Topic T3B: Transformation Languages

Summary

• Requested in 18/26 calls
• Requested in 17/19 pure calls (2010–2026 with the longest streak of 17 years)
• Primary tagged in 13/26 paper bundles
• Primary tagged in 11/19 pure proceedings (2009–2024 with the longest streak of 4 years)
• Secondary tagged in 14/26 paper bundles
• Secondary tagged in 11/19 pure proceedings (2008–2024 with the longest streak of 6 years)
• Top 3 co-occurring topics:
  • T4B: Horizontal Transformation (24 times)
  • T4A: Workbenches (20 times)
  • T2B: Evolution (13 times)
• Top 3 contributors:
  • Andy Schürr (4 times)
  • Anthony Anjorin (3 times)
  • Nils B. Weidmann (3 times)

List of papers (55)

• (ATEM 2006 SI) Formalising Model Transformation Rules for UML/MOF 2 (Carsten Amelunxen, Andy Schürr) T3B T5D T3A T4A
• (ATEM 2006 SI) Aspect-Oriented Prolog in a Language Processing Context (Wolfgang Lohmann, Günter Riedewald, Guido Wachsmuth) T1D T3C T4A T3B
• (SLE 2008) Transformation Language Integration Based on Profiles and Higher Order Transformations (Pieter Van Gorp, Anne Keller, Dirk Janssens) T1D T3B T4B
• (SLE 2008) Formalization and Rule-Based Transformation of EMF Ecore-Based Models (Bernhard Schätz) T4B T5D T3B
• (SLE 2008) A Practical Evaluation of Using TXL for Model Transformation (Hongzhi Liang, Jürgen Dingel) T5E T4B T3B
• (SLE 2009) A Novel Approach to Semi-automated Evolution of DSML Model Transformation (Tihamér Levendovszky, Daniel Balasubramanian, Anantha Narayanan, Gábor Karsai) T2B T3B T4B
• (SLE 2009) Model Transformation Languages Relying on Models as ADTs (Jerónimo Irazábal, Clàudia Pons) T3B T3A T5D
• (SLE 2009) Graphical Template Language for Transformation Synthesis (Elīna Kalniņa, Audris Kalniņš, Edgars Celms, Agris Šostaks) T3B T4F T4B
• (SLE 2010) JTL: A Bidirectional and Change Propagating Transformation Language (Antonio Cicchetti, Davide Di Ruscio, Romina Eramo, Alfonso Pierantonio) T3B T4B T2B
• (SLE 2010) DSLTrans: A Turing Incomplete Transformation Language (Bruno Barroca, Levi Lúcio, Vasco Amaral, Roberto Félix, Vasco Sousa) T3B T5D T4B
• (SLE 2011) A Dedicated Language for Context Composition and Execution of True Black-Box Model Transformations (Andreas Seibel, Regina Hebig, Stefan Neumann, Holger Giese) T1D T3B T5G T6B
• (SLE 2011) An Algorithm for Layout Preservation in Refactoring Transformations (Maartje de Jonge, Eelco Visser) T4B T3B T2B
• (SLE 2011) Metacompiling OWL Ontologies (Anders Nilsson, Görel Hedin) T3E T4C T3B
• (SLE 2011) Towards Combinators for Bidirectional Model Transformations in Scala (Arif Wider) T3B T4B T3F
• (SLE 2012) The Program Is the Model: Enabling Transformations@run.time (Jesús Sánchez Cuadrado, Esther Guerra, Juan de Lara) T4D T3F T3B
• (SLE 2012) A Framework for Bidirectional Model-to-Platform Transformations (Anthony Anjorin, Karsten Saller, Sebastian Rose, Andy Schürr) T4B T3B T4C
• (SLE 2012) Model Transformation Co-evolution: A Semi-automatic Approach (Jokin García, Óscar Díaz, Maider Azanza) T2B T3B T4A
• (SLE 2013) Dark Knowledge and Graph Grammars in Automated Software Design (Don S. Batory, Rui Carlos Gonçalves, Bryan Marker, Janet Siegmund) T4C T3B T1A
• (SLE 2013) Software Evolution to Domain-Specific Languages (Stefan Fehrenbach, Sebastian Erdweg, Klaus Ostermann) T2B T3C T3B
• (SLE 2013) Safe Specification of Operator Precedence Rules (Ali Afroozeh, Mark van den Brand, Adrian Johnstone, Elizabeth Scott, Jurgen Vinju) T1A T3A T3B
• (SLE 2013) Guided Grammar Convergence (Vadim Zaytsev) T5B T4B T3A T3B
• (SLE 2014) fUML as an Assembly Language for Model Transformation (Massimo Tisi, Frédéric Jouault, Jérôme Delatour, Zied Saidi, Hassene Choura) T4B T3B T4D T4A
• (SLE 2014) Respect Your Parents: How Attribution and Rewriting Can Get Along (Anthony M. Sloane, Matthew Roberts, Len Hamey) T3A T3B T1C
• (SLE 2014) Origin Tracking in Attribute Grammars (Kevin Williams, Eric Van Wyk) T3A T5G T3B T1C
• (SLE 2014) Dynamic Scope Discovery for Model Transformations (Māris Jukšs, Clark Verbrugge, Dániel Varró, Hans Vangheluwe) T5F T3B T4D T4G
• (SLE 2014) Test-Data Generation for Xtext (Johannes Härtel, Lukas Härtel, Ralf Lämmel) T5C T4A T3B T5B
