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2nd Call for papers - <Programming> 2017
by Tim Molderez 10 Nov '16

10 Nov '16

<Programming> 2017 : The Art, Science, and Engineering of Programming April 3-6, 2017, Brussels, Belgium http://2017.programming-conference.org We started a new conference and journal focused on everything to do with programming, including the experience of programming. We call the conference <Programming> for short. Paper submissions and publications are handled by the journal. Accepted papers must be presented at the conference. ******************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS ******************************************************** <Programming> 2017 accept scholarly papers including essays that advance the knowledge of programming. Almost anything about programming is in scope, but in each case there should be a clear relevance to the act and experience of programming. **PAPER SUBMISSIONS**: December 1, 2016 We accept submissions covering several areas of expertise. These areas include, but are not limited to: • General-purpose programming • Distributed systems programming • Parallel and multi-core programming • Graphics and GPU programming • Security programming • User interface programming • Database programming • Visual and live programming • Data mining and machine learning programming • Interpreters, virtual machines and compilers • Modularity and separation of concerns • Model-based development • Metaprogramming and reflection • Testing and debugging • Program verification • Programming education • Programming environments • Social coding ******************************************************** IMPORTANT DATES ******************************************************** • Research paper submissions: December 1, 2016 • Research paper first notifications: February 1, 2017 • Research paper final notifications: March 7, 2017 • Workshop proposals: November 15, 2016 • European Lisp Symposium submissions: January 30, 2017 **new** • Salon des Refusés workshop submissions: February 1, 2017 **new** • LASSY 2017 workshop submissions: January 13, 2017 **new** • PX 2017 workshop submissions: February 4, 2017 • Poster abstract submissions: January 16, 2017 ******************************************************** ORGANIZATION ******************************************************** General Chair: Theo D'Hondt, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Local Organizing Chair: Wolfgang De Meuter, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Program Chair: Crista V. Lopes, University of California, Irvine Organizing Committee: Jörg Kienzle (workshops), McGill University Hidehiko Masuhara (demos), Tokyo Institute of Technology Ralf Lämmel (contest), University of Koblenz-Landau Jennifer Sartor (posters), Vrije Universiteit Brussel Tobias Pape (web technology), HPI - University of Potsdam Tim Molderez (publicity), Vrije Universiteit Brussel Program Committee: Andrew Black, Portland State University Shigeru Chiba, University of Tokyo Yvonne Coady, University of Victoria Robby Findler, Northwestern University Lidia Fuentes, Universidad de Málaga Richard Gabriel, IBM Research Elisa Gonzalez Boix, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Jeff Gray, University of Alabama Robert Hirschfeld, HPI - University of Potsdam Roberto Ierusalimschy, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro Jörg Kienzle, McGill University Hidehiko Masuhara, Tokyo Institute of Technology Sasa Misailovic, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Guido Salvaneschi, Technische Universität Darmstadt Mario Südholt, Ecole des mines de Nantes Jurgen Vinju, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica Tijs van der Storm, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica ******************************************************** <Programming> 2017 is kindly supported by: ACM in-cooperation ACM SIGPLAN in-cooperation ACM SIGSOFT in-cooperation AOSA Vrije Universiteit Brussel ******************************************************** For more information, visit http://2017.programming-conference.org

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<Programming> 2017: Call for papers
by Tim Molderez 17 Oct '16

