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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)
Proposal for MODELS 2013Miami, Florida - USA
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
Proposal for MODELS 2013Miami, Florida - USA
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
Proposal for MODELS 2013Miami, Florida - USA
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
Proposal for MODELS 2013Miami, Florida - USA
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
Proposal for MODELS 2013Miami, Florida - USA
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
Proposal for MODELS 2013Miami, Florida - USA
Draft Budget• We plan to respect the current MODELS fee
structure, trying to lower the fees slightly• A detailed draft spreadsheet is available
Proposal for MODELS 2013Miami, Florida - USA
Other Conference Venue Options• DoubleTree – Near Airport
o $139 + tax/feeso + Complimentary internet and
airport shuttleo - Not located near any active
areas
• Hyatto $179 + tax/feeso + Broader range of eating and
social venues for eveningo + Directly attached to downtown
rail systemo - Most expensive option
Proposal for MODELS 2013Miami, Florida - USA
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/
Proposal for MODELS 2013Miami, Florida - USA
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
Proposal for MODELS 2013Miami, Florida - USA
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
Proposal for MODELS 2013Miami, Florida - USA
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
Proposal for MODELS 2013Miami, Florida - USA
Sponsors• Confirmed
o Florida International University
• In-Discussiono University of Alabama
College of Engineeringo University of Malaga
• Expressing Interest
Proposal for MODELS 2013Miami, Florida - USA
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)