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ACM/IEEE 25th International Conference on</span></p>
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Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">MODELS is the premier conference series
for model-based software and systems engineering. Since 1998, MODELS has
covered all aspects of modeling, from languages and methods, to tools and
applications. Attendees of MODELS come from diverse backgrounds, including
researchers, academics, engineers, and industrial professionals. MODELS 2022 is
a forum for participants to exchange cutting-edge research results and
innovative practical experiences around modeling, modeling languages, and model-based
software and systems engineering.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">This year’s edition will provide an
opportunity for the modeling community to further advance the foundations of
modeling, and come up with innovative applications of modeling in emerging
areas of cyber-physical systems, embedded systems, socio-technical systems,
cloud computing, big data, machine learning, security, open source, and
sustainability.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">For this year’s edition, the conference
has the special theme “Modeling for social good” #MDE4SG. Thus, we especially
encourage contributions where model-based engineering intersects with research
and applications on, not exclusively, socio-technical systems, tools with
social impact, integrating human values, data science, artificial intelligence,
digital twins, Industry/Society 5.0, and intelligent systems in general.</span></p>
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Dates</span></b><span lang="EN"></span></p>
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Abstract Submission: May 11, 2022</span></p>
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Submission: May 18, 2022</span></p>
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Author notification: July 12, 2022</span></p>
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Camera Ready Due: August 1, 2022</span></p>
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of Interest (but not restricted to):</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">MODELS 2022 seeks submissions on diverse
topics related to modeling for software and systems engineering, including, but
not limited to:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN">Foundations of model-based engineering, including definition of syntax
and semantics of modeling languages and model transformation languages.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN">New paradigms, formalisms, applications, approaches, frameworks, or
processes for model-based engineering such as low-code/no-code development,
digital twins, etc.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN">Definition, usage, and analysis of model-based generative and
re-engineering approaches.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN">Models@Runtime: model-based monitoring, analysis, and adaptation
towards intelligent systems, e.g., with digital shadows or digital twins.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN">Development of model-based systems engineering approaches and
modeling-in-the-large including interdisciplinary engineering and coordination.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN">Applications of AI to model-based engineering problems including e.g.,
search-based and machine learning approaches.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN">Model-based engineering foundations for AI-based systems.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN">Human and organizational factors in model-based engineering.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN">Tools, meta-tools, and language workbenches for model-based
engineering, including model management and scalable model repositories.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN">Integration of modeling languages and tools (hybrid multi-modeling
approaches).</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN">Evaluation and comparison of modeling languages, techniques, and tools.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN">Quality assurance (analysis, testing, verification) for functional and
non-functional properties of models and model transformations.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN">Collaborative modeling research to address global and team management
issues (e.g., browser-based and cloud-enabled collaboration).</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN">Evolution of modeling languages and related standards.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN">Evidence-based education research for curricular concerns on modeling
topics.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN">Modeling in software engineering; applications of models to address
general software engineering challenges.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN">Modeling for specific challenges such as collaboration, scalability,
security, interoperability, adaptability, flexibility, maintainability,
dependability, reuse, energy efficiency, sustainability, and uncertainty.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN">Modeling with, and for, new and emerging systems and paradigms such as
security, cyber-physical systems (CPSs), the Internet of Things (IoTs), cloud
computing, DevOps, data analytics, data science, machine learning, big data,
systems engineering, socio-technical systems, critical infrastructures and
services, robotics, mobile applications, conversational agents, open source
software, sustainability and modeling for social good.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"></span></p>
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as smart production, smart cities, smart enterprises, smart mobility, smart
society, etc. </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"></span></p>
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offering two tracks for technical papers: the Foundations Track and the
Practice & Innovation Track. A detailed description on the submission
process for both tracks is provided at:
<a href="https://conf.researchr.org/track/models-2022/models-2022-technical-track" target="_blank">https://conf.researchr.org/track/models-2022/models-2022-technical-track</a> </span></p>
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FOUNDATIONS TRACK ****</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">We invite authors to submit high quality
contributions describing</span></p>
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in the following</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">categories:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">1. Technical Papers</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">Technical papers should describe innovative
research in modeling or</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">model-driven engineering activities. Papers in
this submission category</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">should describe a novel contribution to the
field and should carefully</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">support claims of novelty with citations to
the relevant literature.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">Evaluation Criteria:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">Technical papers are evaluated on the basis of
originality, soundness,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">relevance, importance of contribution,
strength of validation, quality</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">of presentation and appropriate comparison to
