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CFP - IWST 2014 - Deadline Extension - June, 22

by jannik laval

Dear smalltalkers, we decided to extend the deadline for submitting contributions to IWST. The new deadline is set to *22nd June, 2014*. ************************************************************ ************************************************ [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/

June 10, 2014

Re: [Esug-list] Guidance for an experienced smalltalker

by Alexandre Bergel

Hi Mani, Here how I see the things: having a strong visit card is crucial. Such a visit card could be of different nature: leading an open source software engineering project, regularly including bugs fixes in a major project, writing books, accurately answering emails in mailing lists, solving hard problems, writing research papers, doing screencasts, etc. A visit card is made of one or more of these ingredients. What I see around me is the following: people who have written a popular framework (e.g., magritte, seaside, athens, zinc, moose, amber) do not have and will surely not have problem to find work. This works well for students, young or experimented engineers. This is exactly how I am pushing the students and young engineers with whom I closely work. There are many many needs around there. Cheers, Alexandre On Jun 7, 2014, at 11:04 PM, mani kartha <maniskartha(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > First of all, this is not a technical doubt in the sense that it is not related to a code snippet, class or an IDE. But I think my doubt can be cleared only by experienced professionals in smalltalk. > I am a smalltalker with 9.5 years of software development experience (fully in smalltalk). I prefer to work in the technical side of software projects rather than the managerial side. But now I find it difficult to get job opportunities as even Senior Software Engineer job requirements find me as over experienced. > > I suppose some of you are managers/employers and can tell me, > what do an employer/manager expect from an engineer with <10 years experience > > 1) designing,coding and debugging skills ? > 2) domain knowledge? > 3) soft skills like ability to communicate with team/client? > 4) skills like other programming languages/tools? > 5) work permit in US/Europe (since I am in India) > or something other? > > I have 5-6 similarly experienced(VWST,Squeak,Pharo) friends with me and will it be easier to find work as a team ? > How can a team without a proven expertise (only those who had worked with us know about us) get a software contract? > Do we require mentor ? Do we need to have a business Development Manager ? > I am not asking for shortcuts but for a proper direction to proceed. > May be it will be easy to get some small software contracts by switching to other languages but we wanted to stick on to smalltalk as we all believe in the strength of smalltalk > > What i wanted to know is, whether it is possible to grow together as a team with smalltalk skills, otherwise we will have to switch to other technologies or try to grow individually. > > Thanks in advance > > Mani S Kartha > _______________________________________________ > Esug-list mailing list > Esug-list(a)lists.esug.org > http://lists.esug.org/mailman/listinfo/esug-list_lists.esug.org -- _,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;: Alexandre Bergel http://www.bergel.eu ^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;.

June 8, 2014

Guidance for an experienced smalltalker

by mani kartha

Hi, First of all, this is not a technical doubt in the sense that it is not related to a code snippet, class or an IDE. But I think my doubt can be cleared only by experienced professionals in smalltalk. I am a smalltalker with 9.5 years of software development experience (fully in smalltalk). I prefer to work in the technical side of software projects rather than the managerial side. But now I find it difficult to get job opportunities as even Senior Software Engineer job requirements find me as over experienced. I suppose some of you are managers/employers and can tell me, what do an employer/manager expect from an engineer with <10 years experience 1) designing,coding and debugging skills ? 2) domain knowledge? 3) soft skills like ability to communicate with team/client? 4) skills like other programming languages/tools? 5) work permit in US/Europe (since I am in India) or something other? I have 5-6 similarly experienced(VWST,Squeak,Pharo) friends with me and will it be easier to find work as a team ? How can a team without a proven expertise (only those who had worked with us know about us) get a software contract? Do we require mentor ? Do we need to have a business Development Manager ? I am not asking for shortcuts but for a proper direction to proceed. May be it will be easy to get some small software contracts by switching to other languages but we wanted to stick on to smalltalk as we all believe in the strength of smalltalk What i wanted to know is, whether it is possible to grow together as a team with smalltalk skills, otherwise we will have to switch to other technologies or try to grow individually. Thanks in advance Mani S Kartha

