The appli­ca­tion of model-based engi­nee­ring (MBE) methods for soft­ware and sys­tems deve­lop­ment in indus­try is increa­sing. Moreo­ver, the inte­gra­tion of com­po­nent-based approa­ches with MBE has fur­ther acce­le­ra­ted its adop­tion along with pro­vi­ding it with a sound theo­re­ti­cal foun­da­tion.

The focus of this work­shop is on the use of MBE for embed­ded sys­tems deve­lop­ment for exam­ple in the indus­trial trans­port sec­tor for appli­ca­tions such as rail­way sys­tems, auto­mo­tive, aeros­pace, and rela­ted domains. In this con­text, spe­cial focus is given on MARTE, the UML pro­file for Mode­ling and Ana­ly­sis of Real-Time and Embed­ded sys­tems, which has been suc­cess­fully adop­ted in seve­ral pro­jects. In par­ti­cu­lar, the intent is to con­cen­trate on the fol­lo­wing topics:

  • The infra­struc­ture that sup­ports MBE, that is, the requi­red lan­gua­ges, tools, and stan­dards as well as the com­bi­na­tion of design and V&V acti­vi­ties, and the diverse engi­nee­ring dis­ci­pli­nes invol­ved in embed­ded sys­tem design.
  • Pro­cess-rela­ted issues, such as gui­de­li­nes for deci­ding when and where to use domain-spe­ci­fic lan­gua­ges, appro­priate inte­gra­tion of pro­cess des­crip­tions and tool men­tors, and advan­ced methods to assist on cri­te­ria design and on per­for­mance and impact asses­sing.
  • MARTE returns on expe­rien­ces.

The aim of the work­shop is to bring toge­ther resear­chers and tool deve­lo­pers from indus­try and aca­de­mia to dis­cuss on appli­ca­tions of model- based engi­nee­ring to appli­ca­tion domains as well as on MARTE usage and on safety and MARTE. A signi­fi­cant por­tion of time will be reser­ved for dis­cus­sion. In com­ple­ment to the papers selec­ted from this call for papers, seve­ral pre­sen­ta­tions will be invi­ted from the MARTE stan­dar­di­za­tion task force, from Euro­pean pro­jects invol­ved in the domain of the work­shop and from MBE tool ven­dors.