Volt 2013 Welcome & Introduction

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Welcome & Introduction

Welcome

• To the 2nd International Workshop on the Verification Of modeL Transformation (VOLT‘13)

• Objective– Improve quality of software by modeling and transforming artifacts– Using (semi-)formal methods– Applicable in industrial context– Verify & validate model transformations

Welcome

• Organizers– Moussa Amrani, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg– Leen Lambers, Hasso Plattner Institut, Germany– Eugene Syriani, University of Alabama, USA– Manuel Wimmer, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

Welcome

• Program Committee– Márk Asztalos, Budapest University of Eco. Sc., Hungary– Didier Buchs, University of Geneva, Swiss – Marsha Chechik, University of Toronto, Canada – Antonio Cicchetti, Malardalen University, Sweden – Benoît Combemale, University of Rennes, France– Jürgen Dingel, Queen’s University, Canada – Franck Fleurey, SINTEF, Norway– Holger Giese, Hasso Plattner Institute, Germany – Martin Gogolla, University of Bremen, Germany – Jeff Gray, University of Alabama, USA – Frank Hermann, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg– Akram Idani, Grenoble INP, France – Tihamér Levendovsky, Vanderbilt University, USA

Welcome

• Program Committee (cont.)– Levi Lúcio, McGill University, Canada – Arend Rensink, University of Twente, Netherlands– Rick Salay, University of Toronto, Canada – Gabriele Taentzer, University of Marburg, Germany – Antonio Vallecillo, University of Málaga, Spain– Hans Vangheluwe, University of Antwerp, Belgium - McGill University,

Canada – Stephan Weißleder, Fraunhofer FIRST, Germany

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The PAST

VOLT 2012

• Co-located with the International Conference on Software Testing, Verification, and Validation (ICST), Montreal, Canada April 21, 2012

• Organized by– Levi Lúcio, McGill University, Canada– Eugene Syriani, University of Alabama, USA– Stephan Weißleder, Fraunhofer FIRST, Germany

VOLT 2012Presentations

• Keynote by Pieter Mosterman: Model Transformations and Testing in Model-Based Design of Cyber-Physical Systems

• Levi Lucio, Moussa Amrani, Juergen Dingel, Gehan Selim, Benoit Combemale, Hans Vangheluwe, Yves Letraon and James R. Cordy: A Tridimensional Approach for Studying the Formal Verification of Model Transformations

• Hanh Nhi Tran and Christian Percebois: Towards a Rule-level Verification Framework for Property-Preserving Graph Transformations

• Tamás Mészáros and Tihamér Levendovsky: Verified Operational Patterns with Graph Transformation

• Eugene Syriani and Jeff Gray: Challenges for Addressing Quality Factors in Model Transformation

• Rick Salay, Marsha Chechik and Jan Gorzny: Towards a Methodology for Verifying Partial Model Refinements

VOLT 2012Discussion topics (excerpt)

• Ensuring correctness by-design– With patterns?– With verifiable constructs?

• At which extent program/model verification can be transported into model transformation verification?

• What impact has transformation’s intention on– Properties to prove;– Techniques to use?

• Which impact has the transformation language paradigm onto the formal verification technique?

• What are the requirements for a model transformation and how to validate them?

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The PRESENT

Program - Outline• Morning: – Short and long presentations – Brainstorming phases after each presentation– Wrap up of discussion topics

• Afternoon:– Start with invited talk– Discussions in working groups– Presentation of results and conclusion

Program - PresentationsLong Presentations (25’ + 5’):

A Classification of Model Checking-Based Verification Approaches for Software ModelsSebastian Gabmeyer, Petra Brosch and Martina Seidl

Model Transformations to Verify Model TransformationsLevi Lucio and Hans Vangheluwe

Short Presentations (10‘ + 5‘): Validating Transformations for Semantic Anchoring

Tihamer Levendovszky, István Madari and Janos Sztipanovits

On the Realization of TractsToolL. Burgueño, M. Wimmer, J. Troya, A. Vallecillo

Keynote by Dániel Varró (60’): ???

Program - Discussion TopicsMotivation Why do we need dedicated model transformation verification

techniques? How do they differ from classical program/compiler verification techniques?

State-of-the-art What are succesful model transformation verification approaches and why?

Future What is currently lacking and at the same time urgently needed in the model transformation verification field?

TODO add some more questions/discussion topics here, maybe derived from current submissions as a first proposal

TODO this list can become longer during brainstorming phases before lunch

ProgramSession 1 09:00 - 10:15

Welcome & Introduction 09:00 - 09:30

A Classification of Model Checking-Based Verification Approaches for Software ModelsSebastian Gabmeyer, Petra Brosch and Martina Seidl 09:30 - 10:00

Brainstorming* 10:00 - 10:15

Morning Break 10:15-10:45

Session 2 10:45 - 12:15Model Transformations to Verify Model Transformations Levi Lucio and Hans Vangheluwe 10:45 - 11:15

Brainstorming 11:15 - 11:25

Validating Transformations for Semantic Anchoring Tihamer Levendovszky, István Madari and Janos Sztipanovits 11:25 - 11:40

Brainstorming 11:40 - 11:50

On the Realization of TractsTool L. Burgueño, M. Wimmer, J. Troya, A. Vallecillo 11:50 - 12:05

Brainstorming & Summary 12:05 - 12:15

Lunch 12:15 - 14:00

Session 3 14:00 - 15:30Keynote by Dániel Varró: ??? 14:00 - 15:00

Building of working groups & Initiating discussions 15:00 - 15:30

Afternoon Break 15:30 - 16:00

Session 4 16:00 - 18:00Discussions in working groups 16:00 - 17:00

Presentation of results of working groups & Closure 17:00 - 18:00

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The FUTURE

VOLT Special Section @ JOT• Revised papers will be published in a special section of JOT

– JOT - The Journal of Object Technology (http://www.jot.fm) – Closed call for VOLT 2012 & 2013 authors, invited speakers, and participants – Extended versions should contain at least “30% new content”– All revised papers will go through a full review process

• Format– Standard JOT template (http://www.jot.fm/authors.html)– No fixed page limit for JOT articles– Recommendation: < 25 pages with the standard JOT template – If justified, longer submissions can be considered

• Procedure1. Upload abstract and register paper in Easychair

• https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?TODO• Deadline: 1st of September, 2013

2. Upload revised version (PDF)• https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?TODO• Deadline: 1st of November, 2013