Accepted workshops for SPLC 2025
2nd International Workshop on Reverse Variability Engineering and Evolution of Software-Intensive Systems (Re:Volution)
Organisers: Sebastian Krieter, Wesley K. G. Assunção, Sandra Greiner
Abstract: Identifying and managing variability in configurable systems is a challenging endeavor. Extracting features, constraints, variability models, and reusable artifacts from legacy systems requires advanced reverse engineering techniques, as implementations for variant management in such system are manifold. In addition, like software in general, configurable systems are subject to frequent changes. Not only, do these changes introduce evolution as a second problem dimension in addition to variability, they subsequently make identifying and maintaining variability harder. Traditionally, the methods and tools applied for revision control and variant management are radically different and mutually disjoint. However, research has already suggested that evolution and variability can be tackled holistically. Concrete examples of integrating approaches include uniform or unified versioning, delta-orientation, evolution-aware clone-and-own, projectional SPL editing, and variation control systems.
Re:Volution (the 2nd International Workshop on Reverse Variability Engineering and Evolution of Software-Intensive Systems) joins the motivations originating from REVE and VariVolution. It aims at bringing together active researchers and practioners, who study software variability and its evolution from different angles and encounter these phenomena in real-world applications and systems. The workshop offers a platform for exchanging novel ideas, case studies, and tools and fosters future research collaborations and synergies.
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/revolution2025/home
Ninth International Workshop on Languages for Modelling Variability (MODEVAR@SPLC 2024)
Organisers: Hafiyyan Sayyid Fadhlillah, Victor Lamas Sardiña
Abstract: More than 30 years ago feature models were invented. Nowadays they play a major role in Software Product Line engineering. Since then many different feature modelling variants and extensions have been developed. Although there have been several attempts to establish a standard approach (e.g., OVM, CVL, TVL,..) there is still no consensus on a simple feature modelling language. However, such a language would improve information sharing among researchers and tool developers. Thus, the seventh edition of the workshop follows the spirit of previous editions at SPLC (2019–2022) and at VaMoS (2020 and 2024), to develop a simple feature modelling language that the community can agree on. After questionnaires and discussions among participants of the past six editions, community members proposed the Universal Variability Language (UVL). During this full-day, interactive event all participants shall share knowledge and progress about how to improve and integrate the language to further increase its outreach.
Website: https://modevar.github.io/