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The EPSRC network MDENet brings together research and practice in Model-Driven Engineering (MDE). We will do this by:

Driving Future Research

We will establishing a clear understanding, shared by the community, of the current state of the art in research and the challenges at the forefront of academic research and industrial use. We also aim to identify and create opportunities for cross-disciplinary MDE research.

Training the IT Industry

We will curate and produce training material, lowering the barriers to entry for potential new users of MDE technology. These, in turn, will bring new demand and challenges for future research and development in MDE, creating demand and support for new and improved training materials.

Building the MDE Brand

Focusing on activities to increase the visibility of MDE research, and on community building. MDENet will be the home of the MDE community and the authority on MDE, opening this space to individuals and teams not previously involved in MDE

MDENet International: The federated expert network for Model-Driven Engineering

MDENet is part of an international network of networks. More information can be found here.

What do we mean by MDE?

The EPSRC network MDENet brings together research and practice in Model-Driven Engineering (MDE). We will do this by:

Model-Driven Engineering has been studied and practiced under many different names over the past decade or so. So even if you don’t know the term MDE, you may have heard terms like MDSE (Model-Driven Software / Systems Engineering), MDD (Model-Driven Development) etc. We have prepared a glossary of key MDE terms, which you can find here. The central idea is to enable the development of software from higher-level domain-specific modelling languages. This allows a better collaboration between software engineers and domain experts, which is essential for addressing the ICT needs of our modern society. Current predictions suggest that by 2030 1.6 million ICT professional jobs will need to be filled in the European Union alone. This software capacity crisis clearly can only be achieved by enabling co-creation between domain experts and software engineers. MDE is the technology to enable such co-creation.

We are aiming for this network to be a broad church. If you are interested in software development, automation, or (computational) modelling in other domains (biology, AI, robotics, finance, …), this network will likely have something for you. 

MDENet Education Competition

Call for Submissions

Are you teaching MDE or modelling? Do you want to share and exchange exercises and assignments? The new MDENet Education Platform can help with that. And the MDENet Education Competition is your opportunity to try it out and win! We’re calling people to contribute their modelling and MDE assignments in the MDENet Education Platform format.

You can find out more about the MDENet Education Platform and the people involved here.

You can also head to our MDENet Education Competition page here and read all about it.

Join our community for exclusive access to:

Access learning resources on various MDE technologies, such as:

  • MDE in an IoT context
  • MDE with xText – Model in text
  • MDE with Jetbrains MPS – flexible models (soon)
  • MDE with the Eclipse Modelling Framework
  • MDE with the Epsilon Framework
  • MDE on the Web
  • How to use UML (soon)

You’ll be able to attend exclusive workshops, webinars and masterclasses on your favourite topics and learn as you go. Tutorials and how-to videos are also in the making.

Access different kinds of funding opportunities and see your project blossom.

Know more here.

Opportunity to network with like minded people, either if you are a student, an educator, a computer engineer, an industry stakeholder or a MDE expert.

Connect people and find solutions for your problems.

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What do people say?

MDENet is a very welcoming community that has allowed BT to connect with a range of researchers and practitioners that has helped shape our strategy and ideas with regards to MDE. Through our engagement with MDENet BT has been able to solve a number of its specific challenges for the successful application of MDE in the organisation
Joost Noppen
BT
The network supported the development of an extensible web-based educational platform for model-driven engineering tools, which I expect to evolve into a major asset for the community.
Dimitris Kolovos
University of York
The seedcorn grant kickstarted a collaboration where we co-designed a notation to describe citizen science data management practices, which we showcased at the European Geosciences Union 2023 General Assembly: we are now writing together a research proposal to follow up on this work.
Antonio Garcia-Dominguez
University of York
MDENet's funding opportunities have truly been catalytic. They've laid the foundation for students, allowing them to immerse deeply into MDE research and education.
Artur Boronat
Leicester University
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