium Co-Chair: Arnon Sturm, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel Doctoral Symposium Co-Chair --------------------------- Marsha Chechik, University of Toronto, Canada Doctoral Symposium Co-Chair: Dimitris Kolovos, University of York, UK ACM Student Research Co-Chair ----------------------------- Mira Balaban, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel Martin Gogolla, University of Bremen, Germany Publicity --------- Web Chair: Stéphane Somé, University of Ottawa, Canada Social Media Co-Chair: Sahar Kokaly, McMaster University, Canada Social Media Co-Chair: Michalis Famelis, University of Toronto, Canada Publicity Co-Chair - Focus on Europe: Manuel Wimmer, TU Wien, Austria Publicity Co-Chair - Focus on China: Tian Zhang, Nanjing University, China Registration Chair ------------------ Vahdat Abdelzad, University of Ottawa, Canada Local Arrangements and Student Volunteers Co-Chairs --------------------------------------------------- Karim El Guemhioui, Université du Quebec en Outaouais, Canada Andrew Forward, Private Consultant, Canada Steering Committee ------------------ Lionel Briand (Chair), University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg Juergen Dingel, Queen's University, Canada Silvia Abrahão, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain Benoit Baudry, IRISA - INRIA, France Ruth Breu, University of Innsbruck, Austria Jean-Michel Bruel, IRIT, France Jordi Cabot, INRIA, France Laurie Dillon, Michigan State University, USA Alexander Egyed, JKU Linz, Austria Gregor Engels, University of Paderborn, Germany Jeff Gray, University of Alabama, USA Øystein Haugen, SINTEF, Norway Jörg Kienzle, McGill University, Canada Thomas Kühne, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Timothy C. Lethbridge, University of Ottawa, Canada Ana Moreira, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal Pierre-Alain Muller, University of Haute-Alsace, France Dorina Petriu, Carleton University, Canada Rob Pettit, The Aerospace Corp, USA Gianna Reggio, University of Genoa, Italy Bernhard Schätz, Technical University of Munich, Germany Wolfram Schulte, Microsoft Research, USA Andy Schürr, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany Steve Seidman, Texas State University, USA Jon Whittle, Lancaster University, UK Program Board ------------- Richard Paige, University of York, United Kingdom Juergen Dingel, Queen's University, Canada Ana Moreira, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal Antonio Vallecillo, Universidad de Màlaga, Spain Bran Selic, Malina Software Corp, Canada Bernhard Rumpe, Software Engineering RWTH Aachen, Germany Øystein Haugen, SINTEF, Norway Zhenjiang Hu, National Institute of Informatics, Japan Pierre-Alain Muller, Université de Haute Alsace, France Jörg Kienzle, McGill University, Canada Lionel Briand, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg Betty H.C. Cheng, Michigan State University, USA Benoit Baudry, INRIA, France Foundations Track Program Committee ----------------------------------- Silvia Abrahão, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain Daniel Amyot, Universtiy of Ottawa, Canada Mohsen Asadi, Simon Fraser University, Canada Don Batory, The University of Texas at Austin, United States Nelly Bencomo, Aston University, United Kingdom Xavier Blanc, Bordeaux University, France Alessandro Bozzon, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Ruth Breu, Universitaet Innsbruck, Austria Manfred Broy, Fakultät für Informatik Technische Universität München, Germany Jean-Michel Bruel, University of Toulouse, France Michel Chaudron, Chalmers & Gothenburg University, Sweden Marsha Chechik, University of Toronto, Canada Robert Clariso, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain Tony Clark, Middlesex University, United Kingdom Siobhan Clarke, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Peter Clarke, Florida International University, United States Manuel Clavel, IMDEA Software Institute, Spain Krzysztof Czarnecki, Universtiy of Waterloo, Canada Fabiano Dalpiaz, Utrecht University, Netherlands Gregor Engels, University of Paderborn, Germany Neil Ernst, Carnegie Mellon University, United States Alessandro Garcia, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Geri Georg, Colorado State University, United States Sebastien Gerard, CEA List, France Martin Gogolla, University of Bremen, Germany Jeff Gray, University of Alabama, United States John Grundy, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Giancarlo Guizzardi, Federal University of Espirito Santo, Brazil Reiko Heckel, Department of Computer Science University of Leicester, United Kingdom Gerti Kappel, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Frederic Mallet, Universite Nice Sophia Antipolis, France Shahar Maoz, Tel Aviv University, Israel Tom Mens, University of Mons, Belgium Raffaela Mirandola, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Henry Muccini, University of l'Aquila, Italy Shiva Nejati, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg Jeffrey Parsons, Memorial University, Canada Dorina Petriu, Carleton University Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Alfonso Pierantonio, University of l'Aquila, Italy Julia Rubin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States Ina Schaefer, Technische Universitaet Braunschweig, Germany Andy Schuerr, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Germany Jocelyn Simmonds, Universidad de Chile, Chile Friedrich Steimann, Fernuniversitaet in Hagen, Germany Perdita Stevens, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom Gabriele Taentzer, Philipps-Universitaet Marburg, Germany Pieter Van Gorp, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands Daniel Varro, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary Andrzej Wasowski, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark Jon Whittle, Lancaster University, United Kingdom Tao Yue, Simula Research Laboratory and University of Oslo, Norway Steffen Zschaler, King's College London, United Kingdom Juan de Lara, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain Yves le Traon, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg Model Driven Engineering in Practice Track Program Committee ------------------------------------------------------------ Shaukat Ali, Simula Research Laboratory, Norway Robert Baillargeon, CloudOne, United States Martin Becker, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany Francis Bordeleau, Ericsson, Canada Maged Elaasar, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States Pavel Hruby, CSC, Denmark Robert Karban, JPL, United States Cornel Klein, Siemens AG Corporate Research & Technology CT NTF CAR, Germany Heiko Koziolek, ABB Corporate Research, Germany Vinay Kulkarni, Tata Consultancy Services, India Stephen J. Mellor, Independent Consultant, United Kingdom Pieter Mosterman, MathWorks McGill University, United States Isabelle Perseil, INSERM, France Rob Pettit, The Aerospace Corporation, United States Ketil Stolen, SINTEF, Norway Stephan Thesing, Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH, Germany Salvador Trujillo, IK4-IKERLAN Research Centre, Spain Markus Voelter, Independent/Itemis, Germany