17 Oct '16

<Programming> 2017 : The Art, Science, and Engineering of Programming April 3-6, 2017, Brussels, Belgium http://2017.programming-conference.org We started a new conference and journal focused on everything to do with programming, including the experience of programming. We call the conference <Programming> for short. Paper submissions and publications are handled by the journal. Accepted papers must be presented at the conference. ******************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS ******************************************************** <Programming> 2017 accept scholarly papers including essays that advance the knowledge of programming. Almost anything about programming is in scope, but in each case there should be a clear relevance to the act and experience of programming. PAPER SUBMISSIONS: December 1, 2016 We accept submissions covering several areas of expertise. These areas include, but are not limited to: • General-purpose programming • Distributed systems programming • Parallel and multi-core programming • Graphics and GPU programming • Security programming • User interface programming • Database programming • Visual and live programming • Data mining and machine learning programming • Interpreters, virtual machines and compilers • Modularity and separation of concerns • Model-based development • Metaprogramming and reflection • Testing and debugging • Program verification • Programming education • Programming environments • Social coding ******************************************************** CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS ******************************************************** To build a community and to foster an environment where participants can exchange ideas and experiences related to practical software development, ‹Programming› will host a number of workshops, during the days before the main conference. The workshops will provide a collaborative forum to exchange recent and/or preliminary results, to conduct intensive discussions on a particular topic, or to coordinate efforts between representatives of a technical community. They are intended as a forum for lively discussion of innovative ideas, recent progress, or practical experience on programming and applied software development in general for specific aspects, specific problems, or domain-specific needs. We also encourage practical, hands-on workshops in which participants actually experience one or several aspects of practical software development. WORKSHOP PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS: November 15, 2016 The duration of workshops is in general one day, but we encourage the submission of half-day workshop proposals on focused topics as well. In exceptional situations, e.g., for workshops that involve actual practice of programming-related activities, workshop organizers can request a 2 day workshop slot. If desired, the workshop proceedings can be published in the ACM Digital Library. ******************************************************** IMPORTANT DATES ******************************************************** Research paper submissions: December 1, 2016 Research paper first notifications: February 1, 2017 Research paper final notifications: March 7, 2017 Workshop proposals: November 15, 2016 PX 2017 workshop submissions: January 15, 2017 Poster abstract submissions: January 16, 2017 ******************************************************** ORGANIZATION ******************************************************** General Chair: Theo D'Hondt, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Local Organizing Chair: Wolfgang De Meuter, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Program Chair: Crista V. Lopes, University of California, Irvine Organizing Committee: Jörg Kienzle (workshops), McGill University Hidehiko Masuhara (demos), Tokyo Institute of Technology Ralf Lämmel (contest), University of Koblenz-Landau Jennifer Sartor (posters), Vrije Universiteit Brussel Tobias Pape (web technology), HPI - University of Potsdam Tim Molderez (publicity), Vrije Universiteit Brussel Program Committee: Andrew Black, Portland State University Shigeru Chiba, University of Tokyo Yvonne Coady, University of Victoria Robby Findler, Northwestern University Lidia Fuentes, Universidad de Málaga Richard Gabriel, IBM Research Elisa Gonzalez Boix, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Jeff Gray, University of Alabama Robert Hirschfeld, HPI - University of Potsdam Roberto Ierusalimschy, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro Jörg Kienzle, McGill University Hidehiko Masuhara, Tokyo Institute of Technology Sasa Misailovic, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Guido Salvaneschi, Technische Universität Darmstadt Mario Südholt, Ecole des mines de Nantes Jurgen Vinju, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica Tijs van der Storm, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica ******************************************************** <Programming> 2017 is kindly supported by: ACM in-cooperation ACM SIGPLAN in-cooperation ACM SIGSOFT in-cooperation AOSA Vrije Universiteit Brussel ******************************************************** For more information, visit http://2017.programming-conference.org

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DSLDI 2016: Final Call for Talk Proposals (Extended Deadline)
by Eric Walkingshaw 04 Aug '16

04 Aug '16

********************************************************************* FINAL CALL FOR TALK PROPOSALS DSLDI 2016 Fourth Workshop on Domain-Specific Language Design and Implementation October 31, 2016 Amsterdam, Netherlands Co-located with SPLASH http://2016.splashcon.org/track/dsldi2016 https://twitter.com/wsdsldi ********************************************************************* Deadline for talk proposals: August 15, 2016 (extended!) *** Workshop Goal *** Well-designed and implemented domain-specific languages (DSLs) can achieve both usability and performance benefits over general-purpose programming languages. By raising the level of abstraction and exploiting domain knowledge, DSLs can make programming more accessible, increase programmer productivity, and support domain-specific optimizations. The goal of the DSLDI workshop is to bring together researchers and practitioners interested in discussing how DSLs should be designed, implemented, supported by tools, and applied in realistic contexts. The focus of the workshop is on all aspects of this process, from soliciting domain knowledge from experts, through the design and implementation of the language, to evaluating whether and how a DSL is successful. More generally, we are interested in continuing to build a community that can drive forward the development of modern DSLs. An additional goal of this year's workshop is to encourage discussion about the usability of DSLs, and to establish connections with researchers in related areas, such as end-user software engineering, who have studied human factors of programming languages and tools. *** Workshop Format *** DSLDI is a single-day workshop and will consist of moderated audience discussions structured around a series of talks. The role of the talks is to facilitate interesting and substantive discussion. Therefore, we welcome and encourage talks that express strong opinions, describe open problems, propose new research directions, and report on early research in progress. Proposed talks should be on topics within DSLDI's area of interest, which include but are not limited to: * solicitation and representation of domain knowledge * DSL design principles and processes * DSL implementation techniques and language workbenches * domain-specific optimizations * human factors of DSLs * tool support for DSL users * community and educational support for DSL users * applications of DSLs to existing and emerging domains * studies of usability, performance, or other benefits of DSLs * experience reports of DSLs deployed in practice *** Call for Submissions *** We solicit talk proposals in the form of short abstracts (max. 2 pages). A good talk proposal describes an interesting position, open problem, demonstration, or early achievement. The submissions will be reviewed on relevance and clarity, and used to plan the mostly interactive sessions of the workshop day. Publication of accepted abstracts and slides on the website is voluntary. * Deadline for talk proposals: August 15, 2016 * Notification: September 5, 2016 * Workshop: October 31, 2016 * Submission website: https://dsldi16.hotcrp.com/ *** Workshop Organization *** Organizers: * Eric Walkingshaw (Oregon State University) * Tijs van der Storm (CWI) Program committee: * Iman Avazpour (Deakin University) * Christopher Bogart (Carnegie Mellon University) * Andy Gill (University of Kansas) * Sylvia Grewe (TU Darmstadt) * Kate Howland (University of Sussex) * Lindsey Kuper (Intel Labs) * Darya Kurilova (Carnegie Mellon University) * Ralf Lämmel (University of Koblenz-Landau) * Tanja Mayerhofer (Vienna University of Technology) * Marjan Mernik (University of Maribor) * Sarah Mount (King's College London) * Justin Pombrio (Brown University) * Tillmann Rendel (University of Tübingen) * Tiark Rompf (Purdue & Oracle Labs) * Sonja Schimmler (Bundeswehr University Munich) * Markus Völter (itemis) * Peng Wu (Huawei America Lab)

