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GPCE 2019: 1st Call for Papers - Athens, Greece; October 21-22

by Rodin Aarssen

CALL FOR PAPERS 18th International Conference on Generative Programming: Concepts & Experiences (GPCE 2019) October 21-22, 2019 Athens, Greece (co-located with SPLASH 2019) https://conf.researchr.org/home/gpce-2019 http://twitter.com/GPCECONF http://www.facebook.com/GPCEConference IMPORTANT DATES * Submission of abstracts: June 14, 2019 * Submission of papers: June 21, 2019 * Paper notification: August 9, 2019 Submission site: https://gpce19.hotcrp.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCOPE GPCE is a venue for researchers and practitioners interested in techniques and tools for code generation, language implementation, and metaprogramming. GPCE seeks conceptual, theoretical, empirical, and technical contributions to its topics of interest, which include but are not limited to: * program transformation, staging, macro systems, preprocessors, program synthesis, and code-recommendation systems, * domain-specific languages, language embedding, language design, and language workbenches, * feature-oriented programming, domain engineering, and feature interactions, * applications and properties of code generation, language implementation, and product-line development. Authors are welcome to check with the program co-chairs whether their planned papers are in scope. PAPER SELECTION The GPCE program committee will evaluate each submission according to the following selection criteria: * Novelty. Papers must present new ideas or evidence and place them appropriately within the context established by previous research in the field. * Significance. The results in the paper must have the potential to add to the state of the art or practice in significant ways. * Evidence. The paper must present evidence supporting its claims. Examples of evidence include formalizations and proofs, implemented systems, experimental results, statistical analyses, and case studies. * Clarity. The paper must present its contributions and results clearly. PAPER CATEGORIES GPCE solicits three kinds of submissions. * Full Papers reporting original and unpublished results of research that contribute to scientific knowledge in any GPCE topic listed above. Full paper submissions must not exceed 12 pages excluding bibliography. * Short Papers presenting unconventional ideas or visions about any GPCE topic listed above. Short papers do not always require complete results as in the case of a full paper. In this way, authors can introduce new ideas to the community and get early feedback. Please note that short papers are not intended to be position statements. Short papers are included in the proceedings and will be presented at the conference. Short paper submissions must not exceed 6 pages excluding bibliography. * Tool Demonstrations presenting tools for any GPCE topic listed above. Tools must be available for use and must not be purely commercial. Submissions must provide a tool description not exceeding 6 pages excluding bibliography and a separate demonstration outline including screenshots also not exceeding 6 pages. Tool demonstrations must have the keywords "Tool Demo" or "Tool Demonstration" in their title. If the submission is accepted, the tool description will be published in the proceedings. The demonstration outline will only be used by the program committee for evaluating the submission. PAPER SUBMISSION All submissions must use the ACM SIGPLAN Conference Format "acmart", using the "sigplan" sub-format, and 10 point font. Additional details and links to templates and the LaTeX class file can be found on the conference web site: https://conf.researchr.org/home/gpce-2019. To increase fairness in reviewing, a double-blind review process has become standard across SIGPLAN conferences. GPCE will follow a very lightweight model, where author identities are revealed to reviewers after submitting their initial reviews. Hence, the purpose is not to conceal author identities at all cost, but merely to provide reviewers with an unbiased first look at a submission. Author names and institutions should be omitted from submitted papers, and references to the authors' own related work should be in the third person. No other changes are necessary, and authors will not be penalized if reviewers are able to infer their identities in implicit ways. Papers must be submitted using HotCRP: https://gpce19.hotcrp.com/ For additional information, clarification, or answers to questions please contact the program co-chairs. ORGANIZATION Chairs * General chair: Ina Schaefer (TU Braunschweig) * Program co-chair: Christoph Reichenbach (Lund University) * Program co-chair: Tijs van der Storm (CWI / University of Groningen) Program Committee * Jonathan Aldrich (CMU) * Juliana Alves Pereira (University Rennes) * Marsha Chechik (University of Toronto) * Shigeru Chiba (University of Tokyo) * Thomas Degueule (CWI) * Sebastian Erdweg (TU Delft) * Matthew Flatt (University of Utah) * Robert Glück (University of Copenhagen) * Elisa Gonzalez Boix (VUB) * Geoffrey Mainland (Drexel University) * Chris Martens (NCSU) * Maryam Mehri Dehnavi (University of Toronto) * Peter Mosses (Swansea University / TU Delft) * David Pearce (Victoria University of Wellington) * Alex Potanin (Victoria University of Wellington) * Larissa Rocha Soares (Federal University of Bahia) * Ulrik Schultz (University of Southern Denmark) * Sandro Schulze (University of Magdeburg) * Christoph Seidl (TU Braunschweig) * Michel Steuwer (University of Glasgow) * Sam Tobin Hochstadt (Indiana University) * Kanae Tsushima (National Institute of Informatics) * Philip Wadler (University of Edinburgh) * Eric Walkingshaw (Oregon State University) * Adam Welc (Uber) * Peng Wu (Huawei)

