Computer Science at Kent

This talk sets out the problem domain for model transformation and introduces a set of use cases for transformation including model differencing, pattern expansion, model merging and weaving, alternate views and generation of platform specific artifacts from a platform independent model. The talk also discusses where model transformation fits into the development process and who we can expect to be building and using model transformations. Biography Dr Tracy Gardner has a PhD in the area of programming/modelling language design which was a winner of the CPHC/BCS Distinguished Dissertations award 2000. Tracy has been a user of OO modelling languages since 1993 and has worked with UML from the beginning. While working for the UK Office for Library and Information Technology (UKOLN) Tracy was involved in two collaborative EU projects in the digital libraries domain (the latter part of DESIRE and the early part of RENARDUS). Tracy has spent time as a practitioner of model-driven development, using the UMLbased Rational Rose Real-Time product while working for Marconi Telecommunications Ltd. Since joining IBM in 2001 Tracy has been involved in model-driven component technologies for business integration. Dr Gardner's current work is on applying Model-Driven Development to the Business Integration domain; she was the main contributor to a UML profile for automated business processes with a mapping to BPEL4WS and is now collaborating on IBM's response to the OMG's Business Process Definition Metamodel and MOF Queries/Views/Transformations RFPs. Tracy has presented on model-driven development at a number of industry conferences (including the OMG MDA? Implementers' Workshop, Enterprise UML 2003) and will also present at the 1st European Conference on Model-Driven Software Engineering. Tracy Gardner is also a member of the program committee for the second OMG MDA? Implementers' workshop. She has recently been involved as a reviewer for UML 2.0 (for the Activity modelling chapter) and as a subject matter expert for a UML 2.0 professional certification exam.