MEDI 2013 - Third International Conference On Model and Data Engineering

The Third International Conference on Model & Data Engineering (MEDI) will be held during September 25-27 in Amantea, Calabria, Italy. The main objective of the conference is to provide a forum for the dissemination of research accomplishments and to promote the interaction and collaboration between the models and data research communities. MEDI 2013 provides an international platform for the presentation of research on models and data theory, development of advanced technologies related to models and data and their advanced applications. This international scientific event, initiated by researchers from Euro-Mediterranean countries, aims also at promoting the creation of north-south scientific networks, projects and faculty/student exchanges.
Aim and Scope
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Specific areas of interest to MEDIâ?™2013 include but are not limited to:
*Models Engineering
Design of General-purpose Modelling Languages and Related Standards
Model Driven Engineering, Modelling Languages, Meta-modelling, Model Transformation, Model Evolution
Formal Modelling, Verification and Validation, Analysis, Testing
Ontology Based Modelling, Role of Ontologies in Modelling Activities
Model Manipulation
*Data Engineering
Data Integration, Interoperability
Distributed, Parallel, Grid, Peer to Peer, Cloud Databases
Data Warehouses and OLAP, Data Mining
Database System Internals, Performance, Self-tuning Benchmarking and Testing
Database Security, Personalization, Recommendation
Web Databases, Ontology Based Databases, PDMS
*Modeling for Data Management
New Models and Architectures for Databases and Data Warehouses
Modeling and Quality of Data
Modeling for Enhancing Sharing Data
Models for Explicit and Implicit Semantics based Data Optimization
Model Reification, Model Repositories
Modeling Non Functional Properties of Systems
Service based data management
Urbanization of Database Applications
*Applications and tooling
Industry transfer, case studies, experiences
Data and Model manipulation and tooling
Conference Location
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Hotel La Principessa (http://www.hotellaprincipessa.it/), Amantea, Calabria, Italy
Submission Guidelines and Instructions
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Authors are invited to submit research and application papers representing original, previously unpublished work. Papers should be submitted in PDF or Word format. Submissions must conform to Springer's LNCS format and should not exceed 12 pages (including all text, figures, references and appendices). Authors who want to buy extra pages may submit a paper up to 15 pages with the indication that the authors will purchase extra pages if the paper is accepted. Submissions which do not conform to the LNCS format and/or which do exceed 12 pages (or up to 15 pages with the extra page purchase commitment) will be rejected without reviews. Submitted papers will be carefully evaluated based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition. All accepted papers will be published in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) by Springer-Verlag. Duplicate submissions are not allowed. A submission is considered to be a duplicate submission if it is submitted to other conferences/workshops/journals or it has been already accepted to be published in other conferences/workshops/journals. Duplicate submissions thus will be automatically rejected without reviews. Submissions require explicit consent from all listed authors.
Important Dates
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Abstract submission: April 15, 2013
Full-paper submission: April 22, 2013
Acceptance notification: June 15, 2013
Camera Ready: July 15, 2013
Paper Publication
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All accepted papers will be published in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) by Springer-Verlag.
Best papers will be invited for submission in a special issue of a recognized international journal.
Conference Organization
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*General Chairs
Ladjel Bellatreche, ENSMA, Poitiers University, France
Sergio Greco, DIMES Department, University of Calabria, Italy
Domenico Saccà , DIMES Department, University of Calabria, Italy
*Program Chairs
Alfredo Cuzzocrea, ICAR-CNR and University of Calabria, Italy
Sofian Maabout, LaBRI, Bordeaux, France
*Local Chairs
Fabrizio Angiulli, DIMES Department, University of Calabria, Italy
Giuseppe Manco, ICAR-CNR and University of Calabria, Italy
*Program Committee
TBA
For further inquiries, contact the MEDI 2013 PC Co-Chairs: Alfredo Cuzzocrea (aabello-AT-essi.upc.edu) or Sofian Maabout (sofian.maabout-AT-labri.fr)