June 8, 2014

Fwd: [vwnc] CloudShoppie App contest Done with Smalltalk. Kindly Vote

by Stéphane Ducasse

Begin forwarded message: > From: Sreenath <gk.sreenath(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [vwnc] CloudShoppie App contest Done with Smalltalk. Kindly Vote > Date: 29 May 2014 08:50:59 GMT+2 > To: vwnc(a)cs.uiuc.edu > > Hi All > > http://letsbuildkaec.challengepost.com/submissions/23789-cloud-shoppie > > This is an iOS/Android application with server developed in Pharo > Smalltalk(Seaside-REST) where our company Signos Software Solutions has > participated. There is a video explaining the application and a link to vote > for the application. > > We are a start up with a team of 8 smalltalkers and would greatly appreciate > your valuable support and feedback. > > Thanks In Advance. > > Best Regards, > Sreenath > > > > -- > View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/CloudShoppie-App-contest-Done-with-Smalltalk-Kindly-V… > Sent from the VisualWorks mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > vwnc mailing list > vwnc(a)cs.uiuc.edu > http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/vwnc

June 7, 2014

Celebration of Life for James Robertson - a message from Jim's wife and daughter

by Fortman, Suzanne

Jim's wife and daughter would like to plan a celebration of life for Jim. Tori just posted a message on Jim's FaceBook page. If you don't have access to FB, but would like to reply, please send a message to me and I will forward it to the family immediately. Suzanne ****** Message from Tori and Jackie ****** Hi, everyone. This is Tori<https://www.facebook.com/torirob>. My mom, Jackie<https://www.facebook.com/jackie.robertson.33>, and I are planning the memorial service for my father. We are currently thinking the 9th of August is best, but we are open to exploring another date later. We want to know what would be best for the most people to attend. Please comment your availability (dates/times/etc) and any other suggestions. You can also message me for more information on my profile. ***************** Suzanne M. Fortman Cincom Systems, Inc. Smalltalk Program Director Manager, Cincom Smalltalk Engineering office: 949-722-8928 mobile: 949-933-0055 [CincomLogo05Blue-lg (2)] This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivering to the intended recipient, please be advised that it has been sent in error and therefore any use is strictly prohibited.

June 7, 2014

Smalltalker wanted ! Job opening for Cincom ChannelStream

by Schickel, Yvonne

We're hiring! Cincom is looking for an experienced Smalltalker, a SOFTWARE ENGINEER. Our new colleague shall strengthen the development team for our document output product Cincom ChannelStream (developed in Smalltalk). Applications are accepted until the position is filled. · English: http://documentoutput.cincom.com/software-engineer-cincom-channelstream/ · French: http://documentoutput.cincom.fr/2014/06/opportunite-software-engineer-cinco… Regards Yvonne ******************************************** Yvonne Schickel Marketing Manager Cincom ChannelStream Cincom Systems GmbH & Co. oHG Tel.: +49 6196 9003-0 E-Mail: yschickel(a)cincom.com<mailto:yschickel@cincom.com> http://DocumentOutput.cincom.com<http://documentoutput.cincom.com/> http://DocumentOutput.cincom.fr Connect with us! RSS: http://documentoutput.cincom.com/feed/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChannelStream LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/cincom-systems Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CincomSystems [cid:image003.jpg@01CF801D.1E426B70] Geschäftsführer/Managing Directors: Thomas M. Nies, Gerald L. Shawhan oHG mit Sitz/based in Schwalbach/Ts. (Amtsgericht Königstein/Ts. HRA 2653) Pers. haftender Gesellschafter/Partner liable to unlimited extent: Cincom Systems Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH (Amtsgericht Königstein/Ts. HRB 5069) ********************************************

June 4, 2014

Do not forget to register for ESUG 2014

by Stéphane Ducasse

Dear Friends do not forget to register to ESUG 2014 https://registration.esug.org for the hotel you can get an hotel managed by ESUG http://www.esug.org/wiki/pier/Conferences/2014/Hotels or an hotel (we proposed a list at the end of the page). Stef

