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*** MODULARITY '16 ***

15th International Conference on Modularity
March 14-17, 2016
M=C3=A1laga, Spain
http://2016.modularity.info/


*** CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS ***

* Research Results and Modularity Visions tracks
  October 30, 2015 - Abstract submission (recommended)
  November 6, 2015- Paper submission

ABOUT MODULARITY

Modularity shapes the quality of information systems, software, and system
production processes. Modularity influences system diversity,
dependability, performance, evolution, the structure and the dynamics of
the organizations that produce systems, human understanding and management
of systems, and ultimately system value.

Yet the nature of and possibilities for modularity remain poorly
understood, such things as the limits to modularity, the mechanisms needed
to achieve it in given forms, and its costs and benefits. Significant
advances in modularity are possible and promise to yield breakthroughs in
our ability to conceive, design, develop, validate, integrate, deploy,
operate, and evolve modern information systems and their underlying
software artifacts.

Modularity at the semantic as well as the syntactic level is a key enabler
for the expression of high quality software systems. One of the most
important techniques for complexity management during the creation of
software is abstraction. Novel concepts and abstraction mechanisms are a
focus point for improvements in the support for modularity. The scope of
this conference covers all perspectives on software systems in all their
life-cycle phases, such as the following:
- domain analysis
- case studies on modularity or the lack thereof
- programming language constructs
- runtime environments and library support
- formal proofs of system properties
- program state visualization in debuggers
- performance improvements in compiler algorithms

The 2016 edition of the Modularity conference (formerly AOSD) sets out to
advance our understanding of these issues and the expressive power of new
and known techniques.

RESEARCH RESULTS AND MODULARITY VISIONS:

Modularity 2016 invites papers for its Research Results and Modularity
Visions tracks presenting compelling insights into modularity in
information systems, including its nature, forms, mechanisms, consequences,
limits, costs, and benefits.

Proceedings will appear in the ACM Digital Library.

All submissions are peer reviewed in accordance with the highest
established standards of scientific rigor. Reviewers assess works in terms
of research problem formulations, novelty and sophistication of proposed
solutions, clarity and significance of contributions, and correct
characterization of work in relation to existing knowledge.

Papers submitted to the Research Results track should present research
results supported by proper design and execution of experimental or
analytical assessments and sound interpretation of data.

Papers submitted to the Modularity Visions track are examined as scientific
research proposals discussing compelling preliminary results or worked-out
prototypes or proposals for sound future experimental or analytical
assessments and interpretation of data. The scope of Modularity Visions is
broad and open to submissions from all areas of computer science.

SUBMISSIONS, SELECTION PROCESS AND PROCEEDINGS

Submissions should not have been published previously nor under review at
other events. Research papers should describe work that advances the
current state of the art. Experience papers should be of broad interest and
should describe insights gained from substantive practical applications.
The program committee will evaluate each contributed paper based on its
relevance, significance, clarity, length, and originality.

Papers are to be submitted electronically at
http://cyberchairpro.borbala.net/modularitypapers/submit/ for Research
Results and http://cyberchairpro.borbala.net/modularityvisionspapers/submit=
/
for Modularity Visions in PDF format. Submissions must be in the ACM format
(see http://www.sigplan.org/Resources/Author/, 10 point font) and not
exceed 12 pages for regular papers and 4 pages for short papers. Short
papers need to be labelled as such.

Note: In previous years, the conference had two rounds of submissions and
reviews. Starting this year, Modularity 2016 will run a single-round
two-phase reviewing process to help authors make their final papers the
best that they can be. After the first phase, papers will be rejected,
conditionally accepted, or unconditionally accepted. Conditionally accepted
papers will be given a list of issues raised by reviewers. Authors must
then submit a revised version of the paper with a cover letter explaining
how they have or why they have not addressed these issues. The program
committee will then consider the cover letter and revised paper, and
recommend final acceptance or rejection. The second phase will only be used
to elevate promising papers to the conference standard, not to require
additional work of papers already deemed up to standard. All papers will
remain under submission until the authors receive notification of
acceptance or rejection.

All submitted papers are peer reviewed. Accepted papers will be published
in the ACM Digital Library.

