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<Programming> 2017: Call for participation
by Tim Molderez March 9, 2017

March 9, 2017

----------------------------------------------------------------------- <Programming> 2017 : The Art, Science, and Engineering of Programming April 3-6, 2017, Brussels, Belgium http://2017.programming-conference.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------- We are excited to welcome you to <Programming> 2017, a new conference focused on everything to do with programming. It takes place at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium on April 3-6. The <Programming> conference is closely associated with the open-access journal "The Art, Science, and Engineering of Programming". The journal's first two issues form the conference's research track, which means you can freely access all papers presented at the conference before it even starts! Along with the research track, <Programming> 2017 features a program with two main keynotes, two symposia, eight workshops, a coding dojo, a demo track, and a student research competition. To catch a glimpse of what <Programming> 2017 has to offer, feel free to have a look at our overview video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM_hLNW4ioE *********************************************************************** Program highlights *********************************************************************** Main conference: - Keynote: "Live Literate Programming" by Gilad Bracha - Keynote: "How Racket Went Meta" by Matthew Flatt - Research track: 18 full papers - Demonstrations: 10 tool demos - ACM Student Research Competition: 8 entries Co-located events: - 10th European Lisp Symposium: 2 keynotes by Hans Hübner and Bohdan Khomtchouk, ~18 papers (not final yet) - Modularity 2017: 8 invited talks by Jörg Kienzle, Shmuel Katz, Mira Mezini, Bedir Tekinerdogan, Stéphane Ducasse, Uwe Aßmann, Lodewijk Bergmans and Mario Südholt - CoCoDo - RainCode Labs Compiler Coding Dojo: code together with experts Adrian Johnstone, Elizabeth Scott, Robby Findler, and more to come! - LASSY - Workshop on Live Adaptation of Software SYstems - MiniPLoP - Mini Pattern Languages of Programs writers' workshop - MOMO - Workshop on Modularity in Modeling - MoreVMs - Workshop on Modern Language Runtimes, Ecosystems, and VMs - PASS - Workshop on Programming Across the System Stack - PX - Workshop on Programming Experience - ProWeb - Programming Technology for the Future Web - Salon des Refusés workshop Social events: - Beer reception at the conference venue (April 3rd) - Reception at the Musical Instruments Museum (April 4th) - Banquet at the Natural Sciences Museum (April 5th) *********************************************************************** Registration, attendance and accommodation *********************************************************************** - You can register for <Programming> 2017 at: http://2017.programming-conference.org/attending/registration - Early registration ends soon! Please register before March 13th to obtain the early-bird discount. - More information on attending the conference is available at: http://2017.programming-conference.org/attending/reaching-the-conference - More information on accommodation is available at: http://2017.programming-conference.org/attending/accomodation *********************************************************************** About Brussels *********************************************************************** Brussels is the capital of Belgium, and home to the headquarters of the European Union. Despite its European nature and all the different languages spoken on every street corner, Brussels still has a very "village-like" character. It's well known for its Grand-Place, its Atomium, its Manneken-Pis, its Gueuze and its Kriek, its waffles and its chocolates. Be sure to take some time off to soak up the special atmosphere of its many different districts: Take a stroll to Rue Dansaert, Halles Saint-Géry, and Place Sainte-Catherine. Head for Saint-Boniface, Châtelain, or Flagey. In other words, go ahead and relish Brussels, a fine and beautiful city to explore and discover. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information, please visit http://2017.programming-conference.org You can also find us on Twitter (twitter.com/programmingconf) and Facebook (facebook.com/programmingconf) Looking forward to see you in Brussels, Theo D'Hondt (General chair), Wolfgang De Meuter (Organizing chair), Crista Lopes (Program chair), Jörg Kienzle, Ralf Lämmel, Hidehiko Masuhara, Tim Molderez, Tobias Pape, and Jennifer Sartor

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there is a google summer of code around pharo
by Stéphane Ducasse March 7, 2017

March 7, 2017

There is a google summer of code program http://pharo.org/news/GSoC17Students <http://pharo.org/news/GSoC17Students> it can be interested for your students. Stef -------------------------------------------- Stéphane Ducasse http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr http://www.synectique.eu / http://www.pharo.org 03 59 35 87 52 Assistant: Julie Jonas FAX 03 59 57 78 50 TEL 03 59 35 86 16 S. Ducasse - Inria 40, avenue Halley, Parc Scientifique de la Haute Borne, Bât.A, Park Plaza Villeneuve d'Ascq 59650 France

