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<p>CALL FOR PAPERS AND DEMONSTRATIONS<br>
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SPLASH 2010 Workshop on Flexible Modeling Tools<br>
<a href="http://www.ics.uci.edu/~nlopezgi/flexitools/">http://www.ics.uci.edu/~nlopezgi/flexitools/</a><br>
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Monday, October 18, 2010, Reno, Nevada, USA. (In conjunction with<br>
SPLASH/OOPSLA/Onward!)<br>
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"Flexible modeling tools" hold the promise of bridging the gap<br>
between formal modeling and free-form authoring. This workshop will<br>
bring together researchers and practitioners to explore ideas and<br>
showcase early results in this emerging field.<br>
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Both formal modeling and free-form authoring offer important<br>
benefits for software architects and designers, as well as others.<br>
Unfortunately, contemporary tools often force users to choose one<br>
style of work over the other. During the exploratory phases of<br>
design, it is more common to use white boards than modeling tools.<br>
During the early stages of architectural analysis, it is more common<br>
to use office tools like PowerPoint and Excel. These tools offer<br>
ease of use, freedom from strict representation rules, and the<br>
ability to prepare attractive presentations for a variety of<br>
stakeholders. However, users miss out on the clarity, consistency,<br>
and completeness that can accrue from using modeling tools, as well<br>
as the powerful visualization, navigation, manipulation, and<br>
guidance that semantics-driven tools can provide.<br>
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At this workshop, people who build tools and people who use tools<br>
for software development will discuss the reasons for the current<br>
state of the practice, and will focus on tool users' needs and tool<br>
capabilities to address those needs. Papers and live demonstrations<br>
will present work on free-form authoring tools and formal modeling<br>
tools, as well as hybrid tools that aim to achieve the benefits of<br>
both.<br>
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Full call for papers:<br>
<a href="http://www.ics.uci.edu/~nlopezgi/flexitools/cfp.html">http://www.ics.uci.edu/~nlopezgi/flexitools/cfp.html</a><br>
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IMPORTANT DATES:<br>
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Submission deadline: Monday August 9, 2010 Notification of<br>
acceptance: Friday September 3, 2010 Early registration:<br>
Mid-September, 2010 Workshop: Monday October 18, 2010<br>
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SUBMISSION:<br>
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Prospective participants are invited to submit 2-4 page position<br>
papers on any topic relevant to the dichotomy between modeling tools<br>
and more free-form tools. In particular, papers analyzing specific<br>
problems with existing tools, detailing requirements for flexible<br>
modeling tools, analyzing the usability tradeoffs involved in<br>
flexible modeling, describing approaches for architecting and<br>
building flexible modeling tools, and actual examples of such tools<br>
are all appropriate.<br>
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Alternatively, prospective participants can submit a 2-4 page<br>
description of a live demonstration they would present of a working<br>
prototype of a flexible modeling tool. The description should<br>
indicate which essential capabilities of the tool would be the focus<br>
of the demonstration.<br>
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Submissions must conform to the ACM SIGPLAN Proceedings Format<br>
(<a href="http://www.sigplan.org/authorInformation.htm">http://www.sigplan.org/authorInformation.htm</a>) and must be submitted<br>
through Easy Chair<br>
(www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=flexitools2010) by the<br>
submission deadline noted below. Submissions will be judged based on<br>
novelty, insightfulness, quality, relevance to the workshop, and<br>
potential to spark discussion. Accepted submissions will be posted<br>
on the workshop website.<br>
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WORKSHOP FORMAT<br>
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The workshop will consist of a few brief presentations from a subset<br>
of the accepted position papers and demonstrations. Each<br>
presentation will be accompanied by considerable discussion. To fuel<br>
this discussion, all participants will be asked to prepare:<br>
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a) Two problems they have experienced with existing modeling tools,<br>
or two tasks or situations for which modeling tools would be helpful<br>
but are not used typically used; and b) Two features/differences in<br>
behavior or ideas for radical new tools they would like to see.<br>
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In addition, there will be an area where all accepted papers and<br>
demonstrations can be displayed as posters, to be viewed by all<br>
participants throughout the day.<br>
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Finally, all participants are encouraged to bring working prototypes<br>
of tools along with them. If there is sufficient interest, a SPLASH<br>
BOF will be organized to provide an opportunity to discuss and<br>
showcase tools and some of the workshop results in greater depth.<br>
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ORGANIZERS<br>
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Doug Kimelman, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA <br>
Harold Ossher, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA <br>
Andre van der Hoek, University of California, Irvine, USA <br>
Margaret-Anne Storey, University of Victoria, Canada<br>
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PROGRAM COMMITTEE<br>
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Elisa Baniassad, The Australian National University, Australia<br>
Krzysztof Czarnecki, University of Waterloo, Canada <br>
Rob DeLine, Microsoft Research, USA <br>
Michael Desmond, IBM Research, USA <br>
Miryung Kim, University of Texas at Austin, USA <br>
Andrew Ko, University of Washington, USA <br>
Michele Lanza, University of Lugano, Switzerland<br>
Crista Lopes, University of California, Irvine, USA <br>
Marian Petre, Open University, UK <br>
Dave Thomas, Bedarra Research Labs, Canada</body></html>