We are soliciting papers presenting original research on all aspects of model-based engineering. Two types of submissions are possible:

• Foundation Papers, dealing with modeling foundations, such as metamodeling, model transformations, model validation, verification and testing, model engineering methods and tools, and related aspects.
• Application Papers, dealing with the application of modeling techniques, including experience reports on the use of MBE methods and tools, industrial case studies, or successful applications of MBE practices in industry or in public administration, with significant modeling lessons learned. All applications must have been done in real contexts and at least one of the authors of the paper must be from the company or administration where the application took place.

Submissions must conform to the JOT LaTeX template and must not exceed 14 pages (including figures, references, and appendices). Failure to conform to these guidelines may result in disqualification of the paper. No simultaneous submission to other publication outlets (either a conference or a journal) is allowed; any concurrent submission will be deemed as a serious breach of scientific ethics, resulting in the immediate rejection of the paper and appropriate action will be taken.

All submissions will be peer-reviewed by at least three members of the Program Committee.

All papers have to be submitted electronically in PDF format through Easychair at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ecmfa2022.

Review criteria and process

All papers will be assessed by the program committee in terms of their novelty, significance, technical quality, rigor, and suitability for the conference.

Contributions can be submitted to any of the two submission periods. Papers submitted to the first round of review can be recommended by the Program Committee to be accepted-as-is, accepted with minor revisions, undergo major revisions (and resubmit in the second round) or rejected. Recommendations for papers submitted in the second round are for accept, minor revisions, or reject.

Papers accepted at any of the two rounds with minor revisions will be given a specified period of time to perform the revisions and re-submit. The same reviewers will assess how well the revision requests have been addressed by the authors, and whether the final paper maintains or improves the level of contribution of the original submission. Revisions that significantly lessen the contribution of the work or that fail to adequately address the reviewers' original concerns will result in the paper's rejection. Papers not accepted in the first round can be resubmitted to the second one, indicating how the authors have improved the paper to address the reviewers' criticisms. Papers not accepted in the second round but with a sufficient level of quality may be encouraged to be re-submitted next year, or alternatively as regular JOT articles, hence continuing their review process through the normal journal channels.

Papers will be published in the JOT journal as soon as they are accepted and one of their authors registers at the conference.

Artifacts

Artifacts are recommended, but not required, for the initial submission. Depending on the papers, reviewers may take the existence of artifacts as a positive signal about the work. Also depending on the papers, artifacts may be required as a condition for publication.

Publication

All accepted papers will be published as platinum open-access journal publication in JOT. At least one author for each accepted paper must register before the early registration deadline and present the paper during the conference. Failure to do so will result in the paper being withdrawn from the proceedings.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Foundations of MBE.
• Application of MBE methods, tools, and techniques to specific domains, e.g., automotive, aerospace, cyber-physical systems, robotics, Artificial Intelligence or IoT.
• Successful use of MBE in connection with other disciplines and approaches, such as Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, DevOps, or Open Source, Safety Assurance.
• Educational aspects of MBE.
• Tools and initiatives for the successful adoption of MBE in industry.

Round 1

• Submission: Oct 10, 2021
• Notification: Dec 10, 2021

Round 2

• Submission: Feb 20, 2022
  Due to several requests, the submission deadline has been extended by one week. Thus, we accept submissions until Feb 27, 2022. However, to get the one week of extension, it is mandatory to submit the title and abstract of your submission by the original deadline, i.e., Feb 20, 2022.
• Notification: Apr 22, 2022

Conference

6-7 July 2022 as part of STAF 2022

Program chairs

• Sahar Kokaly, General Motors/McMaster University (Canada)
• Davide Di Ruscio, University of L’Aquila (Italy)

Steering committee

• Martin Gogolla, University of Bremen, Germany
• Thomas Gschwind, IBM Zurich Research Lab, Switzerland
• Reiko Heckel, University of Leicester, UK
• Richard Paige (Chair), University of York, UK
• Antonio Vallecillo, University of Malaga, Spain
• Pieter Van Gorp, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
• Jan Vitek, Northeastern University, USA

Program committee

• Adrian Rutle, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway
• Alessandra Bagnato, Softeam, France
• Alfonso Pierantonio, University of L’Aquila, Italy
• Andy Schürr, TU Darmstadt, Germany
• Antonio Cicchetti, Mälardalen University, Sweden
• Antonio Vallecillo, University of Malaga, Spain
• Arend Rensink, University of Twente, The Netherlands
• Athanasios Zolotas, University of York, UK
• Benoit Combemale, University of Rennes 1, France
• Bernhard Rumpe, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
• Bran Selic, Malina Software Corp., Canada
• Carlos Gustavo Lopez Pombo, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Daniel Varro, McGill University (Canada)/ Budapest University of Technology and Economics (Hungary)
• Dimitris Kolovos, University of York, UK
• Esther Guerra, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
• Federico Ciccozzi, Mälardalen University, Sweden
• Gabriele Taentzer, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany
• Gregor Engels, University of Paderborn, Germany
• Haiyan Zhao, Peking University, China
• Javier Troya, University of Malaga, Spain
• Jeff Gray, University of Alabama, USA
• Jesús Sánchez Cuadrado, Universidad de Murcia, Spain
• Joel Greenyer, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
• Jörg Kienzle, McGill University, Canada
• Juha-Pekka Tolvanen, MetaCase, Finland
• Loli Burgueño, Open University of Catalonia,Spain
• Ludovico Iovino, Gran Sasso Science Institute, Italy
• Manuel Wimmer, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
• Mark van den Brand, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
• Matthias Tichy, Ulm University, Germany
• Mehrnoosh Askarpour, General Motors, Canada
• Richard Paige, McMaster University, Canada
• Sebastien Gerard, CEA LIST, France
• Shaukat Ali, Simula Research Laboratory, Norway
• Steffen Zschaler, King's College London, UK
• Thomas Kuehne, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
• Vadim Zaytsev, Universiteit Twente, The Netherlands
• Zinovy Diskin, McMaster University, Canada

Wednesday 6 July 2022

Thursday 7 July 2022