Multilevel modelling is an emerging new modelling paradigm that
offers exciting new perspectives not only for conceptual
modelling, but also for the development of software systems that
are integrated with models of themselves. Multilevel DSMLs allow
for combining the benefits of economies of scale with the
productivity enabled by concepts that were designed for very
specific domains. Multilevel modelling has now been used
successfully in a wide range of projects.
The MULTI workshop series is the premier event for researchers and
practitioners who work in the field of multilevel languages and
tools or are interested in applying multilevel technologies. It is
aimed at providing a platform for exchanging ideas and promoting
the further development of multilevel languages, methods and
tools. In particular, the goal is to encourage the community to
delineate different approaches to multilevel modelling and define
objective ways to evaluate their respective strengths/weaknesses.
To address this objective, MULTI 2018 features a specific
multilevel modelling challenge.
A growing community of researchers is excited about the prospects
offered by multilevel modelling. However, there is still no clear
consensus on what this new paradigm actually entails and how it
should be applied. For example, there are different views on
whether it is sound to combine instance facets and type facets
into so-called clabjects, whether strict metamodeling is too
restrictive, and what tool architectures provide the best
framework for modelling with multiple classification levels. This
lack of a foundational consensus is mirrored by the lack of a
common focus in current multilevel tools.
The goal of MULTI 2018 is to address these challenges and continue
the community building established in the previous workshops. In
particular, the goal is to encourage the community to delineate
different approaches to multi-level modelling and define objective
ways to evaluate their respective strengths/weaknesses. One key
way of addressing this goal is to identify standard/canonical
examples specially designed to exercise the abilities of
multilevel modelling approaches. We encourage submissions on new
concepts, implementation approaches and formalisms as well as
submissions on controversial positions, requirements for
evaluation criteria or case-study scenarios. Contributions in the
area of tool building, multilevel modelling applications,
canonical examples and educational material are equally welcome.
*Submission Guidelines*
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to
another journal or conference. Three kinds of papers are
solicited: regular papers (max. 10 pages), challenge papers
(max. 10 pages), and position papers (max. 5 pages), in LNCS
format.
Papers should be submitted via Easychair. Accepted papers will
be published as CEUR workshop proceedings and indexed in DBLP.
Authors submit their papers as PDF files to
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=multi2018.
The workshop provides a platform for tool demonstrations, too.
Please contact Tony Clark to determine the scope and structure
of a demo.
To promote the exchange between different schools of multilevel
modelling and to contribute to a consolidation of the field,
this year’s MULTI will host a specific modelling challenge (*The
Bicycle Challenge*
https://www.wi-inf.uni-duisburg-essen.de/MULTI2018/#challenge).
Challenge participants are asked to develop a multilevel model,
or multilevel DSMLs respectively, to represent a domain that is
provided in a natural language description. The solutions should
account for certain requirements and are expected to be
submitted in a given structure.
*List of Topics*
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the
exact nature and semantics of elements in a multilevel hierarchy
and how best to represent them
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the
importance and role of potency and its variants such a
durability and mutability
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transitioning
from traditional modelling approaches/tools to multi-level
approaches
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engineering
domain-specific languages and complete tool support
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methods
for designing multilevel models
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formal
approaches to multilevel modelling
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experiences
and challenges in providing tool support for multilevel
modelling
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experiences
and challenges in applying multilevel modelling techniques to
large and/or real world problems
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model
management languages (transformation, code generation etc.) in a
multi-level setting
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comparisons
of multilevel and two-level solutions for modelling problems
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criteria
for comparing multilevel modelling approaches and evaluating
their usability
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canonical
multi-level modelling examples and challenges
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distinct
and multiple viewpoints on multilevel models
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methods
for developing multilevel systems and languages
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the
management of changes in multilevel models
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innovative
systems architectures enabled by multilevel languages
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multilevel
modelling versus knowledge engineering and ontologies
*Important dates*
Paper submission 17th July
Notification 17th August
Camera-ready 21st August
Workshop day 16th October
*Committees*
Program Committee
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Alessandro
Rossini (EVRY AS, Norway)
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Alexander
Egyed (Johannes Kepler University, Austria)
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Bernd
Neumayr (Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Austria)
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Cesar
Gonzalez Perez (Spanish National Research Council, Spain)
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Collin
Atkinson (University of Manheim, Gernamy)
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Dirk
Draheim (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia)
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Georg
Grossmann (University of South Australia, Australia)
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Georg
Hinkel (Karlsruhe Univeristy, Germany)
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Hans-Georg
Fill (University of Vienna, Austria)
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Joao-Paulo
Almeida (Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil)
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Juan
de Lara (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain)
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Manfred
Jeusfeld (University of Skövde, Sweden)
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Manuel
Wimmer (Vienna University of Technology, Austria)
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Markus
Stumptner (University of South Australia, Australia)
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Martin
Gogolla (University of Bremen, Germany)
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Michael
Schrefl (Johannes Kepler University, Austria)
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Monika
Kaczmarek-Heß (University of Duisburg-Essen)
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Stefan
Jablonski (Bayreuth University, Germany)
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Tony
Clark (Sheffield Hallam University, UK)
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Ulrich
Frank (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
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Wolfgang
Pree (University of Salzburg, Austria)
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Yngve
Lamo (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway)
Organizing committee
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Tony
Clark
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Bernd
Neumayr
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Adrian
Rutle
*Contact*
All questions about submissions should be emailed to adrian
(dot) rutle (at) hvl (dot) no