March 15, 2019

Smalltalk Job offer at CGI in France

by Stéphane Ducasse

https://neuvoo.fr/view/?id=b401f2e43e89&source=joblift_bulk&utm_source=part… <https://neuvoo.fr/view/?id=b401f2e43e89&source=joblift_bulk&utm_source=part…> -------------------------------------------- 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

March 9, 2019

SPLASH 2019: 2nd Combined Call for Contributions

by Aggelos Biboudis

/****************************************************************************/ ACM Conference on Systems, Programming, Languages, and Applications: Software for Humanity (SPLASH'19) Athens, Greece Sun 20 - Fri 25 October 2019 https://2019.splashcon.org/ Sponsored by ACM SIGPLAN /****************************************************************************/ COMBINED CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS OOPSLA Onward! Workshops Dynamic Languages Symposium (DLS) Generative Programming: Concepts & Experiences (GPCE) Software Language Engineering (SLE) Managed Programming Languages and Runtimes (MPLR) /****************************************************************************/ SPLASH is 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 on the applications of programming languages--at the intersection of programming languages and software engineering. We invite high quality submissions describing original and unpublished work. Combined Call for Contributions: * SPLASH Workshops * PACMPL Issue OOPSLA 2019 * Onward! Papers * Onward! Essays * Dynamic Languages Symposium (DLS) * Generative Programming: Concepts & Experiences (GPCE) * Software Language Engineering (SLE) * Managed Programming Languages and Runtimes (MPLR) * SPLASH-I * Posters * Doctoral Symposium * Student Research Competition * Student Volunteers ## SPLASH Workshops Following its long-standing tradition, SPLASH 2019 will host a variety of high quality workshops, allowing their participants to meet and discuss research questions with peers, to mature new and exciting ideas, and to build up communities and start new collaborations. SPLASH workshops complement the main tracks of the conference and provide meetings in a smaller and more specialized setting. Workshops cultivate new ideas and concepts for the future, optionally recorded in formal proceedings. Submissions are currently being accepted on a rolling basis. The rolling call will close on Fri 15 Mar, 2019. https://2019.splashcon.org/track/splash-2019-workshops ## PACMPL Issue OOPSLA 2019 Papers may target any stage of software development, including requirements, modeling, prototyping, design, implementation, generation, analysis, verification, testing, evaluation, maintenance, and reuse of software systems. Contributions may include the development of new tools (such as language front-ends, program analyses, and runtime systems), new techniques (such as methodologies, design processes, and code organization approaches), new principles (such as formalisms, proofs, models, and paradigms), and new evaluations (such as experiments, corpora analyses, user studies, and surveys). Submissions due: Fri 5 Apr, 2019 https://2019.splashcon.org/track/splash-2019-oopsla ## Onward! 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: Mon 22 April, 2019 https://2019.onward-conference.org/track/onward-2019-papers (transitioning to https://2019.splashcon.org/track/splash-2019-Onward-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 long or short. An essay can be an exploration of the topic and its impact, or a story about 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 the one the author took to reach an understanding of the topic. The subject area—software, programming, and programming languages—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: Mon 22 April, 2019 https://2019.onward-conference.org/track/onward-2019-Onward-Essays (transitioning to https://2019.splashcon.org/track/splash-2019-Onward-Essays) ## Dynamic Languages Symposium (DLS) Dynamic Languages, from Lisp, Snobol, and Smalltalk to Python, Racket, and Javascript, have been playing a fundamental role both in programming research and practice. DLS is the premier forum for researchers and practitioners to share research and experience on all aspects of Dynamic Languages. DLS invites high quality papers reporting original research and experience related to the design, implementation, and applications of dynamic languages. Abstracts due: Wed 29 May, 2019 Submissions due: Wed 5 Jun, 2019 https://conf.researchr.org/home/dls-2019 ## Generative Programming: Concepts & Experiences (GPCE) The International Conference on Generative Programming: Concepts & Experience (GPCE) is a venue for researchers and practitioners interested in techniques and tools for code generation, language implementation, and metaprogramming. GPCE seeks conceptual, theoretical, empirical, and technical contributions to its topics of interest, which include but are not limited to (i) program transformation, staging, macro systems, preprocessors, program synthesis, and code-recommendation systems, (ii) domain-specific languages, language embedding, language design, and language workbenches, (iii) feature-oriented programming, domain engineering, and feature interactions, (iv) applications and properties of code generation, language implementation, and product-line development. Abstracts due: Fri 14 Jun, 2019 Submissions due: Fri 21 Jun, 2019 https://conf.researchr.org/home/gpce-2019 ## Software Language Engineering (SLE) Software Language Engineering (SLE) is the discipline of engineering languages and their tools required for the creation of software. It abstracts from the differences between programming languages, modelling languages, and other software languages, and emphasizes the engineering facet of the creation of such languages, that is, the establishment of the scientific methods and practices that enable the best results. SLE 2019 solicits high quality contributions in areas ranging from theoretical and conceptual contributions, to tools, techniques, and frameworks in the domain of software language engineering. Abstracts due: Fri 14 Jun, 2019 Submissions due: Fri 21 Jun, 2019 https://conf.researchr.org/home/sle-2019 ## Managed Programming Languages and Runtimes (MPLR) The International Conference on Managed Programming Languages & Runtimes (MPLR, formerly ManLang) is a premier