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Call for papers for Dyla'13: 7th Workshop on Dynamic Languages and Applications @ ECOOP
by Alexandre Bergel Feb. 26, 2013

Feb. 26, 2013

Dyla'13, 7th Workshop on Dynamic Languages and Applications Colocated with ECOOP, ECMFA and ECSA 1–5 July, Montpellier, France http://rmod.lille.inria.fr/web/pier/Events/Dyla13 !! Important dates - Submission deadline: April 19th - Notification: mid-May - Workshop: July 1st - Ecoop early registration: mid-May !! Abstract The advent of Java and C# has been a major breakthrough in the adoption of some important object-oriented language characteristics. This breakthrough turned academic features like interfaces, garbage collection, and meta-programming into technologies generally accepted by industry. Nevertheless, the massive adoption of these languages now also gives rise to a growing awareness of their limitations. A number of reactions from industry testify this: invokedynamic bytecode instruction has been included in latest Java virtual machine release; the dynamic language runtime (DLR) is gaining popularity; C# adopted dynamic as a valid static type. Gartner prognoses further growth (http://blogs.gartner.com/mark_driver/2008/12/10) of dynamic languages. Researchers and practitioners struggle with static type systems, overly complex abstract grammars, simplistic concurrency mechanisms, limited reflection capabilities, and the absence of higher-order language constructs such as delegation, closures and continuations. Dynamic languages such as Ruby, Python, JavaScript and Lua are a step forward in addressing these problems while getting more and more popular. Making these languages mainstream requires practitioners to look back and pick mechanisms up in existing dynamic languages such as Lisp, Scheme, Smalltalk and Self. Practitioners also need to further explore discover new dynamic approaches in the context of new challenging fields such as pervasive computing. The goal of this workshop is to act as a forum where practitioners can discuss new advances in the design, implementation and application of dynamically typed languages that, sometimes radically, diverge from the statically typed class-based mainstream. Another objective is to discuss new as well as older "forgotten" languages and features in this context. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - programming language extensions - programming environment extensions - executing environments - static and dynamic analyses - optional type-checking - meta-object protocols - reserve engineering - domain-specific languages/tooling - testing environments - live programming !! Targeted audience The expected audience of this workshop is practitioners and researchers sharing the same interest in dynamically typed languages. Lua, Python, Ruby, Scheme and Smalltalk are gaining a significant popularity both in industry and academia. Nevertheless, each community has the tendency to only look at what it produces. Broadening the scope of each community is the goal of the workshop. To achieve this goal we will form a PC with leading persons from all languages mentioned above, fostering participation from all targeted communities. !! Workshop Format and Submission Information The workshop will have a demo-oriented style. The idea is to allow participants to demonstrate new and interesting features and discuss what they feel is relevant for the dynamic-language community. To participate to the workshop, you can either - submit (before __April 19th 2013__) an article (ACM Tighter Alternate style http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates) describing your presentation and/or tool. Articles whose length ranges from 2 to 15 pages will be carefully reviewed by a program committee including but not limited to the organizers. Each accepted paper will be presented for 20 to 30 minutes and be published to the ACM Digital Library (at the option of each author) and the workshop's web site. The submission website is http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dyla2013. - or give a 10-minute lightning demo of your work. A dedicated session will be allocated for this, provided there is ample time available. A session on pair programming is also planned. People will then get a chance to share their technologies by interacting with other participants. !! Program committee - Carl Friedrich Bolz, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany (http://cfbolz.de) - Camillo Bruni, Inria Lille-Nord Europe, France (http://rmod.lille.inria.fr/web/pier/team/bruni) - Adrian Kuhn, University of British Columbia, Canada (https://www.cs.ubc.ca/people/adrian-kuhn) - Lukas Renggli, Google, Switzerland (http://www.lukas-renggli.ch/) - Juan Pablo Sandoval Alcocer, University of Chile (http://users.dcc.uchile.cl/~jsandova/) - Bastian Steinert, Hasso-Plattner-Institute, Germany (http://www.bastiansteinert.org) - Veronica Uquillas Gomez, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium (http://soft.vub.ac.be/~vuquilla/) - Simon Urli, University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France (http://www.simonurli.fr/) - Didier Verna, EPITA Research and Development Laboratory, France (http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~didier) - the 4 workshop organizers !! Workshop Organizers - Alexandre Bergel (http://bergel.eu) - Damien Cassou (http://damiencassou.seasidehosting.st) - Jorge Ressia (http://www.jorgeressia.com) - Serge Stinckwich (http://www.doesnotunderstand.org) !! News feed Follow us on twitter: http://twitter.com/dyla2013 For further information: http://rmod.lille.inria.fr/web/pier/Events/Dyla13 -- _,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;: Alexandre Bergel http://www.bergel.eu ^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;.

