MetaCase CEO gives keynote at MoDELS / UML 2005

MetaCase CEO Juha-Pekka Tolvanen has been invited as a keynote speker at the MoDELS/UML 2005 conference, to be held on October 2-7, 2005 in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Juha-Pekka's keynote speech introduces DSM and looks at examples from various fields of software product development, while describing the principles of creating DSM languages and generators.

Domain-Specific Modeling (DSM) provides a viable solution for improving development productivity by moving the focus from implementation concepts to problem domain concepts. With DSM, a new modeling language is created for each problem domain, with elements representing concepts from the domain world, not the code world. The DSM language follows domain abstractions and rules, guiding developers and allowing them to perceive themselves as working directly with domain concepts. When the domain is narrowed down to fit a single company's needs, domain-specific code generators can automatically produce full code straight from the models. Industrial experiences - in cases ranging from embedded software to B2B J2EE web sites - have consistently shown productivity increasing by a factor of 5-10.

The MoDELS conference is devoted to the topic of model-driven engineering, covering both languages and systems used to create complex systems. The MoDELS conference is the premier venue for the exchange of innovative technical ideas and experiences relating to model-driven approaches in the development of software-based systems.