[ecoop-info] Call for papers Model Size Metrics (MSM) workshop at MODELS 2007

[Chaudron, M.R.V.]

CALL FOR PAPERS

Second International Workshop on 

MODEL SIZE METRICS

http://www.win.tue.nl/~clange/MSM2007/    

co-located with MoDELS 2007, Nashville, Tennessee, 30 Sept. - 2nd Oct,
2007

Important Dates
	Deadline for Submissions: 		July 13, 2007
	Notification Date of Acceptance: 	August 24, 2007
	Final version due: 			September 7, 2007
	Workshop Date: 				between Sept. 30 and
Oct. 2, 2007 							(tbd)
						
Motivation

  A standardized method of determining sizing concepts for software
models that allows the effective base lining and comparison of model
concepts is a crucial need within the MODELS community. Such metrics
enable the effective estimation and quality management of model
development. Additionally measuring the model size is important to
provide context information for empirical studies using models. 

  One of the most commonly used measures of source code program size is
the source lines of code (SLOC) metric. However, the concept of lines of
code does not readily apply to modeling languages such as UML and SDL.
Furthermore, software models are heterogeneous in nature (consisting of
several different types of diagrams), can exist at varying levels of
abstraction and can be created using different modeling styles. As a
result, researchers face many challenges when trying to define the size
of a software model.

Workshop aims:

  1. Share practical experience, current work, and research results
related 
     to sizing techniques for software models.

  2. Identify a research agenda based on individual experiences and
ideas    
     with the intention of focusing research efforts and directions on
model 
     size measurement.

  3. Provide a meeting point for researches and practitioners interested
in 
     model size metrics and serve as a starting point for collaborations

     between researchers and practitioners.

  4. Build a community of researchers and practitioners that share
software 
     design artefacts for the purpose of empirical studies and
education.


Topics
  We are interested in submissions on topics related to model size
metrics 
  including, but not limited to:

  - Methods for determining the size of models of software systems
  - Case studies on the use of model size metrics (measurement of size

    throughout development, size measurement in estimation, 
    metrics driven process improvement) 
  - Challenges for model size measurement 
  - Goal-oriented measurement of model size 
  - Predictions based on model size (effort, quality, bugs, ...) 
  - Metrics related to model size (productivity, defect density, ...) 
  - Metrics relating value and risk to modelling size and style
  - Relation of model size to other metrics such as source lines of code
or   
    function points 
  - Relations of model size metrics to different modeling approaches 
  - Effect of UML Profiles on model size 
  - Collection and sharing of UML models and case study data 
  - Research areas and industrial experience related to the above. 

Submission of Papers
  Prospective participants are invited to submit papers with a maximum
length of 8 pages. We encourage use of the LNCS format for submissions.
All submissions will be reviewed by members of the program committee and
the organizing committee for quality and relevance. Authors of accepted
papers will be notified. 
  Submitted papers must be in PDF format and should be submitted to:
m.r.v.chaudron [ at ] tue [ dot ] nl
  Accepted papers will be published in workshop proceedings. Moreover,
two best papers will be selected for publication in the LNCS 

Satellite   Event Proceedings of the MoDELS conference. 

Important Dates
	Deadline for Submissions: 		July 13, 2007
	Notification Date of Acceptance: 	August 24, 2007
	Final version due: 			September 7, 2007
	Workshop Date: 				between Sept. 30 and
Oct. 2, 2007 							(tbd)

Organizers:
	Michel Chaudron (chair), Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
	Betty H.C. Cheng, Michigan State University  
	Christian F.J. Lange, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
	Jacqueline McQuillan, National University of Ireland, Maynooth
	Andrij Neczwid, Motorola Software Group
	Frank Weil, Motorola Software Group   

Program Committee
	Brian Berenbach, Siemens Research 
	Michel R.V. Chaudron, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven 
	Betty H.C. Cheng, Michigan State University 
	Joanna Chimiak-Opoka, University Innsbruck 
	Robert B. France, Colorado State University 
	Marcela Genero, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha 
	Sudipto Gosh, Colorado State University 
	Christian F.J. Lange, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven 
	Jacqueline McQuillan,National University of Ireland, Maynooth 
	Adam Trendowicz, Fraunhofer IESE, Kaiserslautern
	Andrij Neczwid, Motorola Software Group 
	Ariadi Nugroho, Leiden University 
	Ragnhild van der Straeten, Vrije Universiteit Brussel 
	Frank Weil, Motorola Software Group