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IWST Logo selection
by Guillermo Polito April 30, 2025

April 30, 2025

Hello board, For the IWST logo, we launched last year a competition. We received several submissions, we filtered the “ugly” ones. The PDF below shows a selection of three, ranked by our preferences. (First one is our preferred one). We need from you: - validating/voting for the one we should use, as this logo will represent ESUG too. We prefer the first one, but we are open to suggestions. - to know if you have some proposals or modifications. We are thinking on asking some font changes, probably you have some extra requirements like color or so... - we talked last year a prize of 200€. Is that still ok? We could give it during the social event in the conference. Cheers, G & G

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Obituary for Christian Haider
by peter＠ursprung.ch April 18, 2025

April 18, 2025

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Smalltalk Meetup in Zurich, 16 May 2025
by peter＠ursprung.ch April 16, 2025

April 16, 2025

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UKSTUG Meeting: Esteban Lorenzano - Pharo-CIG: C++ Interface Generator - 23 April 2025
by UK Smalltalk April 14, 2025

April 14, 2025

For our April meeting, we'll be hosting Pharo's Esteban Lorenzano to talk about Pharo-CIG - a C++ Interface Generator. The Pharo FFI (Foreign Function Interface) system is an excellent tool that enables Pharo users to create bindings with external C libraries. However, there's a significant drawback that often discourages its use: the bindings must be manually created, a process that can be slow and prone to crashes. Pharo-CIG ( https://github.com/estebanlm/pharo-cig ) proposes a solution to bridge that gap. Esteban Lorenzano ( https://github.com/estebanlm/ ) studied Computer Sciences at Universidad de Buenos Aires, and worked since 1994 in several object-oriented and low-level technologies, in different software companies, serving in various positions from programmer to senior architect. In 2007 he co-founded Smallworks to offer Pharo-based agile development projects. Since 2012 he dedicated full time to developing the Pharo code and community. He works with the INRIA-EVREF team in Lille, France, as core developer for Pharo, being responsible with the coordination of new releases and the implementation and maintenance of several Pharo libraries. This will be an online meeting. If you'd like to join us, please sign up in advance on the meeting's Meetup page ( https://www.meetup.com/ukstug/events/305761373/ ) to receive the meeting details. Don’t forget to bring your laptop and drinks!

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ESUG 2025 CFP
by stephane ducasse April 11, 2025

