<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div> CALL FOR PAPERS</div><div> 9th International Workshop on Models at run.time</div><div> Co-located with ACM/IEEE 17th International Conference on</div>
<div> Model Driven Engineering Languages & Systems (MODELS 2014)</div><div> September 28th - October 3rd, 2014, Valencia, Spain</div><div> <a href="http://st.inf.tu-dresden.de/MRT2014/">http://st.inf.tu-dresden.de/MRT2014/</a></div>
<div> </div><div> Important Dates</div><div><br></div><div> Submissions of papers: July 21st, 2014 (extended)</div><div> Notification: August 22nd, 2014</div>
<div> Camera-ready version: September 20th, 2014</div><div> Workshop date: t.b.a.</div><div><br></div><div>We are witnessing the emergence of new classes of application that are highly</div>
<div>complex, inevitably distributed, and operate in heterogeneous and rapidly</div><div>changing environments. Such systems are required to be adaptable, flexible,</div><div>reconfigurable and, increasingly, self-managing. Such characteristics make</div>
<div>systems more prone to failure when executing and thus the development and</div><div>study of appropriate mechanisms for runtime validation and monitoring is</div><div>required.</div><div><br></div><div>
In the model-driven software development area, research effort has focused</div><div>primarily on using models at design, implementation, and deployment stages of</div><div>development. However, the use of model-driven techniques for validating and</div>
<div>monitoring run-time behaviour can also yield significant benefits. A key</div><div>benefit is that models provide a richer semantic base for run-time</div><div>decision-making. For example, one can use models to help determine when a</div>
<div>system reconfiguration is beneficial. Model-based monitoring and management of</div><div>executing systems plays a significant role in implementing the key self-*</div><div>properties associated with autonomic computing.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The goal of this workshop is to look at issues related to developing</div><div>appropriate model-driven approaches to managing and monitoring the execution</div><div>of systems. We build on the previous events where we have succeeded in</div>
<div>building a community and bringing about an initial exploration of the core</div><div>ideas of Models@Runtime and now seek: </div><div>- experiences with actual implementations of the models@run.time concept</div>
<div>- rationalisation of the various concepts into overall architectural </div><div> perspectives</div><div>- to make explicit the specific roles that models play at runtime. </div><div>- impact on software engineering methodologies</div>
<div>- to continue to build a network of researchers in this emerging area, based on </div><div> the results of the earlier editions. </div><div><br></div><div>Workshop Format</div><div> </div><div>The workshop participants will be selected based on their experience and ideas</div>
<div>related to this new and emerging field. You are invited to apply for</div><div>attendance by sending a full-paper (8-10 pages) or a position paper (5-6 pages)</div><div>in PDF. The paper must conform to the Springer LNCS formatting guidelines:</div>
<div><a href="http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs">http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs</a> (it is the same format of the Conference,</div><div>see conference website for more information). Submissions will be reviewed by</div>
<div>at least 3 PC members. The authors will be notified about acceptance before</div><div>the MODELS 2014 early registration deadline. Candidates for best papers (if</div><div>finally chosen) can be just taken from the category of full-papers.</div>
<div><br></div><div>A primary deliverable of the workshop is a report that clearly outlines (1)</div><div>the research issues and challenges in terms of specific research problems in</div><div>the area, and (2) a synopsis of existing model-based solutions that target</div>
<div>some well-defined aspect of monitoring and managing the execution of systems.</div><div>Potential attendees are strongly encouraged to submit position papers that</div><div>clearly identify research issues and challenges, present techniques that</div>
<div>address well-defined problems in the area, and are supported by small demos.</div><div><br></div><div>The workshop aims to:</div><div><br></div><div>- Integrate and combine research ideas from the areas cited above.</div>
<div>- Provide a “state-of-the-research” assessment expressed in terms of research</div><div>issues, challenges, and accomplishments. A preliminary version of the intended</div><div>outcome can be found in the summary of last year's models@run. time workshop</div>
