[ecoop-info] MoDSE 2008: reminder deadline approaching.

[Dalila TAMZALIT]

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*Call for paper:*

MoDSE 2008: 2nd international Workshop on Model-Driven Software Evolution
Satellite event of the 12th IEEE-CSMR 2008 - Athens, 01-04 April 2008
http://www.lina.sciences.univ-nantes.fr/conf/MoDSE2008/index.html


*Description*
Software evolution represents and becomes a crucial research area. It is
the scope of several academic and industrial research works. One explored
way is model driven approach. Last year, the MoDSE07 workshop was
dedicated to explore how can model-driven engineering (MDE) enforce and
enhance software evolution. Papers and presentations were about or against
the use of MDE to manage and direct software evolution through innovative
proposals, leading to an interesting debate and opening several research
and applications ideas.

The second edition of MoDSE represents a continuation of the first
edition. The objective is to present how model-driven evolution can
enforce and reduce critical risks and important costs involved in software
evolution, by employing high-level abstractions. We aim to present current
research works about model-driven evolution and to exchange, discuss and
debate about gained experiences, challenges, needs, proposed approaches
and innovative solutions around the Model-Driven Software Evolution. It is
important to bring together the MDE and Software Evolution communities in
order to discuss whether and how research and experience can be exchanged
between them.

The workshop will be held onTuesday April 1 2008. This halfday workshop
will include Keynote(s), presentation sessions, a moderated panel session
and open discussions on relevant model driven evolution topics.

*Topics*
Papers from academia and industry are solicited about important problems,
techniques and results related to research and practice within the
model-driven software evolution domain. The main topics of this workshop
are, but not limited to:
- Specification of models, metamodels and languages for specifying and
abstracting software evolution
- Model driven evolution at several levels (meta, architecture,
application and plateform)
- Model driven evolution automation: support and tools
- Transformation of models for software evolution: restructuring and
refactoring, migration, translation...
- Dynamic and static evolutions
- Evolution tasks: theory and practice
- Evolution and co-evolution of models
- Verification, validation and testing of evolving models
- Application domains (embedded systems, legacy systems, web services...)
- Conformance, consistency maintenance, inconsistency management,
compliance checking, synchronization of evolving models - Managerial
aspects and process models for software evolution
- Industrial needs and experiences

*Submission Guidelines*
Papers should represent original and previously unpublished ideas. Both
basic and applied research papers are solicited. Papers describing novel
applications and making significant research contributions are also of
interest. Submissions should follow IEEE's two column format and be up to
10 pages. Papers should be submitted to the workshop Chairs using our
two-phase (i.e, abstract+paper) electronic submission system.  Authors
will be notified of acceptance by March 1, 2008. At least one author of
accepted papers should register and participate in the workshop.

*Important Dates*
- Abstract submission: February 20, 2008
- Paper submission: February 25, 2008
- Notifications of acceptance: March 8, 2008
- Camera ready submission: March 20, 2008


*Committees*
Chair
Dalila Tamzalit, University of Nantes, France

Program Committee
Jean Bézivin, University of Nantes, France
Jean-Marie Favre, IMAG, France
David Garlan, School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Flavio Oquendo, University of Bretagne-Sud, France
Salah Sadou, University of Bretagne-Sud, France
Houari Sahraoui, University of Montreal, Canada
Abdelhak-Djamel Seriai, ENSM Douai, France
Harry Sneed, ANECON GmbH, Vienna, Austria
Arie Van Deursen, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands

Organizing workshop co-chairs committee
Chris Verhoef, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Dennis Smith, Software Engineering Institute, USA

Webmaster
Olivier Le Goaer, University of Nantes, France

*Proceedings*
The camera-ready version of all accepted papers should be prepared using
the IEEE
two-column format, for inclusion in the workshop proceedings. The maximum
number of
pages allowed for the final papers is ten (10).


*Contact Information*
All inquires about the workshop program should be sent to the workshop chair:
Dalila Tamzalit
2, rue de la Houssinière
BP 92208 44322 Nantes Cedex 03 - FRANCE
Tel : (33) 2-51-12-58-50 - Fax : (33) 2-51-12-58-12
Mail : Dalila.Tamzalit at univ-nantes.fr

*Sponsors*
University of Nantes,
LINA laboratory, Nantes

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