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SIGPLAN Programming Languages Mentoring Workshop @ SPLASH'16
by Tijs van der Storm 04 Jul '16

04 Jul '16

SIGPLAN Programming Languages Mentoring Workshop @ SPLASH'16 Amsterdam, The Netherlands (part of SPLASH 2016) Tuesday, November 1st, 2016 http://2016.splashcon.org/track/splash-2016-plmw We are pleased to invite students interested in programming languages to the Programming Languages Mentoring Workshop (PLMW) at SPLASH. The goal of this workshop is to introduce senior undergraduate and early graduate students to research topics in programming languages as well as provide career mentoring advice. We have recruited leaders from the programming languages community to provide overviews of current research topics and give students valuable advice about how to thrive in graduate school, search for a job, and cultivate habits and skills that will help them in research careers. This workshop is part of the activities surrounding SPLASH, and takes place the day before the main conference. A key goal of the workshop is to make SPLASH more accessible to newcomers. Through the generous donation of our sponsors, we are able to provide travel scholarships to fund student participation. These travel scholarships will cover reasonable travel expenses (airfare and hotel) for attendance at both the workshop and the following main three days of SPLASH. The workshop is open to all. Students with alternative sources of funding for their travel and registration fees are welcome. In particular, many student attendance programs provide full or partial travel funding for students to attend SPLASH 2016. More information about student attendance programs at SPLASH is available here: http://2016.splashcon.org/attending/students Application for Travel Support: The travel funding application is available from the PLMW webpage. The deadline for full consideration of funding is August 15th, 2016. Selected participants will be notified by September 1st. Organizers: Sandrine Blazy, University of Rennes 1 Ulrik Pagh Schultz, University of Southern Denmark

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2nd CfP: SLE 2016 (9th ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Software Language Engineering)
by Andrei Chis 01 Jun '16

