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                     Call for Papers

    8th International Workshop on Graph Transformation 
       and Visual Modeling Techniques (GT-VMT 2009)

          http://www.cs.le.ac.uk/events/gtvmt09/

Satellite Event of ETAPS 2009, York, UK, March 28 - 29, 2009

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Scope
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GT-VMT 2009 is the eighth workshop of a series that serves as a forum for all 
researchers and practitioners interested in the use of graph-based notation, 
techniques and tools for the specification, modeling, validation, manipulation 
and verification of complex systems. The aim of the workshop is to promote 
engineering approaches that provide effective sound tool support for visual 
modeling languages, enhancing formal reasoning at the semantic level (e.g., 
for model analysis, transformation, and consistency management) in different 
domains, such as UML, Petri nets, Graph Transformation or Business 
Process/Workflow Models. 

This year's workshop will have a special focus on visualisation, simulation, 
and verification of domain-specific languages (DSLs) to improve the automation 
and quality in model-driven and/or service-oriented processes.

Suggested areas of interest include but are not limited to following topics:
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* formal definition of visual DSLs (incl. meta-modeling, grammars, graphical parsing, etc.);
* static semantics of visual DSLs (incl. OCL, graph patterns, etc.);
* dynamic semantics of visual DSLs (incl. simulation, compilation, etc.);
* model transformations (within and) between DSLs and their application in model-driven 
  development;
* visual DSL analysis (incl. verification & validation, static & dynamic analysis 
  techniques);
* model/graph-based approaches to novel architectural paradigms like service-oriented, 
  GRID, and P2P computing, context-aware and adaptive applications, etc.;
* application of graph transformations and visual modeling techniques in engineering, 
  biology, and medicine;
* case studies and novel application areas;
* tool support and efficient algorithms.


Important Dates
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December 5, 2008 	  	Abstract Submission
December 12, 2008 	  	Paper Submission Deadline
January 23, 2009 	  	Notification of Acceptance
February 13, 2009 	  	Camera Ready Version
February 13, 2009 	  	Deadline for Early Registration
March 28-29, 2009 	  	Time of the Workshop


Submissions
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The proceedings of this workshop will be published in the journal Electronic Communications 
of the EASST. A preliminary version of the proceedings will be available at the workshop. 
Papers should not exceed 12 pages. For preparing your manuscript, the EASST templates can 
be downloaded at http://eceasst.cs.tu-berlin.de/template/. The online submission and review 
system is available at http://www.easychair.org/GTVMT2009/.


Organizers:
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Artur Boronat, University of Leicester, aboronat@mcs.le.ac.uk
Reiko Heckel, University of Leicester, reiko@mcs.le.ac.uk


Program Committee:
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Paolo Baldan (University of Padova, Italy)  
Paolo Bottoni (University of Rome, Italy) 
Andrea Corradini (University of Pisa, Italy)
Claudia Ermel (TU Berlin, Germany)
Gregor Engels (Univ. Paderborn, Germany)
Holger Giese (HPI Potsdam, Germany)
Gabor Karsai (Vanderbilt University, US)
Jochen Küster (IBM Zürich Research)
Juan de Lara (University of Madrid, Spain)
Tihamér Levendovszky (TU Budapest, Hungary) 
Mark Minas (Universität der Bundeswehr München, Germany)
Francesco Parisi-Presicce (University of Rome, Italy)
Arend Rensink (Uni. of Twente, Netherlands)
Gabriele Taentzer (Univ. of Marburg, Germany)
Dániel Varró (TU Budapest, Hungary) 
Erhard Weinell (RWTH Aachen University)
Martin Wirsing (LMU München, Germany)
Albert Zündorf (Univ. of Kassel, Germany)