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Fwd: Google Summer of Code 2017: Call for mentors for Pharo Consortium Pharo project
by Serge Stinckwich March 5, 2017

March 5, 2017

Heartiest Congratulations ! Pharo Consortium has been selected as a mentor organisation for Google Summer of Code 2017. Google Summer of Code is a global program focused on introducing students to open source software development. Students work on a 3 month programming project with an open source organisation during their break from university. Read more at https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/ How the program works ? Organizations: Open source projects apply to be mentor organizations. Once accepted, organizations discuss possible ideas with students and then decide on the proposals they wish to mentor for the summer. They provide mentors to help guide each student through the program. Mentors: Existing contributors with the organizations can choose to mentor a student project. Mentors and students work together to determine appropriate milestones and requirements for the summer. Mentor interaction is a vital part of the program. A mentor may propose or endorse a project and each project has to be about Pharo or its ecosystem (e.g., a library). Projects will be mentored by one or more mentors and executed by one student. Students: Students contact the mentor organizations they want to work with and write up a project proposal for the summer. If accepted, students spend a month integrating with their organizations prior to the start of coding. Students then have three months to code, meeting the deadlines agreed upon with their mentors. Student coding period: May 30 - Aug 29 (Entire timeline can be viewed at: https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/how-it-works/#timeline) Student stipend: https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/help/student-stipends We are currently at the phase of identifying mentors and projects. The next phases will be about students selecting projects, and the community selecting the projects with their associated mentors and students which will be sponsored by the GSOC program. How to register ? Simply by replying to this email and joining the Slack channel... to have more discussion about what project the mentor will take up, what she/he wants at the end of the coding period and then we can invite them to the GSoC org dashboard). Hence, we invite regular & enthusiastic Pharo contributors to be a mentor with Pharo Consortium for GSoC 2017: 1. Kindly respond on this thread if you'd like to be a mentor, or wish to propose a project. An existing list of projects is already available here: http://gsoc.pharo.org/ and we already have a handful of projects and mentors chosen. Feel free to collaborate with existing mentors as well. 2. Join dedicated channels, #gsoc-students for general interactions with students & #gsoc-planning channel only for GSOC admins and mentors on Pharo slack. In order to get an invitation for pharoproject.slack.com visit the URL here: http://slackinvites.pharo.org/ 3. Please open relevant issues and make a roadmap of the projects being mentored by you so that students can start contributing to them already. If you want to mentor a project and there is no open-source repository at the moment, please built one ASAP. 4. If you know any students that might be interested to work on Pharo during the summer and be a part of GSoC as well, please ask him/her to start contributing to the Pharo projects, discuss their proposal, follow instructions that shall be posted soon in this mailing thread and submit their application by April 3, 2017. We don't know the number of slots attributed by Google to Pharo org, but the more students proposal we will receive, the more slots will be attributed to us. We remind you about the mentor responsibilities: ... to your Org Admins - Communicate availability and interaction expectations - Inform when mentoring capacity will be reduced, as early as possible (e.g., family, health, vacation) - Inform when there is an issue with a student - Lacking communication, activity, visibility (MIA), or progress - Participant Agreement violations (e.g., plagiarism, harassment, fraud) - Bad fit or stepping down - Formally evaluate student participation. - Communicate with admin and student before failing ... to your Students - Help and/or teach the student - how to be a part of your community - communicate more effectively and in the open - work with your org’s preferred communication channel (IRC, Slack, etc) - use your org’s version control system - ask good questions and get answers to their questions - provide convincing technical argument and constructive discussion - be independently motivated and productive - solve difficult technical problems - Keep track of their progress, keep student informed as to their status - Communicate on a regular basis, once a week or better (for GSoC) - Give constructive feedback, be patient, and be respectful - Respond to questions within 24 hours (occasionally under 36 hours is ok) - Establish realistic work objectives and timeline expectations - Re-evaluate scope with student when significantly ahead of or behind expectations - Work with devs and community to facilitate acceptance of student work Read more about responsibilities here: https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/help/responsibilities Looking forward to a great guided summer by the talented mentors of our organisation. Warm Regards Pharo Organisation Admins (Alexandre Bergel, Jigyasa Grover, Serge Stinckwich & Yuriy Tymchuk) -- Serge Stinckwich UCBN & UMI UMMISCO 209 (IRD/UPMC) Every DSL ends up being Smalltalk http://www.doesnotunderstand.org/

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