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[ESUG 2014] Student Volunteer Program - Cambridge, England 18-22 August

by Damien Cassou

Student Volunteer Program ------------------------------------------------------------------------ If you are a student wanting to attend ESUG at Cambridge this summer, have you considered being a student volunteer? Student volunteers help keep the conference running smoothly; in return, they have free accommodations, while still having time to enjoy the conference. More information at http://www.esug.org/Conferences/2014 http://www.esug.org/Conferences/2014/StudentVolunteers -- Damien Cassou http://damiencassou.seasidehosting.st "Success is the ability to go from one failure to another without losing enthusiasm." Winston Churchill

May 23, 2014

Open position for a Permanent Assistant Professor in Computer Science and Robotics

by Noury Bouraqadi

Hi, We're hiring an associate professor who will work on computer science and robots, and we'd really like to have yet another Smalltalker join the team :-) Applicants should be citizens of the EU (few exceptions are possible such as Switzerland). Dead-line for applications : 23rd of June Application form can be requested from Mrs. Catouillard: +33 (0)3.27.71.25.36 ‐ daniele.catouillard(a)xn--minesdouai-ut6e.fr More info at: http://car.mines-douai.fr/2014/05/open-permanent-position/ Best, Noury -- http://twitter.com/#!/NouryBouraqadi http://car.mines-douai.fr/noury

May 22, 2014

[ANN] MOOSEDAY@UPMC 2014

by Serge Stinckwich

Dear Smalltalkers, we are organizing June 5th and 6th 2014, a MOOSEDAY event in Paris. The on-going program is available here: http://www.doesnotunderstand.org/MOOSEDayUPMC/ MOOSE is a agile software analysis platform written in Pharo Smalltalk. Some talks about MOOSE and ROASSAL are planned in the morning. Afternoon, we will have hands-on and MOOSE/Pharo hacking sessions. More explanations about MOOSE on Tudor Girba's blog: - http://www.humane-assessment.com/blog/communicating-changes-in-pharo-3-0 - http://www.humane-assessment.com/blog/moose-custom-analyses-made-easy/ Registrations are free (including lunches) but you have to register on the website ! We are looking for people (academics/companies) what have some real code analysis (or visualization) problem who are willing to do some short hands-on studies with the MOOSE platform experts. - MOOSE : http://www.moosetechnology.org/ - Pharo : http://www.pharo.org/ Thank you ObjectProfile and ESUG (European Smalltalk User Group) to sponsor this event - http://www.objectprofile.com/ - http://www.esug.org/ Best regards, -- Serge Stinckwich UCBN & UMI UMMISCO 209 (IRD/UPMC) Every DSL ends up being Smalltalk http://www.doesnotunderstand.org/

May 22, 2014

[REMINDER] CFP - IWST 2014 - Deadline June, 15

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 IWST14 — International Workshop on Smalltalk Technologies Cambridge, England; August 19, 2014 http://www.esug.org/Conferences/2014/IWST14 ************************************************************************************************************ ------------------- 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: June 15, 2014 Notification deadline: July 15, 2014 Workshop : August 19, 2014 All accepted papers will be published in ACM DL (To be confirmed) ------------------- 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 Lam Research Corporation for its financial contribution that makes it possible a price 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://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iwst2014 ------------------- Program chairs ------------------- Alain Plantec (UMR 6265 Lab-STICC, University of Brest, France) Jannik Laval (Ecole des Mines de Douai, France) -- ~~Jannik Laval~~ École des Mines de Douai Enseignant-chercheur http://www.jannik-laval.eu http://www.phratch.com http://car.mines-douai.fr/

May 21, 2014

Any news on ESUG 2014 Accomodation?

by jtuchel＠objektfabrik.de

Hi, The ESUG conference site [1] says: We have reserved accommodation in Trinity Hall's Wichfield site for student volunteers and attendees, which will be available when the registration system goes online. The reservation system is online - but I didn't see any pointers to reservations of the rooms in Trinity Hall. What's my mistake? Joachim [1] http://esug.org/wiki/pier/Conferences/2014/Hotels -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