forum for presenting and discussing novel results in all aspects of managed programming languages and runtime systems, which serve as building blocks for some of the most important computing systems around, ranging from small-scale (embedded and real-time systems) to large-scale (cloud-computing and big-data platforms) and anything in between (mobile, IoT, and wearable applications). Submissions due: Mon July 8, 2019 https://conf.researchr.org/home/mplr-2019 ## SPLASH-I SPLASH-I is a series of high-quality talks that highlight the challenges that are on the forefront of both research and practice across the SPLASH community's broad spectrum of domains and techniques. We invite the community to propose speakers (including themselves) through our call for contributions. Submissions due: Fri May 17, 2019 https://2019.splashcon.org/track/splash-2019-SPLASH-I ## Posters The SPLASH Poster track provides an excellent forum for authors to present their recent or ongoing projects in an interactive setting, and receive feedback from the community. We invite submissions covering any aspect of programming, systems, languages and applications. The goal of the poster session is to encourage and facilitate small groups of individuals interested in a technical area to gather and interact at any desired level of detail. The poster session is held early in the conference to promote continued discussion among interested parties. Submissions due: Sat 7 Sep, 2019 https://2019.splashcon.org/track/splash-2019-Posters ## Doctoral Symposium The SPLASH Doctoral Symposium provides students with useful guidance for completing their dissertation research and beginning their research careers. The symposium will provide an interactive forum for doctoral students who have progressed far enough in their research to have a structured proposal, but will not be defending their dissertation in the next 12 months. This year, the John Vlissides Award will be presented to a symposium participant showing significant promise in applied software research. All participants to the Doctoral Symposium are eligible. The award includes a prize of $2,000. Submissions due: Fri 12 Jul, 2019 http://2019.splashcon.org/track/splash-2019-Doctoral-Symposium ## Student Research Competition The ACM Student Research Competition (SRC), sponsored by Microsoft Research, offers a unique forum for ACM student members at the undergraduate and graduate levels to present their original research at SPLASH before a panel of judges and conference attendees. The SRC gives visibility to not only up-and-coming young researchers, but also exposes them to the field of computer science research and its community. This competition also gives students an opportunity to discuss their research with experts in their field, get feedback, and to help them sharpen their communication and networking skills. Student Research Competition abstract due: Fri July 12, 2019 https://2019.splashcon.org/track/splash-2019-SRC ## Student Volunteers The SPLASH Student Volunteers program provides an opportunity for students from around the world to associate with some of the leading personalities in industry and research in the following areas: programming languages, object-oriented technology and software development. Student volunteers contribute to the smooth running of the conference by performing tasks such as: assisting with registration, providing information about the conference to attendees, assisting session organizers and monitoring sessions. Detailed information on how to apply will be available on the main conference page in March 2019. Estimated deadline for the SV applications will be towards the end of September 2019. https://2019.splashcon.org/track/splash-2019-Student-Volunteers ## Information Contact: publicity at splashcon.org Website: https://2019.splashcon.org/ Location: Royal Olympic Hotel, Athens, Greece ## Organization SPLASH General Chair: * Yannis Smaragdakis (University of Athens) OOPSLA Review Committee Chair: * Eelco Visser (Delft University of Technology) Onward! Papers Chair: * Hidehiko Masuhara (Tokyo Institute of Technology) Onward! Essays Chair: * Tomas Petricek (Alan Turing Institute) DLS Program Chair: * Stefan Marr (University of Kent) GPCE General Chair: * Ina Schaefer (Technische Universität Braunschweig) GPCE Program Chair: * Tijs van der Storm (Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica / University of Groningen) SLE General Chair: * Oscar Nierstrasz (University of Bern) SLE Program Co-Chairs: * Bruno Oliveira (University of Hong Kong) * Jeff Gray (University of Alabama) SLE Publicity Chair: * Andrei Chiş (Feenk GmbH, Switzerland) SLE AEC Co-Chairs: * Emma Söderberg (Lund University) * Abel Gomez (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya) MPLR General Chair: * Tony Hosking (Australian National University / Data61) MPLR Program Chair: * Irene Finocchi (Sapienza University of Rome) SPLASH-I Co-Chairs: * Shan Shan Huang (Facebook) * Michael Carbin (MIT) Workshops Co-Chairs: * Arjun Guha (University of Massachusetts Amherst) * Neville Grech (University of Athens, University of Malta) OOPSLA Artifact Evaluation Co-Chairs: * Colin S. Gordon (Drexel University) * Jan Vitek (Northeastern University) Posters Chair: * Christoph Reichenbach (Lund University) Doctoral Symposium Chair: * Éric Tanter (University of Chile & Inria Paris) Student Research Competition Co-Chairs: * Jay McCarthy (University of Massachusetts Lowell) * David Darais (University of Vermont) Student Volunteers Co-Chairs: * Juliana Franco (Microsoft Research, Cambridge) * Tony Antoniadis (University of Athens) Publications Chair: * Magnus Madsen (Aarhus University) Publicity Co-Chairs: * Aggelos Biboudis (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) * Tijs van der Storm (Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica / University of Groningen) Local Arrangements Chair: * George Fourtounis (University of Athens) Accessibility Chair: * Kostas Saidis (University of Athens) Sponsorships Co-Chairs: * Caitlin Sadowski (Google) * Jaeheon Yi (Google) Video Chair: * Benjamin Chung (Northeastern University) Web Co-Chairs: * Aggelos Biboudis (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) * Aviral Goel (Northeastern University) /****************************************************************************/