related work. Where a</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">submission builds upon previous work of the
author(s), the novelty of</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">the new contribution must be described clearly
with respect to the</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">previous work. Technical papers need to
discuss clearly how the results</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">were validated (e.g., formal proofs,
controlled experiments, rigorous</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">case studies, or simulations). Authors are
strongly encouraged to make</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">the artifacts used for the evaluation publicly
accessible, e.g., through</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">a Github repository or an alternative that is
likely to remain</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">available. There will be an artifact
evaluation process, as discussed</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">below.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">2. New Ideas and Vision Papers</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">We solicit short papers that present new ideas
and visions. Such papers</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">may describe new, non-conventional
model-driven engineering research</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">positions or approaches that depart from
standard practice. They can</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">describe well-defined research ideas that are
at an early stage of</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">investigation. They could also provide new
evidence that common wisdom</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">should be challenged, present new unifying
theories about existing</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">modeling research that provides novel insight
or that can lead to the</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">development of new technologies or approaches,
or apply modeling</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">technology to radically new application areas.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">Evaluation Criteria:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">New ideas and vision papers will be assessed
primarily on their level of</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">originality and potential for impact on the
field in terms of promoting</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">innovative thinking. Hence, inadequacies in
the state-of-the-art and the</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">pertinence, correctness, and impact of the
idea/vision must be described</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">clearly, even though the new idea need not be
fully worked out, and a</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">fully detailed roadmap need not be presented.
Authors are strongly encouraged <br>
to make the artifacts used for the evaluation publicly accessible, e.g.,
through</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">a Github repository or an alternative that is
likely to remain available. <br>
There will be an artifact evaluation process, as discussed below.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN">****
PRACTICE AND INNOVATION TRACK</span></b><span lang="EN"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">The goal of the Practice and Innovation
(P&I) Track is to fill the gap between foundational research in model-based
engineering (MBE) and industrial needs. We invite authors from academia and/or
industry to submit original contributions reporting on the development of
innovative MBE solutions in industries, public sector, or open-source settings,
as well as innovative application of MBE in such contexts. Examples include:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN">Scalable and cost-effective methodologies and tools</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN">Industrial case studies with valuable lessons learned</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 12pt 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN">Experience reports providing novel insights</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">Each paper should provide clear take-away
value by describing the context of a problem of practical importance, and the
application of MBE that leads to a solution. A non-exclusive list of topics of
interest is provided here.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">Evaluation Criteria: </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">A paper in the P&I Track will be
evaluated mainly from its practical take-away and the potential impact of the
findings. More specifically,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN">The paper should discuss why the solution to the problem is innovative
(e.g., in terms of advancing the state-of-practice), effective, and/or
efficient, and what likely practical impact it has or will have;</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN">The paper should provide a concise explanation of approaches,
techniques, methodologies and tools employed;</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN">The paper should explain best practices that emerged, tools developed,
and/or software processes involved.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN">Studies reporting on negative findings must provide a thorough
discussion of the potential causes of failure, and ideally a perspective on how
to solve them.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 12pt 36pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span lang="EN">Authors are encouraged to make the
artifacts publicly accessible, e.g., through a Github repository or an
alternative that is likely to remain available. There will be an optional
artifact evaluation process, as discussed below.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN"> </span></p>
<h2 style="margin:18pt 0cm 4pt;break-after:auto;line-height:115%;font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal"><a name="m_2675771449459818338__mggyrwybjvmk"></a><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%">**** Artefact Evaluation</span></b><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%"></span></b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">After the
notification, the authors of accepted papers will be invited to submit their
accompanying artifacts (e.g., software, datasets, proofs) to the Artifact
Evaluation track to be evaluated by the Artifact Evaluation Committee.
Participation in the Artifact Evaluation process is optional and does not
affect the final decision regarding the acceptance of papers. Papers that
successfully go through the Artifact Evaluation process will be rewarded with a
seal of approval included in the papers.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN">**** Special Issue in SoSyM</span></b><span lang="EN"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">Authors of best papers from the conference
will be invited to revise and submit extended versions of their papers for
publication in the Journal of Software and Systems Modeling.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">Dr. Antonio Bucchiarone</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Motivational Digital Systems (MoDiS)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK), Trento, Italy</p></div>
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