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*MULTI 2018: 5th International Workshop on Multi-Level Modelling*<br class="">
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Co-located with MODELS, at IT University of Copenhagen<br class="">
Copenhagen, Denmark, October 16, 2018<br class="">
*Conference website*<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>
<a href="https://www.wi-inf.uni-duisburg-essen.de/MULTI2018/" class="">https://www.wi-inf.uni-duisburg-essen.de/MULTI2018/</a><br class="">
*Submission link*<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=multi2018" class="">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=multi2018</a><br class="">
*Submission deadline* <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>
July 17, 2018<br class="">
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*Introduction*<br class="">
Multilevel modelling is an emerging new modelling paradigm that offers exciting new perspectives not only for conceptual modelling, but also for the development of software systems that are integrated with models of themselves. Multilevel DSMLs allow for combining
the benefits of economies of scale with the productivity enabled by concepts that were designed for very specific domains. Multilevel modelling has now been used successfully in a wide range of projects.<br class="">
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The MULTI workshop series is the premier event for researchers and practitioners who work in the field of multilevel languages and tools or are interested in applying multilevel technologies. It is aimed at providing a platform for exchanging ideas and promoting
the further development of multilevel languages, methods and tools. In particular, the goal is to encourage the community to delineate different approaches to multilevel modelling and define objective ways to evaluate their respective strengths/weaknesses.
To address this objective, MULTI 2018 features a specific multilevel modelling challenge.<br class="">
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A growing community of researchers is excited about the prospects offered by multilevel modelling. However, there is still no clear consensus on what this new paradigm actually entails and how it should be applied. For example, there are different views on
whether it is sound to combine instance facets and type facets into so-called clabjects, whether strict metamodeling is too restrictive, and what tool architectures provide the best framework for modelling with multiple classification levels. This lack of
a foundational consensus is mirrored by the lack of a common focus in current multilevel tools.<br class="">
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The goal of MULTI 2018 is to address these challenges and continue the community building established in the previous workshops. In particular, the goal is to encourage the community to delineate different approaches to multi-level modelling and define objective
ways to evaluate their respective strengths/weaknesses. One key way of addressing this goal is to identify standard/canonical examples specially designed to exercise the abilities of multilevel modelling approaches. We encourage submissions on new concepts,
implementation approaches and formalisms as well as submissions on controversial positions, requirements for evaluation criteria or case-study scenarios. Contributions in the area of tool building, multilevel modelling applications, canonical examples and
educational material are equally welcome.<br class="">
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*Invited Speaker*<br class="">
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-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Manuel Wimmer<br class="">
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<div class="">*Submission Guidelines*<br class="">
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All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. Three kinds of papers are solicited: regular papers (max. 10 pages), challenge papers (max. 10 pages), and position papers (max. 5 pages), in LNCS format.<br class="">
Papers should be submitted via Easychair. Accepted papers will be published as CEUR workshop proceedings and indexed in DBLP. Authors submit their papers as PDF files to <a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=multi2018" class="">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=multi2018</a>.<br class="">
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The workshop provides a platform for tool demonstrations, too. Please contact Tony Clark to determine the scope and structure of a demo.<br class="">
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To promote the exchange between different schools of multilevel modelling and to contribute to a consolidation of the field, this year’s MULTI will host a specific modelling challenge (*The Bicycle Challenge* <a href="https://www.wi-inf.uni-duisburg-essen.de/MULTI2018/#challenge" class="">https://www.wi-inf.uni-duisburg-essen.de/MULTI2018/#challenge</a>).
Challenge participants are asked to develop a multilevel model, or multilevel DSMLs respectively, to represent a domain that is provided in a natural language description. The solutions should account for certain requirements and are expected to be submitted
in a given structure.<br class="">
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*List of Topics*<br class="">
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-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>the exact nature and semantics of elements in a multilevel hierarchy and how best to represent them<br class="">
-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>the importance and role of potency and its variants such a durability and mutability<br class="">
-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>transitioning from traditional modelling approaches/tools to multi-level approaches<br class="">
-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>engineering domain-specific languages and complete tool support<br class="">
-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>methods for designing multilevel models<br class="">
-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>formal approaches to multilevel modelling<br class="">
-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>experiences and challenges in providing tool support for multilevel modelling<br class="">
-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>experiences and challenges in applying multilevel modelling techniques to large and/or real world problems<br class="">
-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>model management languages (transformation, code generation etc.) in a multi-level setting<br class="">
-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>comparisons of multilevel and two-level solutions for modelling problems<br class="">
-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>criteria for comparing multilevel modelling approaches and evaluating their usability<br class="">
-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>canonical multi-level modelling examples and challenges<br class="">
-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>distinct and multiple viewpoints on multilevel models<br class="">
-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>methods for developing multilevel systems and languages<br class="">
-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>the management of changes in multilevel models<br class="">
-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>innovative systems architectures enabled by multilevel languages<br class="">
-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>multilevel modelling versus knowledge engineering and ontologies<br class="">
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*Important dates*<br class="">
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Paper submission 17th July<br class="">
Notification 17th August<br class="">
Camera-ready 21st August<br class="">
Workshop day 16th October <br class="">
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*Committees*<br class="">
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Program Committee<br class="">
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-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Alessandro Rossini (EVRY AS, Norway)<br class="">
-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Alexander Egyed (Johannes Kepler University, Austria)<br class="">
-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Bernd Neumayr (Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Austria)<br class="">
-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Cesar Gonzalez Perez (Spanish National Research Council, Spain)<br class="">
-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Collin Atkinson (University of Manheim, Gernamy)<br class="">
-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Dirk Draheim (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia)<br class="">
-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Georg Grossmann (University of South Australia, Australia)<br class="">
-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Georg Hinkel (Karlsruhe Univeristy, Germany)<br class="">
-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Hans-Georg Fill (University of Vienna, Austria)<br class="">
-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Joao-Paulo Almeida (Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil)<br class="">
-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Juan de Lara (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain)<br class="">
-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Manfred Jeusfeld (University of Skövde, Sweden)<br class="">
-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Manuel Wimmer (Vienna University of Technology, Austria)<br class="">
-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Markus Stumptner (University of South Australia, Australia)<br class="">
-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Martin Gogolla (University of Bremen, Germany)<br class="">
-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Michael Schrefl (Johannes Kepler University, Austria)<br class="">
-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Monika Kaczmarek-Heß (University of Duisburg-Essen)<br class="">
-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Stefan Jablonski (Bayreuth University, Germany)<br class="">
-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Tony Clark (Sheffield Hallam University, UK)<br class="">
-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Ulrich Frank (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany)<br class="">
-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Wolfgang Pree (University of Salzburg, Austria)<br class="">
-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Yngve Lamo (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway)<br class="">
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Organizing committee<br class="">
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-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Tony Clark<br class="">
-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Bernd Neumayr<br class="">
-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Adrian Rutle<br class="">
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*Contact*<br class="">
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All questions about submissions should be emailed to adrian (dot) rutle (at) hvl (dot) no</div>
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