<font color="#000000">Please find below the integrated call for papers and satellite events for the <span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:16px">European Conference on Modelling Foundations and Applications 2013. A PDF version of this call can be downloaded from </span><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:16px"><a href="http://is.ieis.tue.nl/staff/pvgorp/research/ECMFA-CfP-2013.pdf" target="_blank">http://is.ieis.tue.nl/staff/pvgorp/research/ECMFA-CfP-2013.pdf</a>.</span></font><br>
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<div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000">Sincerely,<br clear="all"></font><div><font color="#000000">Pieter Van Gorp, Assistant Professor (UD)<br> Information Systems Group, School of Industrial Engineering <br>
Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), The Netherlands<br>
Phone: <a href="tel:%2B31%2040%20247%202062" value="+31402472062" target="_blank">+31 40 247 2062</a>, Skype: pvgorp, Fax: <a href="tel:%2B31%2040%20243%202612" value="+31402432612" target="_blank">+31 40 243 2612</a><br>
<a href="http://is.tm.tue.nl/staff/pvgorp/research/" target="_blank">http://is.tm.tue.nl/staff/pvgorp/research/</a></font></div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><div class="h5"><div><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">==============================</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">==============================</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">===============</span><br>
</font></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b><font color="#000000">ECMFA 2013</font></b></span></div><div><font color="#000000"><a href="http://www.lirmm.fr/ecmfa13/" style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;text-align:-webkit-center" target="_blank">http://www.lirmm.fr/ecmfa13/</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br>
</span></font></div><div><font color="#000000">July 1-5, 2013<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">==============================</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">==============================</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">===============</span><br>
</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Model-Based Engineering (MBE) is an approach to the design, analysis and development of software and systems that relies on exploiting high-level models and computer-based automation to achieve significant boosts in both productivity and quality.</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">The ECMFA conference series (formerly known as the ECMDA-FA conference series) is dedicated to advancing the state of knowledge and fostering the industrial application of MBE and related approaches. Its focus is on engaging the key figures of research and industry in a dialog which will result in stronger and more effective practical application of MBE, hence producing more reliable software based on state-of-the-art research results.</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000">ECMFA 2013 will be co-located with ECOOP and ECSA. The joint organisation of these prominent conferences provides a unique opportunity to gather practitioners and researchers interested in these fields, and allow them to interact with each other. </font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><b><font color="#000000">Invited Speakers</font></b></div><div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Martin Gogolla, University of Bremen, Germany</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Dierk Steinbach, Cassidian, EADS Deutschland GmbH, Germany </font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><b><font color="#000000">Contributions</font></b></div><div><font color="#000000">ECMFA has two distinct Paper Tracks: one for research papers (Track F) dealing with the foundations for MBE, and one for industrial/applications papers (Track A) dealing with the applications of MBE, including experience reports on MBE tools.</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">In addition to the technical paper tracks, the conference will include Workshops, Tutorials, Tool demonstrations and Poster exhibitions. The deadline for submitting proposals for workshops and tutorials is January 10th, the one for tutorial proposals is April 5th. The details can be found in a separate call for workshops and call for tutorials. The deadline for submitting to the tool demonstration and poster sessions is April 15th. The details can be found in the call for tools and posters. All these calls can be downloaded from the ECMFA 2013 webpages.</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><i><font color="#000000">Research papers on foundations of MBE (academic track F)</font></i></div><div><font color="#000000">In this track, we are soliciting papers presenting original research on all aspects of MBE. Typical topics of interest include, among others:</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Foundations of Metamodelling </font></div><div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Domain Specific Modelling Languages</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Reasoning about Models</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Model Transformation, Code Generation and Reverse Engineering</font></div><div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Model Execution and Simulation</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Model (Co-)Evolution, Consistency and Synchronization</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Modelling for Testing and Validation</font></div><div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Model-Based Engineering Environments and Tool Chains</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Foundations of Requirements Modelling, Architecture Modelling, Platform Modelling</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Foundations of Quality Aspects and Modelling non-functional System Properties</font></div><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000">Research papers should be between 12 and 16 pages long, in A4 size compliant with the LNCS paper style (see <a href="http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html" target="_blank">http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html</a>). Failure to conform to these guidelines may result in disqualification of the paper. In particular, papers longer than 16 pages may be automatically rejected without review. Papers submitted to the foundations track will be evaluated on novelty and theoretical contribution.