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CALL FOR
PAPERS
4th International Workshop on
Model-driven Approaches for Simulation Engineering
part of the Symposium on Theory of Modeling and Simulation
(SCS SpringSim 2014)
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April 13-16, 2014, Tampa, FL (USA)
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# Papers Due: *** November 22, 2013 *** extended
# Accepted papers will be published in the conference
proceedings
# and archived in the ACM Digital Library.
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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/DEVS14/)
and select the Mod4Sim track. The submissions must be in PDF
format and conform to the SCS conference template (Word
template is available at
http://www.scs.org/upload/documents/templates/ConferenceSubmissionWORDTemplate.doc
, guidelines are available at
http://www.scs.org/PDFs/formattingkit.pdf).
All the submitted papers must be original and not submitted
else where. Submitted papers will be peer reviewed with
respect to their quality, originality and relevance. The
authors of the accepted papers must register in advance for
inclusion of their paper in the conference proceedings.
Authors of accepted papers will be invited to update their
papers basing on the reviews, before providing the camera
ready.
All accepted papers will be included in the conference
proceedings and archived in both the ACM Digital Library and
IEEE Digital Library.
Authors may contact the organizers for expression of
interest and content appropriateness at any time.
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Important Dates
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* Submission Deadline: November 22, 2013 (extended)
* Decision to paper authors: January 5, 2014
* Camera ready due: February 2, 2014
* Conference dates: April 13-16, 2014 (to be confirmed
within the SpringSim schedule)
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Organizing Committee
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* Daniele Gianni – University Guglielmo Marconi, Italy
* Arnaud Cuccuru – CEA/LIST, France
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Program Committee
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* Steffen Becker - University of Paderborn, Germany
* Paolo Bocciarelli - University of Rome TorVergata, Italy
* David Chen - University of Bordeaux I, France
* Andrea D'Ambrogio - University of Rome TorVergata, Italy
* Cristian Englert - Serco, The Netherlands
* Huascar Espinoza - ESI-Tecnalia, Spain
* Paul A. Fishwick - University of Florida, USA
* Sebastien Gerard - CEA/LIST, France
* Carlos Juiz - University of Balearic Islands, Spain
* Cristiano Leorato - RHEA, The Netherlands
* Steve McKeever - Uppsala University, Sweden
* Halit Oguztüzün - Middle East Technical University,
Turkey
* Chris Paredis - Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
* Nicolas Rouquette - NASA/JPL, USA
* Volker Schaus - DLR, Germany
* Sara Tucci - CEA/LIST, France
* Andreas Tolk - SimIS, USA
* Anthony Walsh - European Space Agency, Germany
* Heming Zhang - Tsinghua University, China
*** Contact Information ***
Daniele Gianni and Arnaud Cuccuru (workshop co-chairs)