A key benefit of system and software modeling is the ability to explore various design alternatives to reach a fixedpoint representation of a concrete system design. Among a diverse set of configuration possibilities, a model engineer must be able to explo

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Jeff Gray is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), where he co-directs the research in the Software Composition and Modeling (SoftCom) laboratory. His primary research interests include model-driven engineering, aspect-orientation, and generative programming. He obtained the PhD in Computer Science from Vanderbilt University and BS/MS in Computer Science from West Virginia University. Jeff is a member of the ACM and has been a member of IEEE for over 18 years (consistently since a freshman undergraduate). Contact him at gray@cis.uab.edu.

Yuehua (“Jane”) Lin is a PhD candidate in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and member of the SoftCom lab. Jane’s technical interests are focused on model transformation and supporting tools. She has an MS in Computer Science from Auburn University. Jane is a student member of the IEEE and ACM. Contact her at liny@cis.uab.edu.

Jing Zhang is a PhD candidate in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and member of the SoftCom lab. Her research is focused on techniques that combine model transformation and program transformation in order to assist in evolving large software systems. Jing obtained an MS in Computer Science from UAB. She is a student member of the ACM. Jing can be contacted at zhangj@cis.uab.edu.