• (SLE 2014 SI) Declarative rewriting through circular nonterminal attributes (Emma Söderberg, Görel Hedin) T3A T3B T1C T5E
• (SLE 2015) Distributed Model-to-Model Transformation with ATL on MapReduce (Amine Benelallam, Abel Gómez, Massimo Tisi, Jordi Cabot) T4B T5F T6D T3B
• (SLE 2015) Managing Uncertainty in Bidirectional Model Transformations (Romina Eramo, Alfonso Pierantonio, Gianni Rosa) T4B T5D T2B T3B
• (SLE 2015) Modular Capture Avoidance for Program Transformations (Nico Ritschel, Sebastian Erdweg) T3B T5D T1D T2B
• (SLE 2015) Analysis and Transformation with the Nuthatch Tree-Walking Library (Anya Helene Bagge) T3F T3B T5B T4A
• (SLE 2015) The Whiley Rewrite Language (WyRL) (David J. Pearce) T3B T4C T4A T5D
• (SLE 2016) Parsing and Reflective Printing, Bidirectionally (Zirun Zhu, Yongzhe Zhang, Hsiang-Shang Ko, Pedro Martins, João Saraiva, Zhenjiang Hu) T3B T3C T4B T2B
• (SLE 2016) Symbolic Execution of High-Level Transformations (Ahmad Salim Al-Sibahi, Aleksandar S. Dimovski, Andrzej Wąsowski) T5D T3B T4C
• (SLE 2016) Coupled Software Transformations — Revisited (Ralf Lämmel) T2B T3B T5G T1D
• (SLE 2018) Constraint-based Run-time State Migration for Live Modeling (Ulyana Tikhonova, Jouke Stoel, Tijs van der Storm, Thomas Degueule) T3B T4D
• (SLE 2018) Migrating Business Logic to an Incremental Computing DSL: A Case Study (Daco C. Harkes, Elmer van Chastelet, Eelco Visser) T3B T4A T5E T1D
• (SLE 2019) A Feature-based Classification of Triple Graph Grammar Variants (Nils B. Weidmann, Robin Oppermann, Patrick Robrecht) T3B T4A T5D T4B
• (SLE 2019) Consistency Management via a Combination of Triple Graph Grammars and Linear Programming (Nils B. Weidmann, Anthony Anjorin, Erhan Leblebici, Andy Schürr) T3B T4A T1D
• (SLE 2019) Shadow Models: Incremental Transformations for MPS (Markus Völter, Klaus Birken, Sascha Lisson, Alexander Rimer) T3B T4A T5H
• (SLE 2019) From DSL Specification to Interactive Computer Programming Environment (Pierre Jeanjean, Benoît Combemale, Olivier Barais) T3B T4A T4C T4D
• (SLE 2020) A Precedence-Driven Approach for Concurrent Model Synchronization Scenarios using Triple Graph Grammars (Lars Fritsche, Jens Kosiol, Adrian Möller, Andy Schürr, Gabriele Taentzer) T3B T4A T5D T4B
• (SLE 2020) A Search-Based and Fault-Tolerant Approach to Concurrent Model Synchronisation (Nils B. Weidmann, Lars Fritsche, Anthony Anjorin) T3B T4B T5H
• (SLE 2021) Executing Certified Model Transformations on Apache Spark (Jolan Philippe, Massimo Tisi, Hélène Coullon, Gerson Sunyé) T3B T4A T5D T5E
• (SLE 2021) Getting Grammars into Shape for Block-based Editors (Mauricio Verano Merino, Tom Beckmann, Tijs van der Storm, Robert Hirschfeld, Jurgen Vinju) T3B T4A T4B T4C
• (SLE 2021) Faster Reachability Analysis for LR(1) Parsers (Frédéric Bour, François Pottier) T3B T4B T6B
• (SLE 2022) Selective Traceability for Rule-Based Model-to-Model Transformations (Qurat Ul Ain Ali, Dimitrios S. Kolovos, Konstantinos Barmpis) T5G T3B T4B T5F
• (SLE 2022) Partial Loading of Repository-Based Models through Static Analysis (Sorour Jahanbin, Dimitrios S. Kolovos, Simos Gerasimou, Gerson Sunyé) T5F T5B T4B T3B
• (SLE 2023) Coccinelle: Impact and Internals (Julia Lawall) T3B T2B T6B T4A
• (SLE 2023) Towards Efficient Model Comparison using Automated Program Rewriting (Qurat Ul Ain Ali, Dimitrios S. Kolovos, Konstantinos Barmpis) T4B T3B T5F
• (SLE 2024) Concrete Syntax Metapatterns (Luka Miljak, Casper Bach Poulsen, Rosilde Corvino) T4B T3B T2B T4A
• (SLE 2024) Trieste: A C++ DSL for Flexible Tree Rewriting (Sylvan Clebsch, Matilda Blomqvist, Elias Castegren, Matthew Johnson, Matthew Parkinson) T3B T4C T5F T1D
• (SLE 2024 SI) Supporting reusable model migration with Edelta (Lorenzo Bettini, Amleto Di Salle, Ludovico Iovino, Alfonso Pierantonio) T2B T3B T4A T1E
• (SLE 2024 SI) Zipper-based embedding of strategic attribute grammars (José Nuno Macedo, Emanuel Rodrigues, Marcos Viera, João Saraiva) T3B T3A T4A T5F
• (SLE 2024 SI) Supporting meta-model-based language evolution and rapid prototyping with automated grammar transformation (Weixing Zhang, Jörg Holtmann, Daniel Strüber, Regina Hebig, Jan-Philipp Steghöfer) T2B T3C T3B T4A

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