Following Kelly and Greg, I thought to also make my contribution to Ada Lovelace Day. But, what dawned on me, was that I had too few women professors at NTUA. Sadly, I realized, in Greece, …
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Model pruning for MMTF relator models?
One of the things related to MMTF that I’m not happy about is the way it represents relationships between models: the relator models can be pretty huge. That’s because the related models are represented in their …
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“Relation” vs “Relationship” in model management
My current area of research deals extensively with how models are related. When writing things down, I am constantly befuddled by the fact that there are two words referring to a situation where one thing …
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Models, views and diagrams: a pseudo-ontology
I’ve been struggling with the notions of what is a model, a model type, a view, a diagram etc, so I compiled a small “ontology” (using the term a bit arbitrarily). I tried to reference …
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On models and light bulbs
A nice little excerpt from Thomas Kühne‘s “What is a model?“: A Copy is not a Model If I build a car according to an original being precise in every minute detail, I have not …
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Evaluation of me as a TA
Last year I was a TA for two terms for the same undergrad course (CSC207 Software Design). I just received the student evaluations for my performance as a TA during the winter term, so now …
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Example statechart editor with EuGENia
Here’s an example of what can be done with Emfatic and EuGENia. The following annotated Ecore metamodel can be used to create a nice Statechart graphical editor. Here’s the emfatic source: The diagram of the …
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Eclipse Modeling Day in Toronto, Nov18
I just read on Ian Skerrett’s blog that the Eclipse Foundation announced the organisation of Eclipse Modeling Days in New York City and Toronto. In Toronto, it will happen on Wednesday, November 18 in IBM’s …
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MMTF heavy model types made a bit lighter
Working towards my MSc thesis, I’m increasingly engaging with the Model Management Tool Framework (MMTF), an Eclipse-based tool framework for software model management, built by Rick Salay. At a glance, MMTF allows users to create …