May 20, 2014

ESUG'14 Call for Sponsors

by Luc Fabresse

Dear Smalltalkers, The European Smalltalk User Group (ESUG) is looking for sponsors for the organization of the 22th ESUG conference edition ( http://www.esug.org/wiki/pier/Conferences/2014) As previous years (http://www.esug.org/About/BecomeSponsor) sponsorships level are: * Silver ESUG Sponsor: By paying € 500 per year, the logo of your company/association is displayed during the ESUG conference, and you are also recognized as a sponsor on our ESUG website http://www.esug.org. You are entitled to mention that you are an ESUG sponsor, and to use the ESUG logo in that context. * Gold ESUG Sponsor: By paying €1000 per year, you get all of the above, and ESUG correspondence and distributions (CD, Documentation) will feature your logo. You also get a 10% fee reduction on the ESUG events for up to 5 people of your organization. * Platinum ESUG Sponsor: By Paying €2000 per year, you get all of the above, but you get a 20% fee reduction on the ESUG events for up to 10 people of your organization. If your company is interested, you can choose a sponsorship level, send us (at board(a)esug.org) information such as Organization name, VAT number, etc. and we will send you back an invoice. Also consider that sending people to the conference is a kind of sponsoring in an indirect way. So see you @ ESUG'14, Cambridge, England 18-22 August 2014. Best regards, Luc Fabresse ESUG Treasurer On behalf of ESUG board PS: Forward widely

May 10, 2014

[ANN] ESUG 2014 registration is open

by Luc Fabresse

Hi all, We are happy to announce that the registration for the 2014 ESUG conference is now open. Pay attention that the early bird registration is until 16th of July. http://www.esug.org/wiki/pier/Conferences/2014/Conference-Registration In addition this year, there will be no warranty for social event or goody for people registrering on site. --- The ESUG board PS: please distribute widely and ensure it arrives in all mailing-lists

May 6, 2014

Re: [Esug-list] [Vm-dev] Pharo 3.0 Released!

by Tudor Girba

Every once in a while, many little pieces come together and reveal a great puzzle. This is one of those moments. Fantastic work, everyone! Doru On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 4:01 PM, Esteban Lorenzano <estebanlm(a)gmail.com>wrote: > > Dear World, > > Pharo 3.0 (http://www.pharo.org) is here. > > [image: pastedGraphic.png] > > The past year seemed short as we got busy building more than usual. Many > things have changed in Pharo. Here are the highlights: > - The new modular Opal compiler is now the default compiler used in the > system. > - The Athens vector graphics canvas is now integrated and it supports > Cairo rendering on all platforms. > - Many tools have been rewritten using Spec, a new framework for building > user interfaces. > - Versionner and Kommiter are two of the new development tools. > - RPackage, a new package mechanism got enhanced with tags and is fully > integrated in the system. > - The debugger model was rewritten to become modular, the inspector > received a bump to support multiple views, and the Nautilus code browser > supports tags, search and lot more improvements. > - Morphic has seen many cleanings and improvements and the visual theme > has been revamped. > > These are just the more prominent highlights, but the details are just as > important. We have closed 2364 issues in Pharo 3 (compared with 1727 issues > in Pharo 2). Take a moment to go through a more detailed recount of the > progress: > > > https://github.com/pharo-project/ChangeLogs/blob/master/Pharo30ChangeLogs.md > > Pharo is improving on many fronts. Just take a look at the code city of > Pharo (built with Pharo for Pharo). Every building is a class, and the red > bricks represent the modified methods in Pharo 3. > > [image: pastedGraphic_1.png] > > Many things are changing but the system gets more stable. Moving from > Pharo 2 to Pharo 3 is almost a matter of just loading the code. > > Remember that Pharo is your platform. We thank all the contributors of > this release: Jean-Baptiste Arnaud, Simon Allier, Philippe Back, Clément > Bera, Alexandre Bergel, Torsten Bergmann, Usman Bhatti, Vincent Blondeau, > Noury Bouraqadi, Johan Brichau, Camillo Bruni, Sven Van Caekenberghe, > Damien Cassou, Nicolas Cellier, Guido Chari, Dimitris Chloupis, Bernardo > Contreras, Ben Coman, Gabriel Omar Cotelli, Jordi Delgado, Tommaso Del > Sasso, Gisela Decuzzi, Christophe Demarey, Sean DeNigris, Marcus Denker, > Martin Dias, Erwan Douaille, Stephane Ducasse, Stephan Eggermont, Pablo > Estefo, Luc Fabresse, Johan Fabry, Hilaire Fernandes, Nahuel Garbezza, Leo > Gassman, Lucas Giudice, Tudor Girba, Thierry Goubier, Norbert Hartl, Dale > Henrichs, Pablo Herrero, Nicolai Hess, Andre Hora, Alejandro Infante, > Ricardo Jacas, Henrik Sperre Johansen, Denis Kudryashov, Pavel Krivanek, > Juraj Kubelka, Laurent Laffont, Jannik Laval, Max Leske, David Lewis, Diego > Lont, Esteban Lorenzano, Stefan Marr, Mariano Martinez Peck, Roberto > Minelli, Hernan Morales Durand, Eliot Miranda, Fernando Olivero, Nicolas > Papagna Maldonado, Nick Papoylias, Nicolas Passerini, Vanessa Peña, Nicolas > Petton, Alain Plantec, Guillermo Polito, Damien Pollet, Jochen Rick, > Benjamin Van Ryseghem, Ronie Salgado, Camille Teruel, Juan Pablo Sandoval > Alcocer, Samir Saleh, Frank Shearar, Igor Stasenko, Aliaksei Syrel, > Sebastian Tleye, Yuriy Tymchuk, Andres Valloud, Martin Walk, Hernan > Wilkinson. > And many many more who contributed indirectly, by reporting bugs, > participating in discussion threads, providing feedback... > > Pharo 3.0 is the largest step we took since we started. Yet, it’s just a > step. Expect more. Much more. > > Enjoy! > The Pharo Team > > -- www.tudorgirba.com "Every thing has its own flow"

