The MODELS'15 conference will be held in Ottawa this September,
and I will be giving the keynote for the workshop for open source
software in model-driven engineering. You will notice some
familiar names amongst the organizers :)
The Call for Papers is below if anyone is interested in
participating.
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Mike,
if you can think of mailing lists or people interested in our workshop,
can you please let me know or forward the CfP yourself (feel free to
take out the paragraph announcing your keynote if you prefer).
Thanks!
Juergen
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C A L L FOR P A P E R S
2nd WORKSHOP ON OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE FOR MDE (OSS4MDE'15)
http://www.cs.queensu.ca/oss4mde
Ottawa, Canada
September 29, 2015
Co-located with MODELS'15
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JUST IN: WORKSHOP KEYNOTE
We are excited that Mike Milinkovich, Executive Director of the
Eclipse Foundation, will be giving a keynote at the workshop
entitled "The Future of Modeling: User-Driven Open Source".
Abstract can be found at http://flux.cs.queensu.ca/oss4mde/program-2
BACKGROUND AND MOTIVATION
The successful use of Model-Driven Engineering (MDE) techniques is
crucially dependent on the availability of a wide variety of capabilities
and tools. These tools need to observe relevant standards (e.g., for
UML, MOF, XMI); may have to comply with certification regulations such
as DO178 or ISO26262; be stable, extensible, well-documented,
user-friendly, low-cost; and satisfy needs for long-term support of at
least 10 years and up to 80 years.
To satisfy their tool needs, the vast majority of industrial MDE users
have been relying on commercial tool vendors. However, a growing number
of them either are now considering the use of open source tools or have
already committed to it. Evidence includes
- the formation of PolarSys (http://www.polarsys.org), an Eclipse Industry
Working Group aimed at the development and adoption of a complete
collection of industrial-strength, Eclipse-based open source tools
for the development of reliable embedded systems,
- the increasing interest in Papyrus (http://www.eclipse.org/papyrus),
an integrated environment for editing EMF model with focus on UML
(Version 2.5) and related languages such as SysML and MARTE,
- the recent announcement Mentor Graphics announcement that their
BridgePoint MDE tool is now fully open source
(https://xtuml.org/one-fact-inc-announcement)
The development and availability of complete, industrial-strength
open source MDE tool suites represent a radical shift from past
practices and presents both exciting opportunities and substantial
challenges for everybody interested in MDE, regardless of whether they
use the tools for industrial development, research, or education. Due
to the importance of tooling to the success of MDE, this shift has the
potential to provide a much-needed stimulus for major advances in its
adoption, development, and dissemination. The purpose of the OSS4MDE
workshop is to ensure that this potential is realized.
OBJECTIVES AND TOPICS
The main goal of the workshop is to bring together researchers,
educators and industry representatives interested in modeling and MDE
and provide an opportunity to learn more about the anticipated
increased importance of open source MDE tools and to shape and
influence future developments.
Another goal of the workshop is to build on the momentum that Papyrus
has recently been developing and to further increase its potential to
serve as the first choice for researchers, practitioners, and educators
looking for an open source modeling tool.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- how to facilitate the adoption of open source MDE tools in industry,
research, and teaching
- how to facilitate the efficient, sustained development of
high-quality, open source MDE tools suitable for users in industry,
research, and teaching
- what are the needs of existing open source MDE tools and what
hinders their use
- to what extent does development of open source MDE tools require
oversight and governance
- how to build and sustain an open and active user and developer
community for open source MDE tools
- what is the best way that social media and online resources such as
stackoverflow can be leveraged
- what are the requirements for the integration of open source and
commercial tools and how can they be realized
- what are potential pitfalls (e.g., legal and licensing issues) in
the development and use of open source MDE tools
- insightful experience reports describing the development or use of
open source MDE tools that, e.g., speak to the topics listed above.
Submissions on these topics are welcome regardless of the open source
tools used; however, submissions involving Papyrus are particularly
encouraged.
SUBMISSIONS AND PROCEEDINGS
Authors are invited to submit vision and position papers relevant to
the workshop topic. Also welcome are insightful experience reports
describing the use or development of open source tools for MDE in
industrial or academic contexts.
All submissions must be written in English, adhere to the Springer
LNCS formatting guidelines at
http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0. Both,
short papers (not more than 6 pages, including references) and full
papers (not more than 10 pages) are welcome. Accepted papers will
appear in workshop proceedings published in CEUR
(http://www.ceur-ws.org). Submissions will be handled using EasyChair
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=oss4mde15and reviewed by
at least 3 PC members.
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission deadline: July 17, 2015
Author notification: August 21, 2015
Workshop: September 29, 2015
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Francis Bordeleau, Ericsson, Canada
Jean-Michel Bruel, IRIT, France
Juergen Dingel, Queen's University, Canada
Sebastien Gerard, CEA list, France
Sebastian Voss, Fortiss, Germany
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Gael Blondelle, Eclipse Foundation, Canada
Diarmuid Corcoran, Ericsson, Sweden
Krzysztof Czarnecki, University of Waterloo, Canada
Julien Delange, SEI, USA
Birgit Demuth, University of Dresden, Germany
Maged Elaasar, Carleton University, Canada
Martin Gogolla, University of Bremen, Germany
Kenn Hussey, Committerati, Canada
Gert Johansson, Combitech, Sweden
Eric Knauss, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Maximilian Koegel, EclipseSource, Germany
Ernesto Posse, Zeligsoft, Canada
Sanjai Rayadurgam, University of Minnesota, USA
Charles Rivet, Selrahc Software, Canada
Bernhard Rumpe, RWTH Aachen, Germany
Jon Whittle, Lancaster University, UK