01 Jun '16

**Call for Papers** ======================================================================== 9th ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Software Language Engineering (SLE 2016) Oct 31-Nov 1, 2016, Amsterdam, Netherlands (Co-located with SPLASH 2016) General chair: Tijs van der Storm, CWI, Netherlands Program co-chairs: Dániel Varro, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary Emilie Balland, Sensational AG, Switzerland http://conf.researchr.org/track/sle-2016/sle-2016-papers http://www.sleconf.org/2016/ Follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/sleconf ======================================================================== Software Language Engineering (SLE) is the application of systematic, disciplined, and measurable approaches to the development, use, deployment, and maintenance of software languages. The term "software language" is used broadly, and includes: general-purpose programming languages; domain-specific languages (e.g. BPMN, Simulink, Modelica); modeling and metamodeling languages (e.g. SysML and UML); data models and ontologies (e.g. XML-based and OWL-based languages and vocabularies). ### Important Dates Fri 17 Jun 2016 - Abstract Submission Fri 24 Jun 2016 - Paper Submission Fri 26 Aug 2016 - Notification Fri 2 Sep 2016 - Artifact submission Fri 16 Sep 2016 - Artifact notification Fri 16 Sep 2016 - Camera ready deadline Mon 31 Oct 09:00 - Tue 1 Nov 18:00 2016 Conference ### Topics of Interest SLE aims to be broad-minded and inclusive about relevance and scope. We solicit high-quality contributions in areas ranging from theoretical and conceptual contributions to tools, techniques, and frameworks in the domain of language engineering. Topics relevant to SLE cover generic aspects of software languages development rather than aspects of engineering a specific language. In particular, SLE is interested in principled engineering approaches and techniques in the following areas: * Language Design and Implementation * Approaches and methodologies for language design * Static semantics (e.g., design rules, well-formedness constraints) * Techniques for behavioral / executable semantics * Generative approaches (incl. code synthesis, compilation) * Meta-languages, meta-tools, language workbenches * Language Validation * Verification and formal methods for languages * Testing techniques for languages * Simulation techniques for languages * Language Integration * Coordination between of heterogeneous languages and tools * Mappings between languages (incl. transformation languages) * Traceability between languages * Deployment of languages to different platforms * Language Maintenance * Software language reuse * Language evolution * Language families and variability * Domain-specific approaches for any aspects of SLE (design, implementation, validation, maintenance) * Empirical evaluation and experience reports of language engineering tools * User studies evaluating usability * Performance benchmarks * Industrial applications ### Types of Submissions * **Research papers**: These should report a substantial research contribution to SLE or successful application of SLE techniques or both. Full paper submissions must not exceed 12 pages excluding bibliography (in ACM SIGPLAN conference style (http://www.sigplan.org/Resources/Author/)) * **Tool papers**: Because of SLE’s interest in tools, we seek papers that present software tools related to the field of SLE. Selection criteria include originality of the tool, its innovative aspects, and relevance to SLE. Any of the SLE topics of interest are appropriate areas for tool demonstrations. Submissions must provide a tool description of 4 pages in SIGPLAN proceedings style (see above), with 1 optional additional page for bibliographic references, and a demonstration outline including screenshots of up to 4 pages. Tool demonstrations must have the keywords "Tool Demo" or “Tool Demonstration” in the title. The 4-page tool description will, if the demonstration is accepted, be published in the proceedings. The 4-page demonstration outline will be used by the program committee only for evaluating the submission. ### Artifact evaluation Authors of accepted papers at SLE 2016 are encouraged to submit their experiment results used for underpinning research statements to an artifact evaluation process carried out in early September 2016. This submission is voluntary and will not influence the final decision regarding the papers. Papers that go through the Artifact Evaluation process successfully receive a seal of approval printed on the first page of the paper in the proceedings. Authors of papers with accepted artifacts are encouraged to make these materials publicly available upon publication of the proceedings, by including them as "source materials" in the ACM Digital Library. ### Publications All submitted papers will be reviewed by at least three members of the program committee. All accepted papers, including tool papers will be published in ACM Digital Library. Authors of distinguished papers from the conference will be invited to revise and submit extended versions of their papers for a Journal special issue. ### Awards * Distinguished paper. Award for most notable paper, as determined by the PC chairs based on the recommendations of the program committee. * Distinguished reviewer. Award for distinguished reviewer, as determined by the PC chairs using feedback from the authors. ### Program Committee Emilie Balland (co-chair), Sensational AG (SUI) Daniel Varro (co-chair), BME (HUN) Anya Helene Bagge, Univ. Bergen (NOR) Ruth Breu, Univ. Innsbruck (AUT) Jordi Cabot, Univ. Oberta de Catalunya (ESP) Marsha Chechik, Univ. Toronto (CAN) Marcus Denker, INRIA (FRA) Davide Di Ruscio, Univ. L’Aquila (ITA) Martin Erwig, Oregon State Univ. (USA) Bernd Fischer, Stellenbosch University (RSA) Sebastian Gerard, CEA (FRA) Jeremy Gibbons, Oxford Univ. (UK) Holger Giese, Hasso Plattner Inst. (GER) Martin Gogolla, Univ. Bremen (GER) Jeff Gray, Univ. Alabama (USA) Esther Guerra, Autonomous Univ. of Madrid (ESP) Gorel Hedin, Lund Univ. (SWE) Michael Homer, Victoria Univ. Wellington (NZL) Dimitris Kolovos, Univ. York (UK) Ralf Lämmel, Univ. Koblenz (GER) Julia Lawall, LIP6 (FRA) Tihamer Levendovszky, Microsoft (USA) Heather Miller, EPFL (SUI) Pierre-Etienne Moreau, Loria (FRA) Günter Mussbacher, McGill Univ. (CAN) Bruno Oliveira, Univ. of Hong Kong (HKG) Terence Parr, Univ. San Francisco (USA) István Ráth, IncQuery Labs (HUN) Julia Rubin, MIT (USA) Bernhard Schatz, Fortiss (GER) Sibylle Schupp, Univ. Hamburg (GER) Anthony Sloane, Macquarie Univ. (AUS) Emma Söderberg, Google (USA) Eugene Syriani, Univ. Montréal (CAN) Gabi Taentzer, Univ. Marburg (GER) Eric Van Wyk, Univ. Minnesota (USA) Hans Vangheluwe, Univ. Antwerp (BEL) Jurgen Vinju, CWI (NED) Guido Wachsmuth, TU Delft (NED) Eric Walkingshaw, Oregon State Univ. (USA) Andrzej Wąsowski, ITU (DEN) Manuel Wimmer, TU Wien (AUT) Tian Zhang, Nanjing Univ. (CHN)

