Managing variability is a major concern in the development, maintenance and evolution of software-intensive systems. To be managed effectively and efficiently, variability must be explicitly modelled. Numerous variability modelling techniques have been proposed both by academia and industry.

The aim of the VaMoS workshop is to bring together researchers from various areas of variability modelling in order to discuss advantages, drawbacks and complementarities of the various approaches and to present new results for variability modelling and management.

The workshop will feature invited presentations by leading researchers in the field as well as peer-reviewed paper presentations.

Workshop Format

VaMoS 2008, like the previous VaMoS workshop, will be a highly interactive event. Each session will be organized in order to stimulate discussions among the presenters of papers, discussants and the other participants. Typically, after a paper is presented, it is immediately discussed by two pre-assigned discussants, after which a free discussion involving all participants follows. Each session is closed by a general discussion of all papers presented in the session.

The working language is English. Attendance is restricted to authors of accepted papers and invited speakers.

Topics (non-exclusive)

* Modelling Variability in Functional and Non-Functional (Quality) Requirements
* Modelling Variability in the Architecture
* Aspects and Separation of Concerns
* Visualization of Variability
* Handling Complexity
* Formal Reasoning on Variability
* Application Domains (e.g., Embedded Systems, Information Systems, Service-based Systems)â??
* Tool Support


Important Dates

Submission deadline: November 1, 2007

Notification of acceptance: December 1, 2007

Deadline for registration: to be announced

Camera ready paper deadline: to be announced

VaMoS workshop: January 16â??18, 2008