MDENet

the expert network in model-driven engineering
Funded by Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Network Grant award.

MDENet is the expert network for model-driven engineering. I am the director of this EPSRC funded network, together with Perdita Stevens from the University of Edinburgh. More information about the network is available on the network website.

The network was funded by EPSRC from 2020 to 2023, with an extension into 2024, and led to the creation of an international network.

Project team members

Nuno da Silva

Nuno was the network coordinator for MDENet.

Administrator

Will Barnett

Will was instrumental in building the first version of the MDENet Education Platform.

Research Software Engineer

References

Journal Articles

2025

SoSyM

The MDENet Education Platform: Zero-Install Directed Activities for Learning MDE

Steffen Zschaler, Will Barnett, Artur Boronat, and 2 more authors

Software and Systems Modelling (SoSyM), 2025

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@article{ZschalerEtAl25,
  author = {Zschaler, Steffen and Barnett, Will and Boronat, Artur and Garcia-Dominguez, Antonio and Kolovos, Dimitris},
  title = {The {MDENet} Education Platform: Zero-Install Directed Activities for Learning {MDE}},
  journal = {Software and Systems Modelling (SoSyM)},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.1007/s10270-025-01292-3},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s10270-025-01292-3},
}

2024

SciCo

Preface to the special issue on success stories in model driven engineering

Paula Muñoz, Steffen Zschaler, and Richard F. Paige

Science of Computer Programming 233, 2024

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@article{MunozEtAl24,
  author = {Muñoz, Paula and Zschaler, Steffen and Paige, Richard F.},
  journal = {Science of Computer Programming},
  title = {Preface to the special issue on success stories in model driven engineering},
  year = {2024},
  issn = {0167-6423},
  pages = {103072},
  volume = {233},
  doi = {10.1016/j.scico.2023.103072},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scico.2023.103072},
}

SoSyM

Requirements for Modelling Tools for Teaching

Jörg Kienzle, Steffen Zschaler, William Barnett, and 8 more authors

Software and Systems Modelling 23, 2024

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@article{KienzleZschaler24,
  author = {Kienzle, J{\"o}rg and Zschaler, Steffen and Barnett, William and Sa{\u{g}}lam, Timur and Bucchiarone, Antonio and Abrah{\~a}o, Silvia and Syriani, Eugene and Kolovos, Dimitris and Lethbridge, Timothy and Mustafiz, Sadaf and Meacham, Sofia},
  title = {Requirements for Modelling Tools for Teaching},
  journal = {Software and Systems Modelling},
  volume = {23},
  pages = {1055--1073},
  year = {2024},
  url = {\url{https://doi.org/10.1007/s10270-024-01192-y}},
  doi = {10.1007/s10270-024-01192-y},
}

Conference and Workshop Papers

2024

MoDELS

Move your MDE teaching online: The MDENet Education Platform

Steffen Zschaler, Will Barnett, Artur Boronat, and 2 more authors

In 27th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MODELS’24): Tools and Demonstrations, 2024

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@inproceedings{ZschalerEtAl24,
  author = {Zschaler, Steffen and Barnett, Will and Boronat, Artur and Garcia-Dominguez, Antonio and Kolovos, Dimitris},
  title = {Move your MDE teaching online: The MDENet Education Platform},
  booktitle = {27th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MODELS'24): Tools and Demonstrations},
  year = {2024},
  url = {\url{https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3652620.3687780}},
}

2023

Designing Learning Paths with Open Educational Resources: A Case Study in Model-Driven Engineering

Antonio Bucchiarone, Andrea Vazquez-Ingelmo, Gianluca Schiavo, and 3 more authors

In 18th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, 2023

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@inproceedings{BucchiaroneEtAl23a,
  author = {Bucchiarone, Antonio and Vazquez-Ingelmo, Andrea and Schiavo, Gianluca and Garcia-Holgado, Alicia and Garcia-Penalvo, Francisco and Zschaler, Steffen},
  title = {Designing Learning Paths with Open Educational Resources: A Case Study in Model-Driven Engineering},
  year = {2023},
  booktitle = {18th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies},
}

Towards Personalized Learning Paths to Empower Competency Development in Model Driven Engineering through the ENCORE platform

Antonio Bucchiarone, Andrea Vazquez-Ingelmo, Gianluca Schiavo, and 7 more authors

In Proc. Educators Symposium at MODELS 2023, 2023

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@inproceedings{BucchiaroneEtAl23b,
  author = {Bucchiarone, Antonio and Vazquez-Ingelmo, Andrea and Schiavo, Gianluca and Barandoni, Simone and Garcia-Holgado, Alicia and Garcia-Penalvo, Francisco Jose and Mosser, Sebastien and Pierantonio, Alfonso and Zschaler, Steffen and Barnett, William},
  title = {Towards Personalized Learning Paths to Empower Competency Development in Model Driven Engineering through the {ENCORE} platform},
  booktitle = {Proc. Educators Symposium at MODELS 2023},
  year = {2023},
}

An Online Education Platform for Teaching MDE

Will Barnett, Steffen Zschaler, Artur Boronat, and 2 more authors

In Proc. Educators Symposium at MODELS 2023, 2023

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@inproceedings{BarnettEtAl23,
  author = {Barnett, Will and Zschaler, Steffen and Boronat, Artur and Garcia-Dominguez, Antonio and Kolovos, Dimitris},
  title = {An Online Education Platform for Teaching {MDE}},
  booktitle = {Proc. Educators Symposium at MODELS 2023},
  year = {2023},
}

Automatic Inference of Smart Data Discovery Interfaces for Rare Disease Datasets

Artur Boronat, Adekunle Ademeyo, Mehdi Mehtarizadeh, and 1 more author

In 3rd International Health Data Workshop (HEDA’23), 2023

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@inproceedings{BoronatEtAl23,
  author = {Boronat, Artur and Ademeyo, Adekunle and Mehtarizadeh, Mehdi and Zschaler, Steffen},
  title = {Automatic Inference of Smart Data Discovery Interfaces for Rare Disease Datasets},
  booktitle = {3rd International Health Data Workshop (HEDA'23)},
  year = {2023},
}

Miscellaneous

2024

arXiv

Abstraction Engineering

Nelly Bencomo, Jordi Cabot, Marsha Chechik, and 4 more authors

2024

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@misc{BencomoEtAl24,
  author = {Bencomo, Nelly and Cabot, Jordi and Chechik, Marsha and Cheng, Betty H. C. and Combemale, Benoit and Wąsowski, Andrzej and Zschaler, Steffen},
  title = {Abstraction Engineering},
  year = {2024},
  url = {\url{https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2408.14074}},
  doi = {10.48550/arXiv.2408.14074},
}