CfP: VaMoS 2017 - 11th International Workshop on Variability Modelling of Software-intensive Systems

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VaMoS 2017

11th International Workshop on Variability Modelling of Software-intensive Systems

https://vamos2017.wordpress.com/

1-3 February 2017

Eindhoven, The Netherlands

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Variability management is a major challenge during the development, maintenance, and 

evolution of software-intensive systems. An important precondition for the effective 

and efficient management of variability is that it must be explicitly modelled. With 

variability modelling coming of age, it is important to consider also non-functional 

properties of variable software systems. VaMoS 2017 particularly welcomes approaches

that deal with the measurement, prediction, and modelling of non-functional features

and properties, as well as approaches that address the wider spectrum of variability 

management, like requirements, architecture, implementation, verification, evolution 

and refactoring.

The VaMoS workshop series aims to bring together researchers from different areas 

dedicated to mastering variability in order to discuss advantages, drawbacks, and 

complementarities of various approaches, and to present new results for mastering 

variability throughout the life cycle of systems, system families, and (software)

product lines. 

IMPORTANT DATES

Abstract submission: October 28, 2016

Paper submission: November 4, 2016

Notification: December 2, 2016

Camera ready: December 16, 2016

VaMoS workshop: February 1-3, 2017

WORKSHOP FORMAT

VaMoS 2017, like previous VaMoS workshops, will be a highly interactive event. Each 

session is organised in such a way that discussions among the presenters of papers, 

discussants, and other participants are highly stimulated. Typically, after a paper 

is presented, it is immediately discussed by pre-assigned discussants - after which 

a broader discussion involving all participants follows. All sessions are closed by 

a general discussion of the papers presented in that session. The workshop language 

is English. Attendance is open to all authors of accepted papers, invited speakers, 

the organisers, PC members, and to guest visitors that commit to become assigned as 

discussants of papers.

TOPICS of INTEREST (non-exclusive)

- Variability across the software life cycle

- Measurement, prediction, and modelling of non-functional properties of variable 

  software systems

- Architecture and design of variable software systems

- Formal verification, testing, and debugging of variable software systems

- Refactoring and evolution of variable software systems

- Variability in systems of systems

- Variability mining

- Reverse engineering of variability

- Synthesis in the presence of variability

- Formal reasoning and automated analysis on variability

- Software economic aspects of variability

- Visualisation and management of variability

SUBMISSION and PUBLICATION

We welcome the following type of submissions related to the topics of VaMoS:

- Research papers describing novel contributions 

- Problem statements describing open issues of theoretical or practical nature

- Reports on positive or negative experiences with techniques and tools

- Surveys and comparative studies investigating pros, cons and complementarities 

- Research-in-progress reports including research results at a premature stage

- Data papers presenting interesting and important data sets to the community

- Case studies and empirical studies

- Tool papers or demonstrations

- Vision papers 

Submissions must be in English, and between 4 and 8 pages in length in the ACM 

proceedings format (http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates).

Full details on the content envisioned for data papers are given on the website.

EasyChair submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=vamos2017

The proceedings are expected to be published in ACM’s International Conference 

Proceedings Series, which includes a publication in the ACM digital library, as

was the case in previous years.

INVITED SPEAKERS

Sven Apel, University of Passau, Germany

Axel Legay, INRIA, Rennes, France

PC CHAIRS

Maurice ter Beek, ISTI-CNR, Pisa, IT

Norbert Siegmund, University of Passau, DE

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Mathieu Acher, University of Rennes I / INRIA, FR

Vander Alves, University of Brasilia, BR

David Benavides, University of Seville, ES

Thorsten Berger, Chalmers University of Technology, SE

Goetz Botterweck, Lero, University of Limerick, IE

Claus Brabrand, IT University of Copenhagen, DK

Mark van den Brand, TU Eindhoven, NL

Philippe Collet, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis – CNRS/I3S, FR

Alessandro Fantechi, University of Florence, IT

Stefania Gnesi, ISTI-CNR, Pisa, IT

Paul Gruenbacher, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, AT

Øystein Haugen, Østfold University College, Halden, NO

Christian Kästner, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, US

Max Lillack, University of Leipzig, DE

Malte Lochau, TU Darmstadt, DE

Ivan Machado, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, BR

Amir Molzam Sharifloo, University of Duisburg-Essen, DE

Sarah Nadi, TU Darmstadt, DE

Gilles Perrouin, University of Namur, BE

Rick Rabiser, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, AT

Julia Rubin, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CA

Sandro Schulze, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, DE

Christoph Seidl, TU Braunschweig, DE

Erik de Vink, TU Eindhoven, NL

GENERAL CHAIR

Ina Schaefer, TU Braunschweig, DE

LOCAL CHAIR 

Loek Cleophas, TU Eindhoven, NL; and Stellenbosch University, ZA

PROCEEDINGS CHAIR

Michael Nieke, TU Braunschweig, DE

PUBLICITY CHAIR

Önder Babur, TU Eindhoven, NL 

STEERING COMMITTEE

Ulrich Eisenecker, University of Leipzig, DE

Patrick Heymans, PReCISE, University of Namur, BE

Kyo-Chul Kang, Samsung Electronics, KR

Andreas Metzger, University of Duisburg-Essen, DE

Klaus Pohl, University of Duisburg-Essen, DE

MORE INFORMATION

https://vamos2017.wordpress.com/

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