MPM4CPS'21: Multi-Paradigm Modelling for Cyber-Physical Systems Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems Virtual, Japan, October 10-12, 2021 |
Conference website | http://msdl.uantwerpen.be/conferences/MPM4CPS/2021/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mpm4cps2021 |
Submission deadline | July 30, 2021 |
MPM4CPS, the Third International Workshop on Multi-Paradigm Modelling for Cyber-Physical Systems is organized as part of the IEEE/ACM 24th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MODELS 2021).
Context
Tackling the complexity involved in developing truly complex, designed systems is a topic of intense research and development. System complexity has drastically increased once software components were introduced in the form of embedded systems, controlling physical parts of the system, and has only grown in CPS, where the networking aspect of the systems and their environment are also considered. The complexity faced when engineering CPS is mostly due to the plethora of cross-disciplinary design alternatives and inter-domain interactions. To date, no unifying theory or system design methods, techniques, or tools to design, analyze, and ultimately deploy CPS exist. Individual (physical systems, software and network) engineering disciplines offer only partial solutions and are no match for the complexity observed in CPS. Multi-Paradigm Modeling (MPM) offers a foundational framework for gluing the several disciplines together in a consistent way. The inherent complexity of CPS is broken down into different levels of abstraction and views, each expressed in appropriate modeling formalisms. MPM offers processes and tools that can combine, couple, and integrate each of the views that compose a system.
MPM encompasses many research topics - from language engineering (for DSLs, including their (visual) syntax and semantics), to processes to support multi-view and multi-abstraction modeling, simulation for system analysis, and deployment. The added complexity that CPS brings compared to embedded and software-intensive systems requires looking at these new applications and how MPM techniques can be applied or adapted to them, tying together multiple domains. Many remaining research questions require answers from researchers in different domains, as well as a unified effort from researchers that work on supporting techniques and technologies.
List of Topics
In order to discuss these and further similar questions, we would like to invite submissions in the form of regular papers, position/experience papers, and demonstration papers (about novel tool features) related to the following or related topic
- Heterogeneous models: multi-domain and multi-physics modeling, multi-view modeling, multi-abstraction modeling;
- Heterogeneity in modeling languages: "blended" textual/visual modeling, modular design of modeling languages, the modeling/formal analysis/simulation/synthesis of user interfaces;
- Multi-Paradigm Modeling techniques: model transformation, model composition and integration, modeling cross-domain interactions, model-based detection of unanticipated interactions in heterogeneous systems, (co-)simulation of heterogeneous models, machine learning applied to the design of CPS or their languages in an MPM context;
- Taxonomies and catalogues of Multi-Paradigm approaches;
- Applications of and experience with current MPM techniques, with a focus on Cyber-Physical Systems in domains such as automotive, aerospace, manufacturing, …
- Exemplars of successful application and current issues in the application of MPM4CPS.
Contributions should clearly address the foundations of multi-paradigm modeling by demonstrating the use of models to achieve the stated objectives and discuss the benefits of explicit modeling.
Submission Guidelines
Papers should be submitted via EasyChair as a PDF document for one of the following topics. Each submission will be peer-reviewed by at least three PC members.
- Full research papers (10 pages max) present a novel, innovative approach;
- Short papers (5 pages max) present new ideas or early-stage research, extensively discuss the experiences of the researchers with an MPM approach or demonstrate a tool;
- Extended abstracts (1 page max) for a “lightning talk” (possibly accompanied with a Poster), i.e. a short, focused talk that can spark lively debate.
- Exemplar descriptions (10 pages max) describing a CPS Engineering practice, highlighting both the processes at play and the formalisms, languages and/or tools used to support these activities, all expressed using the language described in the Workshop’s webpage.
Submissions will be peer reviewed by at least three members of the program committee.
All accepted workshop papers will be published by IEEE and will be indexed by DBLP.
Submissions must adhere to the IEEE formatting instructions, which can be found at: https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html
Submit your papers electronically via Easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mpm4cps2021
Committees
Program Committee
- TBD
Organizing Committee
- Moussa Amrani, Université de Namur, BelgiumSimon Van Mierlo, University of Antwerp - Flanders Make, Belgium
- Dominique Blouin, Télécom Paris, IP Paris, France
- Moharram Challenger, University of Antwerp - Flanders Make, Belgium
- Julien Deantoni, Université Nice – Sophia Antipolis, France
- Robert Heinrich, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
- Manuel Wimmer, JKU Linz, Austria
Steering Committee
- Hans Vangheluwe, University of Antwerp - Flanders Make, Belgium
- Pieter J. Mosterman, MathWorks, USA
- Jeff Gray, University of Alabama, USA
- Vasco Amaral, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal
Publication
A pre-workshop proceedings will be published by IEEE.
Venue
The conference will be held virtually as part of the IEEE/ACM 24nd International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MODELS 2021).
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to Moussa Amrani: Moussa.Amrani@unamur.be