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[JOB][Research] 16 month Postdoc "Architectural Design Exploration"
by Marcus Denker Feb. 25, 2013

Feb. 25, 2013

Architectural Design Exploration ================================ About Inria and the job ----------------------- Inria, with its academic, institutional and industrial partners, is commited to major research and innovation projects in the field of computational sciences. The institute disseminates across France thanks to its eight research centres. The Inria Lille - Nord Europe research centre, inaugurated in 2008, employs 357 people, including 250 scientists, in its seventeen research teams. Recognised for its significant contribution to the social and economic development of the Nord - Pas-de-Calais region, the Inria Lille - Nord Europe research centre promotes a policy of close cooperation with major businesses and small enterprises. By encouraging synergies between researchers and industrial partners, Inria contributes to the transfer of skills and expertise in computational technologies and provides access to top-level European and international research in order to support innovation and businesses, particularly in the region of Lille. Whether designing innovative software for business or logistics, modelling living cells or fusion plasma, or developing medical simulators or interfaces to facilitate human-computer interaction, our research opens up new possibilities that can revolutionise common practice and contribute to a better understanding of the natural phenomena which surround us. The postdoc is hosted by Team-Project RMoD. The goal of RMoD is to support remodularization of object-oriented applications. This objective is tackled from two complementary perspectives: reengineering and modularity constructs for programming languages. In the reengineering perspective we will propose new analyses to understand and restructure existing large applications (specialized package metrics, adapted visualizations, layer identification) on top of Moose [Duca08a], [Bhat12b]. http://rmod.lille.inria.fr/web/ Mission -------- Changes in the architecture may occur during the entire lifecycle of a system. Some of them might only affect local parts of a system, while others have more systemic impact. In general, we distinguish three types of approaches for handling change systematically, listed in an order of increasing severity: - Refactoring. They correspond to improvements and concern only certain components and connectors. They do not alter the offered functionality of the system. - Renovating. Sometimes, parts of the architecture are in such a bad condition that refactoring cannot work anymore. In such contexts, renovating the architecture – by restoring its fundamental principles or refreshing essential components – may be the better choice. Renovating also deals with only parts of the system. - Re-architecting. When an architecture is subject to significant changes, refactoring or renovating may not suffice. This might be the case if for example the technology platform is to be replaced by a new one, if there is a large change in business scope, or if the architecture is in such a bad shape that errors keep emerging. In such cases, re-architecting is required. The re-architecting process usually analyzes the existing architecture (e.g., using a SWOT analysis) and results in a new architecture by: a) reusing those components worthwhile to keep, b) modifying some of the existing components (refactoring) and c) re-building the rest of the components (renovating).[Ieee13] Because software engineers do not have a full understanding of the complete source code, each kind of changes may solve some problems (e.g. reduce some cycle between package), while creating new problems (e.g. creating new cycles). In this situation it would be profitable to have a tool that allows to test a possible new configuration (refactored, renovated or re-architectured) of the source code to see if the abstract property one wishes to improve, first actually improved, and second, did not improve at the expense of another equally important one. For this several alternatives new configurations have to be considered. In the RMoD team, we developed Orion [Lava10b], a tool that uses models as abstract representations of the program and enables the definition of several possible alternative versions of this program. Each version differentiates from the others by a set of refactoring operations. Currently, once an adequate version is selected, the user has to manually perform the operations on the code. Job offer description ---------------------- In this postdoc, we would like to enhance Orion in order to automatically generate code or modify the existing one once a version is chosen. Thus, it would be possible to study various alternatives of possible refactoring or restructuring of an existing program, using metrics [Abde12a], [Mord12b] or some other means [Hema12] to check the improvement in the "quality" of the code, and then ask the tool to perform the changes of the selected final solution onto the source code. The used metamodel enables a representation where code details are abstracted. A new metamodel for example AST metamodel, representing code will be introduced and the links between the two models will have to be maintained. Skills and profile -------------------- The candidate should : - hold a PhD degree in Computer Science - be fluent in English (French is an advantage but not required) - be knowledgeable in the domains of Software Engineering, maintenance, code analysis - have good programming skills in Smalltalk or be able to acquire them in a short amount of time Benefits --------- - Possibility of French courses - Help for housing - Participation for transportation - Scientific Resident card and help for husband/wife visa Additional information ----------------------- - Duration : 16 months - Salary: 2 620,84 € gross/month - Monthly salary after taxes : around 2 138€ (medical insurance included). - Before applying, please contact the scientist advisor: nicolas.anquetil(a)inria.fr - For the first selections, please apply before March 2013, 22nd Security and defense procedure ------------------------------- In the interests of protecting its scientific and technological assets, Inria is a restricted-access establishment. Consequently, it follows special regulations for welcoming any person who wishes to work with the institute. The final acceptance of each candidate thus depends on applying this security and defense procedure. More information: http://rmod.lille.inria.fr/web/pier/blog/2013-02-22-2