<div>(see homepage). </div><div>- Plan and promote further events on these topics.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Papers on models@run.time can relate (but are not limited) to the following </div><div>domains:</div>
<div>-<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Safety-critical systems</div><div>-<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Cyber-physical systems</div><div>-<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Energy-efficient systems</div>
<div>-<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Cloud-based systems</div><div>-<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Self-adaptive systems in general</div><div><br></div><div>We strongly encourage authors to address the following topics in their papers </div>
<div>when relevant. </div><div>-<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>What a runtime model looks like and how does it evolve? </div><div>-<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>How are the causal links with executing code realized? </div>
<div>-<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The role of models@run.time in the software development process </div><div>-<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Models@runtime, the silver bullet for runtime assurance and V&V? </div>
<div>-<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Role of requirement at runtime, requirements reflection </div><div>-<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>MDE@Runtime: Are MDE tools ready (performance, etc.) for more dynamic usages?</div>
<div>-<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>How do models at other phases of the SE lifecycle relate to the corresponding </div><div> runtime models?</div><div>-<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Models@runtime and scalability: horizontally (managing large set of nodes) and</div>
<div> vertically (from the cloud to the sensors)</div><div>-<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Models@runtime and software aging: does it help or hurt?</div><div>-<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Small demos and tools that support the use of models@run.time </div>
<div>-<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Vision papers on novel future directions for models@runtime </div><div>-<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>No papers on executable models, unless they are causally (bi-)connected to a </div>
<div> running system.</div><div><br></div><div>Organizers </div><div><br></div><div>- Sebastian Götz (main contact), TU Dresden, Germany </div><div>- Mohammed Al-Refai, Colorado State University, USA</div><div>- Nelly Bencomo, Aston University, UK</div>
<div>- Robert France, Colorado State University, USA</div><div><br></div><div>Programme Committee </div><div><br></div><div>- Christoph Bockisch, Uni. Twente, Netherlands</div><div>- Walter Cazzola, Uni. Milano, Italy</div>
<div>- Franck Chauvel, SINTEF, Norway</div><div>- Peter J. Clark, Florida International University, USA</div><div>- Fabio Costa, Federal University of Goias, Brazil </div><div>- Antonio Filieri, Universität Stuttgart, Germany</div>
<div>- Holger Giese, Universität Potsdam, Germany</div><div>- Martin Gogolla, Universität Bremen, Germany</div><div>- Gang Huang, Peking University, China</div><div>- Jean-Marc Jézéquel, Triskell Team,IRISA, France</div><div>
- Sam Malek, George Mason University, USA </div><div>- Rui Silva Moreira, UFP & INESC, Portugal </div><div>- Hausi A. Müller, Uni. of Victoria, Canada</div><div>- Bernhard Rumpe, RWTH Aachen, Germany</div><div>- Matthias Tichy, Uni. Gothenborg, Germany</div>
<div>- Mario Trapp, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany</div><div>- Arnor Solberg, SINTEF, Norway</div><div>- Hui Song, SINTEF, Norway</div><div>- Thaís Vasconcelos Batista, UFRN, Brasil</div><div>- Thomas Vogel, Universität Potsdam, Germany</div>
<div>- Andreas Winter, Universität Oldenburg, Germany</div><div>- Uwe Zdun, Uni. Vienna, Austria</div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr">--<br>--<br>Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Götz<br>Researcher<br><br>Technische Universität Dresden<br>
Fakultät für Informatik<br>Institut für Software- und Multimediatechnik<br>Lehrstuhl für Softwaretechnologie<br>www: <a href="http://www.st.inf.tu-dresden.de/" target="_blank">http://www.st.inf.tu-dresden.de/</a><br>Mail: <a href="mailto:sebastian.goetz@acm.org" target="_blank">sebastian.goetz@acm.org</a><br>
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