[simu-conf] CfP: 4th International Workshop on Model-driven Approaches for Simulation Engineering part of the Symposium on Theory of Modeling and Simulation (SCS SpringSim 2014)

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 CALL FOR PAPERS

                 4th International Workshop on
        Model-driven Approaches for Simulation Engineering
    part of the Symposium on Theory of Modeling and Simulation
                     (SCS SpringSim 2014)


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April 13-16, 2014, Tampa, FL (USA)
http://www.sel.uniroma2.it/Mod4Sim14

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# Papers Due: *** November 1, 2013 ***
# Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings
# and archived in the ACM Digital Library.
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The workshop aims to bring together experts in model-based, model-driven
and software engineering with experts in simulation methods and simulation
practitioners, with the objective to advance the state of the art in
model-driven simulation engineering.

Model-driven engineering approaches provide considerable advantages to
software systems engineering activities through the provision of consistent
and coherent models at different abstraction levels. As these models are in
a machine readable form, model-driven engineering approaches can also
support the exploitation of computing capabilities for model reuse,
programming code generation, and model checking, for example.

The definition of a simulation model, its software implementation and its
execution platform form what is known as simulation engineering. As
simulation systems are mainly based on software, these systems can
similarly benefit from model-driven approaches to support automatic
software generation, enhance software quality, and reduce costs,
development effort and time-to-market.

Similarly to systems and software engineering, simulation engineering can
exploit the capabilities of model-driven approaches by increasing the
abstraction level in simulation model specifications and by automating the
derivation of simulator code. Further advantages can be gained by using
modeling languages, such as UML and SysML – but not exclusively those. For
example, modeling languages can be used for descriptive modeling (to
describe the system to be simulated), for analytical modeling (to specify
analytically the simulation of the same system), and for implementation
modeling (to define the respective simulator).

A partial list of topics of interest includes:

* model-driven simulation engineering processes
* requirements modeling for simulation
* domain specific languages for modeling and simulation
* model transformations for simulation model building
* model transformations for simulation model implementation
* model-driven engineering of distributed simulation systems
* relationship between metamodeling standards (e.g., MOF, Ecore) and
distributed simulation standards (e.g., HLA, DIS)
* metamodels for simulation reuse and interoperability
* model-driven technologies for different simulation paradigms (discrete
event simulation, multi-agent simulation, sketch-based * simulation, etc.)
* model-driven methods and tools for performance engineering of simulation
systems
* simulation tools for model-driven software performance engineering
* model-driven technologies for simulation verification and validation
* model-driven technologies for data collection and analysis
* model-driven technologies for simulation visualization
* Executable UML
* Executable Architectures
* SysML / Modelica integration
* Simulation Model Portability and reuse
* model-based systems verification and validation
* simulation for model-based systems engineering

To stimulate creativity, however, the workshop maintains a wider scope and
welcomes contributions offering original perspectives on model-driven
engineering of simulation systems.

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On-Line Submissions and Publication
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We invite paper submissions in three forms:

1. Full paper (max 8 pages), describing innovative research results. These
papers are eligible for the best paper award and may be invited for an
extended version in a special issue of the SCS SIMULATION journal.
2. Work-in-progress paper (max 6 pages), describing novel research ideas
and promising work that have not yet been fully evaluated.
3. Short paper (max 6 pages), describing industrial and hands-on experience
on any relevant area (i.e. military, government, space, etc.).

All the papers must be submitted through the SCS conference management
systems (http://www.softconf.com/scs/DEVS14/) and select the Mod4Sim track.
The submissions must be in PDF format and conform to the SCS conference
template (Word template is available at
http://www.scs.org/upload/documents/templates/ConferenceSubmissionWORDTemplate.doc,
guidelines are available at
http://www.scs.org/PDFs/formattingkit.pdf). All the submitted papers must
be original and not submitted else where. Submitted papers will be peer
reviewed with respect to their quality, originality and relevance. The
authors of the accepted papers must register in advance for inclusion of
their paper in the conference proceedings. Authors of accepted papers will
be invited to update their papers basing on the reviews, before providing
the camera ready.

All accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings and
archived in both the ACM Digital Library and IEEE Digital Library.

Authors may contact the organizers for expression of interest and content
appropriateness at any time.

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Important Dates
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 * Submission Deadline: November 1, 2013
 * Decision to paper authors: January 5, 2014
 * Camera ready due: February 2, 2014
 * Conference dates: April 13-16, 2014 (to be confirmed within the
SpringSim schedule)

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Organizing Committee
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* Daniele Gianni – University Guglielmo Marconi, Italy
* Arnaud Cuccuru – CEA/LIST, France

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Program Committee
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* Steffen Becker - University of Paderborn, Germany
* Paolo Bocciarelli - University of Rome TorVergata, Italy
* David Chen - University of Bordeaux I, France
* Andrea D'Ambrogio - University of Rome TorVergata, Italy
* Cristian Englert - Serco, The Netherlands
* Huascar Espinoza - ESI-Tecnalia, Spain
* Paul A. Fishwick - University of Florida, USA
* Sebastien Gerard - CEA/LIST, France
* Carlos Juiz - University of Balearic Islands, Spain
* Cristiano Leorato - RHEA, The Netherlands
* Steve McKeever - Uppsala University, Sweden
* Halit Oguztüzün - Middle East Technical University, Turkey
* Chris Paredis - Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
* Nicolas Rouquette - NASA/JPL, USA
* Volker Schaus - DLR, Germany
* Sara Tucci - CEA/LIST, France
* Andreas Tolk - SimIS, USA
* Anthony Walsh - European Space Agency, Germany
* Heming Zhang - Tsinghua University, China

*** Contact Information ***
Daniele Gianni and Arnaud Cuccuru (workshop co-chairs)
Emails: danielegmail-mod4sim@yahoo.it and arnaud.cuccuru@cea.fr