June 4, 2014

Re: [Esug-list] [IMPORTANT] Accommodation booking @ ESUG'14

by Sabine Knöfel

Hi David, thank you very much for this! Sabine On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 1:17 PM, David Chisnall [via Smalltalk] < ml-node%2Bs1294792n4760967h72(a)n4.nabble.com> wrote: > On 30 May 2014, at 11:49, Sabine Knöfel <[hidden email] > <http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4760967&i=0>> wrote: > > > *can you please send a google maps link or address to the computer lab > (to > > find hotels nearby)? > > The computer lab is in the William Gates Building: > > http://osm.org/go/0EQSAZ2Po-?layers=N&m= > > The accommodation that we have reserved is in Trinity Hall's Wychfield > site, just down the road: > > http://osm.org/go/0EQSDPLdZ-?layers=N&m= > > (No Google Maps links because their map data is shockingly bad in > Cambridge) > > > *will you also provide a list of hotel suggestions like the last year? > > We don't have a list of hotels other than the university accommodation. > There aren't many on this side of Cambridge. The Møller Centre is very > convenient, but unfortunately is fully booked for the week of the > conference. > > Arundel House is fairly close (20-25 minutes walk, 5 minutes bike): > > http://www.arundelhousehotels.co.uk/cambridge/ > > There is a YourSpace apartment on Chesterton Road that is a similar > distance and may be of interest: > > http://www.yourspaceapartments.com > > MSR Cambridge has a list of recommended hotels, but they've now moved to > the other end of town, so the locations are not optimal: > > http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/labs/cambridge/accommodations.aspx > > Hotel Felix is very nice, but a bit out of town (not too bad for getting > to the CL on a bike): > > http://www.hotelfelix.co.uk > > There's a Doubletree by Hilton on the backs, which is about 25 minutes > walk (5-10 minute cycle) from the CL, but very convenient for town > (including the conference dinner). > > The Hotel du Vin is very nice, but a little bit further away from the CL: > > https://www.hotelduvin.com/locations/cambridge/ > > I hope this helps, > > David > _______________________________________________ > Esug-list mailing list > [hidden email] <http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4760967&i=1> > http://lists.esug.org/mailman/listinfo/esug-list_lists.esug.org > > > ------------------------------ > If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the discussion > below: > > http://forum.world.st/IMPORTANT-Accommodation-booking-ESUG-14-tp4760389p476… > To start a new topic under ESUG, email > ml-node%2Bs1294792n1589038h73(a)n4.nabble.com > To unsubscribe from ESUG, click here > <http://forum.world.st/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=unsubscribe_by_code&no…> > . > NAML > <http://forum.world.st/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=macro_viewer&id=instan…> > -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/IMPORTANT-Accommodation-booking-ESUG-14-tp4760389p476… Sent from the ESUG mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

May 30, 2014

Re: [Esug-list] [IMPORTANT] Accommodation booking @ ESUG'14

by David Chisnall

On 30 May 2014, at 11:49, Sabine Knöfel <sabine.knoefel(a)gmail.com> wrote: > *can you please send a google maps link or address to the computer lab (to > find hotels nearby)? The computer lab is in the William Gates Building: http://osm.org/go/0EQSAZ2Po-?layers=N&m= The accommodation that we have reserved is in Trinity Hall's Wychfield site, just down the road: http://osm.org/go/0EQSDPLdZ-?layers=N&m= (No Google Maps links because their map data is shockingly bad in Cambridge) > *will you also provide a list of hotel suggestions like the last year? We don't have a list of hotels other than the university accommodation. There aren't many on this side of Cambridge. The Møller Centre is very convenient, but unfortunately is fully booked for the week of the conference. Arundel House is fairly close (20-25 minutes walk, 5 minutes bike): http://www.arundelhousehotels.co.uk/cambridge/ There is a YourSpace apartment on Chesterton Road that is a similar distance and may be of interest: http://www.yourspaceapartments.com MSR Cambridge has a list of recommended hotels, but they've now moved to the other end of town, so the locations are not optimal: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/labs/cambridge/accommodations.aspx Hotel Felix is very nice, but a bit out of town (not too bad for getting to the CL on a bike): http://www.hotelfelix.co.uk There's a Doubletree by Hilton on the backs, which is about 25 minutes walk (5-10 minute cycle) from the CL, but very convenient for town (including the conference dinner). The Hotel du Vin is very nice, but a little bit further away from the CL: https://www.hotelduvin.com/locations/cambridge/ I hope this helps, David

May 30, 2014

Re: [Esug-list] [IMPORTANT] Accommodation booking @ ESUG'14

by Sabine Knöfel

Hi Luc, for people who can not yet decide whether it is possible to come to esug14 or not: *can you please send a google maps link or address to the computer lab (to find hotels nearby)? *will you also provide a list of hotel suggestions like the last year? thank you! Regards Sabine -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/IMPORTANT-Accommodation-booking-ESUG-14-tp4760389p476… Sent from the ESUG mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

May 30, 2014