[ecoop-info] 10th System Analysis and Modelling Conference (SAM 2018): Call for Papers

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Second Call for Papers
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SAM 2018

10th System Analysis and Modelling Conference : Languages, Methods, and
Tools for Systems
Engineering October 15-16, 2018, Copenhagen, Denmark
http://sdl-forum.org/Events/SAM2018/index.htm

The System Analysis and Modeling (SAM) conference provides an open arena
for participants
from academia and industry to present and discuss the most recent
innovations, trends,
experiences and concerns in modeling and analysis of complex systems using
ITU-T's
Specification and Description Language (SDL) and Message Sequence Charts
(MSC), as well
as related system design languages (including but not limited to UML,
ASN.1, TTCN, SysML
and URN).

SAM is held every two years. SAM 2018 will be co-located with MODELS 2018
and will be
held in Copenhagen, Denmark, October 15-16, 2018.

Scope and Topics:
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This year's edition of SAM will be under the theme "Languages, Methods, and
Tools for
Systems Engineering", including languages and methods standardized by the
ITU-T, and
domain-specific languages. Also included are software engineering
technologies, such as
for requirements engineering, software verification and validation, and
automated code
generation. Authors are therefore invited to submit papers related to this
year's theme
including the following non-exclusive list of topics:
- Evolution of languages: domain-specific languages, modular language
design, language
extensions, semantics and evaluation, methodology for application.
- Model-driven development: analysis and transformation of models, reuse
approaches,
verification and validation of models, systematic testing based on and
applied to models.
- System engineering models: semantics of system models, refinement of
system designs
into implementations, integration of system and software design models,
non-functional
aspects (such as performance, quality of service, real-time aspects,
security, etc.) in
system models, multi-core models.
- Industrial application and tool reports: industrial usage reports,
standardization
activities, tool support and frameworks, domain-specific applicability
(such as
telecommunications, aerospace, automotive, Internet of Things, control,
etc.). Such
reports should focus on what is effective (and ineffective) in applying a
technique
preferably backed up by some measurements. A report should not just
describe an
implementation, though new application areas are of interest.

The conference programme will include:
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- Presentations from invited speakers
- Presentation of research papers
- Presentation of industrial experiences
- Tool demonstrations

For general questions, please send an email to sam-2018 at easychair.org
<https://mail.encs.concordia.ca/horde/imp/message.php?index=568#>

Submission policy:
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Submissions should be previously unpublished, written in English, no longer
than 16 pages
(including the illustrations and bibliography) and using the LNCS style as
described on
http://www.springer.com/lncs. Papers accepted or under review for other
events are
ineligible for submission to SAM 2018.

Submissions in the following categories are solicited:
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- Full papers describing original, unpublished results (max. 16 pages in
LNCS style)
- Short papers, describing work in progress (max. 8 pages in LNCS style)

Important:
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Electronic submission using
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sam-2018 in PDF
format is mandatory. Please refer to the conference homepage for more
information.
The SAM Program Committee will evaluate the technical contribution of each
submission as
well as its accessibility to the audience. Papers will be judged on
significance,
originality, substance, correctness, and clarity.

Accepted papers must be presented at SAM 2018 by one of the authors. As in
previous
editions, the SAM 2018 proceedings will be published in the Springer LNCS
series.

Important Dates:
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- Abstract submission:                        June 1st, 2018
- Paper submission deadline:                June 8th, 2018
- Notification of acceptance:                July 20th, 2018
- Camera-ready version deadline:        August 1st, 2018
- SAM Conference:                        October 15th - 16th, 2018

Conference Co-Chairs:
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Reinhard Gotzhein        TU Kaiserslautern, Germany
Ferhat Khendek                Concordia University, Canada

Technical Program Committee: Please visit
http://sdl-forum.org/Events/SAM2018/index.htm
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About the SDL Forum Society:
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The SDL Forum Society that runs the conference is a non-profit organization
established
by language users and tool providers to promote the Specification and
Description
Language (SDL), Message Sequence Charts (MSC) and related System Design
Languages
(including but not limited to ASN.1, TTCN, SysML and URN), to provide and
disseminate
information on the development and use of the languages, to support
education on the
languages and to plan and organize the SAM conference series and events to
promote the
languages.