TOPICS OF INTEREST

Modularity welcomes papers on topics that include, but are not limited to
the following:
- new modularity mechanisms in programming, modeling, and domain-specific
languages
- evaluation of modularity mechanisms in case studies
- understanding modularity in the context of development processes,
collaboration, and organizational aspects
- role of modularity in the evolution of software systems
- measuring modularity
- modular re-engineering of legacy code
- domain analysis
- mathematics of modular paradigms for (automated) software construction
- module (feature) interactions
- novel module verification and testing techniques
- mining software repositories to develop theories related to modularity
- cost-benefit models of modularity mechanisms and techniques
- usability of interfaces and modularity mechanisms
- modularity supported by tools, such as view extraction, visualization,
recommendation, and refactoring tools

IMPORTANT DATES

Abstracts (recommended)
October 30, 2015 (Fri)

Papers (Research Results and Modularity Visions)
November 6, 2015 (Fri)

Primary notification
December 11, 2015 (Fri)

Revised papers due
January 8, 2016 (Fri)

Final notifications
January 22, 2016 (Fri)

Camera ready versions due
February 5, 2016 (Fri)

PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Research Results
- Don Batory, The University of Texas at Austin, USA ([email protected])

Modularity Visions
- Krzysztof Czarnecki, University of Waterloo, Canada (
[email protected])

PROGRAM COMMITTEES

Research Results

- Mehmet Ak=C5=9Fit, University of Twente, The Netherlands
- Jo Atlee, University of Waterloo, Canada
- Walter Cazzola, Universit=C3=A0 degli Studi di Milano, Italy
- Shigeru Chiba, The University of Tokyo, Japan
- Oscar D=C3=ADaz, University of the Basque Country, Spain
- Gregor Engels, University of Paderborn, Germany
- Ismael Figueroa, Pontificia Universidad Cat=C3=B3lica de Valparaiso, Chil=
e
- Pascal Fradet, Inria Rh=C3=B4ne-Alpes, France
- Jes=C3=BAs J. Garc=C3=ADa Molina , Catedr=C3=A1tico Escuela Universitaria=
, Spain
- Jeff Gray, University of Alabama, USA
- George Heineman, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA
- Ralf L=C3=A4mmel, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany
- Peter D Mosses, Swansea University, UK
- James Noble, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
- Jacques Noy=C3=A9, =C3=89cole des Mines de Nantes, France
- Bruno C. d. S. Oliveira, The University of Hong Kong
- Hridesh Rajan, Iowa State University, USA
- Awais Rashid, Lancaster University, UK
- Julia Rubin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
- Guido Salvaneschi, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany
- Norbert Siegmund, University of Passau, Germany
- Yannis Smaragdakis, University of Athens, Greece
- Eli Tilevich, Virginia Tech, USA
- Salva Trujillo, IK4-IKERLAN, Spain
- Steffen Zschaler, King=E2=80=99s College London, UK

Modularity Visions

- Thorsten Berger, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
- Claus Brabrand, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark
- Richard P. Gabriel, IBM Research Almaden, USA
- Christian Kaestner, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
- Gail Murphy, University of British Columbia, Canada
- Sarah Nadi, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany
- Yoshiki Ohshima, SAP Labs & Viewpoints Research Institute, USA
- Klaus Ostermann, University of Tuebingen, Germany
- Richard Paige, University of York, UK
- Andrzej Wasowski, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark

For additional information, clarification, or answers to questions please
contact the Program Committee Chairs.

