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<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;
direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;"><b><span
style="font-size: 16pt;">CALL FOR PAPERS: Variability @ ER
2011</span></b><span style=""></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;
direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="">One-Day
Workshop on Software Variability Management</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;
direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size:
10pt;">Part
of the 30<sup>th</sup> International Conference on
Conceptual Modeling<br>
ER 2011, 31 October – 3 November, 2011, Brussels, Belgium</span></p>
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direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style=""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;
direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="">URL: </span><a
href="http://www.domainengineering.org/Variability@ER11/">http://www.domainengineering.org/Variability@ER11/</a></p>
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text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;"><b><u><span
style=""><br>
</span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;
text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;"><b><u><span
style="">IMPORTANT DATES</span></u></b><span style=""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 144pt;
text-align: left; text-indent: -144pt; direction: ltr;
unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="">Intent to Submit:<span
style=""> </span></span>April 25,
2011 <span style=""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 144pt;
text-align: left; text-indent: -144pt; direction: ltr;
unicode-bidi: embed;"><span dir="ltr"></span><span style="">Paper
Submission:<span style=""> </span></span>May
2, 2011 <span style=""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;
direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="">Notification:<span
style=""> </span></span><span style="">
</span>June 13, 2011 <span style=""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;
direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="">Camera
Ready:<span style="">
</span></span>July
1, 2011 <span style=""></span></p>
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direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;"><b><u><span style=""><br>
</span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;
direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;"><b><u><span style="">GOALS</span></u></b><span
style=""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 12pt;
text-align: justify; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;">As
software requirements constantly increase
in size and complexity, the need for methods, formalisms,
techniques, tools and
languages for managing and evolving software artifacts become
crucial. One way
to manage variability when dealing with a rapidly growing
variety of software products
is through developing and maintaining families of software
products rather than
individual products. <i>Variability management</i> is
concerned with
controlling the versions and the possible variants of software
systems. <span lang="EN-CA">Variability management gained a
special
interest in </span><a name="_Toc212184941"><span style=""><span
style="">various software-related areas in different
phases of the software development lifecycle. These
areas include conceptual
modeling, product-line engineering, feature analysis,
software reuse,
configuration management, generative programming and
programming language
design. </span></span></a>The purpose of this workshop
is to promote the theme
of variability management from different perspectives. In
particular, it aims
at providing a venue for researchers and practitioners
interested in software
variability management, in order to identify possible points
of synergy, common
problems and solutions, and visions for the future of the
area.</p>
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direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;"><b><u><span style=""><br>
</span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;
direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;"><b><u><span style="">SCOPE</span></u></b><span
style=""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;
direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style=""> </span>The
workshop
thus solicits papers in topics including, but not limited to:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 35.85pt;
text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; direction: ltr;
unicode-bidi: embed;">- Conceptual foundations of
variability management;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 35.85pt;
text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; direction: ltr;
unicode-bidi: embed;">- Methods and techniques to
support variability management;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 35.85pt;
text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; direction: ltr;
unicode-bidi: embed;">- Theoretical and empirical
evaluation of variability management techniques;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 35.85pt;
text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; direction: ltr;
unicode-bidi: embed;">- Formal approaches for
variability specification, modeling and analysis;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 35.85pt;
text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; direction: ltr;
unicode-bidi: embed;">- Techniques and solutions to
avoid, detect or resolve conflicts between variants; </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 35.85pt;
text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; direction: ltr;
unicode-bidi: embed;">- Application of variability
management utilities;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 35.85pt;
text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; direction: ltr;
unicode-bidi: embed;">- Case studies and practice
reports related to variability management;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 35.85pt;
text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; direction: ltr;
unicode-bidi: embed;">- Integration of variability
management with existing development approaches;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 35.85pt;
text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; direction: ltr;
unicode-bidi: embed;">- Development tools and language
support for software variability;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 35.85pt;
text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; direction: ltr;
unicode-bidi: embed;">- Managing dynamic
variability;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 35.85pt;
text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; direction: ltr;
unicode-bidi: embed;">- Comparing or classifying
different variability management approaches.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;
direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;"><b><u><span style=""><br>
</span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;
direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;"><b><u><span style="">PAPER
SUBMISSION</span></u></b><span style=""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;
direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="">All
submitted papers will be reviewed by three program committee
members. Papers
must not have been previously published or concurrently
submitted elsewhere.
