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Re: [Esug-list] ESUG 2014 REMINDER: 11th Innovation Technology Awards

by Jan Vrany

Hi Jordi, thanks for reminder :-) > > Applicants should provide the following information on the conference > registration server. Once you have registered your personal info, an > 'Awards' menu allows submitting your software. You can provide this > information when you first register, or login again later and update > your details. Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but it does not work for me. When I log in, I see top menu (items in capital on back background) and second menu (normal letters, turquoise background). None contains 'Awards' though the second contains 'Proposed Awards', so I guess this is what you meant. When clicking 'Proposed Awards' I see a page showing: Submitted awards Add Name (D) Total: 0 I found no way to add a new proposal. The 'Add' text is not clickable. Could you please give me a hint what I'm doing wrong? All the best, Jan

July 28, 2014

ESUG 2014 REMINDER: 11th Innovation Technology Awards

by Jordi Delgado

ESUG 2014 REMINDER: 11th Innovation Technology Awards http://esug.org/Conferences/2014/Innovation-Technology-Awards Have you written innovative Smalltalk? The developers of any Smalltalk-based software can enter by submitting a 3-5min video of their software. Entrants demo their systems in a session at the end of Monday August 18th 2014, after which the conference attendees vote. (A vote consists in providing a sorted list of 3 preferred pieces of software.) The top 3 teams with the most innovative software will receive, respectively, 500 Euros, 300 Euros and 200 Euros. The results are announced in the Awards ceremony that is held during the social event. Applicants should provide the following information on the conference registration server. Once you have registered your personal info, an 'Awards' menu allows submitting your software. You can provide this information when you first register, or login again later and update your details. The registration server will open soon. You can start preparing your software right now though. Info to provide: Name of the software Licence information (free, shareware, or commercial) Name of the Smalltalk dialect used Name, Affiliation and Country of developers Besides, it would be great if the submission could include: URL for a video (3-5 min) showing a screencast / demo of the software URL for downloading the software or at least a runnable demo Deadline: August 15th Any Smalltalker can apply (students, companies, ...). The presented piece of code/software should be written in Smalltalk or directly support Smalltalk (e.g. Smalltalk VM). All Smalltalk dialects are accepted. The applicant should be "strongly related" to the presented code, be it as an author, as owner of the copyright/copyleft, or as an official representative of the copyright/copyleft owner. Bests, Jordi

July 27, 2014

CFP - Workshop on Evaluation and Usability of Programming Languages and Tools (PLATEAU)

by Craig Anslow

PLATEAU 2014 - CALL FOR PAPERS Fifth Workshop on Evaluation and Usability of Programming Languages and Tools (PLATEAU) Portland, Oregon, United States http://2014.splashcon.org/track/plateau2014 Workshop co-located with SPLASH, 20-24 October, 2014 http://2014.splashcon.org/ ** Theme ** Programming languages exist to enable programmers to develop software effectively. But how efficiently programmers can write software depends on the usability of the languages and tools that they develop with. The aim of this workshop is to discuss methods, metrics and techniques for evaluating the usability of languages and language tools. The supposed benefits of such languages and tools cover a large space, including making programs easier to read, write, and maintain; allowing programmers to write more flexible and powerful programs; and restricting programs to make them more safe and secure. PLATEAU gathers the intersection of researchers in the programming language, programming tool, and human-computer interaction communities to share their research and discuss the future of evaluation and usability of programming languages and tools. Some particular areas of interest are: - empirical studies of programming languages - methodologies and philosophies behind language and tool evaluation - software design metrics and their relations to the underlying language - user studies of language features and software engineering tools - visual techniques for understanding programming languages - critical comparisons of programming paradigms - tools to support evaluating programming languages - psychology of programming ** Submission Details ** PLATEAU encourages submissions of three types of papers: Research and position papers: We encourage papers that describe work-in-progress or recently completed work based on the themes and goals of the workshop or related topics, report on experiences gained, question accepted wisdom, raise challenging open problems, or propose speculative new approaches. We will accept two types of papers: research papers up to 8 pages in length; and position papers up to 2 pages in length. Hypotheses papers: Hypotheses papers explicitly identify beliefs of the research community or software industry about how a programming language, programming language feature, or programming language tool affects programming practice. Hypotheses can be collected from mailing lists, blog posts, paper introductions, developer forums, or interviews. Papers should clearly document the source(s) of each hypothesis and discuss the importance, use, and relevance of the hypotheses on research or practice. Papers may also, but are not required to, review evidence for or against the hypotheses identified. Hypotheses papers can be up to 4 pages in length. Papers will be published in the ACM Digital Library at the authors’ discretion. ** Important Dates ** Workshop paper submission due - 1 August, 2014 Notification to authors - 22 August, 2014 Early registration deadline - 19 September, 2014 ** Keynote ** Josh Bloch, former Chief Java Architect at Google and Distinguished Engineer at Sun Microsystems. ** Workshop Organizers ** Thomas LaToza, University of California, Irvine Joshua Sunshine, Carnegie Mellon University Craig Anslow, University of Calgary ** Program Committee ** Jennifer Baldwin, University of Victoria Andrew Begel, Microsoft Research Andrew Black, Portland State University Alan Blackwell, University of Cambridge Jeffrey Carver, University of Alabama Sebastian Erdweg, TU Darmstadt Thomas Fritz, University of Zurich Stefan Hanenberg, University of Duisburg-Essen Matthias Hauswirth, University of Lugano Ciera Jaspan, Google Leo Meyerovich, UC Berkeley Gail Murphy, University of British Columbia Emerson Murphy-Hill, NC State James Noble, Victoria University of Wellington Chris Parnin, NC State Janet Siegmund, University of Passau Andreas Stefik, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Chris Scaffidi, Oregon State University Éric Tanter, University of Chile — Kind regards, Craig Craig Anslow, PhD Postdoctoral Research Fellow Department of Computer Science University of Calgary, Canada T: 403 210 8159 E: craig.anslow(a)ucalgary.ca<mailto:craig.anslow@ucalgary.ca> W: http://anslow.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/

