Track Organizers

Michel Chaudron
(Leiden University, Netherlands)

Raffaela Mirandola
(Politecnico di Milano)

Antonino Sabetta
(ISTI-CNR, Italy)

Program Committee

Achim Baier,
(Itemis, Germany)

Steffen Becker,
(FZI, Germany)

Antonio Bucchiarone,
(FBK, Italy)

Mauro Caporuscio,
(INRIA, France)

Antonio Cicchetti,
(Malardalen University, Sweden)

Vittorio Cortellessa,
(University of L'Aquila, Italy)

Guglielmo De Angelis,
(ISTICNR, Italy)

Gregor Engels,
(University of Paderborn, Germany)

Mathias Frizsche,
(SAP Research, UK)

Marcela Genero,
(Univ. of Castilla - La Mancha)

Sebastien Gerard,
(CEALIST, France)

Carmine Gravino,
(University of Salerno, Italy)

Lars Grunske,
(Swinburne University of Technology, Australia)

Oystein Haugen,
(University of Oslo, Norway)

Jendrik Johannes,
(Technische Universität Dresden, Germany)

Heiko Koziolek,
(ABB, Germany)

Oscar Pastor,
(Univ. Polytecnica de Valencia, Spain)

Dorina C. Petriu,
(Carleton University, Canada)

Alfonso Pierantonio,
(University of L'Aquila, Italy)

Franco Raimondi,
(University College London, UK)

Jianli Xu,
(Nokia Research, Finland)

Special Session on “Model Driven Engineering”

The idea advocated by Model Driven Engineering (MDE) is to develop systems starting from models, at different levels of abstraction, that are capable of expressing domain-specific concepts in a way that is at the same time precise, intuitive, and machine-processable, so allowing automated manipulation and transformation. The potential benefits of adopting a model-driven development approach are many: quicker development and reduced costs, obtained through automation and extensive reuse, increased overall quality, easier evolution. Because of these (and other) factors, the popularity of MDE has steadily increased over the years, reaching various engineering disciplines, beside software development. The efforts of these years have resulted in the invention of concepts, languages, and tools for the definition, analysis, transformation, and extension of domain-specific modeling languages and of general-purpose modeling language standards. Despite MDE has progressed significantly, still it presents a number of open challenges and unsolved problems concerning both conceptual and practical issues, whose deeper investigation is necessary for model-driven approaches to be employed to their full potential in everyday practice.

The main goal of this special session is to provide a discussion forum where researchers and practitioners can meet and share their views on MDE; this session will offer an ideal venue for exchanging ideas and discussing problems, exploring together possible solutions and drafting future directions.

The focus of the session will be on the scientific and practical aspects of model-driven engineering (models, processes, methods, and tools).

The topics of the session include (but are not limited to):

• Model transformation and re-engineering
• Model-based validation and verification
• Model-based assurance of extra-functional requirements
• Models in the system engineering process
• Model evolution and maintenance
• Models for search-based software engineering
• Quality assurance for models
• Integration of different models
• Tool support for model-based development
• Application domains: service-oriented and component-based systems
• Experiences of using model-driven approaches in practice.

PUBLICATION

Accepted papers will be part of the Proceedings of Euromicro SEAA Conference 2009, published by IEEE.

Papers should not exceed 8 pages in IEEE/CS proceedings format (10pt, singlespace, double-column; templates can be found at http://www.computer.org/portal/pages/cscps/cps/cps_forms.html) and should include an abstract of 150 words or less.

Accepted papers must be personally presented at the Euromicro SEAA Conference 2009 by one of the authors.

The presenting author(s) must pre-register (full fee) for the Euromicro SEAA Conference 2009 before the due date of the Camera-ready paper.

Paper submission. Manuscripts must be submitted in PDF or Postscript format by sending an e-mail to: antonino.sabetta@isti.cnr.it (cc: mirandola@elet.polimi.it)

Important dates

Submission of papers: March 16th, 2009 DEADLINE EXTENDED: March 27th, 2009
Notification of acceptance: April 27, 2009
Camera-ready paper due: May 26, 2009

Call for papers - PDF version