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[ANN] Minecraft Bindings
by Bert Freudenberg Feb. 25, 2013

Feb. 25, 2013

I'm happy to announce my Smalltalk bindings for "Minecraft: Pi Edition": Find out more at http://croquetweak.blogspot.com/2013/02/smalltalk-bindings-for-minecraft-pi… - Bert -

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[JOB][Research] Postdoc position: IDEs
by Marcus Denker Feb. 24, 2013

Feb. 24, 2013

Infrastructure for new generation IDEs ===================================== About Inria and the job ----------------------- Inria, with its academic, institutional and industrial partners, is commited to major research and innovation projects in the field of computational sciences. The institute disseminates across France thanks to its eight research centres. The Inria Lille - Nord Europe research centre, inaugurated in 2008, employs 357 people, including 250 scientists, in its seventeen research teams. Recognised for its significant contribution to the social and economic development of the Nord - Pas-de-Calais region, the Inria Lille - Nord Europe research centre promotes a policy of close cooperation with major businesses and small enterprises. By encouraging synergies between researchers and industrial partners, Inria contributes to the transfer of skills and expertise in computational technologies and provides access to top-level European and international research in order to support innovation and businesses, particularly in the region of Lille. Whether designing innovative software for business or logistics, modelling living cells or fusion plasma, or developing medical simulators or interfaces to facilitate human-computer interaction, our research opens up new possibilities that can revolutionise common practice and contribute to a better understanding of the natural phenomena which surround us. The goal of the RMoD research team at Inria Lille is to support re-modularization of object-oriented applications. This objective is tackled from two complementary perspectives: reengineering and modularity constructs for programming languages. For more information on RMOD, see http://rmod.lille.inria.fr Mission ------- The objectives will be to reconsider and develop a new infrastructure to build new and modern IDEs. The goal of this postdoc is to help the RMOD team rethinking the infrastructure of Pharo from the point of view of its user interface and interaction foundation as well as code navigation. The following topics will be analysed and rethought : - Alternate models of event handling - Decomposing responsibilities of event handler and dispatchers. - Alternative ways to navigate code - Queries to access code elements - Smart handling of coding contexts - Management of window plague - Support for contextual refactorings and automated code transformation. Skills and profile ------------------ - English - Pharo: http://www.pharo.org - User interface design, Vector graphics - IDE design and user interactions Benefits --------- - Possibility of French courses - Help for housing - Participation for transportation - Scientific Resident card and help for husband/wife visa Additional information ----------------------- - Duration : 16 months - Salary: 2 620,84 € gross/month - Monthly salary after taxes : around 2 138 € (medical insurance included) - For the first selections, please apply before March 2013, 22nd. - Before applying, please contact the scientist advisor: stephane.ducasse(a)inria.fr - More information: http://rmod.lille.inria.fr/web/pier/blog/2013-02-22 Security and defense procedure ------------------------------ In the interests of protecting its scientific and technological assets, Inria is a restricted-access establishment. Consequently, it follows special regulations for welcoming any person who wishes to work with the institute. The final acceptance of each candidate thus depends on applying this security and defense procedure.

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call for speakers - pharoconf (april 2, 3) / mooseday (april 4) - bern, switzerland
by Tudor Girba Feb. 21, 2013

Feb. 21, 2013

Hi, During April 2-4 we will organize a PharoConf and a MooseDay in Bern, Switzerland. Mark the day and join us. The participation will be free of charge. The conference will focus on interactivity and exchange, and will feature experience report talks, tutorials, show-us-your-project sessions and open discussions. We are looking for speakers: TUTORIAL These sessions will walk the audience through a piece of technology. Target duration: 30min - 60min. Example topics: - ZeroConf continuous integration builds - Building vectorial interfaces with Athens - Building UIs with Spec - New development tools (Fuel/Tanker, Glamorous Debugger, Nautilus ...) - Manipulating databases in Pharo (Riak, MongoDB ...) - Visualizing data (Roassal, EyeSee ...) TALK These sessions expose a topic that is not necessarily technical. Target duration: 30min - 60min. Example topics: - Experience of using Pharo to solve business problems - Experience of using Pharo and Moose to solve various technical problems (not necessarily related to Smalltalk) - Successes in marketing Pharo-based solutions - Future directions for Pharo or Moose SHOW-US-YOUR-PROJECT These sessions will feature short presentations of the projects (7-10 minutes) followed by open-space demos. Example topics: - The Glamorous Debugger - Nautilus - Analysis tools like Softwarenaut or Carrack - Fuel/Tanker - ... Please send us your submissions by email at tudor(a)tudorgirba.com. Cheers, Doru on behalf of the organizers -- www.tudorgirba.com "To lead is not to demand things, it is to make them happen."

