To Haskellers, Bidirectional Transformations (Bx) are also known as lenses! Please consider submitting your Haskell-related papers which are very welcome. Best regards, Meng Meng Wang, PhD (Oxon) University of Bristol Senior Lecturer of Programming Languages Head of PL research group International Director of SCEEM (CS, EEE, EMath) School ********************************************************************************** 9th International Workshop on Bidirectional Transformations (Bx 2021) as part of the STAF conference (June 21, 2021) running virtually, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway http://bx-community.wikidot.com/bx2021:home ********************************************************************************** * Important dates: * Abstract submission: April 27, 2021 * Paper Submission: May 4, 2021 ********************************************************************************** OVERVIEW ========================================= Bidirectional transformations (bx) are a mechanism for maintaining the consistency between two or more related (and heterogeneous) sources of information (i.e., relational databases, software models and code, or any other artefacts following standard or domain-specific formats). The strongest argument in favour of bx is its ability to provide a synchronization mechanism that is guaranteed to be correct by construction. Bx has been attracting a wide range of research areas and communities, with prominent presence at top conferences in several different fields (namely databases, programming languages, software engineering, and graph transformation). Nowadays, the fast-growing complexity of software- or data- intensive systems has forced the industry and the academy to use and investigate different development techniques to manage the many different aspects of the systems. Researchers are actively investigating the use of bidirectional approaches to tackle a diverse set of challenges with various applications including model-driven software development, visualization with direct manipulation, big data, databases, domain-specific languages, serializers, and data transformation, integration and exchange. Bx 2021 is a dedicated venue for bx in all relevant fields and is part of a workshop series that was created in order to promote cross-disciplinary research and awareness in the area. As such, since its beginning in 2012, the workshop has rotated between venues in different fields. TOPICS ========================================= The aim of the workshop is to bring together researchers and practitioners, established and new, interested in bx from different perspectives, including but not limited to: * bidirectional programming languages and frameworks * software development with bx * data and model synchronization * view updating * inter-model consistency analysis and repair * data/schema (or model/metamodel) co-evolution * coupled software/model transformations * inversion of transformations and data exchange mappings * domain-specific languages for bx * analysis and classification of requirements for bx * bridging the gap between formal concepts and application scenarios * analysis of efficiency of transformation algorithms and benchmarks * model-driven and model-based approaches * survey and comparison of bx technologies * case studies and tool support CATEGORIES OF SUBMISSIONS ========================================= Five categories of submissions are considered: * Full Research Papers (13-15 pages) - in-depth presentations of novel concepts and results - applications of bx to new domains - survey papers providing novel comparisons between existing bx technologies and approaches, case studies * Tool Papers (7-8 pages) - guideline papers presenting best practices for employing a specific bx approach (with a specific tool) - presentation of new tools or substantial improvements to existing ones - qualitative and/or quantitative comparisons of applying different bx approaches and tools * Experience Report (7-8 pages) - sharing experiences and lessons learned with bx tools/frameworks/languages - how bx is used in (research/industrial/educational) projects * Short Papers (5 pages) - work in progress - small focused contributions - position papers and research perspectives - critical questions and challenges for bx * Talk Proposals (2 pages) - proposed lectures about topics of interest for bx - existing work representing relevant contributions for bx - promising contributions that are not mature enough to be proposed as papers of the other categories If your submission is not a Full Research Paper, please include the intended submission category in the Title field of EasyChair’s submission form. Tool papers, experience reports and short papers will be mapped to the short paper category in CEUR (5-9 standard pages, 1 standard page = 2500 characters), whereas full research papers will be mapped to the regular paper category in CEUR (min. 10 standard pages). The bibliography is excluded from the page limits. All papers are expected to be self-contained and well-written. Tool papers are not expected to present novel scientific results, but to document artifacts of interest and share bx experience/best practices with the community. Experience papers are expected to report on lessons learnt from applying bx approaches, languages, tools, and theories to practical application case studies. Extended abstracts should primarily provoke interesting discussion at the workshop and will not be held to the same standard of maturity as regular papers; short papers contain focused results, positions or perspectives that can be presented in full in just a few pages, and that correspondingly contain fewer results and that therefore might not be competitive in the full paper category. Talk proposals are expected to present work that is of particular interest to the community and worth a talk slot at the workshop. We strongly encourage authors to ensure that any (variants of) examples are present in the bx example repository at the time of submission, and, for tool papers, to allow for reproducibility with minimal effort, either via a virtual machine (e.g., via Share) or a dedicated website with relevant artifacts and tool access. All submissions will be peer-reviewed by at least three members of the program committee. If a submission is accepted, at least one author is expected to participate in the workshop to present it. Authors of accepted tool paper submissions are also expected to be available to demonstrate their tool at the event. PROCEEDINGS ========================================= The workshop proceedings (in a STAF 2021 joint volume for workshops), including all accepted papers (except talk proposals), shall be submitted after the conference to CEUR-WS.org for online publication. Pre-prints of all papers will be available via the workshop website at the beginning of the conference. Papers must follow the CEUR one column style available at: http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-XXX/CEURART.zip or https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/template-for-submissions-to-ceur-wo... and must be submitted via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bx2021 Please also ensure that your submission is legible when printed on a black and white printer. In particular, please check that colors remain distinct and font sizes are legible. Submissions not complying with the above guidelines may be excluded from the reviewing process without further notice. IMPORTANT DATES ========================================= Abstract submission: April 27, 2021 Paper submission: May 4, 2021 Author notification: May 25, 2021 Early registration: May 27, 2021 Workshop: June 21, 2021 PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS ========================================= The workshop is co-organized by Meng Wang (University of Bristol, UK) and Leen Lambers (Hasso Plattner Institute at the University of Potsdam, Germany). In case of questions, please contact the PC chairs at bx2021@easychair.org . Please find further information w.r.t. the Bx 2021 workshop at: http://bx-community.wikidot.com/bx2021:home and STAF 2021 conference at: https://staf2021.hvl.no/ PROGRAM COMMITTEE ========================================= Ravi Chugh, University of Chicago, USA Anthony Cleve, University of Namur, Belgium Alcino Cunha, University of Minho, Portugal Romina Eramo, University of L'Aquila, Italy Michael Johnson, Macquarie University, Australia Hsiang Shang Ko, Academia Sinica, Taiwan Ralf Lämmel, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany Kazutaka Matsuda, Tohoku University, Japan Fernando Orejas, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain Roly Perera, Alan Turing Institute, UK Perdita Stevens, The University of Edinburgh, UK Tarmo Uustalu, Reykjavik University, Iceland Jens Weber, University of Victoria, Canada Bernhard Westfechtel, University of Bayreuth, Germany =========================================