CALL FOR PAPERS

3rd Workshop on

Comparison and Versioning of Software Models (CVSM'10)

A one-day ACM/IEEE ICSE Workshop
Sat May 1, 2010, Cape Town, South Africa

http://pi.informatik.uni-siegen.de/CVSM2010/

IMPORTANT DATES

Submission deadline: January 10, 2010
Author notification: February 7, 2010
Camera-ready copy of accepted papers: March 3, 2010

THEME AND GOALS

The importance of models, and their role as primary software development
artifacts, has increased rapidly by the vastly growing interest towards
model-driven engineering (MDE) practices. In this context models are
being evolved, simplified and/or extended over a longer period of time,
which leads to the need of keeping different versions, of comparing
them, of measuring their (un)similarity, and of merging different models
into one.

The aim of this workshop to bring together researchers and practitioners
from many of these diverse areas to discuss the fundamental principles,
state of the art, and critical challenges of model comparison and
versioning. The most relevant research questions shall be identified, an
overview on applications shall be collected, and the research community
in this area shall be brought together.

TOPICS OF INTEREST

The main topics of this workshop are the comparison of models, the
computation of similarities and differences, and merging of several
models into one. This includes


* differences between models (foundations, algorithms, heuristics,
complexity, quality, metrics)
* union and intersection of models
* merging of models (conflicts, conflict resolution)
* versioning concepts for models, especially UML models
* versioning of meta models
* meta models for versioning
* (partial) mapping of model elements
* representation of models and model differences in repositories
* formal approaches to variants
* visualization of model differences (presentation, layout,
interaction)
* applications of model differences in Software Engineering (e.g.
product lines, version manage­ment), industrial use cases
* tool support, tool architectures
* benchmarking
* model repositories
* state-based vs. change-based approaches for differencing


PAPER SUBMISSION AND REVIEW

We are soliciting research papers, experience reports and tool
demonstration descriptions that concisely describe ongoing work, new
ideas, and experiences. There will also be a possibility for tool
demonstrations at the workshop.

Prospective participants of the workshop are expected to submit an
extended abstract of 4-6 pages as a position paper. Accepted proposals
will be published in advance on the workshop web-site. All submitted
papers will be reviewed by at least three program committee members.
Papers must not have been previously published or be concurrently
submitted elsewhere.

For submission instructions, check the workshop web site:
http://pi.informatik.uni-siegen.de/CVSM2010/.

The accepted papers will also be published in the IEEE Digital
Libraries. The attendees will receive a memory stick containing the
proceedings.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Juergen Ebert, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany
Udo Kelter, University of Siegen, Germany
Tarja Systa, Tampere University of Technology, Finland