application for models 2013 possible dates: 9/28/13 to 10/04/13 or 10/05/13 to 10/11/13

Proposal for MODELS 2013Miami, Florida - USA

Application for MODELS 2013

Possible Dates:9/28/13 to 10/04/13 or10/05/13 to 10/11/13

General co-Chairs:Jeff Gray (University of Alabama)Antonio Vallecillo (Universidad de

Málaga)

Local Arrangements Chair:Peter Clarke (Florida International

University)


About Miamio Fifth-largest populated urban area in US (5.5Million)o Major hub for culture, entertainment, arts and

fashion (famous “South Beach” area)o In 2008, Forbes’ ranked Miami as “America’s

Cleanest City”o In 2011, WalkScore named Miami the 8th most

walkable cityo Very diverse culture offers multitude of cuisine

optionso Current Temperature this week: 76-82 F (24-28C)o There are 14 universities and colleges in the Miami

area


Accessibility to Miami International Airporto Miami International Airport serves 35 million

passengers each year – rated 28th busiest airport in the world

o MIA is a major hub and the single largest international gateway for American Airlines, the world's second-largest passenger air carrier

o United States' second-largest international port of entry for international air passengers

o Non-stop flights to over seventy international cities in North and South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East

o Ground transportation: shuttles, taxis


Proposed Conference Location• Miami Beach Resort and Spa

o http://www.miamibeachresortandspa.com/o Most affordable option for room cost to attendees ($129 + tax +

fees ~ $165)• Sep. 28, 2013 – Oct 4, 2013• Oct. 5, 2013 – Oct. 11, 2013

o Great venue (424 rooms) – situated on Miami Beacho Host to several recent and future IEEE conferenceso 40,000 sq. ft. meeting spaceo Internet available across entire propertyo 20 minutes taxi from MIAo Middle of Miami Beach; 2.5 miles from South Beach; 3 miles to

downtown

http://www.miamibeachresortandspa.com/


Meeting Room Space


Proposed Banquet Location• Outdoor location at

resort with option for indoors if inclimate weather

• Other options require bussing to downtown areas, such as:• Miami Science Museumo http://www.miamisci.org/

• Miami Seaquariumo http://www.miamiseaquarium.com/

• SoCool Ice Baro http://www.socoolevents.com/evenue.html

http://www.miamisci.org/

http://www.miamisci.org/

http://www.miamiseaquarium.com/

http://www.socoolevents.com/evenue.html


Other Hotels on Miami Beach

• There are 203 hotels on Miami Beach

• Over a dozen other hotel options within a mile

• Many in same price range• Least expensive options

(current)• $53 Venezia Hotel• $79 Lorraine Hotel• $89 Days Inn• $109 Indian Creek Hotel


Draft Budget• We plan to respect the current MODELS fee

structure, trying to lower the fees slightly• A detailed draft spreadsheet is available


Other Conference Venue Options• DoubleTree – Near Airport

o $139 + tax/feeso + Complimentary internet and

airport shuttleo - Not located near any active

areas• Hyatt

o $179 + tax/feeso + Broader range of eating and

social venues for eveningo + Directly attached to downtown

rail systemo - Most expensive option


Proposed Organization• Jeff Gray and Antonio Vallecillo

o Co-founders of the ICMT conferenceo Recently assisted in organizing AOSD 2009,

TOOLS/ICMT 2010, SLE 2010, ECMFA 2012, ECOOP 2002, as well as organization activities in SPLASH/OOPSLA

o Deep collaboration (organization, sharing of post-doc)o Participation in several past MODELS organization

activities

Jeff GrayAssociate ProfessorUniversity of Alabamawww.cs.ua.edu/~gray

Antonio VallecilloProfessorUniversidad de Málaga http://www.lcc.uma.es/~av/


Proposed Organization• Local Organizing Chair

o Peter Clarke, Florida International Universityo Assisted in several MODELS activities

(e.g., Educators Symposium)o Interaction with local venue and budget planning

• Panel Chairo TBD – 2014 co-Chair

• Tutorial co-Chairso Jordi Cabot, École des Mines de Nanteso Jörg Kienzle, McGill University

• Workshops co-Chairso Fabio Costa, Universidade Federal de Goiáso Eugene Syriani, University of Alabama


Proposed Organization• Poster co-Chairs

o Benoit Baudry, INRIA/IRISAo Sudipto Ghosh, Colorado State University

• Demo co-Chairso Yan Liu, Pacific Northwest National Labo Steffen Zschaler, Kings College London

• Publicity co-Chairso James Hill, IUPUIo Martina Seidl, JKU Linz


Proposed Organization• Social Media Chair

o To be namedo Several exciting ideas for this position

• Web Chairo Robert Tairas, INRIA (post-doc)o Served as AOSD 2009 Web Chair

• Student Volunteers Chairo Yali Wu, University of Detroit Mercyo Familiar with Miami Area (FIU Ph.D.)o Previous SV experience at other venues

• Others interested in assistingo Jules White, Virginia Techo Aniruddha Gokhale, Vanderbilt Universityo Jonathan Sprinkle, University of Arizona


Sponsors• Confirmed

o Florida International University• In-Discussion

o University of AlabamaCollege of Engineering

o University of Malaga• Expressing Interest


Crazy Ideas• Instead of a conference bag, we are

thinking about a beach towel (and modest folder for holding conference program, etc.)

• Go paperless with USB proceedings• Enrich the social aspects with daily

summaries to email, twitter, etc.• Consider 2-page paper extension for those

authors who address empirical evaluation of their approach (please see next slide)


• Empirical Evaluation Lacking in MODELS Culture


Questions/Ideas• A 3-minute video is available if interested• Suggestions for Educators/Doctoral

Symposium• Consider ACM SRC for student poster

competition• Seek NSF/EU funding for Doctoral

Symposium• Co-location ideas?

application for models 2013 possible dates: 9/28/13 to 10/04/13 or 10/05/13 to 10/11/13

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