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NIM-ALP 2013<br>
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5th International Workshop on Non-functional Properties
in Modeling:<br>
Analysis, Languages, Processes<br>
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Affiliated with MODELS 2013<br>
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Miami, USA, Sept 29-Oct 1<br>
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The NIM-ALP workshop series (previously NFPinDSML) brings
together researchers and <br>
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analysis of Non-functional Requirements (NFR)<br>
and estimation, final evaluation, and certification of
Non-functional Properties (NFPs) of <br>
software systems during the design based on Model Driven
Engineering principles. <br>
The main objective is to provide synergies of process
engineering, software language engineering, <br>
requirements engineering, software analysis and
simulation, and model transformation to enable <br>
the development of systems that optimally and
certifiably meet NFRs.<br>
A typical NIM-ALP paper studies steps in processes for
capturing and prioritizing NFRs and <br>
tradeoff analysis of NFPs. Additionally, the typical
paper can also introduce languages and <br>
annotations for specification of NFRs and NFPs. A
typical paper also studies formalisms and <br>
simulations for NFP analysis, and transformations of
design models that enable automated <br>
analysis certification. <br>
Finally, a NIM-ALP paper can also introduce different
models and interactions of NFPs.<br>
In general, a NIM-ALP paper contributes to understanding
of NFRs and NFPs and establishment<br>
of analysis approaches, languages, and processes that
facilitate capturing of NFRs<br>
and the development of software systems whose NFPs
optimally and certifiably satisfy these NFRs.<br>
Cloud computing rapidly becomes a major research and
industrial topic. <br>
It offers easy, convenient, and elastic deployment
infrastructure for its users. <br>
However, there is still lack of methods for systematic
and optimal development and <br>
deployment of applications to the cloud. Therefore,
there is a need for appropriate <br>
processes, analysis approaches and languages which allow
for engineering cloud applications. <br>
Therefore, this year’s topic of the workshop is
non-functional properties in Cloud Computing. <br>
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<b>Topics of interest (not limited) are</b>:<br>
- Languages and approaches for modeling NFRs and NFPs of
cloud applications<br>
- Early requirements of cloud applications<br>
- Traceability of NFRs in the cloud applications<br>
- Estimation and evaluation of NFPs in the cloud
applications<br>
- Security and privacy in cloud applications<br>
- Multi-dimensional optimization of cloud applications<br>
- Multi-formalisms and multi-solutions to assess
different kind of NFPs of cloud applications<br>
- Survivability and adaptivity of cloud applications<br>
- Service Level Agreements of cloud applications<br>
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Beside topics related to cloud computing, this year’s
workshop also covers <br>
<b>general topics like (not limited to):</b><br>
- Requirements modeling languages and non-functional
properties<br>
- Early non-functional requirements as crosscutting
concerns<br>
- Traceability of non-functional requirements<br>
- Estimation and evaluation of non-functional properties
(processes involving analytical modeling, simulations
and measurement)<br>
- Safety and legal certification using MDE principles<br>
- Domain specific modeling languages and quality metrics<br>
- Multi-formalisms and multi-solutions to assess
different kind of NFPs<br>
- Prioritization and optimization in the case of
multiple NFPs of interest<br>
- Survivability modeling and analysis methods<br>
- Adaptive systems and distributed embedded systems<br>
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<b>Papers submission. </b><br>
We solicit contributions from industry (3 to 4 pages),
position papers (4 to 6 pages) and full technical papers
(8 to 10 pages)<br>
formatted according to the LNCS style (<a
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href="http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0">http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0</a>).
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An industry contribution is expected to report the
outline of an experience report that an industry
representative <br>
should present to the audience. It is expected to
present industrial problems to members of academia. <br>
Short papers will be expected to discuss controversial
issues in the field or describe interesting or
thought-provoking <br>
ideas that are not yet fully developed. <br>
Full papers will be expected to describe new research
results and have a higher degree of technical rigor than
short papers. <br>
All papers must not have been previously published or
submitted elsewhere.<br>
All papers should be submitted via the NIM-ALP2013
online submission system: <br>
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href="https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=nimalp2013"
target="_blank">https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=nimalp2013</a>.
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Accepted papers will be published in the workshop
proceedings. <br>
Selected and improved papers of NIM-ALP2013 and papers
solicited through an<br>
open-call for papers will be published in the special
issue of an appropriate journal.<br>
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<b>Important Dates. </b><br>
Deadline for paper submissions: <b>July 15, 2013</b>.<br>
Notification of authors: <b>August 23, 2013</b>.<br>
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<b>Workshop Organizers.</b><br>
Simona Bernardi, Centro Universitario de la Defensa,
Academia General Militar, Spain, <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:simonab@unizar.es"
target="_blank">simonab@unizar.es </a><br>
Marko Bošković, Research Studios Austria, <a
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href="mailto:marko.boskovic@researchstudio.at"
target="_blank">marko.boskovic@researchstudio.at</a>,
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José Merseguer, Dpto Informática e Ing. Sistemas,
Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain, <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:jmerse@unizar.es"
target="_blank">jmerse@unizar.es</a> <br>
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<b>Workshop Steering Committee.</b><br>
Marko Bošković (Research Studios Austria, Austria) <br>
Vittorio Cortellessa (Università dell’Aquila, Italy)<br>
Dragan Gašević (Athabasca University, Canada)<br>
Claus Pahl (Dublin City University, Ireland)<br>
Richard Paige (University of York, UK)<br>
Dorina C. Petriu (Carleton University, Canada)<br>
Bernhard Schätz (Technische Universität München,
Germany) <br>
Antonio Vallecillo (Universidad de Málaga, Spain) </div>
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