Workshop Goals

Managing variability is a major concern in the development, maintenance and evolution of software-intensive systems. To be managed effectively and efficiently, variability must be explicitly modelled. Numerous variability modelling techniques have been proposed both by academia and industry.

The aim of the VaMoS workshop is to bring together researchers from various areas of variability modelling in order to discuss advantages, drawbacks and complementarities of the various approaches and to present new results for variability modelling and management.

The workshop will feature invited presentations by leading researchers in the field as well as peer-reviewed paper presentations.

Topics (non-exclusive)

Modelling Variability in Functional and Non-Functional (Quality) Requirements
Modelling Variability in the Architecture
Aspects and Separation of Concerns
Visualization of Variability
Handling Complexity
Formal Reasoning on Variability
Application Domains (e.g., Embedded Systems, Information Systems, Service-based Systems)‏
Tool Support

Workshop Format

VaMoS 2008, like the previous VaMoS workshop, will be a highly interactive event. Each session will be organized in order to stimulate discussions among the presenters of papers, discussants and the other participants. Typically, after a paper is presented, it is immediately discussed by two pre-assigned discussants, after which a free discussion involving all participants follows. Each session is closed by a general discussion of all papers presented in the session.

Which roles are there?

Three particular roles are taken on by the VaMoS attendees

Presenter
A presenter obviously presents his paper but additionally will be asked to take on the role of discussant for the other paper in his session (all the papers will be distributed to the participants in PDF format approx. two weeks prior to the event).

Discussant
A discussant prepares the discussion of a paper. Each paper is assigned to two discussants (typically the presenter of the other paper in the same session and a member of the program or organization committee or a presenter of another session). The discussants task is to give a critical review of the paper directly after its presentation. This task will be guided by a predefined set of questions provided by the VaMoS organizers.

You can find a template for the discussions here.

Session Chair
A session chair introduces the presenters of the papers in a session. The session chair takes care of the time, and moderates the discussion of a paper after its presentation as well as the general discussions at the end of the session.

Language

The working language is English.

Attendance

Attendance is restricted to authors of accepted papers, invited speakers, and PC members!

Second International Workshop on Variability Modelling of Software-intensive Systems Essen, Germany — January 16-18, 2008
Home Organisation Call for Papers Workshop Goals & Format Submissions Important dates Program Committee Venue Program & Schedule Registration Previous Workshop	Workshop Goals Managing variability is a major concern in the development, maintenance and evolution of software-intensive systems. To be managed effectively and efficiently, variability must be explicitly modelled. Numerous variability modelling techniques have been proposed both by academia and industry. The aim of the VaMoS workshop is to bring together researchers from various areas of variability modelling in order to discuss advantages, drawbacks and complementarities of the various approaches and to present new results for variability modelling and management. The workshop will feature invited presentations by leading researchers in the field as well as peer-reviewed paper presentations. Topics (non-exclusive) Modelling Variability in Functional and Non-Functional (Quality) Requirements Modelling Variability in the Architecture Aspects and Separation of Concerns Visualization of Variability Handling Complexity Formal Reasoning on Variability Application Domains (e.g., Embedded Systems, Information Systems, Service-based Systems)‏ Tool Support Workshop Format VaMoS 2008, like the previous VaMoS workshop, will be a highly interactive event. Each session will be organized in order to stimulate discussions among the presenters of papers, discussants and the other participants. Typically, after a paper is presented, it is immediately discussed by two pre-assigned discussants, after which a free discussion involving all participants follows. Each session is closed by a general discussion of all papers presented in the session. Which roles are there? Three particular roles are taken on by the VaMoS attendees Presenter A presenter obviously presents his paper but additionally will be asked to take on the role of discussant for the other paper in his session (all the papers will be distributed to the participants in PDF format approx. two weeks prior to the event). Discussant A discussant prepares the discussion of a paper. Each paper is assigned to two discussants (typically the presenter of the other paper in the same session and a member of the program or organization committee or a presenter of another session). The discussants task is to give a critical review of the paper directly after its presentation. This task will be guided by a predefined set of questions provided by the VaMoS organizers. You can find a template for the discussions here. Session Chair A session chair introduces the presenters of the papers in a session. The session chair takes care of the time, and moderates the discussion of a paper after its presentation as well as the general discussions at the end of the session. Language The working language is English. Attendance Attendance is restricted to authors of accepted papers, invited speakers, and PC members!

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