Category: Organisational

The 9th System Analysis and Modeling (SAM) conference

Helmut Neukirchen, 1. June 2016

Call for Papers

The System Analysis and Modeling (SAM) conference provides an open arena for participants from academia and industry to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, experiences and concerns in modeling, specification and analysis of distributed, communication and real-time systems using ITU-T’s Specification and Description Language (SDL) and Message Sequence Charts (MSC), as well as related system design languages (including but not limited to UML, ASN.1, TTCN, SysML and URN). 

As in previous editions, SAM 2016 will be co-located with the MODELS 2016. The SAM conference originates from the use of languages and techniques for telecommunications applications, whereas MODELS has a background in the application of UML. However, UML is also used for telecommunications, and the languages standardized by ITU-T (ASN.1, SDL-2010, MSC, TTCN-3, URN) are also used for other applications. The MODELS 2016 conference week is a unique opportunity to attend both of these events with overlapping domains of interest.

Scope and Topics

The 2016 edition of the conference is under the theme of Technology-specific aspects of Models. This theme includes domain-specific aspects of models and peculiarities of using models for different technologies, including, but not limited to the Internet of Things (IoT), automotive software, cloud applications, and embedded software. Moreover, we encourage people to consider publishing information about the usage of models for different purposes and the combination with different software engineering technologies, including, but not limited to software testing, requirements engineering, and automated code generation. 

In addition to our theme, we also invite contributions from a broader range of topics from the following non-exhaustive list:

Models and quality:

  • models quality assurance; quality of models and model artefacts; design of reusable models artefacts; reuse of model artefacts; characteristics of model quality.

Language development:

  • domain-specific languages and language extensions; standardization of language profiles; evolution of language standards; modular language design; semantics; evaluation of languages; languages for real-time systems; performance and other non-functional properties.

Model-driven development:

  • systems engineering; analysis and transformation of models; verification and validation of models; simulation; systematic testing based on and applied to models; tool support.

Applications:

  • Using Specification and Description Language, Message Sequence Charts, UML, SysML, ASN.1, TTCN-3, User Requirements Notation, and related languages.
  • Industrial usage reports; experiences from education; domain-specific applicability (e.g., in automotive, aerospace, telecommunication, process automation and healthcare); methodologies for applications.
  • Application reports should focus on what is effective (and ineffective) in applying a technique preferably backed up by some measurements. A report should not just describe an implementation, though new application areas are of interest.

Location and Venue

SAM 2016 will be held in Saint-Malo, France on October 3rd – 4th 2016. The conference will be co-located with the MODELS 2016.

Submission and Publications

All accepted papers will be published in the well-known Springer Lecture Notes on Computer Science. Submissions must be previously unpublished, written in English, and use the LNCS style as described in the LNCS Author and Editor Guidelines. Authors are strongly encouraged to use the LaTeX version of the template. Papers accepted or under review for other events are ineligible for submission to SAM 2016. Submissions in the following categories are solicited:

  • Full papers describing original, unpublished results (max. 16 pages in LNCS style)
  • Short papers describing work in progress (max. 8 pages in LNCS style)

All page limits are including illustrations, bibliography and appendices. Failure to use the LNCS style and comply to the page limit will lead to a desk-reject of the submission.

The SAM 2016 Program Committee will evaluate the technical contributions of each submission as well as its accessibility to the audience. Papers will be judged based on significance, originality, substance, correctness, and clarity.

Information on how to submit your paper can be found on the submission page.

Important Dates

  • Submission of Abstracts: Sunday, June 19th 2016
  • Submission of Papers: Sunday, June 26th 2016
  • Notification: Wednesday July 27th 2016
  • Camera Ready: Friday, August 5th 2016
  • SAM 2016: Monday, October 3rd and Tuesday, October 4th 2016

Requirements for authors

Accepted papers have to be presented by one of the authors at the SAM 2016. A full SAM 2016 conference registration is required for each accepted paper. Failure to comply to these requirements may result in the exclusion of the paper from the proceedings.

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Giving external students access to UGLA documents

Helmut Neukirchen, 16. October 2015

Sometimes, students that are not registered for a course (but have an UGLA account), need access to course material in UGLA. This can be achieved as follows:

  1. Operations -> Users and groups
  2. New group
  3. Give the new group some name, e.g. External access. Confirm. (UGLA allows to select registered students to be added here, but leave the group empty!)
  4. On the group overview page click on the newly created group.
  5. Add user
  6. In the SSI/kennitala field: either enter kennitala or the person's full HÍ email address. Save.
  7. All operations -> Change group permission. Change permissions accordingly. NOTE: giving permissions for a folder does not recursively apply to the file contained in the folder -- you need to change each and every individual file as well!
  8. Using the URL that you get from "Front Page" link (or simply via the link provided in the course catalogue), the persons should be able to access the folder.

