CfP and important dates: Journal of Software and Systems Modeling (SoSyM) - Special Issue on Model Driven Engineering for Digital Twins

Dear Colleagues,

We are happy to invite you for submissions to the Journal of Software and Systems Modeling (SoSyM) 
in the Special Issue on "Model Driven Engineering for Digital Twins" (https://www.sosym.org/theme_sections/cfp/cfp-SoSyM-TS-DigitalTwins.pdf).

Please, find details below

======== Guest Editors  ========

Tony Clark 
[email protected] 
Aston University, UK 

Djamel Eddine Khellad 
[email protected] 
CNRS, IRISA, France 

Vinay Kulkarni 
[email protected] 
TCS Research, India 

Steffen Zschaler 
[email protected] 
King’s College, London, UK

========  Important Dates ======== 

* Intent to submit 30 June 2023
* Paper submission 04 Aug 2023
* Notification 05 Jan 2024 

======== Special issue information:  ======== 

Digital Twins are virtual, digital representations of real-world systems or
objects that are kept in sync with data from the real-world system and can be
used for advanced analysis, predictive exploration, control, and (semi-)
automated transformation of these systems and objects. Digital Twins
promise tremendous potential in domains such as automotive, avionics,
manufacturing, and medicine.

Digital Twins are based on models representing aspects of a real system.
Whether the model is the basis of what-if simulation, or more sophisticated
control and adaptation, Digital Twins present an interesting research
challenge for the modeling community in terms of quality-based development
and deployment. Digital Twin engineering is currently ad-hoc which is a
challenge for quality-controlled development, deployment, and operation.
Hence, MDE is crucial to leverage the potential of digital twins fully and
systematically.

This Theme Section of SoSyM aims to provide a platform for Digital Twin
researchers and practitioners to report emerging results, evidence of success
and good practice, and to outline roadmaps to deliver high-quality Digital
Twins using Model Driven Engineering.

The Journal of Software and Systems Modeling (SoSyM) invites original, high quality
submissions for its Theme Section on Model Driven Engineering for Digital Twins.
Articles describing any aspect of MDE applied to Digital Twins are in scope
and we would particularly encourage submissions addressing:  

• Applying proven results from model driven engineering of software
systems to Digital Twin development.
• Building industry-scale Digital Twins.
• The integration of modeling with Digital Twin technologies such as:
simulation, artificial intelligence, machine learning, control theory,
human behavior (psychology and sociology), uncertainty.
• An MDE-based Digital Twin Syllabus.
• Digital Twins for DevOps.
• Case studies, research roadmaps, experience reports, and
comparisons. 

======== General Author Information ======== 

• Papers must be written in a scientifically rigorous manner with
adequate references to related work.
• Submitted papers must not be simultaneously submitted in an
extended form or in a shortened form to other journals or
conferences. It is however possible to submit extended versions of
previously published work if less than 75% of the content already
appeared in a non-journal publication, or less than 40% in a journal
publication. Please see the SoSyM Policy Statement on Plagiarism for
further conditions.
• Submitted papers do not need to adhere to a particular format or
page limit.
Please consult the SoSyM author information for submitting papers.
• Each paper will be reviewed by at least three reviewers. 

======== Making a submission ======== 

• Communicate your intent to submit a paper by emailing the theme
section editors the following information before the Intent to Submit deadline:
                            Title, Authors, and an Abstract.
• Possible submission formats are:
          o Word (.doc, without macros)
          o Rich Text Format (.rtf)
          o PostScript (.ps, special fonts must be embedded)
          o PDF (saved as readable in version 5.0 or earlier)
• Submit your work using the online submission system manuscript central:
          o In step 1, select “Theme Section Paper” as the manuscript type.
          o In step 5, make sure field “Cover Letter” includes the line:

                     “Submission for Theme Section on Model Driven Engineering for Digital Twins”.

======== Further information ======== 

If you have any questions or require additional information about this theme section, please contact the guest editors.

Looking forward to your submissions.

Best regards.