The Third International Conference on Model & Data Engineering (MEDI 2013) will be held during September 25-27 in Amantea, Calabria, Italy. The main objective of MEDI 2013 is to provide a forum for the dissemination of research achievements and for promoting interaction and collaboration between the model and data engineering research communities. MEDI 2013 provides an international platform for the presentation of research on model 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, also aims at promoting the creation of scientific networks, projects and faculty/student exchanges.

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

Best Papers will be invited for submission in a special issue of a recognized international journal.


Specific areas of interest to MEDI 2013 include but are not limited to:


Model 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, Testing
Database Security, Personalization, Recommendation
Web Databases, Ontology-Based Databases, PDMS

Modelling for Data Management
New Models and Architectures for Databases and Data Warehouses
Modelling and Quality of Data
Modelling for Enhancing Data Sharing
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 Tools
Industry Transfer, Case Studies, Experiences
Applications
Tools