*********************************************************************** * New International Journal * * Software and System Modeling (SoSyM) *********************************************************************** The new quarterly Springer journal titled Software and System Modeling (SoSyM) will be launched in Fall of 2002. Information about the journal and a call for papers can be found on the website: http://www.sosym.org SoSyM is a quarterly international journal that focuses on theoretical and practical issues pertaining to the development and application of software and system modeling languages and techniques. The aim of the journal is to publish high-quality works that further understanding of the theoretical underpinnings of modeling languages and techniques, present rigorous analyses of modeling experiences, and present scalable modeling techniques and processes that facilitate high-quality and economical development of software. We invite authors to submit papers that discuss and analyze concerns and experiences pertaining to software and system modeling languages, techniques, tools, practices and other facets. The following are some of the topic areas that are of interest: Methodological issues Development of modeling standards Formal syntax and semantics of modeling languages such as the UML Rigorous model-based analysis Model-based testing techniques Model composition and transformation Metamodeling techniques Measuring quality of models Generating test and code artifacts from models Case studies and experience reports with significant lessons learned Comparative analyses of modeling languages and techniques Scientific assessment of modeling practices The submission process is continuously open. Details can be found at: http://www.sosym.org and http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/10270/index.htm You may subscribe to our regular announcements (e.g. about new issues) by sending an email to sosym-announcement-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Editors-in-Chief: Robert France Colorado State University Fort Collins, Colorado, USA E-mail: france@cs.colostate.edu Bernhard Rumpe Munich University of Technology Munich, Germany E-mail: rumpe@in.tum.de Editorial Board: Scott W. Ambler (Canada) Egidio Astesiano (Italy) Jean Bézivin (France) James M. Bieman (USA) Grady Booch (USA) Lionel Briand (Canada) Ed Brinksma (Netherlands) Manfred Broy (Germany) Jean-Michel Bruel (France) Jaelson F.B. Castro (Brazil) Betty H.C. Cheng (USA) Tony Clark (UK) Steve Cook (UK) Desmond DŽSouza (USA) Gregor Engels (Germany) Andy Evans (UK) David Garlan (USA) Martin Gogolla (Germany) David Harel (Israel) Constance L. Heitmeyer (USA) Brian Henderson-Sellers (Australia) Heinrich Hussmann (Germany) Michael Jackson (UK) Ivar Jacobson (USA) Jean-Marc Jezequel (France) Stuart Kent (UK) Cris Kobryn (USA) Ingolf Krüger (USA) Kevin Lano (UK) Gary T. Leavens (USA) Pierre-Alain Muller (France) A. Jefferson Offutt (USA) Wolfgang Reisig (Germany) August-Wilhelm Scheer (Germany) Bran V. Selic (Canada) Perdita Stevens (UK) Jos Warmer (Netherlands) Roel W. Wieringa (Netherlands) Alan Cameron Wills (UK) Jim Woodcock (UK) PS: We apologize if you received this email more than once.