[ecoop-info] CfP: 9th Workshop on Multi-Paradigm Modelling (MPM15)

[Pieter Van Gorp]

CALL FOR PAPERS (PDF: http://goo.gl/5MvFOi, attached)
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9th International Workshop on Multi--Paradigm Modeling (MPM)
http://is.ieis.tue.nl/research/bpm/MPM15/

September 27-29, 2015

Satellite event @ MODELS 2015 - Ottawa, Canada
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PURPOSE

  The purpose of this workshop is to bring together researchers and
practitioners in the area of Multi-Paradigm Modeling in order to identify
possible points of synergy, common problems and solutions, tool building
aspects and visions for the future of the area.

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IMPORTANT DATES
 Paper submission deadline:   July 17, 2015
 Notification of acceptance:   August 21, 2015
 News updates: https://twitter.com/MPMworkshop
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SCOPE

  Computational modeling has become the industry norm to remain competitive
and be successful. As such, Model-Based Design of complex,
software-intensive systems has enterprise-wide implications and modeling is
not limited to isolated uses by a single engineer or team. Instead, it has
reached a proliferation much akin to large software design, with
requirements for infrastructure support such as version control,
configuration management, and automated processing.

  The comprehensive use of models in design has created a set of challenges
beyond that of supporting one isolated design task. In particular, the need
to combine, couple, and integrate models at different levels of abstraction
and in different formalisms is posing a set of specific problems that
Multi-Paradigm Modeling (MPM) aims to address.

  The essential element of multi-paradigm modeling is the use of explicit
and heterogeneous models throughout. This leads to a framework with
omnipresent models. Some represent the syntax of formalisms used for
modeling, others are used to model the transformations that represent the
operational semantics, as well as model-to-model transformations for
inter-formalism transformation. Moreover, others are used to model the
composition of models or even to model the composition of modeling
formalisms. These models are then used to facilitate generative tasks in a
language engineering space, such as evolving a domain specific modeling
formalism as its requirements change, but also in a tool engineering space,
such as automatic generation of integrated development environments. The
use of ubiquitous explicit models during the whole system design process,
from modeling formalism definition to system implementation, allows
multiple types of analyses at various levels with great benefits in terms
of performance, cost-effectiveness, safety, etc.

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TOPICS OF INTEREST (including, but not limited to):

- Heterogeneous models:
    multi-domain and multi-physics modeling,
    multi-view modeling,
    multi-abstraction modeling;
- Heterogeneity in modeling languages:
    engineering of the modeling languages,
    modeling Models of Computation (MoCs) and semantic adaptation,
    mega-modeling;
- Multi-Paradigm Modeling techniques:
    model transformation,
    model composition and integration,
    modeling cross-domain interactions,
    model-based detection of unanticipated interactions in heterogeneous
systems,
    (co-) simulation of heterogeneous models,
    visualization of multi-paradigm models;
- Applications of and experience with current MPM techniques.
Non-exhaustive list of domains:
    healthcare,
    smart cities,
    smart homes,
    automotive,
    future energy systems,
    human-computer interaction, etc.

Contributions should clearly address the foundations of multi-paradigm
modeling by demonstrating the use of models to achieve the stated
objectives and discuss the benefits of explicit modeling.

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SUBMISSION PROCEDURE AND PUBLICATION PROCEDURE

   Papers must be submitted electronically as PDF via EasyChair from the
workshop web site:

      http://is.ieis.tue.nl/research/bpm/MPM15/

   Papers will be peer reviewed by at least three members of the program
committee.
   All accepted workshop papers will be published by CEUR, and will be
indexed by DBLP.

   Conceptual papers, as well as application and tool papers, are all
welcome.

   Papers may be short (max. 6 pages) or full (max. 10 pages) and must
follow the LNCS style available at the workshop web site.
   Papers will be peer reviewed by at least three members of the program
committee.
   All accepted workshop papers will be published by CEUR, and will be
indexed by DBLP.

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STEERING COMMITTEE

Pieter J. Mosterman, The MathWorks Inc., USA
Hans Vangheluwe, University of Antwerp, Belgium and McGill University,
Canada
Gabor Karsai, Vanderbilt University, USA
Vasco Amaral, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
László Lengyel, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
 Daniel Balasubramanian, Vanderbilt University, USA
Bruno Barroca, MSDL, McGill University, Canada
Sahar Kokaly, NECSIS, McMaster University, Canada
Gergely Mezei, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
Pieter Van Gorp, Information Systems Group, Eindhoven University of
Technology (TU/e), The Netherlands

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Kirstie Bellman, The Aerospace Corporation
Dominique Blouin, Hasso-Plattner-Institut
Frédéric Boulanger, Supélec
Didier Buchs CUI, University of Geneva
Antonio Cicchetti, Mälardalen University
Benoit Combemale, IRISA, Université de Rennes
Arnaud Cuccuru, CEA LIST
Juan De Lara, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
Joachim Denil, University of Antwerp
Vincent Englebert, University of Namur
Thomas Huining Feng, University of California, Berkeley
Holger Giese, Hasso Plattner Institute at the University of Potsdam
Thomas Kuehne, Victoria University of Wellington
Levi Lucio, McGill University
Bart Meyers, University of Antwerp
Mark Minas, Universität der Bundeswehr München
Ahsan Qamar,  Ford Motor Company
Rick Salay, University of Toronto
Hessam Sarjoughian, ACIMS, Arizona State University
Eugene Syriani, University of Montreal
Martin Torngren, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Mamadou Traoré, Blaise Pascal University, Clermont-Ferrand
Daniel Varro, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Jeroen Voeten, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)
Bernhard Westfechtel, University of Bayreuth
Manuel Wimmer, Business Informatics Group, Vienna University of Technology

Best regards,
Pieter Van Gorp, Assistant Professor (UD)
    Information Systems Group, School of Industrial Engineering
    Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), The Netherlands
    Phone: +31 40 247 2062, Skype: pvgorp, Fax: +31 40 243 2612
    http://is.tm.tue.nl/staff/pvgorp/research/