Simon Van Mierlo

I am a PhD student at the University of Antwerp.This page is about the research I have conducted under the supervision of prof. Hans Vangheluwe of the Modelling, Simulation and Design Lab (MSDL). Before my PhD, I finished my master in Computer Science at the University of Antwerp in July 2013.

My research interest is the multi-paradigm modelling of software-intensive systems. In particular, I'm currently researching techniques for the explicit modelling of model simulation environments.

The Explicit Modelling of Model Debugging and Experimentation

The topic of my PhD is the explicit modelling of simulation and experimentation environments which support debugging. More information can be found on my Projects page.

Evolution of Domain-Specific Languages

During my first research internship, I performed a literary study investigating the evolution of domain-specific languages. More specifically, this deals with the co-evolution problem: migrating modelling artefacts such as models and transformations when the metamodel of the domain-specific language with which they were created evolves. During my second research internship, I implemented enabling technology in ArkM3, the metamodelling kernel for the AToMPM tool: I mapped each ArkM3 construct onto a Himesis graph structure. In my master's thesis, I have implemented the necessary functionality to support evolution of domain-specific languages in the research tool AToMPM. More information can be found on my Projects page.

Adding Rule-Based Model Transformation to Modelling Languages in MetaEdit+

The subject of one of the projects I did for one of prof. Vangheluwe's coures was the adding of rule-based model transformation to modelling languages in MetaEdit+. The goal of the project was to show that the RAMification process can be used to model transformation languages explicitly, independent of implementation technology. In the project, MetaEdit+ was used as modelling environment. There, transformation rules can be created which define the operational semantics of a domain-specific language. These rules are then exported to Python, where T-Core, a library of graph transformation primitives, is used to execute the transformation. The paper which resulted from this project has been presented at GraBaTs 2012. More information on this project can be found on my Projects page.

Upcoming Events

Past Events

2019

The Winter Simulation Conference 2019 (WSC'19). Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland (USA). 8 - 11 December 2019.
The 34rd IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE 2019). San Diego, California, United States. 11 - 15 November 2019.
The 18th International Conference on Generative Programming: Concepts & Experiences (GPCE 2019). Athens, Greece. 20 - 25 October 2019.
The ACM/IEEE 22^nd International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MODELS 2019). Munich, Germany. 15 - 20 September 2019.
The First International Workshop on Multi-Paradigm Modelling for Cyber-Physical Systems (MPM4CPS 2019). Munich, Germany. 15 September 2019.
The 23^rd International Systems and Software Product Line Conference (SPLC 2019). Paris, France. 9 - 13 September 2019.
The 27th ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (ESEC/FSE 2019) Tallinn, Estonia. 26 - 30 August 2019.
The International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications (SIMULTECH 2019). Prague, Czech Republic. 29 - 31 July 2019.
The 51^st Summer Computer Simulation Conference (SCSC'19). Technical University Berlin, Germany. 22 - 24 July 2019.
The 15^th European Conference on Modelling Foundations and Applications (ECMFA). Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, July 15 - 19.
The 11^th ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems (EICS). Valencia, Spain. 18 - 21 June 2019.
Spring Simulation Conference (SpringSim'19). Tuscon, Arizona, US. 29 April - 2 May 2019.
Symposium on Theory and Foundations of Modeling and Simulation (TMS'19). Tuscon, Arizona, US. 29 April - 2 May 2019. Part of the Spring Simulation Conference (SpringSim'19).
The 16^th Bellairs Computer Automated Multi-Paradigm Modelling (CAMPaM) workshop. McGill's Bellairs Research Institute, Barbados. 26 April - 3 May 2019.
The seventh International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development (MODELSWARD 2019). Prague, Czech Republic. 20 - 22 February 2019.

2018

The Winter Simulation Conference 2018. Gothenburg, Sweden. 9 - 12 December 2018.
ACM/IEEE 21^st International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MoDELS 2018). Copenhagen, Denmark. 14 - 19 October 2018.
The Second International Workshop on Debugging in Model-Driven Engineering (MDEbug 2018). Part of MoDELS 2018. Copenhagen, Denmark. 16 October 2018.
The 4th International Workshop on Executable Modeling (EXE 2018). Part of MoDELS 2018. Copenhagen, Denmark. 14 October 2018.
The 2018 Summer Simulation Conference. Bordeaux, France. 9 - 12 July 2018.