April 30, 2014

Re: [Esug-list] Pharo 3.0 Released!

by Sebastian Tleye

Awesome!! ;) 2014-04-30 16:01 GMT+02:00 Esteban Lorenzano <estebanlm(a)gmail.com>: > Dear World, > > Pharo 3.0 (http://www.pharo.org) is here. > > [image: pastedGraphic.png] > > The past year seemed short as we got busy building more than usual. Many > things have changed in Pharo. Here are the highlights: > - The new modular Opal compiler is now the default compiler used in the > system. > - The Athens vector graphics canvas is now integrated and it supports > Cairo rendering on all platforms. > - Many tools have been rewritten using Spec, a new framework for building > user interfaces. > - Versionner and Kommiter are two of the new development tools. > - RPackage, a new package mechanism got enhanced with tags and is fully > integrated in the system. > - The debugger model was rewritten to become modular, the inspector > received a bump to support multiple views, and the Nautilus code browser > supports tags, search and lot more improvements. > - Morphic has seen many cleanings and improvements and the visual theme > has been revamped. > > These are just the more prominent highlights, but the details are just as > important. We have closed 2364 issues in Pharo 3 (compared with 1727 issues > in Pharo 2). Take a moment to go through a more detailed recount of the > progress: > > > https://github.com/pharo-project/ChangeLogs/blob/master/Pharo30ChangeLogs.md > > Pharo is improving on many fronts. Just take a look at the code city of > Pharo (built with Pharo for Pharo). Every building is a class, and the red > bricks represent the modified methods in Pharo 3. > > [image: pastedGraphic_1.png] > > Many things are changing but the system gets more stable. Moving from > Pharo 2 to Pharo 3 is almost a matter of just loading the code. > > Remember that Pharo is your platform. We thank all the contributors of > this release: Jean-Baptiste Arnaud, Simon Allier, Philippe Back, Clément > Bera, Alexandre Bergel, Torsten Bergmann, Usman Bhatti, Vincent Blondeau, > Noury Bouraqadi, Johan Brichau, Camillo Bruni, Sven Van Caekenberghe, > Damien Cassou, Nicolas Cellier, Guido Chari, Dimitris Chloupis, Bernardo > Contreras, Ben Coman, Gabriel Omar Cotelli, Jordi Delgado, Tommaso Del > Sasso, Gisela Decuzzi, Christophe Demarey, Sean DeNigris, Marcus Denker, > Martin Dias, Erwan Douaille, Stephane Ducasse, Stephan Eggermont, Pablo > Estefo, Luc Fabresse, Johan Fabry, Hilaire Fernandes, Nahuel Garbezza, Leo > Gassman, Lucas Giudice, Tudor Girba, Thierry Goubier, Norbert Hartl, Dale > Henrichs, Pablo Herrero, Nicolai Hess, Andre Hora, Alejandro Infante, > Ricardo Jacas, Henrik Sperre Johansen, Denis Kudryashov, Pavel Krivanek, > Juraj Kubelka, Laurent Laffont, Jannik Laval, Max Leske, David Lewis, Diego > Lont, Esteban Lorenzano, Stefan Marr, Mariano Martinez Peck, Roberto > Minelli, Hernan Morales Durand, Eliot Miranda, Fernando Olivero, Nicolas > Papagna Maldonado, Nick Papoylias, Nicolas Passerini, Vanessa Peña, Nicolas > Petton, Alain Plantec, Guillermo Polito, Damien Pollet, Jochen Rick, > Benjamin Van Ryseghem, Ronie Salgado, Camille Teruel, Juan Pablo Sandoval > Alcocer, Samir Saleh, Frank Shearar, Igor Stasenko, Aliaksei Syrel, > Sebastian Tleye, Yuriy Tymchuk, Andres Valloud, Martin Walk, Hernan > Wilkinson. > And many many more who contributed indirectly, by reporting bugs, > participating in discussion threads, providing feedback... > > Pharo 3.0 is the largest step we took since we started. Yet, it’s just a > step. Expect more. Much more. > > Enjoy! > The Pharo Team > > _______________________________________________ > Esug-list mailing list > Esug-list(a)lists.esug.org > http://lists.esug.org/mailman/listinfo/esug-list_lists.esug.org > >