Any duplicate submissions will be rejected without review.
Research-in-progress
and position papers will be considered as well.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;
direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style=""><br>
Papers must not exceed 10 pages in Springer LNCS format
which is available at </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><a
href="http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html">http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html</a></span><span
style="">.<br>
Submissions should be made through EasyChair at </span><a
href="https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=variabilityer11">https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=variabilityer11</a>.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;
direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span dir="ltr"></span><span
style="">A pre-submission on EasyChair of
title and abstract is required (intention to submit) one
week before the actual
paper submission date.</span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New
Roman","serif";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;
direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;"><b><u><span style="">PUBLICATION</span></u></b><span
style=""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;
direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="">Paper
acceptance will be based upon its relevance to the main
workshop topics, on its
quality and on its potential to stimulate discussion in the
workshop. Accepted
papers will be published in Springer LNCS workshop
proceedings.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;
direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span dir="ltr"></span><span
style="">All accepted papers will be
presented at the workshop.</span><span style="font-size:
6pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;
direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;"><b><u><span style=""><br>
</span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;
direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;"><b><u><span style="">PROGRAM
CO-CHAIRS</span></u></b><span style=""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 35.85pt;
text-align: left; text-indent: -18pt; direction: ltr;
unicode-bidi: embed;">- Iris Reinhartz-Berger<span style="">
</span>University of Haifa, Israel</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 35.85pt;
text-align: left; text-indent: -18pt; direction: ltr;
unicode-bidi: embed;">- Arnon Sturm<span style="">
</span>Ben-Gurion University
of the Negev, Israel</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 35.85pt;
text-align: left; text-indent: -18pt; direction: ltr;
unicode-bidi: embed;">-Kim Mens
<span style=""> </span><span style="">
</span>Université
catholique de Louvain, Belgium</p>
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direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;"><b><u><span style=""><br>
</span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;
direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;"><b><u><span style="">PROGRAM
COMMITTEE</span></u></b><span style=""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 35.45pt;
text-align: justify; text-indent: -21.25pt; direction: ltr;
unicode-bidi: embed;">- Felix Bachmann, SEI, USA</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 35.45pt;
text-align: justify; text-indent: -21.25pt; direction: ltr;
unicode-bidi: embed;">- David Benavides, University
of Seville, Spain</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 35.45pt;
text-align: justify; text-indent: -21.25pt; direction: ltr;
unicode-bidi: embed;">- Jan Bosch, University of
Groningen, The Netherlands</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 35.45pt;
text-align: justify; text-indent: -21.25pt; direction: ltr;
unicode-bidi: embed;">- Paul Clements, SEI, USA </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 35.45pt;
text-align: justify; text-indent: -21.25pt; direction: ltr;
unicode-bidi: embed;">- Anthony Cleve, University
of Namur (FUNDP), Belgium</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 35.45pt;
text-align: justify; text-indent: -21.25pt; direction: ltr;
unicode-bidi: embed;">- Olga De Troyer, Vrije
Universiteit Brussel, Belgium</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 35.45pt;
text-align: justify; text-indent: -21.25pt; direction: ltr;
unicode-bidi: embed;">- Ulrich Eisenecker, Leipzig
University, Germany</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 35.45pt;
text-align: justify; text-indent: -21.25pt; direction: ltr;
unicode-bidi: embed;">- Øystein Haugen,
University of Oslo, Norway</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 35.45pt;
text-align: justify; text-indent: -21.25pt; direction: ltr;
unicode-bidi: embed;">- Brice Morin, University of
Oslo, Norway</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 35.45pt;
text-align: justify; text-indent: -21.25pt; direction: ltr;
unicode-bidi: embed;">- Linda Northrop, SEI, USA</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 35.45pt;
text-align: justify; text-indent: -21.25pt; direction: ltr;
unicode-bidi: embed;">- Gilles Perrouin, University
of Namur (FUNDP), Belgium </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 35.45pt;
text-align: justify; text-indent: -21.25pt; direction: ltr;
unicode-bidi: embed;">- Frank van der Linden,
Philips, The Netherlands</p>
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