Workshop on Modeling in Software Engineering @ ICSE 2009 (MISE 2009)
Vancouver, Canada
May 17-18, 2009

Workshop Overview

The purpose of this workshop is to promote the use of models in
the engineering process of software and software-intensive
systems. In particular, we are interested in the exchange of
innovative technical ideas and experience related to software
modeling. The workshop also aims to promote cross-fertilization
between the modeling communities (e.g., MODELS) and
software-engineering communities.

This workshop will provide a forum for discussing the
challenges associated with modeling software and with
incorporating modeling practices into the software development
process. We are interested in model-related research topics at all
levels of the software development, including use of models
during software execution. A list of topics includes:

· Modeling notations and tools
· Metamodeling
· Abstractions and modeling methodologies
· Model-based analyses
· Model transformation and composition
· Model evaluation
· Model management
· Extracting models from software artifacts (e.g., program understanding)
· Use of models for downstream activities (e.g., generating test cases, using models at runtime)
· Empirical studies
· Domain-specific modeling
· Further uses of modeling

Important Dates

11 January, 2009 Submission of abstracts
14 January, 2009 Submission of workshop papers
28 January, 2009 Notification of acceptance
15 February, 2009 Camera-ready papers due

Workshop format

The workshop will be held over one and a half days, starting on
the afternoon of the first day. On the first day and the morning
of the second day, paper presentations will be structured into
sessions of thematically related papers. In order to foster lively
discussions, each paper presentation will be structured as
follows:

1. A 20 minute presentation by an author, summarising the
key points in the paper.

2. A reaction by one of the organizers or PC member to the
topic, including issues, questions or other insights.

3. A 5 minute general discussion that includes time for the
author to respond to the reaction. The person presenting
the reaction takes notes regarding the overall discussion,
and puts together a one-page summary of the reaction and
ensuing discussion that will appear in the proceedings,
directly following the paper.

The remaining half-day workshop will be spent in working
groups or an open-plan discussion (depending on number of
participants) based on topics collected by session chairs during
paper presentations and discussions during the first day of the
workshop. The workshop will be summarized either in a halfhour
of summary presentations from each working group or a
summary presentation by one of the organizers.

Submission guidelines

Although the workshop is open to all, prospective participants
are invited to submit a 4-6 page position paper. All submissions
will be reviewed by members of the program committee and the
organizing committee for quality and relevance. All submitted
papers must conform to the style guidelines required for IEEE
Conference Proceedings. See the workshop website
(http://wikiserver.sse.cs.tu-bs.de/mise09) for instructions on how
to submit. Accepted papers will become part of the workshop
proceedings.

Organizing Committee

Robert Baillargeon, Panasonic Automotive Systems, baillargeonr@us.panasonic.com
Robert France, Colorado State University, france@cs.colostate.edu
Geri Georg, Colorado State University, georg@cs.colostate.edu
Bernhard Rumpe, Braunschweig University of Technology, b.rumpe@tu-bs.de
Steven Völkel, Braunschweig University of Technology, voelkel@sse-tubs.de
Steffen Zschaler, Lancaster University, szschaler@acm.org

Program Committee

Manfred Broy, TU Munich, Germany
Alessandra Cavarra, Oxford University Computing Laboratory, UK
Marsha Chechik, University of Toronto, Canada
Tony Clark, Thames Valley University, UK
Steve Easterbrook, University of Toronto, Canada
Ludger Fiege, Siemens, Germany
Holger Giese, Universität Paderborn, Germany
Jeff Gray, University of Alabama, USA
Michaela Huhn, Braunschweig University of Technology
Awais Rashid, Lancaster University, UK
Arnor Solberg, SINTEF, Norway