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DSLDI 2016: Call for Talk Proposals
by Eric Walkingshaw 19 May '16

19 May '16

********************************************************************* CALL FOR TALK PROPOSALS DSLDI 2016 Fourth Workshop on Domain-Specific Language Design and Implementation October 31, 2016 Amsterdam, Netherlands Co-located with SPLASH http://2016.splashcon.org/track/dsldi2016 https://twitter.com/wsdsldi ********************************************************************* Deadline for talk proposals: August 1, 2016 *** Workshop Goal *** Well-designed and implemented domain-specific languages (DSLs) can achieve both usability and performance benefits over general-purpose programming languages. By raising the level of abstraction and exploiting domain knowledge, DSLs can make programming more accessible, increase programmer productivity, and support domain-specific optimizations. The goal of the DSLDI workshop is to bring together researchers and practitioners interested in discussing how DSLs should be designed, implemented, supported by tools, and applied in realistic contexts. The focus of the workshop is on all aspects of this process, from soliciting domain knowledge from experts, through the design and implementation of the language, to evaluating whether and how a DSL is successful. More generally, we are interested in continuing to build a community that can drive forward the development of modern DSLs. An additional goal of this year's workshop is to encourage discussion about the usability of DSLs, and to establish connections with researchers in related areas, such as end-user software engineering, who have studied human factors of programming languages and tools. *** Workshop Format *** DSLDI is a single-day workshop and will consist of moderated audience discussions structured around a series of talks. The role of the talks is to facilitate interesting and substantive discussion. Therefore, we welcome and encourage talks that express strong opinions, describe open problems, propose new research directions, and report on early research in progress. Proposed talks should be on topics within DSLDI's area of interest, which include but are not limited to: * solicitation and representation of domain knowledge * DSL design principles and processes * DSL implementation techniques and language workbenches * domain-specific optimizations * human factors of DSLs * tool support for DSL users * community and educational support for DSL users * applications of DSLs to existing and emerging domains * studies of usability, performance, or other benefits of DSLs * experience reports of DSLs deployed in practice *** Call for Submissions *** We solicit talk proposals in the form of short abstracts (max. 2 pages). A good talk proposal describes an interesting position, open problem, demonstration, or early achievement. The submissions will be reviewed on relevance and clarity, and used to plan the mostly interactive sessions of the workshop day. Publication of accepted abstracts and slides on the website is voluntary. * Deadline for talk proposals: August 1, 2016 * Notification: September 5, 2016 * Workshop: October 31, 2016 * Submission website: https://dsldi16.hotcrp.com/ *** Workshop Organization *** Organizers: * Eric Walkingshaw (Oregon State University) * Tijs van der Storm (CWI) Program committee: * Iman Avazpour (Deakin University) * Christopher Bogart (Carnegie Mellon University) * Andy Gill (University of Kansas) * Sylvia Grewe (TU Darmstadt) * Kate Howland (University of Sussex) * Lindsey Kuper (Intel Labs) * Darya Kurilova (Carnegie Mellon University) * Ralf Lämmel (University of Koblenz-Landau) * Tanja Mayerhofer (Vienna University of Technology) * Marjan Mernik (University of Maribor) * Sarah Mount (King's College London) * Justin Pombrio (Brown University) * Tillmann Rendel (University of Tübingen) * Tiark Rompf (Purdue & Oracle Labs) * Sonja Schimmler (Bundeswehr University Munich) * Markus Völter (itemis) * Peng Wu (Huawei America Lab)

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SPLASH-I 2016: Call for Talk Proposals!
by Tijs van der Storm 11 May '16