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Fwd: [smaltalk-gsoc-students] ESUG at Google Open Source Blog
by Marcus Denker Feb. 20, 2013

Feb. 20, 2013

Begin forwarded message: > From: "Carla F. Griggio" <carla.griggio(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [smaltalk-gsoc-students] ESUG at Google Open Source Blog > Date: February 20, 2013 7:33:28 AM GMT+01:00 > To: smalltalk-gsoc-mentors(a)googlegroups.com, smalltalk-gsoc-students(a)googlegroups.com, pharo-users(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr > Reply-To: smalltalk-gsoc-students(a)googlegroups.com > > Hello everybody! > Last Friday the Google Open Source Blog published a post about ESUG's GSOC 2012. Have a look! http://google-opensource.blogspot.fr/2013/02/some-small-talk-with-esug.html > > Congratulations once again to everybody that participated :) > > Cheers! > Carla > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Smalltalk GSoC students" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to smalltalk-gsoc-students+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > >

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Fwd: [GSoC Mentors Announce] Google Summer of Code 2013
by Marcus Denker Feb. 11, 2013

Feb. 11, 2013

Begin forwarded message: > From: Carol Smith <carols(a)google.com> > Subject: [GSoC Mentors Announce] Google Summer of Code 2013 > Date: February 11, 2013 8:02:32 PM GMT+01:00 > To: gsoc-mentors-announce(a)googlegroups.com > Reply-To: gsoc-mentors-announce+owners(a)googlegroups.com > > Hi GSoC mentors and org admins, > > We've announced that we're doing Google Summer of Code 2013 [1]. Yay! > > If you would like to help spread the word about GSoC, we have presentations [2], logos [3], and flyers [4] for you to use. Please host meetups, tell your friends and colleagues about the program, go to conferences, talk to people about the program, and just generally do all the awesome word-of-mouth stuff you do every year to promote the program. > > The GSoC calendar, FAQ, and events timeline have all been updated with this year's important dates, so please refer to those for the milestones for this year's program. NB: the normal timeline for the program has been modified for this year. You'll probably want to examine the dates closely to make sure you know when important things are happening. > > Please consider translating the presentations and/or flyers into your native language and submitting them directly to me to post on the wiki. Localization for our material is integral to reaching the widest possible audience around the world. If you decide to translate a flyer, please fill out our form to request a thank you gift for your effort. [5] > > If you decide to host a meetup, please email me to let me know the date, time, and location so I can put it on the GSoC calendar. Also, remember to take pictures at your meetup and write up a blog post for our blog using our provided template for formatting [6]. If you need promotional items for your attendees, please fill out our form [7] to request some; we're happy to send some along. We can provide up to about 25 pens, notebooks, or stickers and/or a few t-shirts. Please keep in mind, though, that shipping restrictions and timeline vary country-to-country; request items early to make sure they get there on time! If you have questions about hosting meetups, please see the section in our FAQ [8]. > > Please also consider applying to participate as an organization again this year or maybe joining as a mentor for your favorite organization if they are selected this year. > > We rely on you for your help for the success of this program, so thank you in advance for all the work you do! > > [1] - http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2013/02/flip-bits-not-burgers-google-… > [2] - http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code/wiki/ProgramPresentations > [3] - http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code/wiki/GsocLogos > [4] - http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code/wiki/GsocFlyers > [5] - http://goo.gl/gEHDO > [6] - http://goo.gl/wbZrt > [7] - http://goo.gl/0BsR8 > [8] - http://goo.gl/2NGfp > > Cheers, > Carol > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Summer of Code Mentors Announce List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gsoc-mentors-announce+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gsoc-mentors-announce?hl=en-US. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > >

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Pharo 2.0 One Click Link Bad?
by James Robertson Feb. 8, 2013

Feb. 8, 2013

I'm getting a 404 when I click the 2.0 link on this page: http://www.pharo-project.org/pharo-download James Robertson http://www.jarober.com jarober(a)gmail.com

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OT: Dart ... inspired by
by Geert Claes Jan. 21, 2013

Jan. 21, 2013

Slightly off-topic article about Dart, the Smalltalk inspired language: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/18/google_dart_interview/ -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/OT-Dart-inspired-by-tp4664363.html Sent from the ESUG mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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ESUG 2013: book the dates: 8 to 13 September at Annecy (FR)
by Stéphane Ducasse Jan. 20, 2013

Jan. 20, 2013

Hi Smalltalkers I do not know if you are aware of it but ESUG 2013 will be in a lovely place with a great organization team: Annecy in France also called the little venice of the alps http://www.tourisme-annecy.net The dates are public now: from 9-13 of September with a camp day the 8th so book the dates and start to think about your presentations. We will launch another call for presentations. Please distribute :) Stef and the ESUG board.

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