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https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-2245/exe_intro.pdf
Fourth International Workshop on
Executable Modeling (EXE 2018)
Tanja Mayerhofer Philip Langer Ed Seidewitz
TU Wien EclipseSource Services GmbH Model Driven Solutions
Vienna, Austria Vienna, Austria Bowie, Maryland, USA
mayerhofer@big.tuwien.ac.at planger@eclipsesource.com ed-s@modeldriven.com
Jeff Gray Erwan Bousse
University of Alabama TU Wien
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA Vienna, Austria
gray@cs.ua.edu erwan.bousse@tuwien.ac.at
ABSTRACT The following papers were accepted for EXE 2018:
The fourth edition of the International Workshop on Executable Mod- (1) “Execution of UTP test cases using fUML” by Marc-Florian
eling (EXE) was held on October 14, 2018 in Copenhagen, Denmark, Wendland and Niels Hoppe
as part of the satellite events of the ACM/IEEE 21st International (2) “A generic solution for weaving business code into exe-
Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems cutable models” by Eric Cariou, Olivier Le Goaer, Léa Brun-
(MODELS 2018). schwig and Franck Barbier
(3) “On executable models that are integrated with program
KEYWORDS code” by Marco Konersmann
Executable Models, Executable Modeling Languages, Model Execu- (4) “EmbeddedMontiArc: Textual modeling alternative to Simulink
tion, Model Simulation, Execution Semantics (Tool Demonstration)” by Evgeny Kusmenko, Jean-Marc
Ronck, Bernhard Rumpe and Michael von Wenckstern
1 ABOUT THE WORKSHOP All the materials presented at EXE 2018 can be found on the
In times of increasing system complexity, time-to-market pressures, workshop Website http://modelexecution.org/exe2018.
and the need for high quality systems, executable models gain im-
portance in the development of software-intensive systems. This is 3 PROGRAM COMMITTEE
due to their abstraction power allowing the early analysis of com- The program committee of EXE 2018 comprised 25 experts in the
plex system behaviors reducing effort and cost in the development domain of executable modeling. We thank the program committee
and increasing system quality. members very much for their services in reviewing and discussing
The objectives of the International Workshop on Executable Mod- the submitted papers.
eling (EXE) are to draw attention to the potentials and challenges
of executable models and to advance the state-of-the-art in exe- Program Committee Members
cutable modeling. In 2018, the workshop was already held for the • Francis Bordeleau, Canada
fourth time. For this fourth edition, submissions of research papers, • Andrei Chiş, feenk, Switzerland
experience reports, position papers, and tool demonstrations on • Federico Ciccozzi, Mälardalen University, Sweden
various topics of executable modeling were invited. The topics of in- • Tony Clark, Aston University, UK
terest included methodologies, languages, techniques, and methods • Peter Clarke, Florida International University, USA
for designing and implementing executable modeling languages, • Benoit Combemale, University of Toulouse, France
model execution tools for the validation, verification, and testing of • Jonathan Corley, University West Georgia, USA
systems, and techniques for the development of model execution • Julien Deantoni, University Nice Sophia Antipolis, CNRS,
tools. I3S, Inria, France
• Thomas Degueule, CWI, The Netherlands
2 PROGRAM • Davide Di Ruscio, University of L’Aquila, Italy
EXE 2018 was held as a full-day workshop at the ACM/IEEE 21st • Juergen Dingel, Queen’s University, Canada
International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages • Nicolas Hili, IRT Saint Exupéry, France
and Systems (MODELS 2018) on October 14, 2018 in Copenhagen, • Nicholas Matragkas, University of Hull, UK
Denmark. Out of eight submissions, four were accepted after a • Marjan Mernik, University of Maribor, Slovenia
rigorous reviewing process in which each paper was reviewed by • Zoltan Micskei, Budapest University of Technology and Eco-
three members of the program committee. The accepted papers nomics, Hungary
comprise three research papers presenting novel and innovative ap- • Domenik Pavletic, Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany
proaches in executable modeling, as well as one tool demonstration • Ernesto Posse, Zeligsoft, Canada
of a model execution tool. • Taylor Riche, National Instruments, USA
EXE 2018, October 14, 2018, Copenhagen, Denmark T. Mayerhofer et al.
• Bran Selic, Malina Software Corporation, Canada
• Cortland Starrett, One Fact Inc, USA
• Jérémie Tatibouët, CEA, France
• Massimo Tisi, IMT Atlantique, LS2N (UMR CNRS 6004),
France
• Simon Van Mierlo, University of Antwerp, Belgium
• Andreas Wortmann, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
• Thanos Zolotas, University of York, United Kingdom
4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We thank the organizers of MODELS 2018 very much for hosting
EXE 2018 and for their support in the workshop organization. Our
special thanks go to the general chair of MODELS 2018, Andrzej
Wąsowski, to the workshop chairs Regina Hebig and Thorsten
Berger, as well as to the proceedings chairs Daniel Strüber and
Önder Babur. Furthermore, we thank all the authors, presenters
and participants of EXE 2018. We also want to express our sincere
gratitude to Benoit Combemale for agreeing to give the keynote
on the past, present and future of executable modeling. Lastly, we
thank the members of the EXE 2018 program committee for their
timely and high-quality reviews, as well as for their inputs to the
workshop program.