July 17, 2014

Re: [Esug-list] esug 2014 - looking for a late connection to cambridge

by jtuchel＠objektfabrik.de

Tudor, you can take a bus from Stansted to Cambridge, but I am afraid it won't leave any later. There is a relatively cheap hotel near the Stansted airport (was it a Holiday Inn Express), so you could stay there overnight and leave for Cambridge the next morning. This one is probably cheaper and more comfortable than a Cab. OTOH, you can always see if you can book a taxi in advance for a fixed price. These are the options I've seen when I was planning my trip... Joachim Am 15.07.14 17:05, schrieb Tudor Girba: > Hi, > > I am looking for options to book the travel to Cambridge. The only > flight the Stansted airport available to me arrives at 23:00. > Unfortunately, the latest train leaves Stansted at 23:04 so I cannot > make it to that one. > > Does anyone know another way to reach Cambridge from Stansted? How > much would a cab cost? > > Cheers, > Doru > > -- > www.tudorgirba.com <http://www.tudorgirba.com> > > "Every thing has its own flow" > > > _______________________________________________ > Esug-list mailing list > Esug-list(a)lists.esug.org > http://lists.esug.org/mailman/listinfo/esug-list_lists.esug.org -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Objektfabrik Joachim Tuchel mailto:jtuchel@objektfabrik.de Fliederweg 1 http://www.objektfabrik.de D-71640 Ludwigsburg http://joachimtuchel.wordpress.com Telefon: +49 7141 56 10 86 0 Fax: +49 7141 56 10 86 1

July 15, 2014

esug 2014 - looking for a late connection to cambridge

by Tudor Girba

Hi, I am looking for options to book the travel to Cambridge. The only flight the Stansted airport available to me arrives at 23:00. Unfortunately, the latest train leaves Stansted at 23:04 so I cannot make it to that one. Does anyone know another way to reach Cambridge from Stansted? How much would a cab cost? Cheers, Doru -- www.tudorgirba.com "Every thing has its own flow"

July 15, 2014

Couch surfing

by Johan Briglia

Hi all, This year I'll be one of the several student volunteers (to offer my help in the next ESUG) and I actually need a little help for a little something about it. As a student I had to choose the cheapest traveling agenda, so I will arrive one day earlier than expected. It's not a problem but I need to find a place to sleep between Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th. So I'm asking if anyone would be so kind to lend me a couch just for a night? I don't take much space, and I can cook! ;) As a relatively new smalltalker, I think it best to introduce myself: I'm Johan Briglia, PhD student in Psychology at Montpellier (south of France) where I'm working on the emergence of human memory and complex behaviors from neural networks. I'm using smalltalk to emulate dynamical networks in order to test some psychological theories, as a consolidation of AI research. Thank you for your help, and see you soon anyway! Johan

