Call for papers: International Workshop on Models and Evolution (ME) – co-located with MODELS’24

https://models-and-evolution.github.io/

Model artifacts are subject to constant evolution throughout the lifecycle of systems. The evolutionary pressure emerges from various technical and business factors throughout the overall software/system engineering endeavor. Pertinent examples of such factors include changing requirements, changing environment, and changing user base, all of which give rise to unique evolutionary challenges in various system artifacts from architecture to implementation, and even in informal artifacts, such as documentation. These challenges, if left unmanaged, may lead to deteriorating quality attributes, and in severe cases inconsistent artifacts or even incorrect artifacts, preventing the system from operating as intended. Therefore, proper support for efficient and effective evolution is required. The Models and Evolution workshop promotes novel theories, techniques, and tools to support evolution. To this end, the workshop brings together researchers and practitioners to discuss the latest developments on the topic.

COORDINATES

22–24 September, 2024
Linz, Austria
Co-located with this year’s MODELS Conference.

TOPICS OF INTEREST

-Foundations
   -Theories, methods, and tools for (meta-)model evolution
   -Co-evolution across multiple meta-levels (incl. instance and data levels)
-Correctness and quality aspects
   -Correctness and consistency concerns of model evolution
   -Verification and validation of evolving MDE artifacts
-Applications
   -Software migration, reconstruction, reuse, and repurposing
   -Evolution of heterogeneous systems, such as cyber-physical systems and digital twins, including the (co-)evolution of virtual and physical artifacts, platforms, and infrastructure
-Empirical works, industry reports, patterns and catalogs, training and education

IMPORTANT DATES

-July 5, 2024 – Paper submission deadline
-August 9, 2024 – Author notification
-August 14, 2024 – Camera-ready deadline
-September 22–24 – Workshop. Exact date TBA.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Djamel Eddine Khelladi, IRISA, France
Juri Di Rocco, Università degli studi dell’Aquila, Italy
Dalila Tamzalit, Université de Nantes, France