March 5, 2019

Final Reminder: Only 5 spots left for Camp Smalltalk! Raspberry PI kits to all who attend!

by Mariano Martinez Peck

Hello All, There are 5 slots left for Camp Smalltalk Charlotte 2019 taking place at the end of this month. Now is the time to sign up if you are thinking of attending (see bottom for registration link). Camp Smalltalk is about community engagement and collaboration. There are a number of fantastic talks already lined up such as: Developing Smalltalk solutions running directly on ios / android mobile platforms (along with tooling) Live demo of @1MB remote-debuggable smalltalk images controlling peripherals attached to a Raspberry PI (ARM) In-depth look at large scale use of CMake/CTest/CDash for use with Smalltalk systems Smalltalk dialect portability solutions for the Smalltalk community (for use with GIT) We also have a fantastic Saturday evening social dinner planned on the boardwalk near the hotel. *As a special gift to attendees*, Instantiations will be providing everyone with their own Raspberry PI Zero Wifi devices with 8GB mini-sd card and power supply. Raspbian Linux with VA Smalltalk for ARM will be pre-installed. And if that isn't enough, each attendee will be receiving an open-source license for VA Smalltalk. This event is happening *March 29th – March 31st 2019* in Charlotte, North Carolina. Event details and registration info are available at the following link: Camp Smalltalk Charlotte 2019 <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/camp-smalltalk-charlotte-2019-tickets-52380940…> Hope to see you there! [image: IMG_0912.jpg] -- Mariano https://twitter.com/MartinezPeck http://marianopeck.wordpress.com

March 5, 2019

Take the opportunity to meet the community

by Stéphane Ducasse

Hi guys Do not wait the last minute to register to PharoDays, it will stress the organisation. Take the opportunity to meet the community: There are already 31 registred. https://pharoweekly.wordpress.com/2019/02/11/pharo-days-2019-is-now-open/ 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

March 3, 2019