</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><i><font color="#000000"> Industrial papers on applications of MBE (industrial track A)</font></i></div><div><font color="#000000">In this track, we are soliciting papers representing views, innovations and experiences of industrial players in applying or supporting MBE. In particular, we are looking for papers that set requirements on the foundations, methods, and tools for MBE. We are also seeking experience reports or case studies on the application, successes or current shortcomings of MBE. Quantitative results reflecting industrial experience are particularly appreciated. All application areas of MBE are welcomed including but not limited to any of the following:</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Applications of MBE related to health care, smart mobility or other challenging domains</font></div><div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Comparative Studies of MBE Methods and Tools</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Metrics for MBE Development</font></div><div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Reference Architectures and Interoperability</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>MBE Environments and Tool Chains</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>MBE Technology Adoption, Development and Roll-Out Processes</font></div><div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>MBE Training</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>MBE for Systems Engineering</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>MBE for Safety-Critical Systems</font></div><div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>MBE and Component-Based Software Engineering</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>MBE and Business Process Modelling</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Software Process Modelling</font></div><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000">Industrial papers should be between 6 and 12 pages long, in A4 size compliant with the LNCS paper style (see <a href="http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html" target="_blank">http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html</a>). Failure to conform to these guidelines may result in disqualification of the paper. In particular, papers longer than 12 pages may be automatically rejected without review. Industrial papers will be evaluated on practical feasibility, maturity, and industrial relevance.</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><b><font color="#000000">Submission and selection</font></b></div><div><font color="#000000">Manuscripts for both tracks must be submitted as PDF files through the EasyChair online submission system: <a href="https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ecmfa2013" target="_blank">https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ecmfa2013</a>. Please ensure that you submit to the right track! </font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000">All contributions will be subject to a rigorous selection process by the Program Committee. No simultaneous submission to other publication outlets (either a conference or a journal) is allowed; any concurrent submission will result in the immediate rejection of the paper.</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000">As in previous years, the proceedings of the conference with the accepted papers of both Tracks will be published in a dedicated Springer LNCS volume. If accepted, the paper must be personally presented at the ECMFA 2013 Conference by one of the authors.</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">A selection of the best papers of the conference will be invited to submit extended versions to a special issue of an ISI indexed journal.</font></div><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div>
<div><b><font color="#000000">Best paper awards</font></b></div><div><font color="#000000">The European Association for Programming Languages and Systems (EAPLS) will give the Best Paper Award to the best contribution of the ECMFA 2013 Foundations Track. The best paper of the Applications Track will receive the ECMFA Best Industrial Paper Award. These papers will be selected among the accepted contributions, and the awards will be given during the event.</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><b><font color="#000000"> Important dates</font></b></div><div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Abstract submission deadline: February 1, 2013</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Papers submission deadline: February 7, 2013</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Notification to authors: April 6, 2013</font></div><div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Camera-ready version: April 19, 2013</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Main Conference: July 1-5, 2013</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><b><font color="#000000">Committees</font></b></div><div><font color="#000000"><i>Steering committee (chair: Sébastien Gérard)</i><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Andy Schuerr (Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany) </font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Julia Rubin (IBM Haifa, Israel) </font></div><div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Reda Bendraou (Université Pierre & Marie Curie, France)</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Philippe Desfray (SOFTEAM, France) </font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Sébastien Gérard (CEA LIST, France) </font></div><div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Jochen Kuester (IBM Zurich, Switzerland) </font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Juha-Pekka Tolvanen (MetaCase, Finland) </font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Antonio Vallecillo (Universidad de Malaga, Spain) </font></div><div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Ekkart Kindler (Technical University of Denmark, Danemark)</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><i><font color="#000000">Organising Committee</font></i></div><div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>General Chairs: Marianne Huchard, LIRMM, Montpellier (France)</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Organisation Chairs: Roland Ducournau and Christophe Dony, LIRMM, Montpellier (France)</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Local Organisation Chair: Elisabeth Grèverie, LIRMM, Montpellier (France)</font></div><div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Workshop Chairs: Stéphane Ducasse, INRIA Lille (France), Damien Cassou, INRIA Paris (France), Olivier Zendra, INRIA Nancy (France), Reda Bendraou, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (France)</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Tutorials Chairs: Naouel Moha and Jean Privat, Université du Québec à Montréal (Canada), Gergely Varró Technische Universität Darmstadt (Germany)</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Doctoral Symposium Chairs: Mireille Blay-Fornarino and Philippe Collet, Université de Nice (France)</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Research Project Symposium Chair: Isabelle Borne, Université de Bretagne Sud (France)</font></div><div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Poster and Demos Chairs: Houari Sahraoui, Université de Montréal (Canada), Bernard Carré, Université de Lille (France), Harald Störrle, DTU Informatics (Denmark)</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Summer School Chairs: James Noble, Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand), Jan Vitek, Purdue University (USA)</font></div><div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Web Chairs: Chouki Tibermacine and Clémentine Nebut, LIRMM, Montpellier (France)</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Social Events Chairs: Clémentine Nebut and Chouki Tibermacine, LIRMM, Montpellier (France)</font></div><div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Sponsorship and Industrial Relationships Chairs: Jean-Paul Rigault, Université de Nice (France), Abdelhak-Djamel Seriai, LIRMM, Montpellier (France)</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Student Volunteers Chairs: Jannik Laval, INRIA Bordeaux (France), Floréal Morandat, Purdue University (USA), Petr Spacek, LIRMM, Montpellier (France)</font></div>
