EduSymp@MODELS2020: MODELS 2020 Educators Symposium Université de Montréal Montreal, Canada, October 20, 2020 |
Conference website | https://conf.researchr.org/track/models-2020/models-2020-educators-symposium |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=edusympmodels2020 |
Abstract registration deadline | July 17, 2020 |
Submission deadline | July 28, 2020 |
Notification to authors | August 14, 2020 |
Camera-ready deadline | August 28, 2020 |
Model-driven engineering has been part of university curricula, as well as corporate training programs, for many years. Modelling notations are taught in a wide variety of courses and programs, from software engineering to enterprise architecture. Most educators would agree that teaching modeling is a challenging task, especially given the growing student population interested in modeling.
The 16th Educators Symposium at MODELS 2020 provides educators, researchers and practitioners with a forum to discuss educational issues relating to modeling and modeling technologies and share their experiences from the field.
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:
- Full Papers are expected to contribute research and experience reports and must be no longer than 10 pages.
- Short Papers are expected to present position statements addressing the symposium topics. These papers intend to stimulate discussions on teaching modeling at universities and in industry and must not exceed 6 pages.
List of Topics
We invite submissions related to (but not limited to) the following questions and topics:
- Challenges in teaching modeling:
- How to engage students in modeling?
- How to integrate modeling across the curriculum, from introduction to programming to senior project and beyond?
- What appropriate and novel modeling technologies are currently used to enrich the student experience?
- How to relate or mix theory and practice when teaching modeling?
- What are effective learning and teaching mechanisms for distance and online learning?
- How to teach modeling in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)?
- Is teaching modeling using a collaborative approach feasible?
- Tool support for the teaching of modeling
- The relation between modelling research and modeling education
- Incorporating a practitioner viewpoint in modeling education
- Use of case studies or explicative examples to teach modeling
- Teaching global or open source software engineering modeling
- Evolution of teaching modeling and use of tools in the classroom
- Teaching model driven engineering and model management
- Analysis of teaching methods, tools or games for modelling in the classroomFurthermore, we also welcome submissions related to this year’s theme: modeling in the era of data.
Committees
Program Committee
- Perdita Stevens, The University of Edinburgh (UK)
- Dimitris Kolovos, University of York (UK)
- Alfonso Pierantonio, University of L’Aquila (Italy)
- Peter Clarke, Florida International University (USA)
- Antonio Vallecillo, Universidad de Málaga (Spain)
- Martina Seidl, Johannes Kepler University Linz (Austria)
- Phillipa Bennett, University of the West Indes (Jamaica)
- Catherine Dubois, ENSIIE-Samovar (France)
- Juergen Dingel, Queen’s University (Canada)
- Birgit Demuth, TU Dresden (Germany)
- Jeff Gray, University of Alabama (USA)
- Steffen Zschaler, King’s London (UK)
- Richard Paige, McMaster (Canada)
- Leen Lambers, HPI Potsdam (Germany)
- Martin Gogolla, Bremen (Germany)
- Fiona Polack, Keele University (UK)
- Arend Rensink, University of Twente (Netherlands)
- Monique Snoeck, KU Leuven (Belgium)
Organizing committee
- Daria Bogdanova, KU Leuven (Belgium)
- Michalis Famelis, Montreal University (Canada)
Publication
Papers will be reviewed by at least three members of the program committee. The paper selection process will be based on the novelty of the ideas or solutions, the impact of modeling in software development education, and relevance to the topics to the symposium. All accepted submissions will be available via ACM Digital Library. Papers are accepted conditional on one author registering for the symposium at the MODELS 2020 conference by the early registration deadline and presenting the paper at the symposium.
Venue
Given the current global situation of the pandemic and the restrictions regarding traveling and organizing events in many countries around the world, including Canada, the Steering Committee and Organizing Committee of MODELS 2020 have taken the decision to run the conference fully virtually in October 2020.
Although we will not have the pleasure of welcoming you in Montreal this year, we will do our best to provide you with a virtual MODELS 2020 experience to disseminate the latest research works and facilitate interactions in the current circumstances. All papers of the main tracks and satellite events will be published in the ACM proceedings as planned.
We will soon provide further details on the platforms we will use and the necessary logistics. Keep an eye on the conference website for updated information.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to Daria Bogdanova (daria.bogdanova@kuleuven.be) and Michalis Famelis (famelis@iro.umontreal.ca)