This is a reminder that the deadline for early registration for the Summer School on Generative and Transformational Techniques in Software Engineering (GTTSE 2005), to be held in Braga, Portugal, from July 4 to 8, 2005, is: *** Early Registration Deadline: April 15, 2005 *** Online registration can be done via the GTTSE website at: http://www.di.uminho.pt/GTTSE2005 For more details, please consult the website or the call for participation below. -- Dr. ir. Joost Visser | Departamento de Informática phone +351-253-604461 | Universidade do Minho fax +351-253-604471 | mailto:Joost.Visser@di.uminho.pt mobile +351-91-6253618 | http://www.di.uminho.pt/~joost.visser ------------- Summer School on Generative and Transformational Techniques in Software Engineering 4 - 8 July, 2005, Braga, Portugal http://www.di.uminho.pt/GTTSE2005 SCOPE AND FORMAT The summer school brings together PhD students, lecturers, technology presenters, as well as other researchers and practitioners who are interested in the generation and the transformation of programs, data, models, meta-models, and documentation. This concerns many areas of software engineering: software reverse and re-engineering, model-driven approaches, automated software engineering, generic language technology, to name a few. These areas differ with regard to the specific sorts of meta-models (or grammars, schemas, formats etc.) that underly the involved artifacts, and with regard to the specific techniques that are employed for the generation and the transformation of the artifacts. The tutorials are given by renowned representatives of complementary approaches and problem domains. Each tutorial combines foundations, methods, examples, and tool support. The program of the summer school also features invited technology presentations, which present setups for generative and transformational techniques. These presentations complement each other in terms of the chosen application domains, case studies, and the underlying concepts. Furthermore, the program of the school also features a participants workshop. All students of the summer school will be invited to give a presentation about their ongoing work. They will be asked to submit a title and an abstract beforehand. The senior researchers present at the summer school will provide the students with feedback on their presentations. All summer school material will be collected in proceedings that are handed out to the participants. Formal proceedings will be compiled after the summer school, where all contributions are subjected to additional reviewing. The formal proceedings will be published in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series of Springer. TUTORIALS * Don Batory (The University of Texas at Austin): Feature Oriented Programming * Ira Baxter (Semantic Designs Inc.): Compiling Fast XML reader/writers from DTDs using Program Transformations * Jean Bezivin (INRIA, LINA, University of Nantes): Metamodelling and Model Driven Software Development * Shigeru Chiba (Tokyo Institute of Technology): Program Transformation With Reflective and Aspect-Oriented Programming * Jean-Luc Hainaut (University of Namur): The Transformational Approach to Database Engineering * Zhenjiang Hu (University of Tokyo): Program Optimization and Transformation in Calculational Forms * Erik Meijer (Microsoft, Redmond): Object, relational, and XML mapping * Tom Mens (University of Mons-Hainaut): On the Use of Graph Transformations for Model Refactoring TECHNOLOGY PRESENTATIONS The purpose of the technology presentations is to supplement the theoretical knowledge acquired in the tutorials with practical knowledge of how generative and transformational tool support can be instrumental in solving software engineering problems. Technology presentations can include, but are not limited to demonstration of the features of a single tool. Rather, they include: * Reference to the concepts behind the technology * Application of the technology to a case study of non-trivial scale * Clear statement of benefits and limitations of the technology The participants will have ample opportunity to interact in informal manner with the technology presenters. Confirmed technology presentations: (Note: titles and authors abbreviated) * Mark van den Brand (CWI & HvA, The Netherlands) et al.: Applications of the ASF+SDF Meta-Environment * Martin Bravenboer (Utrecht University, The Netherlands) et al.: Domain-specific Language Embedding using Stratego/XT and MetaBorg * Thomas R. Dean (Queen's University, Canada): Applications of Agile Parsing To Web Services * Helena Galhardas (IST Tagus Park, Portugal): Data cleaning and transformation using te AJAX framework * Dirk Heuzeroth (sd&m AG, Germany) et al.: A Tool Suite for Invasive Software Composition * Frederic Jouault (UniversitÈ de Nantes, France): Model Transformation and Weaving Tools in the AMMA Platform * Guenter Kniesel (University of Bonn): Refactoring based on Composable Conditional Program Transformations * Victor Winter (University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA): Software transformation with HATS' Higher-Order Transformation * Albert Zuendorf (University of Kassel, Germany): Model Driven Software Development with Fujaba * Mohammed El-Ramly (University of Leicester, UK) Forms2.NET - Migrating Oracle Forms to Microsoft .NET VENUE The summer school will be held in the northern region of Portugal, known as the Costa Verde. The region is known for its attractiveness in terms of climate, prices, and culture. The region is served by the Oporto international airport, providing direct flights to many major European cities. The event will take place in Hotel da Falperra, situated in the hills overlooking the city of Braga. Hotel da Falperra is a four star hotel that provides splendid seminar and leisure facilities including a swimming pool. The hotel is situated in a quiet and somewhat isolated mountain area, which promotes the interaction between senior and junior researchers. The hotel has good connections to the Braga city center (approx. 10 min). DEADLINES AND FEES * Early registration until April 15, registration fee EUR 450. * Late registration until June 1, registration fee EUR 600. The registration fee includes: * accommodation in double room in the 4 star Hotel da Falperra * breakfasts, lunch, and coffee breaks (5 days) * dinners, reception, and banquet (5 evenings) * social programme * tutorial material * airport shuttles Participants are expected to arrive on Sunday, July 3, and to be present during the entire summer school, which ends in the late afternoon of Friday, July 8. PARTICIPANT SELECTION The number of participants is limited to 100. We want to ensure a diverse, well-matched, and well motivated set of participants. Therefore, participants will be selected on the basis of the information they supply on their registration form. In particular, we will take into consideration the relevance of the summer school topics to your area of research and to those of your group. After receiving your registration form, you will receive notification of acceptance within two weeks, or you will be asked to provide some additional information. Together with the notification of acceptance, you will receive detailed payment instructions. When payment has been received, your registration will be confirmed. SUMMER SCHOOL CHAIRS * Ralf Laemmel (Program Chair), Microsoft Corp., Redmond, U.S.A. * Joao Saraiva (Program Chair), Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal. * Joost Visser (Organizing Chair), Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal. WEB SITE INCLUDING REGISTRATION http://www.di.uminho.pt/GTTSE2005 SPONSORS * Fundação Oriente * Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia * Springer-Verlag * Microsoft * Enabler * Software Improvement Group -------------