CALL FOR PAPERS
2nd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MODEL & DATA ENGINEERING (MEDI?2012)
October 3-5, 2012
Poitiers, Futuroscope - France
http://medi2012.ensma.fr

The Second International Conference on Model & Data Engineering (MEDI) will be held from 3 to 5 October 2012 in Poitiers, Futuroscope ? France. The main objective of our conference is to provide a forum for the dissemination of research accomplishments and to promote the interaction and collaboration between the models and data research communities. MEDI?2012 provides an international platform for the presentation of research on models and data theory, development of advanced technologies related to models and data and their advanced applications. This international scientific event, initiated by researchers from Euro-Mediterranean countries, aims also at promoting the creation of north-south scientific networks, projects and faculty/student exchanges.

All accepted papers will be published in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) by Springer-Verlag.

Topics of interests include but not limited to:
Models Engineering
* Design of General-purpose Modelling Languages and Related Standards
* Model Driven Engineering, Modelling Languages, Meta-modelling, Model Transformation, Model Evolution,
* Formal Modelling, Verification and Validation, Analysis, Testing
* Ontology Based Modelling, Role of Ontologies in Modelling Activities
* Model Manipulation
Data Engineering
* Data Integration, Interoperability
* Distributed, Parallel, Grid, Peer to Peer, Cloud Databases
* Data Warehouses?and OLAP, Data Mining
* Database System Internals, Performance, Self-tuning Benchmarking and Testing
* Database Security, Personalization, Recommendation
* Web Databases, Ontology Based Databases, PDMS
Modeling for Data Management
* New Models and Architectures for Databases and Data Warehouses
* Modeling and Quality of Data
* Modeling for Enhancing Sharing Data
* Models for Explicit and Implicit Semantics based Data Optimization
* Model Reification, Model Repositories
* Modeling Non Functional Properties of Systems
* Service based data management
* Urbanization of Database Applications
Applications and tooling
* Industry transfer, case studies, experiences
* Data and Model manipulation and tooling

PAPER SUBMISSION DETAILS

Authors are invited to submit research and application papers representing original, previously unpublished work. Papers should be submitted in PDF or Word format. Submissions must conform to Springer's LNCS format and should not exceed 12 pages (including all text, figures, references and appendices). Authors who want to buy extra pages may submit a paper up to 15 pages with the indication that the authors will purchase extra pages if the paper is accepted. Submissions which do not conform to the LNCS format and/or which do exceed 12 pages (or up to 15 pages with the extra page purchase commitment) will be rejected without reviews. Submitted papers will be carefully evaluated based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition. All accepted papers will be published in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) by Springer-Verlag.
Duplicate submissions are not allowed. A submission is considered to be a duplicate submission if it is submitted to other conferences/workshops/journals or it has been already accepted to be published in other conferences/workshops/journals. Duplicate submissions thus will be automatically rejected without reviews. Submissions require explicit consent from all listed authors.


IMPORTANT DATES
* Abstract submission: April 13th
* Full-paper submission: April 20th
* Acceptance notification: June 24th
* Camera ready submission: July 16th


General Chair
Ladjel Bellatreche

Program Chairs
Alberto Abell?, Spain
Boualem Benatallah, Australia

Program Committee
El Hassan Abdelwahed
Yamine Ait Ameur
Jose F Aldana Montes
Marie-Aude Aufaure
Franck Barbier
Salima Benbernou
Djamal Benslimane
Rafael Berlanga
Sandro Bimonte
Alexander Borusan
Azedine Boulmakoul
Omar Boussaid
Coral Calero
Malu Castellanos
Damianos Chatziantoniou
Mandy Chessell
Alain Crolotte
Florian Daniel
Jerome Darmont
Habiba Drias
Marlon Dumas
Todd Eavis
Johann Eder
Mostafa Ezziyyani
Marie-Christine Fauvet
Jamel Feki
Eduardo Fernandez-Medina
Pedro Furtado
Roberto Garcia
Faiez Gargouri
Ahmad Ghazal
Rosa Maria Gil
Claude Godart
Matteo Golfarelli
Daniela Grigori
Amarnath Gupta
Mohand-Said Hacid
Stephane Jean
Eleanna Kafeza
Ralf-Detlef Kutsche
Anna-Lena Lamprecht
Nabil Laya?da
Nhan Le Thanh
Jens Lechtenb?rger
Yves Ledru
Wolfgang Lehner
Ant?nia Lopes
Li Ma
Patrick Marcel
Esperanza Marcos
Tiziana Margaria
Brahim Medjahed
Dominique Mery
Mezghiche Mohamed
Hamid Motahari
Kazumi Nakamatsu
Paulo Novais
Carlos Ordonez
Aris Ouksel
Mourad Ouzzani
Oscar Pastor Lopez
Julien Ponge
Anna Queralt
Chantal Reynaud
M. Elena Rodriguez
Oscar Romero
Sherif Sakr
Manuel Santos
Timos Sellis
Michael Sheng
Alkis Simitsis
Maurice H. Ter Beek
Ronan Tournier
Juan Trujillo
Toni Urp?
Panos Vassiliadis
Boris Vrdoljak
Virginie Wiels
Leandro Krug Wives
Robert Wrembel
Esteban Zimanyi
Marta Zorrilla
Tansel ?zyer


For further inquiries, contact the MEDI 2012 PC Co-Chairpersons: Alberto Abell? (aabello@essi.upc.edu) or Boualem Benatallah (boualem.benatallah@gmail.com).


LOCATION



Poitiers and its surroundings : Culture and Leisure
Poitiers, a warm and lively city with many narrow alleyways situated around its historic university, one of the oldest in Europe. It is a favorite stopover for Romanesque art lovers who are able to find many different reasons to stroll around and discover the town. In the north, across the Clain Valley, sports fans will be just as delighted with the lake at St-Cyr and the International Welcome Centre which includes a wide variety of sports and leisure activities.



Futuroscope : the European Park of the Moving Images
Just outside Poitiers on a great green plain, futuristic shapes puncture the skyline. It's as if all the far fetched settings from the science fiction movies have been beamed down to earth. These are the pavilions of Futuroscope and what goes on inside them can be breathtaking. You can experience the magic of massive 3D cinema, virtual reality simulator rides and the latest in communication technologies. There are 22 of the world's largest and most exciting visual presentations, ranging from classics like Mount Everest and The Grand Canyon to the very latest in dynamic entertainement