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<div class=Section1><pre><b><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'>***** Deadline for submission is extended to Friday August 10. *****</span></font></b></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>------------------------ CALL FOR PAPERS ------------------------<br>
CALL FOR PAPERS </span></font></pre>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:
0cm'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>WORKSHOP
Models@run.time </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><a href="http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/users/bencomo/MRT07"
title="blocked::http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/users/bencomo/MRT07"><font
color=black
title="blocked::http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/users/bencomo/MRT07"><span
title="blocked::http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/users/bencomo/MRT07"><span
style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/users/bencomo/MRT0</span></span></font>7</a></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>At the ACM/IEEE 9th International Conference on Model Driven
Engineering Languages and Systems<br>
MoDELS'07, Nashville, USA, September 30 - October 5 2007 </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>**********************************************************************</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Submission deadline: 10th August</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Notification of acceptance: 24th August</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Workshop at MoDELS: to be announced </span></font></p>
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12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";font-weight:bold'>Organizing Committee</span></font>
</b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>Robert France, Computer Science Department, Colorado State University, USA</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>Nelly Bencomo and Gordon Blair, Computing
Department, Lancaster University, UK </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";font-weight:bold'>Program Committee</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>Betty Cheng,</span></font> <font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Michigan
State University</span></font><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>, USA</span></font> </p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>Fabio M. Costa,</span></font> <font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Federal
University of Goias, Brazil</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>Van Den Berg Aswin,</span></font> <font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Motorola
Labs, USA</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>John C. Georgas,</span></font> <font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Univ.</span></font><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
of California, Irvine, USA </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>Gang Huang,</span></font> <font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Peking
University</span></font><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>, China</span></font><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>P.F.Linington,</span></font> <font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>University
of Kent</span></font><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>, UK</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>Andrey Nechypurenko,</span></font> <font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Siemens</span></font><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>,
Germany</span></font><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=PT-BR
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Eugenio Scalise,</span></font><span
lang=PT-BR> </span><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=PT-BR
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>UCV, Venezuela</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=PT-BR
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Rui Silva Moreira,</span></font><span
lang=PT-BR> </span><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=PT-BR
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>UFP, INESC Porto, Portugal</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=PT-BR
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Arnor Solberg,</span></font><span
lang=PT-BR> </span><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=PT-BR
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>SINTEF, Norway </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=PT-BR
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Marten van Sinderen,</span></font><span
lang=PT-BR> </span><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=PT-BR
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Univ. of Twente, The
Netherlands </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=PT-BR
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Thaís Vasconcelos Batista,</span></font><span
lang=PT-BR> </span><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=PT-BR
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>UFRN, Brazil</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>Jules White,</span></font> <font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Vanderbilt
University</span></font><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>, USA</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Motivation</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>We are witnessing the emergence of new classes of application that are
highly complex, inevitably distributed, and operate in heterogeneous and
rapidly changing environments. Examples of such applications include those from
pervasive and Grid computing domains. These systems are required to be
adaptable, flexible, reconfigurable and, increasingly, self-managing. Such
characteristics make systems more prone to failure when executing and thus the
development and study of appropriate mechanisms for runtime validation and
monitoring is needed. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>In the model-driven software development area, research effort has
focused primarily on using models at design, implementation, and deployment
stages of development. This work has been highly productive with several
techniques now entering the commercialisation phase. The use of model-driven
techniques for validating and monitoring run-time behaviour can also yield
significant benefits. A key benefit is that models can be used to provide a
richer semantic base for run-time decision-making related to system adaptation
and other run-time concerns. For example, one can use models to help determine
when a system should move from a consistent architecture to another consistent
architecture. Model-based monitoring and management of executing systems can
play a significant role as we move towards implementing the key self-*
properties associated with autonomic computing.<br>
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Goal</span></b><br>
The goal of this workshop is to look at issues related to developing
appropriate model-driven approaches to monitoring and managing the execution of
systems. This is the first workshop to address this theme and its treatment
requires the bringing together of a variety of communities including
researchers working on model-driven software development, software
architectures, reflection (including for example architectural reflection), and
autonomic and self healing systems. Discussions in the workshop will address
questions such as: What should a runtime model look like? How can the models be
maintained at runtime? What are the best approaches to follow when developing
runtime models?<br>
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Workshop Format</span></b><br>
<br>
The workshop participants will be selected based on their experience and ideas
related to this new and emerging field. You are invited to apply for attendance
by sending a position paper (using 11 or 12 pt fonts, maximum 5 pages) in PDF
or PS. Submissions will be reviewed by the organizers. The authors will be
notified about acceptance before the MoDELS 2007 early registration deadline. A
primary deliverable of the workshop is a report that clearly outlines (1) the research
issues and challenges in terms of specific research problems in the area, and
(2) a synopsis of existing model-based solutions that target some well-defined
aspect of monitoring and managing the execution of systems. Potential attendees
are strongly encouraged to submit position papers that clearly identify
research issues and challenges or present techniques that address well-defined
problems in the area. The first part of the workshop will focus on identifying
the research issues and challenges and framing an initial set of research
questions. The second part of the workshop will focus on discussing approaches
for tackling the problems; in particular, the integration of runtime models
with model-driven development approaches will be discussed.<br>
<br>
The workshop aims to:<br>
- Integrate and combine research ideas from the areas cited above.<br>
- Provide a “state-of-the-research” assessment expressed in terms
of research issues, challenges, and accomplishments. This assessment can be
used to guide research in the area.<br>
- Initiate a network of researchers in the area. Initially, the researchers in
the network will share related experience and research results via a mailing
list.<br>
- Plan and promote further events on these topics.<br>
<br>
Relevant topics include, but are not limited to:<br>
- The relevance and suitability of different model-driven approaches to
monitoring and managing systems during runtime.<br>
- Compatibility (or tension) between different model-driven approaches.<br>
- What should a runtime model look like?<br>
- How do models at other phases of the software engineering lifecycle relate to
the corresponding run-time models?<br>
- How can runtime models be maintained and validated?<br>
- What is the role of reflection in maintaining the causal connection between
models and run-time systems?<br>
- Experience related to the use of run-time models to adapt software systems<br>
- Managing and modelling the runtime variability<br>
<br>
The two best contributions of each workshop and a workshop report will be
published in a "Workshop and Symposia" proceedings by Springer in the
LNCS series after the conference.</span></font></p>
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