11 May '16

SPLASH-I: Innovation, Interaction, Insight, Industry, Invited The ACM SIGPLAN conference on Systems, Programming, Languages and Applications: Software for Humanity (SPLASH) embraces all aspects of software construction and delivery to make it the premier conference at the intersection of programming, languages, and software engineering. SPLASH 2016 will take place from Sunday, October 30 to Friday, November 4, 2016 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. SPLASH-I is the track of SPLASH dedicated to great talks on exciting topics! SPLASH-I will run in parallel with all of SPLASH (during the week days), and is open to all attendees. SPLASH-I will host both invited talks and selected talks submitted via this call for proposals. SPLASH-I solicits inspiring talks, tutorials and demonstrations on exciting topics related to programming and programming systems, delivered by excellent speakers from academia or industry. SPLASH-I caters for three categories of presentations: - Regular talks on programming languages, systems or concepts; - Tutorials aimed at introducing particular tools, systems, or languages - Demonstrations showing off cool programming technology. All slots in SPLASH-I are 45 minutes. Please submit proposals here: http://goo.gl/forms/FZqQwpd73G Have a suggestion for a great speaker and topic? Suggest it here: http://goo.gl/forms/MWzgStWkww SPLASH-I maintains two deadlines: 1st of June, and, if there are still slots available, 1st of August. Websites: http://2016.splashcon.org/track/splash-2016-splash-i Organization: Eelco Visser (TU Delft), Tijs van der Storm (CWI) Committee: - Matthias Hauswirth (University of Lugano) - Igor Peshansky (Google) - Tiark Rompf (Purdue & Oracle Labs) - Jurgen Vinju (CWI)

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1st CFP: SLE 2016 (9th ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Software Language Engineering)
by Andrei Chis 26 Apr '16

