CFP: ICSE 2010 Workshop on Comparison and Versioning of Software Models (CVSM 2010)

CALL FOR PAPERS 3rd Workshop on Comparison and Versioning of Software Models (CVSM'10) A one-day ACM/IEEE ICSE Workshop Sat May 1, 2010, Cape Town, South Africa http://pi.informatik.uni-siegen.de/CVSM2010/ IMPORTANT DATES Submission deadline: January 10, 2010 Author notification: February 7, 2010 Camera-ready copy of accepted papers: March 3, 2010 THEME AND GOALS The importance of models, and their role as primary software development artifacts, has increased rapidly by the vastly growing interest towards model-driven engineering (MDE) practices. In this context models are being evolved, simplified and/or extended over a longer period of time, which leads to the need of keeping different versions, of comparing them, of measuring their (un)similarity, and of merging different models into one. The aim of this workshop to bring together researchers and practitioners from many of these diverse areas to discuss the fundamental principles, state of the art, and critical challenges of model comparison and versioning. The most relevant research questions shall be identified, an overview on applications shall be collected, and the research community in this area shall be brought together. TOPICS OF INTEREST The main topics of this workshop are the comparison of models, the computation of similarities and differences, and merging of several models into one. This includes * differences between models (foundations, algorithms, heuristics, complexity, quality, metrics) * union and intersection of models * merging of models (conflicts, conflict resolution) * versioning concepts for models, especially UML models * versioning of meta models * meta models for versioning * (partial) mapping of model elements * representation of models and model differences in repositories * formal approaches to variants * visualization of model differences (presentation, layout, interaction) * applications of model differences in Software Engineering (e.g. product lines, version manage­ment), industrial use cases * tool support, tool architectures * benchmarking * model repositories * state-based vs. change-based approaches for differencing PAPER SUBMISSION AND REVIEW We are soliciting research papers, experience reports and tool demonstration descriptions that concisely describe ongoing work, new ideas, and experiences. There will also be a possibility for tool demonstrations at the workshop. Prospective participants of the workshop are expected to submit an extended abstract of 4-6 pages as a position paper. Accepted proposals will be published in advance on the workshop web-site. All submitted papers will be reviewed by at least three program committee members. Papers must not have been previously published or be concurrently submitted elsewhere. For submission instructions, check the workshop web site: http://pi.informatik.uni-siegen.de/CVSM2010/. The accepted papers will also be published in the IEEE Digital Libraries. The attendees will receive a memory stick containing the proceedings. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Juergen Ebert, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany Udo Kelter, University of Siegen, Germany Tarja Systa, Tampere University of Technology, Finland