[hpc-announce] CfP: 5th International Workshop on Non-functional Properties in Modeling: Analysis, Languages, Processes

[Jose Merseguer]

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                                            Call for Papers
                                            NIM-ALP 2013
  5th International Workshop on Non-functional Properties in Modeling:
                          Analysis, Languages, Processes
http://ios.researchstudio.at/de/5th-international-workshop-non-functional-properties-modeling
<http://ios.researchstudio.at/de/5th-international-workshop-non-functional-properties-modeling>
                               Affiliated with MODELS 2013
                               Miami, USA, Sept 29-Oct 1

http://www.modelsconference.org/<http://www.modelsconference.org/>
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The NIM-ALP workshop series (previously NFPinDSML) brings together
researchers and
practitioners that explore specification and analysis of Non-functional
Requirements (NFR)
and estimation, final evaluation, and certification of Non-functional
Properties (NFPs) of
software systems during the design based on Model Driven Engineering
principles.
The main objective is to provide synergies of process engineering, software
language engineering,
requirements engineering, software analysis and simulation, and model
transformation to enable
the development of systems that optimally and certifiably meet NFRs.
A typical NIM-ALP paper studies steps in processes for capturing and
prioritizing NFRs and
tradeoff analysis of NFPs. Additionally, the typical paper can also
introduce languages and
annotations for specification of NFRs and NFPs. A typical paper also
studies formalisms and
simulations for NFP analysis, and transformations of design models that
enable automated
analysis certification.
Finally, a NIM-ALP paper can also introduce different models and
interactions of NFPs.
In general, a NIM-ALP paper contributes to understanding of NFRs and NFPs
and establishment
of analysis approaches, languages, and processes that facilitate capturing
of NFRs
and the development of software systems whose NFPs optimally and
certifiably satisfy these NFRs.
Cloud computing rapidly becomes a major research and industrial topic.
It offers easy, convenient, and elastic deployment infrastructure for its
users.
However, there is still lack of methods for systematic and optimal
development and
deployment of applications to the cloud. Therefore, there is a need for
appropriate
processes, analysis approaches and languages which allow for engineering
cloud applications.
Therefore, this year’s topic of the workshop is non-functional properties
in Cloud Computing.

*Topics of interest (not limited) are*:
- Languages and approaches for modeling NFRs and NFPs of cloud applications
- Early requirements of cloud applications
- Traceability of NFRs in the cloud applications
- Estimation and evaluation of NFPs in the cloud applications
- Security and privacy in cloud applications
- Multi-dimensional optimization of cloud applications
- Multi-formalisms and multi-solutions to assess different kind of NFPs of
cloud applications
- Survivability and adaptivity of cloud applications
- Service Level Agreements of cloud applications

Beside topics related to cloud computing, this year’s workshop also covers
*general topics like (not limited to):*
- Requirements modeling languages and non-functional properties
- Early non-functional requirements as crosscutting concerns
- Traceability of non-functional requirements
- Estimation and evaluation of non-functional properties (processes
involving analytical modeling, simulations and measurement)
- Safety and legal certification using MDE principles
- Domain specific modeling languages and quality metrics
- Multi-formalisms and multi-solutions to assess different kind of NFPs
- Prioritization and optimization in the case of multiple NFPs of interest
- Survivability modeling and analysis methods
- Adaptive systems and distributed embedded systems

*Papers submission. *
We solicit contributions from industry (3 to 4 pages), position papers (4
to 6 pages) and full technical papers (8 to 10 pages)
formatted according to the LNCS style (
http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0).
An industry contribution is expected to report the outline of an experience
report that an industry representative
should present to the audience. It is expected to present industrial
problems to members of academia.
Short papers will be expected to discuss controversial issues in the field
or describe interesting or thought-provoking
ideas that are not yet fully developed.
Full papers will be expected to describe new research results and have a
higher degree of technical rigor than short papers.
All papers must not have been previously published or submitted elsewhere.
All papers should be submitted via the NIM-ALP2013 online submission system:
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=nimalp2013.
Accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings.
Selected and improved papers of NIM-ALP2013 and papers solicited through an
open-call for papers will be published in the special issue of an
appropriate journal.

*Important Dates. *
Deadline for paper submissions: *July 15, 2013*.
Notification of authors:  *August 23, 2013*.

*Workshop Organizers.*
Simona Bernardi, Centro Universitario de la Defensa, Academia General
Militar, Spain, simonab at unizar.es  <simonab at unizar.es>
Marko Bošković, Research Studios Austria,  marko.boskovic at researchstudio.at
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José Merseguer, Dpto Informática e Ing. Sistemas, Universidad de Zaragoza,
Spain, jmerse at unizar.es

*Workshop Steering Committee.*
Marko Bošković  (Research Studios Austria, Austria)
Vittorio Cortellessa (Università dell’Aquila, Italy)
Dragan Gašević (Athabasca University, Canada)
Claus Pahl (Dublin City University, Ireland)
Richard Paige (University of York, UK)
Dorina C. Petriu (Carleton University, Canada)
Bernhard Schätz (Technische Universität München, Germany)
Antonio Vallecillo (Universidad de Málaga, Spain)
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