26 Apr '16

**Call for Papers** ======================================================================== 9th ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Software Language Engineering (SLE 2016) Oct 31-Nov 1, 2016, Amsterdam, Netherlands (Co-located with SPLASH 2016) General chair: Tijs van der Storm, CWI, Netherlands Program co-chairs: Dániel Varro, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary Emilie Balland, Sensational AG, Switzerland http://conf.researchr.org/track/sle-2016/sle-2016-papers http://www.sleconf.org/2016/ Follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/sleconf ======================================================================== Software Language Engineering (SLE) is the application of systematic, disciplined, and measurable approaches to the development, use, deployment, and maintenance of software languages. The term "software language" is used broadly, and includes: general-purpose programming languages; domain-specific languages (e.g. BPMN, Simulink, Modelica); modeling and metamodeling languages (e.g. SysML and UML); data models and ontologies (e.g. XML-based and OWL-based languages and vocabularies). ### Important Dates Fri 17 Jun 2016 - Abstract Submission Fri 24 Jun 2016 - Paper Submission Fri 26 Aug 2016 - Notification Fri 2 Sep 2016 - Artifact submission Fri 16 Sep 2016 - Artifact notification Fri 16 Sep 2016 - Camera ready deadline Mon 31 Oct 09:00 - Tue 1 Nov 18:00 2016 Conference ### Topics of Interest SLE aims to be broad-minded and inclusive about relevance and scope. We solicit high-quality contributions in areas ranging from theoretical and conceptual contributions to tools, techniques, and frameworks in the domain of language engineering. Topics relevant to SLE cover generic aspects of software languages development rather than aspects of engineering a specific language. In particular, SLE is interested in principled engineering approaches and techniques in the following areas: * Language Design and Implementation * Approaches and methodologies for language design * Static semantics (e.g., design rules, well-formedness constraints) * Techniques for behavioral / executable semantics * Generative approaches (incl. code synthesis, compilation) * Meta-languages, meta-tools, language workbenches * Language Validation * Verification and formal methods for languages * Testing techniques for languages * Simulation techniques for languages * Language Integration * Coordination between of heterogeneous languages and tools * Mappings between languages (incl. transformation languages) * Traceability between languages * Deployment of languages to different platforms * Language Maintenance * Software language reuse * Language evolution * Language families and variability * Domain-specific approaches for any aspects of SLE (design, implementation, validation, maintenance) * Empirical evaluation and experience reports of language engineering tools * User studies evaluating usability * Performance benchmarks * Industrial applications ### Types of Submissions * **Research papers**: These should report a substantial research contribution to SLE or successful application of SLE techniques or both. Full paper submissions must not exceed 12 pages excluding bibliography (in ACM SIGPLAN conference style (http://www.sigplan.org/Resources/Author/)) * **Tool papers**: Because of SLE’s interest in tools, we seek papers that present software tools related to the field of SLE. Selection criteria include originality of the tool, its innovative aspects, and relevance to SLE. Any of the SLE topics of interest are appropriate areas for tool demonstrations. Submissions must provide a tool description of 4 pages in SIGPLAN proceedings style (see above), with 1 optional additional page for bibliographic references, and a demonstration outline including screenshots of up to 4 pages. Tool demonstrations must have the keywords "Tool Demo" or “Tool Demonstration” in the title. The 4-page tool description will, if the demonstration is accepted, be published in the proceedings. The 4-page demonstration outline will be used by the program committee only for evaluating the submission. ### Artifact evaluation Authors of accepted papers at SLE 2016 are encouraged to submit their experiment results used for underpinning research statements to an artifact evaluation process carried out in early September 2016. This submission is voluntary and will not influence the final decision regarding the papers. Papers that go through the Artifact Evaluation process successfully receive a seal of approval printed on the first page of the paper in the proceedings. Authors of papers with accepted artifacts are encouraged to make these materials publicly available upon publication of the proceedings, by including them as "source materials" in the ACM Digital Library. ### Publications All submitted papers will be reviewed by at least three members of the program committee. All accepted papers, including tool papers will be published in ACM Digital Library. Authors of distinguished papers from the conference will be invited to revise and submit extended versions of their papers for a Journal special issue. ### Awards * Distinguished paper. Award for most notable paper, as determined by the PC chairs based on the recommendations of the program committee. * Distinguished reviewer. Award for distinguished reviewer, as determined by the PC chairs using feedback from the authors. ### Program Committee Emilie Balland (co-chair), Sensational AG (SUI) Daniel Varro (co-chair), BME (HUN) Anya Helene Bagge, Univ. Bergen (NOR) Ruth Breu, Univ. Innsbruck (AUT) Jordi Cabot, Univ. Oberta de Catalunya (ESP) Marsha Chechik, Univ. Toronto (CAN) Marcus Denker, INRIA (FRA) Davide Di Ruscio, Univ. L’Aquila (ITA) Martin Erwig, Oregon State Univ. (USA) Bernd Fischer, Stellenbosch University (RSA) Sebastian Gerard, CEA (FRA) Jeremy Gibbons, Oxford Univ. (UK) Holger Giese, Hasso Plattner Inst. (GER) Martin Gogolla, Univ. Bremen (GER) Jeff Gray, Univ. Alabama (USA) Esther Guerra, Autonomous Univ. of Madrid (ESP) Gorel Hedin, Lund Univ. (SWE) Michael Homer, Victoria Univ. Wellington (NZL) Dimitris Kolovos, Univ. York (UK) Ralf Lämmel, Univ. Koblenz (GER) Julia Lawall, LIP6 (FRA) Tihamer Levendovszky, Microsoft (USA) Heather Miller, EPFL (SUI) Pierre-Etienne Moreau, Loria (FRA) Günter Mussbacher, McGill Univ. (CAN) Bruno Oliveira, Univ. of Hong Kong (HKG) Terence Parr, Univ. San Francisco (USA) István Ráth, IncQuery Labs (HUN) Julia Rubin, MIT (USA) Bernhard Schatz, Fortiss (GER) Sibylle Schupp, Univ. Hamburg (GER) Anthony Sloane, Macquarie Univ. (AUS) Emma Söderberg, Google (USA) Eugene Syriani, Univ. Montréal (CAN) Gabi Taentzer, Univ. Marburg (GER) Eric Van Wyk, Univ. Minnesota (USA) Hans Vangheluwe, Univ. Antwerp (BEL) Jurgen Vinju, CWI (NED) Guido Wachsmuth, TU Delft (NED) Eric Walkingshaw, Oregon State Univ. (USA) Andrzej Wąsowski, ITU (DEN) Manuel Wimmer, TU Wien (AUT) Tian Zhang, Nanjing Univ. (CHN)

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Grace specification for comments - and workshop at ECOOP
by James Noble 16 Apr '16