________________________________________________________________
Jos=C3=A9 Mar=C3=ADa Conejero Manzano
Quercus Software Engineering Group.
Assistant Professor, Universidad de Extremadura
Escuela Polit=C3=A9cnica, Avda. de la Universidad, s/n. 10071 - C=C3=A1cere=
s (Spain)
(  +34 927 257 100 (ext. 57563)
7 +34 927 257 202
* [email protected]
<http://about.me/chemacm>   http://about.me/chemacm
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</div></div><div><br></div><div>*** MODULARITY &#39;16 ***</div><div><br></=
div><div>15th International Conference on Modularity</div><div>March 14-17,=
 2016</div><div>M=C3=A1laga, Spain</div><div><a href=3D"http://2016.modular=
ity.info/" target=3D"_blank">http://2016.modularity.info/</a> =C2=A0=C2=A0<=
/div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>*** CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS ***</div=
><div><br></div><div>* Research Results and Modularity Visions tracks</div>=
<div>=C2=A0 October 30, 2015 - Abstract submission (recommended)</div><div>=
=C2=A0 November 6, 2015- Paper submission</div><div><br></div><div>ABOUT MO=
DULARITY</div><div><br></div><div>Modularity shapes the quality of informat=
ion systems, software, and system production processes. Modularity influenc=
es system diversity, dependability, performance, evolution, the structure a=
nd the dynamics of the organizations that produce systems, human understand=
ing and management of systems, and ultimately system value.</div><div><br><=
/div><div>Yet the nature of and possibilities for modularity remain poorly =
understood, such things as the limits to modularity, the mechanisms needed =
to achieve it in given forms, and its costs and benefits. Significant advan=
ces in modularity are possible and promise to yield breakthroughs in our ab=
ility to conceive, design, develop, validate, integrate, deploy, operate, a=
nd evolve modern information systems and their underlying software artifact=
s.</div><div><br></div><div>Modularity at the semantic as well as the synta=
ctic level is a key enabler for the expression of high quality software sys=
tems. One of the most important techniques for complexity management during=
 the creation of software is abstraction. Novel concepts and abstraction me=
chanisms are a focus point for improvements in the support for modularity. =
The scope of this conference covers all perspectives on software systems in=
 all their life-cycle phases, such as the following:</div><div>- domain ana=
lysis</div><div>- case studies on modularity or the lack thereof</div><div>=
- programming language constructs</div><div>- runtime environments and libr=
ary support</div><div>- formal proofs of system properties</div><div>- prog=
ram state visualization in debuggers</div><div>- performance improvements i=
n compiler algorithms</div><div><br></div><div>The 2016 edition of the Modu=
larity conference (formerly AOSD) sets out to advance our understanding of =
these issues and the expressive power of new and known techniques.</div><di=
v><br></div><div>RESEARCH RESULTS AND MODULARITY VISIONS:</div><div><br></d=
iv><div>Modularity 2016 invites papers for its Research Results and Modular=
ity Visions tracks presenting compelling insights into modularity in inform=
ation systems, including its nature, forms, mechanisms, consequences, limit=
s, costs, and benefits.</div><div><br></div><div>Proceedings will appear in=
 the ACM Digital Library.</div><div><br></div><div>All submissions are peer=
 reviewed in accordance with the highest established standards of scientifi=
c rigor. Reviewers assess works in terms of research problem formulations, =
novelty and sophistication of proposed solutions, clarity and significance =
of contributions, and correct characterization of work in relation to exist=
ing knowledge.</div><div><br></div><div>Papers submitted to the Research Re=
sults track should present research results supported by proper design and =
execution of experimental or analytical assessments and sound interpretatio=
n of data.</div><div><br></div><div>Papers submitted to the Modularity Visi=
ons track are examined as scientific research proposals discussing compelli=
ng preliminary results or worked-out prototypes or proposals for sound futu=
re experimental or analytical assessments and interpretation of data. The s=
cope of Modularity Visions is broad and open to submissions from all areas =
of computer science.</div><div><br></div><div>SUBMISSIONS, SELECTION PROCES=
S AND PROCEEDINGS=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>Submissions should not hav=
e been published previously nor under review at other events. Research pape=
rs should describe work that advances the current state of the art. Experie=
nce papers should be of broad interest and should describe insights gained =
from substantive practical applications. The program committee will evaluat=
e each contributed paper based on its relevance, significance, clarity, len=
gth, and originality.</div><div><br></div><div>Papers are to be submitted e=
lectronically at <a href=3D"http://cyberchairpro.borbala.net/modularitypape=
rs/submit/" target=3D"_blank">http://cyberchairpro.borbala.net/modularitypa=
pers/submit/</a> for Research Results and <a href=3D"http://cyberchairpro.b=
orbala.net/modularityvisionspapers/submit/" target=3D"_blank">http://cyberc=
hairpro.borbala.net/modularityvisionspapers/submit/</a> for Modularity Visi=
ons in PDF format. Submissions must be in the ACM format (see <a href=3D"ht=
tp://www.sigplan.org/Resources/Author/" target=3D"_blank">http://www.sigpla=
n.org/Resources/Author/</a>, 10 point font) and not exceed 12 pages for reg=
ular papers and 4 pages for short papers. Short papers need to be labelled =
as such.</div><div><br></div><div>Note: In previous years, the conference h=
ad two rounds of submissions and reviews. Starting this year, Modularity 20=
16 will run a single-round two-phase reviewing process to help authors make=
