[gmx-users] CfP: 2nd Workshop on Model-driven Approaches for Simulation Engineering (Mod4Sim), in Symposium on Theory of Modeling and Simulation, SCS Spring Sim 2012

2011-09-26 Thread Daniele Gianni


CALL FOR PAPERS

 2nd International Workshop
on
  Model-driven Approaches for Simulation
Engineering
  part of the Symposium on Theory of Modeling and
Simulation
  (SCS SpringSim 2012)


#

March 26-29, 2012, Orlando, FL (USA)
http://www.sel.uniroma2.it/Mod4Sim12

#
# Papers Due: *** November 15, 2011 ***
# Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings and
archived
# in the ACM Digital Library, IEEE Xplorer and IEEE CS Digital Library.
# The Symposium is co-sponsored by IEEE.
#

The workshop aims to bring together experts in model-based, model-driven and
software engineering with experts in simulation methods and simulation
practitioners, with the objective to advance the state of the art in
model-driven simulation engineering.

Model-driven engineering approaches provide considerable advantages to
software systems engineering activities through the provision of consistent
and coherent models at different abstraction levels. As these models are in
a machine readable form, model-driven engineering approaches can also
support the exploitation of computing capabilities for model reuse,
programming code generation, and model checking, for example.

The definition of a simulation model, its software implementation and its
execution platform form what is known as simulation engineering. As
simulation systems are mainly based on software, these systems can similarly
benefit from model-driven approaches to support automatic software
generation, enhance software quality, and reduce costs, development effort
and time-to-market.

Similarly to systems and software engineering, simulation engineering can
exploit the capabilities of model-driven approaches by increasing the
abstraction level in simulation model specifications and by automating the
derivation of simulator code. Further advantages can be gained by using
modeling languages, such as UML and SysML – but not exclusively those. For
example, modeling languages can be used for descriptive modeling (to
describe the system to be simulated), for analytical modeling (to specify
analytically the simulation of the same system), and for implementation
modeling (to define the respective simulator).

A partial list of topics of interest includes:

* model-driven simulation engineering processes
* requirements modeling for simulation
* domain specific languages for modeling and simulation
* model transformations for simulation model building
* model transformations for simulation model implementation
* model-driven engineering of distributed simulation systems
* relationship between metamodeling standards (e.g., MOF, Ecore) and
distributed simulation standards (e.g., HLA, DIS)
* metamodels for simulation reuse and interoperability
* model-driven technologies for different simulation paradigms (discrete
event simulation, multi-agent simulation, sketch-based * simulation, etc.)
* model-driven methods and tools for performance engineering of simulation
systems
* simulation tools for model-driven software performance engineering
* model-driven technologies for simulation verification and validation
* model-driven technologies for data collection and analysis
* model-driven technologies for simulation visualization
* Executable UML
* Executable Architectures
* SysML / Modelica integration
* Simulation Model Portability and reuse
* model-based systems verification and validation
* simulation for model-based systems engineering

To stimulate creativity, however, the workshop maintains a wider scope and
welcomes contributions offering original perspectives on model-driven
engineering of simulation systems.

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On-Line Submissions and Publication
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We invite paper submissions in three forms:

1. Full paper (max 8 pages), describing innovative research results. These
papers are eligible for the best paper award and may be invited for an
extended version in a special issue of the SCS SIMULATION journal.
2. Work-in-progress paper (max 6 pages), describing novel research ideas and
promising work that have not yet been fully evaluated.
3. Short paper (max 6 pages), describing industrial and hands-on experience
on any relevant area (i.e. military, government, space, etc.).

All the papers must be submitted through the SCS conference management
systems (http://www.softconf.com/scs/DEVS12/), selecting the Mod4Sim track
in the "Submission Categories" section. All the submitted papers must be in
PDF format and must conform to the

[gmx-users] CfP: 2nd Workshop on Model-driven Approaches for Simulation Engineering (Mod4Sim), in Symposium on Theory of Modeling and Simulation, SCS Spring Sim 2012

2011-09-23 Thread Daniele Gianni


CALL FOR PAPERS

 2nd International Workshop
on
  Model-driven Approaches for Simulation
Engineering
  part of the Symposium on Theory of Modeling and
Simulation
  (SCS SpringSim 2012)


#

March 26-29, 2012, Orlando, FL (USA)
http://www.sel.uniroma2.it/Mod4Sim12

#
# Papers Due: *** November 15, 2011 ***
# Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings and
archived
# in the ACM Digital Library, IEEE Xplorer and IEEE CS Digital Library.
# The Symposium is co-sponsored by IEEE.
#

The workshop aims to bring together experts in model-based, model-driven and
software engineering with experts in simulation methods and simulation
practitioners, with the objective to advance the state of the art in
model-driven simulation engineering.

Model-driven engineering approaches provide considerable advantages to
software systems engineering activities through the provision of consistent
and coherent models at different abstraction levels. As these models are in
a machine readable form, model-driven engineering approaches can also
support the exploitation of computing capabilities for model reuse,
programming code generation, and model checking, for example.

The definition of a simulation model, its software implementation and its
execution platform form what is known as simulation engineering. As
simulation systems are mainly based on software, these systems can similarly
benefit from model-driven approaches to support automatic software
generation, enhance software quality, and reduce costs, development effort
and time-to-market.

Similarly to systems and software engineering, simulation engineering can
exploit the capabilities of model-driven approaches by increasing the
abstraction level in simulation model specifications and by automating the
derivation of simulator code. Further advantages can be gained by using
modeling languages, such as UML and SysML – but not exclusively those. For
example, modeling languages can be used for descriptive modeling (to
describe the system to be simulated), for analytical modeling (to specify
analytically the simulation of the same system), and for implementation
modeling (to define the respective simulator).

A partial list of topics of interest includes:

* model-driven simulation engineering processes
* requirements modeling for simulation
* domain specific languages for modeling and simulation
* model transformations for simulation model building
* model transformations for simulation model implementation
* model-driven engineering of distributed simulation systems
* relationship between metamodeling standards (e.g., MOF, Ecore) and
distributed simulation standards (e.g., HLA, DIS)
* metamodels for simulation reuse and interoperability
* model-driven technologies for different simulation paradigms (discrete
event simulation, multi-agent simulation, sketch-based * simulation, etc.)
* model-driven methods and tools for performance engineering of simulation
systems
* simulation tools for model-driven software performance engineering
* model-driven technologies for simulation verification and validation
* model-driven technologies for data collection and analysis
* model-driven technologies for simulation visualization
* Executable UML
* Executable Architectures
* SysML / Modelica integration
* Simulation Model Portability and reuse
* model-based systems verification and validation
* simulation for model-based systems engineering

To stimulate creativity, however, the workshop maintains a wider scope and
welcomes contributions offering original perspectives on model-driven
engineering of simulation systems.

+++
On-Line Submissions and Publication
+++

We invite paper submissions in three forms:

1. Full paper (max 8 pages), describing innovative research results. These
papers are eligible for the best paper award and may be invited for an
extended version in a special issue of the SCS SIMULATION journal.
2. Work-in-progress paper (max 6 pages), describing novel research ideas and
promising work that have not yet been fully evaluated.
3. Short paper (max 6 pages), describing industrial and hands-on experience
on any relevant area (i.e. military, government, space, etc.).

All the papers must be submitted through the SCS conference management
systems (http://www.softconf.com/scs/DEVS12/), selecting the Mod4Sim track
in the "Submission Categories" section. All the submitted papers must be in
PDF format and must conform to the