<>Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. ************************************************************************ Call for Papers (scientific, experience, Workshop, tutorials, etc.) MoDELS 2005 ACM/IEEE 8th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (formerly the UML series of conferences) October 2 - 7, 2005 Half Moon Resort, Montego Bay, JAMAICA http://www.modelsconference.org/ ************************************************************************ <<MDA>> <<UML>> <<MCI>> and more !!! The growing complexity of computer-based systems has resulted in an awareness of the need to raise the level of abstraction at which such systems are developed. Model-driven development approaches and technologies, in which development is centered round the manipulation of models, address this need. MoDELS 2005 is the premier conference devoted to the topic of model-driven engineering of software-based systems, and covers both languages and development frameworks used to create and evolve complex software systems. This conference is both an expansion and a re-direction of previous Unified Modeling Language (UML) conferences, and replaces that series of conferences for 2005 and beyond. While the UML has played a significant role in the development of software modeling approaches in both academia and industry, there is a need to address modeling issues that go beyond the use of the UML. Initiatives such as the OMG's Model Driven Architecture (MDA) and Model Integrated Computing (MIC) are a reflection of the desire to shift attention to the broader problem of providing cost-effective support for model-driven development. The MoDELS series of conferences is intended to be the premier venue for the exchange of innovative technical ideas and experience related to model-driven development of software-based systems. MoDELS 2005 will include both scientific and experience conference papers, workshops, tutorials, a doctoral symposium, posters and a tool challenge. (See conference web site for further details) Scientific papers: We invite scientific research papers describing innovative research on model-driven development, and innovative research on other aspects of modeling. This also includes well-designed empirical studies and innovative automation solutions and tool architectures. Experience papers: We invite experience papers that focus on reporting project experience with model-driven development. These papers should describe the project context, detail practical lessons learned, and provide insight about how model-driven approaches and technologies can be improved for application in an industrial context. The conference tracks will include sessions on MDA, UML, MIC, and will include papers on the following topics: - Model-driven development methodologies, approaches, and languages - Model transformations - Model Integrated Computing - Unified Modeling Language: What are the next steps? - Empirical studies of modeling and model-driven development - Tool support for any aspect of model-driven development or model use - Models in the development and maintenance process - Model evaluation, formal or heuristics - Metamodeling - Semantics of modeling languages - Domain-specific and concern-oriented modeling IMPORTANT DATES Experience and Scientific Papers: - Hard Deadline for Abstracts: March 21, 2005 - Hard Deadline for Submissions: April 4, 2005 - Notification to Authors: June 6, 2005 - Final Version of Accepted Papers: July 11, 2005 Workshop Proposals: - Deadline for submission: May 6, 2005 - Notification of acceptance: June 24, 2005 Tutorial Proposals - Deadline for submission: June 6, 2005 - Notification of acceptance: July 4, 2005 - Camera-ready tutorial notes: September 5, 2005 Doctoral Symposium,Tools and Exhibits, Posters and Demos: TBA PAPER SUBMISSIONS: Submit your manuscript electronically in Postscript or PDF using the Springer LNCS style: http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html Submission web site: http://sql-05.sce.carleton.ca/models2005 Abstract and paper submittal will be available through the web site by January, 2005. Scientific papers should be no longer than 15 pages in length, and experience papers no longer that 10 pages. Papers will undergo a thorough process of review by a program committee comprising leading experts from academia and industry; however, papers that are too long may be rejected without review. Scientific proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag in the LNCS series, and experience papers will be published in a companion proceedings. All papers must be original, unpublished, and not submitted simultaneously for publication elsewhere. Proposals for advanced workshops, tutorials and posters are requested. See the conference web site http://www.modelsconference.org/ for details. ************************************************************************ General Chair: Stuart Kent, Microsoft, UK Conference Co-Chairs: Geri Georg, Colorado State University, USA, and Ezra Mugisa, The University of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica Programme Chair: Lionel Briand, Carleton University, Canada Treasurer and Registration Chair: Robert France, Colorado State University, USA Experience Track Chair: Clay Williams, IBM Watson Research Center, USA Workshop Chair: Jean-Michel Bruel, University of Pau, France Tutorials Chair: TBA Panel Chair: Siobhán Clarke, Trinity College, Ireland Doctoral Symposium Chair: Jeff Gray, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA Tool Exhibition Chair: Gunjan Mansingh, University of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica Poster Chair: Felix Akinladejo, University of Technology, Jamaica Local Arrangements Chair: Charmaine DeLisser, University of Technology, Jamaica Publicity Chairs: Joao Araujo, University of New Lisbon, Portugal and Emanuel Grant, University of North Dakota, USA Web Chair: Sudipto Ghosh, Colorado State University, USA Program Committee: TBA ************************************************************************ - ******************************************************* Lionel C. Briand, Ph.D., P. Eng. Canada Research Chair (Tier I) in Software Quality Engineering Carleton University Software Quality Engineering Laboratory Department of Systems and Computer Engineering 1125 Colonel By Drive, ME4456 Ottawa, Canada, K1S 5B6 Phone: (613) 520 2600 Ext. 2471 Fax: (613) 520 5727 Email: briand@sce.carleton.ca URL: www.sce.carleton.ca/faculty/briand ******************************************************** Do not miss MoDELS /UML 2005: see http://www.modelsconference.org for the 8th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (formerly the UML series of conferences) 26-Nov-2004 19:47:23 -0400,2758;000000000000-00000000