July 10, 2014

Fwd: Squeak-Treffen am 12.Juli 2014, Potsdam

by Bert Freudenberg

We're having a Squeak get-together this Saturday. I'm forwarding this reminder for the German-speaking folks who are not subscribed to the German Squeak list ... everyone is welcome. - Bert - Begin forwarded message: > From: Michael Perscheid <michaelperscheid(a)googlemail.com> > Subject: [Squeak-ev] Reminder: Squeak-Treffen am 12.Juli 2014, Potsdam > Date: 8. Juli 2014 19:21:30 MESZ > To: Squeak in Germany / Squeak in Deutschland <squeak-ev(a)lists.squeakfoundation.org> > Reply-To: Squeak in Germany / Squeak in Deutschland <squeak-ev(a)lists.squeakfoundation.org> > > Liebe Squeaker, > > nochmals zu Erinnerung. Unser jährliches Squeak-Treffen findet kommenden > Samstag in Potsdam statt. > > * Wann? > Samstag, 12. Juli 2014 ab 13:00 h > > * Wo? > Hasso-Plattner-Institute > Prof.-Dr.-Helmert-Straße 2-3 > 14482 Potsdam > > Anfahrt: http://www.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/hpi/campus/anfahrt.html > > Raum: H-E.51 (dies ist diesmal im Hauptgebäude siehe Karte beim Link) > > * Inhalt? > 13:00-16:00 Vorträge rund um Squeak > Wir haben noch ein paar freie Slots. Weitere Themen sind daher > gern gesehen. > > 16:00-17:00 SqueakEd/Tec Organisation > > 17:00-18:00 Vereinsversammlung > - Bestimmung des Protokollführers und der Kassenprüfer > - Feststellung der Beschlussfähigkeit > - Vorstellung / Änderung der Tagesordnung > - Aktivitäten des Vereins 2013-2014 > - Bericht des Schatzmeisters und der Kassenprüfer > - Künftige Aktivitäten > - Sonstiges > > Anschließend Ausklang in gemütlicher Runde in Potsdam. > (Albers: http://gleis6.vpweb.de/?prefix=www) > > Wir hoffen Euch wieder zahlreich in Potsdam treffen zu können. > > Vielen Dank an Robert Hirschfeld und der ganzen Software-Architektur Gruppe in > Potsdam für die alljährliche Organisation und Bereitstellung von Räumlichkeiten. > > Für Fragen stehen wir natürlich sehr gerne zur Verfügung. > > Viele Grüße > Esther, Rita und Micha > > --- > Michael Perscheid > michaelperscheid(a)googlemail.com > http://www.michaelperscheid.de/ >

July 8, 2014

Re: [Esug-list] ESUG'14 early registration deadline is close

by Luc Fabresse

Hi Doru, You should have received an invoice for the accommodation part. I will re-transfer you the email. So, your accommodation is perfectly booked but not paid yet. Now, you should also register on the ESUG registration server as usual if you haven't done it. Best, #Luc 2014-07-07 11:37 GMT+02:00 Tudor Girba <tudor(a)tudorgirba.com>: > Hi, > > Thanks for the reminder. I wanted to proceed, but I noticed that I did not > receive any confirmation related to the request for accommodation. I > thought I was supposed to get a way to pay. Should I do anything else about > it? > > Cheers, > Doru > > > > On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Luc Fabresse <luc.fabresse(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi Smalltalkers, >> >> I kindly remind you that the early registration deadline to ESUG'14 is >> next week: july, 16th. >> http://registration.esug.org >> >> So far, we have 83 attendees! >> >> See you all @ Cambridge, >> Best, >> >> #Luc >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Esug-list mailing list >> Esug-list(a)lists.esug.org >> http://lists.esug.org/mailman/listinfo/esug-list_lists.esug.org >> >> > > > -- > www.tudorgirba.com > > "Every thing has its own flow" >

July 7, 2014

Re: [Esug-list] ESUG'14 early registration deadline is close

by Tudor Girba

Hi, Thanks for the reminder. I wanted to proceed, but I noticed that I did not receive any confirmation related to the request for accommodation. I thought I was supposed to get a way to pay. Should I do anything else about it? Cheers, Doru On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Luc Fabresse <luc.fabresse(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Smalltalkers, > > I kindly remind you that the early registration deadline to ESUG'14 is > next week: july, 16th. > http://registration.esug.org > > So far, we have 83 attendees! > > See you all @ Cambridge, > Best, > > #Luc > > _______________________________________________ > Esug-list mailing list > Esug-list(a)lists.esug.org > http://lists.esug.org/mailman/listinfo/esug-list_lists.esug.org > > -- www.tudorgirba.com "Every thing has its own flow"

July 7, 2014

ESUG'14 early registration deadline is close

by Luc Fabresse

Hi Smalltalkers, I kindly remind you that the early registration deadline to ESUG'14 is next week: july, 16th. http://registration.esug.org So far, we have 83 attendees! See you all @ Cambridge, Best, #Luc

July 7, 2014