| [gmt-dev] [ANN] CALL FOR PAPERS: SOFTWARE EVOLUTION THROUGH TRANSFORMATIONS |
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CALL FOR PAPERS
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SOFTWARE EVOLUTION THROUGH TRANSFORMATIONS: Model-based vs. Implementation-level Solutions SETra 2004, October 1-2, 2004, Rome, Italy http://www.segravis.org/Events/SETra04 Satellite event of the 2nd Intl. Conference on Graph Transformation (ICGT 2004), Sept. 28 - Oct. 2 2004, Rome, Italy http://icgt2004.dsi.uniroma1.it The workshop's aim is to discuss graph- and transformation-based techniques in software evolution including the tradeoffs, benefits, and combinations of individual solutions, like meta modeling, model and program transformations, software visualization and metrics, etc. Due to support by the European Science Foundation <http://www.esf.org/> through the Scientific Network RELEASE: Research Links to Explore and Advance Software Evolution (see http://labmol.di.fc.ul.pt/projects/release/), the workshop is free of any participation fees. More detailed information on objectives, topics, deadlines, and people involved can be found below or at http://www.segravis.org/Events/SETra04. OBJECTIVES ========== Software evolution can been studied and supported at the level of both models and programs. Model-based software development as proposed, for example, by the OMG's MDA initiative, addresses evolution by automating (via several intermediate levels) the transformation of models into code. In this way, software can be evolved at the model level, relying on automated transformations to keep the implementation in sync. Classical re-engineering technology, instead, starts at level of programs which, due to the poor quality of models found in industrial contexts, provide the only definite representation of the system. Which approach is better in which situation and how they can be combined is still an open question. At the conceptual level, the laws of software evolution and the theory behind them may provide us with answers about the respective tradeoffs and likely combinations. At the technology level, graphs defined by meta models, and their transformations, have been recognized as a uniform way to support evolution, both at the programming and the model level. The workshop provides a forum for the discussion of graph- and transformation-based techniques in software evolution including the tradeoffs and benefits of individual solutions, like meta modeling, model and program transformations, software visualization and metrics, etc. TOPICS ====== Topics of interest include, but are not limited to * relation and tradeoffs between model- and program-based evolution: experience reports and theoretical questions * graph-based models for evolution, re-engineering, and visualization of programs * software refactoring and architectural reconfiguration * model-driven architecture and model transformations * consistency management and co-evolution SUBMISSIONS ============ We solicit submissions of papers in two categories: * Position papers of up to 5 pages (in ENTCS format) are expected to make a problem statement and to discuss the methodology, experience, and open issues of proposed approaches. * Technical papers may have up to 12 pages (in ENTCS format) and are judged, in addition, w.r.t. their originality and technical contribution. Accepted contributions will appear in an issue of Elsevier's Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science (http://math.tulane.edu/%7Eentcs/) A preliminary version of the issue will be available at the workshop. IMPORTANT DATES ================ *Submissions: June 30, 2004 *Notification: August 10, 2004 *Camera-ready: September 10, 2004 *Workshop: October 1-2, 2004 PROGRAM COMMITTEE =================== Participation in the workshop is free, but an active role requires the submission of a paper which will be evaluated by the following program committee. * Giulio Antoniol (Università degli Studi del Sannio, Italy) * Andrea Corradini (Università di Pisa, Italy) * Stephane Ducasse (University of Bern, Switzerland) * Jean-Marie Favre (Institut d`Informatique et Mathematiques Appliquees de Grenoble, France) * José Luiz Fiadeiro (University of Leicester, United Kingdom) * Harald Gall (Universität Zürich, Switzerland) * Martin Grosse-Rhode (Fraunhofer ISST Berlin, Germany) * Reiko Heckel (Universitat Dortmund, Germany) * Anton Jansen (University of Groningen, The Netherlands) * Dirk Janssens (University of Antwerp, Belgium) * Juan F. Ramil (Open University, United Kingdom) * Ashley McNeile (Metamaxim Ltd., London, United Kingdom) * Tom Mens (University of Mons-Hainaut, Belgium) Rgds
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