 their final papers the best that they can be. After the first phase, paper=
s will be rejected, conditionally accepted, or unconditionally accepted. Co=
nditionally accepted papers will be given a list of issues raised by review=
ers. Authors must then submit a revised version of the paper with a cover l=
etter explaining how they have or why they have not addressed these issues.=
 The program committee will then consider the cover letter and revised pape=
r, and recommend final acceptance or rejection. The second phase will only =
be used to elevate promising papers to the conference standard, not to requ=
ire additional work of papers already deemed up to standard. All papers wil=
l remain under submission until the authors receive notification of accepta=
nce or rejection.</div><div><br></div><div>All submitted papers are peer re=
viewed. Accepted papers will be published in the ACM Digital Library.</div>=
<div><br></div><div>TOPICS OF INTEREST=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div><div>=
Modularity welcomes papers on topics that include, but are not limited to t=
he following:</div></div><div>- new modularity mechanisms in programming, m=
odeling, and domain-specific languages</div><div>- evaluation of modularity=
 mechanisms in case studies</div><div>- understanding modularity in the con=
text of development processes, collaboration, and organizational aspects</d=
iv><div>- role of modularity in the evolution of software systems</div><div=
>- measuring modularity</div><div>- modular re-engineering of legacy code</=
div><div>- domain analysis</div><div>- mathematics of modular paradigms for=
 (automated) software construction</div><div>- module (feature) interaction=
s</div><div>- novel module verification and testing techniques</div><div>- =
mining software repositories to develop theories related to modularity</div=
><div>- cost-benefit models of modularity mechanisms and techniques</div><d=
iv>- usability of interfaces and modularity mechanisms</div><div>- modulari=
ty supported by tools, such as view extraction, visualization, recommendati=
on, and refactoring tools</div><div><br></div><div>IMPORTANT DATES</div><di=
v><br></div><div>Abstracts (recommended)=C2=A0</div><div>October 30, 2015 (=
Fri)</div><div><br></div><div>Papers (Research Results and Modularity Visio=
ns)</div><div>November 6, 2015 (Fri)</div><div><br></div><div>Primary notif=
ication</div><div>December 11, 2015 (Fri)</div><div><br></div><div>Revised =
papers due</div><div>January 8, 2016 (Fri)</div><div><br></div><div>Final n=
otifications</div><div>January 22, 2016 (Fri)</div><div><br></div><div>Came=
ra ready versions due</div><div>February 5, 2016 (Fri)</div><div><br></div>=
<div>PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIRS</div><div><br></div><div>Research Results</di=
v><div>- Don Batory, The University of Texas at Austin, USA (<a href=3D"mai=
lto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>)</div>=
<div><br></div><div>Modularity Visions</div><div>- Krzysztof Czarnecki, Uni=
versity of Waterloo, Canada (<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" t=
arget=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>)</div><div><br></div><div>PR=
OGRAM COMMITTEES=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>Research Results</div><div>=
<br></div><div>- Mehmet Ak=C5=9Fit, University of Twente, The Netherlands</=
div><div>- Jo Atlee, University of Waterloo, Canada</div><div>- Walter Cazz=
ola, Universit=C3=A0 degli Studi di Milano, Italy</div><div>- Shigeru Chiba=
, The University of Tokyo, Japan</div><div>- Oscar D=C3=ADaz, University of=
 the Basque Country, Spain</div><div>- Gregor Engels, University of Paderbo=
rn, Germany</div><div>- Ismael Figueroa, Pontificia Universidad Cat=C3=B3li=
ca de Valparaiso, Chile</div><div>- Pascal Fradet, Inria Rh=C3=B4ne-Alpes, =
France</div><div>- Jes=C3=BAs J. Garc=C3=ADa Molina , Catedr=C3=A1tico Escu=
ela Universitaria, Spain</div><div>- Jeff Gray, University of Alabama, USA<=
/div><div>- George Heineman, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA</div><div=
>- Ralf L=C3=A4mmel, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany</div><div>- Pete=
r D Mosses, Swansea University, UK</div><div>- James Noble, Victoria Univer=
sity of Wellington, New Zealand</div><div>- Jacques Noy=C3=A9, =C3=89cole d=
es Mines de Nantes, France</div><div>- Bruno C. d. S. Oliveira, The Univers=
ity of Hong Kong</div><div>- Hridesh Rajan, Iowa State University, USA</div=
><div>- Awais Rashid, Lancaster University, UK</div><div>- Julia Rubin, Mas=
sachusetts Institute of Technology, USA</div><div>- Guido Salvaneschi, Tech=
nical University of Darmstadt, Germany</div><div>- Norbert Siegmund, Univer=
sity of Passau, Germany</div><div>- Yannis Smaragdakis, University of Athen=
s, Greece</div><div>- Eli Tilevich, Virginia Tech, USA</div><div>- Salva Tr=
ujillo, IK4-IKERLAN, Spain</div><div>- Steffen Zschaler, King=E2=80=99s Col=
lege London, UK</div><div><br></div><div>Modularity Visions</div><div><br><=
/div><div>- Thorsten Berger, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden</div=
><div>- Claus Brabrand, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark</div><div>- Ri=
chard P. Gabriel, IBM Research Almaden, USA</div><div>- Christian Kaestner,=
 Carnegie Mellon University, USA</div><div>- Gail Murphy, University of Bri=
tish Columbia, Canada</div><div>- Sarah Nadi, Technical University of Darms=
tadt, Germany</div><div>- Yoshiki Ohshima, SAP Labs &amp; Viewpoints Resear=
ch Institute, USA</div><div>- Klaus Ostermann, University of Tuebingen, Ger=
many</div><div>- Richard Paige, University of York, UK</div><div>- Andrzej =
Wasowski, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark</div><div><br></div><div>For=
 additional information, clarification, or answers to questions please cont=
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