Alternatively, in the Files and Folder area, you can for individual files and folders change the access permissions using the Edit/pen symbol -> Access Permissions

If you have a person without UGLA account, the only possibility is to make the whole course page world-wide visible:

  1. All Operations -> Change front page title -> At Access to the Teaching Web, select Open for everybody (no authentication)

This and other things (e.g. electronic homework submissing incl. student view of this) is also explained (in Icelandic) at Kennslumiðstöð.

categories Organisational, Teaching

Promotion to full professor: Inaugural lecture

Helmut Neukirchen, 18. November 2014

On Wednesday, 19.11.2014, I will celebrate my promotion to full professor. In an inaugural lecture, I will give an overview on my research areas: distributed systems and software engineering. You are welcome to attend in room 132 of building Askja from 15:00 to 15:40. The lecture will be recorded and will later-on be accessible via the School of Enginering and Natural Sciences web page.

bodskort

The lecture was recorded and uploaded to YouTube by someone who is not familiar with German names.

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Research semester in autumn 2013, Parental leave in spring 2014, No course on Distributed Systems in autumn 2013

Helmut Neukirchen, 8. August 2013

I will take a research semester in the autumn semester 2013. As a result, the course TÖL102F Distributed Systems will not take place in autumn 2013 as scheduled, but is rather cancelled/postponed.
After the research semester in the autumn semester 2013, I intend to take a 50% parental leave in the spring semester 2014.
During these times, you may not find me in my office, but I will be reachable via e-mail.

categories Organisational, Teaching

Teaching plans for 2012-2014Teaching plans for 2012-2014

Helmut Neukirchen, 7. January 2013

Update from August 2012: Now it is definitive: HBV201F Software Testing is moved from Spring 2013 to Fall 2012 (and therefore called HBV103F). After that it is intended to teach it again every second spring, i.e. next time would be Spring 2015. (Spring 2014 is scheduled for Software Quality Management.)

The planning for my teaching in the academic year 2012/2013 and 2013/2014 is as follows:

Fall 2012

HBV101F Software Maintenance

The course will consist of two parts: The first part is classical lecture-driven to provide some foundations of Software Maintenance. In the second part, we will have a maintenance project where we will do some maintenance of an existing software project: this is mainly homework, but we will have weekly meetings to do some status reporting.

HBV201F Software Testing

(Update: will be taught in Fall 2012!)

Lecture with weekly homework, one of the assignments needs to be presented in front of class.
Will be based on the ISTQB Certified Tester foundation level syllabus. It is the intention to offer an ISTQB Certified Tester exam so that participants can acquire a certification.

Spring 2013

TÖL401G Operating Systems

Lecture with weekly homework that needs to be handed in.

Fall 2013

I will take a research sabbatical, therefor I will not teach at all. Typically, I would teach Distributed Systems in that semester.

Spring 2014

I will be in 50% parential leave in Spring 2014. From the two courses Software Quality Management and Operating Systems that are scheduled to be taught then, I will teach only one (most likely Software Quality Management) and the other (most likely Operating Systems) will be taught by someone else.

Note that courses (non-obligatory only, of course) may get cancelled if not enough participants register in advance: @MSc students take care to register for a course as soon as possible via UGLA!

categories Organisational, Teaching

E-mail is working again

Helmut Neukirchen, 11. January 2012

The e-mail server is working again and no e-mail seem to have been lost.

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Truflun á tölvupóstkerfi Malfunction of e-mail server

Helmut Neukirchen, 10. January 2012

The e-mail server at the University of Iceland is experiencing problems. Thus, I can currently not read e-mail. In urgent cases, please phone me (see contact information).The e-mail server at the University of Iceland is experiencing problems. Thus, I can currently not read e-mail. In urgent cases, please phone me (see contact information).

categories Organisational

In parental leave in 2010

Helmut Neukirchen, 1. January 2010

Helmut Neukirchen is in parental leave ("fæðingarorlof") from January to December 2010. While I will be reading e-mail during that time, you will find me rarely in my office. However, you can meet me by arranging an appointment via e-mail.

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