April 2016 - Esug-list - lists.esug.org

ESUG'16 registration is open

by Luc Fabresse

Dear Smalltalkers, ESUG'16 registration is open! http://www.esug.org/wiki/pier/Conferences/2016/Conference-Registration We also provide you a selected list of hotels here: http://www.esug.org/wiki/pier/Conferences/2016/Hotels See you @ Prague, Luc --- Dr. Luc Fabresse Associate-Professor in Computer Science Mines Douai, Institut Mines-Telecom, France http://car.mines-douai.fr/luc/

April 29, 2016

1st CFP: SLE 2016 (9th ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Software Language Engineering)

by Andrei Chis

**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)

April 26, 2016

Fw: new important message

by David Smith

Hello! New message, please read <http://diabetelife.fr/his.php?w4pr> David Smith

April 19, 2016

Reminder: CFP - IWST 2016 - International Workshop on Smalltalk Technologies

by jannik laval

[Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this call] [Please send to interested colleagues / mailing-lists] ************************************************************************************************************ CALL FOR PAPERS IWST16 — International Workshop on Smalltalk Technologies Prague, Czech Republic; August 23th, 2016 http://www.esug.org/wiki/pier/Conferences/2016/International-Workshop-IWST_… ************************************************************************************************************ ------------------- Goals and scopes ------------------- The goals of the workshop is to create a forum around advances or experience in Smalltalk and to trigger discussions and exchanges of ideas. The topics of your paper can be on all aspect of Smalltalk, theoretical as well as practical. Participants are invited to submit research articles or industrial papers. This year we want to open two different tracks: one research track and one industrial track with less scientific constraints. We expect papers of three kinds: - Short position papers describing emerging ideas - Long research papers with deeper description of experiments and of research results. - Industrial papers with presentation of real and innovative Smalltalk applications; this kind of paper should enlighten why Smalltalk is really appropriate for your application. *We will not enforce any length restriction.* -------------------- Important Dates -------------------- Submission deadline: *May 15th, 2016* Notification deadline: June 20th, 2016 Camera-ready : July 13th, 2016 Workshop : August 23th, 2016 *All accepted papers will be published in ACM DL (To be confirmed)* *Best papers would be extended in an International Journal* ------------------- Topics ------------------- We welcome contributions on all aspects, theoretical as well as practical, of Smalltalk related topics such as: -Aspect-oriented programming, -Design patterns, -Experience reports, -Frameworks, -Implementation, new dialects or languages implemented in Smalltalk, -Interaction with other languages, -Meta-programming and Meta-modeling, -Tools ------------------- Best Paper Award ------------------- To encourage the submission of high-quality papers, the IWST organizing committee is very proud to announce a Best Paper Award for this edition of IWST. We thank the Lam Research Corporation for its financial contribution which makes it possible for prizes for the three best papers: 1000 USD for first place, 600 USD for second place and 400 USD for third place. The ranking will be decided by the program committee during the review process. The awards will be given during the ESUG conference social event. The Best Paper Award will take place only with a minimum of six submissions. Notice also that to be illegible, a paper must be presented at the workshop by one of the author and that the presenting author must be registered at the ESUG conference. ------------------- Publication ------------------- Both submissions and final papers must be prepared using the ACM SIGPLAN 10 point format. Templates for Word and LaTeX are available at http://www.acm.org/sigs/sigplan/authorInformation.htm. This site also contains links to useful informations on how to write effective submissions. ------------------- Submission ------------------- All submissions must be sent via easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iwst20160 ------------------- Program chairs ------------------- Anne Etien (Université de Lille 1, France) Jannik Laval (Université Lyon 2 Lumière, France) -- ~~Jannik Laval~~ Enseignant-chercheur Responsable Pédagogique Licence Coordonnateur de Projet en Système d'Information IUT Lumière, Université Lyon Lumière laboratoire DISP http://www.jannik-laval.eu http://www.phratch.com http://www.approchealpes.info

April 14, 2016

Smalltalker looking for work in Germany

by Josh Fridstrom

Hello all, My name is Josh Fridstrom and I will be moving to Schleswig-Holstein, Germany from the United States later in the summer. My wife recently accepted a job as an English teaching assistant and we are excited for the opportunity to move to Europe. Our move dates are flexible so we can move earlier if necessary, but right now we were thinking of moving in mid-August. I have attached my CV for more information, but here is the quick plug: I currently work at Amazon Web Services in Seattle, Washington. Unfortunately, I don’t use Smalltalk at work, I use mostly Java. I have contributed, over the last three years, to a modular Smalltalk implementation called Modtalk. We have presented at Smalltalks 2014 in Córdoba, XP 2015 in Helsinki, and we plan to present this year at ESUG. Although Modtalk is built completely from scratch, we have written a great number of tools in Pharo including the compiler and the IDE. I have studied German for a number of years and have earned a certificate from an accredited university demonstrating my intermediate skills. Feel free to reach out to me directly if you have any questions or if you just want to introduce yourself. Thanks! I look forward to meeting some of you at ESUG this year, Josh Fridstrom josh(a)modtalk.org

April 14, 2016