April 30, 2014

Pharo 3.0 Released!

by Esteban Lorenzano

Dear World, Pharo 3.0 (http://www.pharo.org) is here. The past year seemed short as we got busy building more than usual. Many things have changed in Pharo. Here are the highlights: - The new modular Opal compiler is now the default compiler used in the system. - The Athens vector graphics canvas is now integrated and it supports Cairo rendering on all platforms. - Many tools have been rewritten using Spec, a new framework for building user interfaces. - Versionner and Kommiter are two of the new development tools. - RPackage, a new package mechanism got enhanced with tags and is fully integrated in the system. - The debugger model was rewritten to become modular, the inspector received a bump to support multiple views, and the Nautilus code browser supports tags, search and lot more improvements. - Morphic has seen many cleanings and improvements and the visual theme has been revamped. These are just the more prominent highlights, but the details are just as important. We have closed 2364 issues in Pharo 3 (compared with 1727 issues in Pharo 2). Take a moment to go through a more detailed recount of the progress: https://github.com/pharo-project/ChangeLogs/blob/master/Pharo30ChangeLogs.md Pharo is improving on many fronts. Just take a look at the code city of Pharo (built with Pharo for Pharo). Every building is a class, and the red bricks represent the modified methods in Pharo 3. Many things are changing but the system gets more stable. Moving from Pharo 2 to Pharo 3 is almost a matter of just loading the code. Remember that Pharo is your platform. We thank all the contributors of this release: Jean-Baptiste Arnaud, Simon Allier, Philippe Back, Clément Bera, Alexandre Bergel, Torsten Bergmann, Usman Bhatti, Vincent Blondeau, Noury Bouraqadi, Johan Brichau, Camillo Bruni, Sven Van Caekenberghe, Damien Cassou, Nicolas Cellier, Guido Chari, Dimitris Chloupis, Bernardo Contreras, Ben Coman, Gabriel Omar Cotelli, Jordi Delgado, Tommaso Del Sasso, Gisela Decuzzi, Christophe Demarey, Sean DeNigris, Marcus Denker, Martin Dias, Erwan Douaille, Stephane Ducasse, Stephan Eggermont, Pablo Estefo, Luc Fabresse, Johan Fabry, Hilaire Fernandes, Nahuel Garbezza, Leo Gassman, Lucas Giudice, Tudor Girba, Thierry Goubier, Norbert Hartl, Dale Henrichs, Pablo Herrero, Nicolai Hess, Andre Hora, Alejandro Infante, Ricardo Jacas, Henrik Sperre Johansen, Denis Kudryashov, Pavel Krivanek, Juraj Kubelka, Laurent Laffont, Jannik Laval, Max Leske, David Lewis, Diego Lont, Esteban Lorenzano, Stefan Marr, Mariano Martinez Peck, Roberto Minelli, Hernan Morales Durand, Eliot Miranda, Fernando Olivero, Nicolas Papagna Maldonado, Nick Papoylias, Nicolas Passerini, Vanessa Peña, Nicolas Petton, Alain Plantec, Guillermo Polito, Damien Pollet, Jochen Rick, Benjamin Van Ryseghem, Ronie Salgado, Camille Teruel, Juan Pablo Sandoval Alcocer, Samir Saleh, Frank Shearar, Igor Stasenko, Aliaksei Syrel, Sebastian Tleye, Yuriy Tymchuk, Andres Valloud, Martin Walk, Hernan Wilkinson. And many many more who contributed indirectly, by reporting bugs, participating in discussion threads, providing feedback... Pharo 3.0 is the largest step we took since we started. Yet, it’s just a step. Expect more. Much more. Enjoy! The Pharo Team

April 30, 2014