AGTIVE 2011 - AGTIVE 2011 International Symposium on Applications of Graph Transformation with Industrial Relevance

AGTIVE 2011

International Symposium on

Applications of Graph Transformation

with Industrial Relevance

October 4-7, 2011,

Budapest, Hungary

http://avalon.aut.bme.hu/agtive2011/

Submission deadlines extended



History and Mission



Graphs are well-known, well-understood, and frequently used means

to depict networks of related items. Various types of graph

transformation approaches have been proposed to specify, recognize,

inspect, modify, and display certain classes of graph based models

representing structures of rather different domains. Research activities

based on Graph Transformation (GT) build a well-established scientific

discipline within computer science.

AGTIVE 2011 is the fourth symposium for researchers and industrial

practitioners that are interested in the application of precisely defined

and well-understood graph-based transformation techniques.



AGTIVE 2011 expects submissions on model transformation approaches

and tools operating over any kind of graph-like structure

(including models, object-relational structures, RDF, XML, etc.)



It combines a traditional conference program with open space workshop

elements that give its participants the freedom to organize their own

panels, discussion groups, start joint software development activities,

and build bridges between between academia and industry.

Two invited talks will be given by Zsolt Kocsis (IBM Hungary)

and Mark Proctor (JBoss Drools).

Important Dates



* May 30, 2011: *** EXTENDED Abstract submission deadline ***

* June 6, 2011 (23:59 Apia - Samoa time): *** EXTENDED Paper submission deadline (strict) ***

* July 18, 2011: Notification of acceptance / rejection

* Oct. 14, 2011: Final version (after the symposium)

Categories of Papers



Different classes of contributions are sought including research papers,

application report papers, tool demonstration papers, or challenge papers.

A) Research Papers

We are looking for submissions presenting the application of graph

transformation techniques in a broad sense in the following

(non-exclusive) areas:

* Domain-specific languages & tools

* Syntax & semantics of modeling/programming languages

* Meta CASE tools & code generators

* Verification & validation for model transformations

* Simulation and animation in science & engineering

* Graph layout algorithms & visualization tools

* Pattern matching & recognition algorithms

* Integrated engineering languages & tools

* Model-driven engineering of software systems

* Evolution of software, systems, services

* Service-oriented applications & Semantic Web and ontologies

* Self-adaptive systems & ubiquitous computing

* Graph-based approaches in novel application areas

(healthcare, logistics, biology, multimedia, etc.)

Submitted research papers may address topics concerning either the development

or the application of GT-based models, languages, methods, and tools.

In addition to traditional research papers, academic and commercial tool

demonstrations and application reports are especially encouraged. These

demonstrations should present GT-based tools or applications that have been

developed using GT technologies.

B) Application report papers

They are not necessarily expected to provide a scientific contribution

to forward the state-of-the-art of the GT research community, but

* We expect critical assessment of the merits of GT techniques in a studied

application domain compared to standard techniques used in this area;

* The submission is a "best practice" description that shows in a reproducible

way how GT can be used to overcome problems in a studied domain;

* The paper uses a case study to highlight existing deficiencies of GTs thus

giving input for future research activities.

C) Tool demonstration papers

They may report on novel features of well-established tools, in addition

to presenting completely unpublished tools.

D) Industrial challenge papers

They may present an unsolved problem specific to a studied application domain

that evolved from an industrial collaboration.

Submission Guidelines



The proceedings containing all contributions including summaries of open

workspace discussions is planned to be published as a Springer Press LNCS

volume after the symposium (like in case of previous AGTIVE editions).

Authors may choose between three different submission formats (page limits

refer Springer Press LNCS format and are hard limits including all kinds

of appendices):

A) full research paper: 14 pages

B) application report paper: 10 pages

C) tool demonstration paper: 6 pages

D) industrial challenge paper: 6 pages

Submission page:

http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=agtive2...

Program Chairs



Andy Schürr, TU Darmstadt, Germany

Dániel Varró, TU Budapest, Hungary

Gergely Varró, TU Darmstadt, Germany

Program Committee



Luciano Baresi, University of Milano, Italy

Benoit Baudry, INRIA, France

Paolo Bottoni, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy

Jordi Cabot, INRIA, France

Krzysztof Czarnecki, University of Waterloo, Canada

Hartmut Ehrig, TU Berlin, Germany

Gregor Engels, University of Paderborn, Germany

Nate Foster, Cornell University, USA

Holger Giese, University of Potsdam, Germany

Pieter van Gorp, TU Eindhoven, Netherlands

Reiko Heckel, University of Leicester, UK

Zhenjiang Hu, National Institute of Informatics, Japan

Audris Kalnins, University of Latvia, Latvia

Gabor Karsai, Vanderbilt University, USA

Ekkart Kindler, TU Denmark, Denmark

Vinay Kulkarni, Tata Consultancy Services, India

Jochen Küster, IBM Research, Switzerland

Juan de Lara, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain

Tihamér Levendovszky, Vanderbilt University, USA

Tom Mens, University of Mons-Hainaut, Belgium

Mark Minas, University of BW Munich, Germany

Manfred Nagl, RWTH Aachen, Germany

Richard Paige, University of York, UK

Ivan Porres, Abo Akademi University, Finland

Arend Rensink, University of Twente, Netherlands

Leila Ribeiro, University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Ingo Stürmer, Model Engineering Solutions, Germany

Gabriele Taentzer, University of Marburg, Germany

Bernhard Westfechtel, University of Bayreuth, Germany

Kang Zhang, University of Texas at Dallas, USA

Albert Zündorf, University of Kassel, Germany

Venue and Travel



AGTIVE 2011 will be hosted by Budapest, the capital of Hungary,

which was founded in 1873 as the unification of the separate historic

towns of Buda (the royal capital since the 15th century), Pest

(the cultural centre) and Óbuda (built on the ancient Roman settlement

of Aquincum).

Budapest is located in the northern centre of Hungary and is easily

accessible by all kind of transportation. The city is served by two

international airports for regular and low-cost airliners. It has very

good connections to neighboring countries via car, bus, and train.