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<div><i><font color="#000000">Programme committee chairs</font></i></div><div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Foundations track: Pieter Van Gorp, University of Eindhoven, The Netherlands</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">·<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Applications track: Tom Ritter, Frauenhofer FOKUS, Germany</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><i><font color="#000000"> Programme committee members</font></i></div><div><i><font color="#000000">Foundations Track PC Members</font></i></div><div><font color="#000000">Shaukat Ali, Simula Research Lab, Norway</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Vasco Amaral, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal</font></div>
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Marco Bambrilla, Politecnico di Milano, Italy</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Reda Bendraou, University of Pierre & Marie Curie, France</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Xavier Blanc, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Behzad Bordbar, University of Birmingham, UK</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Jordi Cabot, INRIA and Ecole des Mines de Nantes, France</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Benoit Combemale, University of Rennes, France</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Zinovy Diskin, McMaster University and University of Waterloo, Canada</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Gregor Engels, University of Paderborn, Germany</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Anne Etien, University of Lille and INRIA, France</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Robert France, Colorado State University, USA</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Jesus Garcia Molina, Universidad de Murcia, Spain</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Sebastien Gerard, CEA LIST, France</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Marie-Pierre Gervais, University of Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, France</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Holger Giese, Hasso-Plattner-Institut, Germany</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Martin Gogolla, University of Bremen, Germany</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Pieter Van Gorp, University of Eindhoven, The Netherlands</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Jeff Gray, University of Alabama, US</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Esther Guerra, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Michael R. Hansen, Technical University Denmark, Denmark</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Reiko Heckel, University of Leicester, UK</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Gabor Karsai, Vanderbilt University, USA</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Thomas Kühne, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Ivan Kurtev, University of Twente, The Netherlands</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Roberto Lopez-Herrejon, Johannes Kepler, University Linz, Austria</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Claus Pahl, Dublin City University, Ireland</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Alfonso Pierantonio, University of L'Aquila, Italy</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Ivan Porres, Abo Akademi University, Finland</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Juan Antonio de la Puente, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Arend Rensink, University of Twente, The Netherlands</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Louis Rose, University of York, UK</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Bernhard Rumpe, RWTH Aachen, Germany</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Houari Sahraoui, University of Montreal, Canada</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Andy Schürr, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Marten van Sinderen, University of Twente, The Netherlands</font></div><div><font color="#000000">James Steel, University of Queensland, Australia</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Harald Störrle, DTU Informatics, Denmark</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Ragnhild Van Der Straeten, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Eugene Syriani, University of Alabama, USA</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Gabriele Taentzer, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Francois Terrier, CEA LIST, France</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Hans Vangheluwe, University of Antwerp, Belgium</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Daniel Varró, Budapest UTE, Hungary</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Cristina Vicente-Chicote, Universidad Politecnica de Cartagena, Spain</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Edward D. Willink, Thales Research, UK</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Manuel Wimmer, TU Vienn, Austria</font></div><div><font color="#000000">
Tao Yue, Simula Research Lab, Norway</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Gefei Zhang, Arbato Systems, Germany</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Steffen Zschaler, Kings College London, UK</font></div><div><font color="#000000"><br>
</font></div><div><font color="#000000"><i>Application </i><i>Track PC Members</i></font></div><div><font color="#000000">Jan Aagedal, Norse Solutions AS, Norway</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Terry Bailey, Vicinay Cadenas SA, Spain</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Tony Clark, Thames Valley University, London, UK</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Zhen Ru Dai, Hamburg University of Applied Science (HAW), Germany</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Mathias Fritzsche, SAP AG, Germany</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Markus Heller, SAP, Germany</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Andreas Hoffmann, Fraunhofer, Germany</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Teemu Kanstren, VTT, Finland</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Jochen Kuester, IBM Research, Switzerland</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Vinay Kulkarni, Tata Consultancy Services, India</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Dragan Milicev, University of Belgrade, Serbia</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Olli-Pekka Puolitaival, F-Secure Corporation, Finland</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Laurent Rioux, THALES, France</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Tom Ritter, Frauenhofer FOKUS, Germany</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Julia Rubin, IBM Research, Israel</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Andrey Sadovykh, SOFTEAM, France</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Bernhard Schätz, fortiss GmbH, Germany</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Bran Selic, Malina Software, Canada</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Renuka Sindghatta, IBM Research, India</font></div><div><font color="#000000">John Slaby, Raytheon, USA</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Alin Stefanescu, University of Pitesti, Romania</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Juha-Pekka Tolvanen, MetaCase, Finland</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Salvador Trujillo, Ikerlan, Spain</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Andreas Ulrich, Siemens AG, Germany</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Markus Voelter, Independent / Itemis, Germany</font></div></div></div></div></div>