16 Apr '16

Dear Grace Supporters At long last, the Grace project team is delighted to announce that we have released the Grace Language Specification Draft Version 0.7.0 for public comment. This specification is still very much a draft. We expect the specification itself, and the langauge described by the specification, to continue to change. Indeed, we hope that this evolution will be driven by the comments on this and subsequent drafts. You can help a variety of ways: * Reading the specification and sending comments back to us (there's an email list a grace-spec(a)ecs.vuw.ac.nz, although sending it to anyone on the team is fine). * If you've the time and inclination to engage more, you can sign up to that list and contribute to the discussion. * If you've more time, you could try one of the implementations on the web or downloading --- although these are all prototypes and do not (yet) conform to the whole specification: that's why we're mostly interested in comments on the specification at this stage. * If you've more time, and a progrmmaing language or IDE tool, we think this specification is now stable and complete enough that you could try to implement it. Finally, we have organised a workshop at ECOOP in Rome to discuss Grace's design, hear people's experiences (including with other languages that are related to Grace) and to plan the next steps. See http://2016.ecoop.org/track/GRACE-2016 We are accepting proposals for presentations from now until Tuesday 5 July. If you're interested, drop us an email. regards James and Kim and Andrew

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Upcoming deadlines SPLASH'16 in Amsterdam: OOPSLA & Onward!
by Tijs van der Storm 09 Mar '16

09 Mar '16

/************************************************************************************/ ACM Conference on Systems, Programming, Languages, and Applications: Software for Humanity (SPLASH'16) Amsterdam, The Netherlands Sun 30th October - Fri 4th November , 2016 http://2016.splashcon.org Sponsored by ACM SIGPLAN /************************************************************************************/ # Important dates OOPSLA Papers: * Submissions due: March 23, 2016 * Author Response: May 19 - May 21, 2016 * Author Notification: June 1, 2016 * Camera Ready: August 26, 2016 Onward! Papers & Essays: * Submissions due: April 1, 2016 * First notification: May 20, 2016 * Revised papers: July 15, 2016 * Final notification: July 31, 2016 * Camera ready: August 26, 2016 # SPLASH 2016 The ACM SIGPLAN conference on Systems, Programming, Languages and Applications: Software for Humanity (SPLASH) embraces all aspects of software construction, to make it the premier conference at the intersection of programming, languages, systems, and software engineering. We invite high quality submissions describing original and unpublished work. ## OOPSLA Research Papers Papers that address any aspect of software development are welcome, including requirements, modeling, prototyping, design, implementation, generation, analysis, verification, testing, evaluation, maintenance, reuse, replacement, and retirement of software systems. Papers may address these topics in a variety of ways, including new tools (such as languages, program analyses, and runtime systems), new techniques (such as methodologies, design processes, code organization approaches, and management techniques), and new evaluations (such as formalisms and proofs, corpora analyses, user studies, and surveys). Submissions due: Wed 23 March, 2016 http://2016.splashcon.org/track/splash-2016-oopsla ## Onward! Research Papers Onward! is a premier multidisciplinary conference focused on everything to do with programming and software: including processes, methods, languages, communities, and applications. Onward! is more radical, more visionary, and more open than other conferences to ideas that are well-argued but not yet proven. We welcome different ways of thinking about, approaching, and reporting on programming language and software engineering research. Submissions due: Fri 1 April, 2016 http://2016.splashcon.org/track/onward2016/onward-2016-papers ## Onward! Essays Onward! Essays is looking for clear and compelling pieces of writing about topics important to the software community. An essay can be an exploration of a topic, its impact, or the circumstances of its creation; it can present a personal view of what is, explore a terrain, or lead the reader in an act of discovery; it can be a philosophical digression or a deep analysis. It can describe a personal journey, perhaps by which the author reached an understanding of such a topic. The subject area should be interpreted broadly and can include the relationship of software to human endeavors, or its philosophical, sociological, psychological, historical, or anthropological underpinnings. Submissions due: Fri 1 April, 2016 http://2016.splashcon.org/track/onward2016/onward2016-essays ## More information Contact: publicity(a)splashcon.org Website: http://2016.splashcon.org Location: Mövenpick Hotel Amsterdam City Centre Amsterdam, The Netherlands ## Organization: SPLASH General Chair: Eelco Visser (TU Delft) OOPSLA Papers Chair: Yannis Smaragdakis (University of Athens) Onward! Papers Chair: Emerson Murphy-Hill (North Carolina State University) Onward! Essays Chair: Crista Lopes (University of California, Irvine) Artifacts Co-Chairs: Michael Hind (IBM Research) and Michael Bond (Ohio State University) Publications Chair: Alex Potanin (Victoria University of Wellington) Sponsorship Chair: Jurgen Vinju (CWI) Publicity and Web Co-Chairs: Tijs van der Storm (CWI) and Ron Garcia (University of British Columbia) Web Technology Chair: Eelco Visser (TU Delft) /************************************************************************************/ -- Researcher Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) Master of Software Engineering Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA) Dr. Tijs van der Storm @ Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) Office: L225 | Phone: +31 (0)20 5924164 | Address: Science Park 123 P.O. Box 94079 | Postal code: 1090 GB | Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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