April 11, 2025

Please distribute! ESUG 2025 Call for Presentations from Tuesday 1st to 4 th of July 2025 Gdansk Poland https://esug.github.io https://esug.github.io/2025-Conference/conf2025.html You can support the ESUG conference in many different ways: - Sponsor the conference. New sponsoring packages are described at http://www.esug.org/supportesug/becomeasponsor/ - Submit a talk, software to the award competition, or a paper to IWST http://https://esug.github.io/2025-Conference/IWST2025.html - Attend the conference. We'd like to beat the previous record of attendance (180 people at Koln 2019)! - Students can get free registration and hosting if they enroll in the the Student Volunteers program. See below. New this year: a 3 days lectures will be organised before the conference following the isLoop summerschool principle https://isloop.pharo.org/ ## Developers Forum: International Smalltalk Developers Conference We are looking for YOUR experience on using Smalltalk. You will have 30 min for presentations and 45 min for hands-on tutorials. The list of topics for the normal talks and tutorials includes, but is not limited to the following: - XP practices, Development tools, Experience reports - Model-driven development, Web development, Team management - Meta-Modeling, Security, New libraries & frameworks - Educational material, Embedded systems and robotics - SOA and Web services, Interaction with other programming languages - Teaching Pearls and Show us Your Business We added two types of sessions in addition to the regular talks and ''Show us your project'' sessions. - Show your business in a 10-minute session (Get prepared!!) - Teaching pearls: we want some sessions on how to teach some design aspects. We want your tip and tricks to teach Smalltalk or OOP. We expect to have several 10 to 15-minute sessions aggregated. ### How to submit? Make a Pull Request here https://github.com/ESUG/esug.github.io/tree/source/2025-Conference/talks [Or but only if you are not connected to the world… send an email to stephane.ducasse(a)inria.fr] Title: [ESUG 2025] Please follow the template below the email will be automatically processed! Name: Email: Abstract: Bio: ## Call for Student Volunteers Student volunteers help keep the conference running smoothly; in return, they have free accommodations, while still having most of the time to enjoy the conference. Pay attention: the places are limited so do not wait till the last minute to apply. Conference details: Send an email to Steven Costiou <steven.costiou at inria.fr> and Oleksandr Zaitsev <olk.zaytsev at gmail.com> with: title: [ESUG 2025 Student] name, gender, university/school, country, email address want to attend the isLoop lectures (https://isloop.pharo.org/) short description of you and why you are interested in participating For which period is accommodation covered? Accommodation is covered from Monday 30 th June to 4th July 2025. If you attend the isLoop lectures the saturday and sunday nights will be covered. Students will be hosted in student rooms. ESUG additionally covers the lunches during the week and one dinner. This year the isLoop schools is organized the Satruday, Sunday and Monday before the conference (soon at https://isloop.pharo.org/) Duties include handling registration as people arrive at the conference, collecting presentation slides for ESUG right after the presentation is given, being present at an information desk to answer questions, and generally being helpful. Student volunteering makes the conference better, takes a fairly small amount of time, and doesn't significantly interfere with enjoying and learning from the conference. Please note, that this role requires discipline and constant attention to all attendees. Information about hotel Student Volunteer rooms are booked at (to be announced). If you are a student volunteer, do not book yourself, we have arranged the booking already! Stéphane Ducasse http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr 06 30 93 66 73 "If you knew today was your last day on earth, what would you do differently? ....ESPECIALLY if, by doing something different, today might not be your last day on earth.” Calvin & Hobbes

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IWST deadline extension
by Guillermo Polito March 28, 2025

March 28, 2025

Dear all, due to several requests, we have extended the submission deadlines for the call for presentations. Please check the info below: -------- IWST is the International Workshop on Smalltalk Technologies. The goal of the workshop is to create a forum around contributions and experiences in building or using technologies related to Smalltalk. While the maturity of presented ideas and results is not crucial, their presentation is expected to trigger discussion and exchange of ideas. The topics of your paper can be on all aspects of Smalltalk, theoretical as well as practical. Authors are invited to submit research articles or industrial papers. https://esug.org/2025-Conference/IWST2025.html This year we will again have two different tracks: Two-Round Paper Submission. As in the previous year, submission will be in two rounds: Extended abstracts are submitted to present at the conference Later, full/short papers are submitted for proceedings publications Presenting Previously Published Works. We also invite authors of contributions related to IWST's topics, accepted for publication in Journals and Proceedings of top-rated international conferences within the previous 2 years, to submit an abstract and present their published results to the IWST workshop collocated with ESUG. Authors will be invited to present their paper after checking that the submission meets the above criteria. Having the submissions already reviewed and accepted by the peers, they will not be reviewed again for technical content. Important Dates Extended abstract submission deadline: April 7th, 2025 Already Published Papers Abstract submission deadline: April 7th, 2025 Extended abstract notification deadline: April 14th, 2025 AoE Already Published Papers Abstract notifications: April 14th, 2025 AoE Full/short paper submission deadline: May 19th, 2025 AoE Workshop: July 1-4, 2025 Best regards, IWST team

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IWST’25 CFP Reminder
by Guillermo Polito March 25, 2025

March 25, 2025

IWST is the International Workshop on Smalltalk Technologies. The goal of the workshop is to create a forum around contributions and experiences in building or using technologies related to Smalltalk. While the maturity of presented ideas and results is not crucial, their presentation is expected to trigger discussion and exchange of ideas. The topics of your paper can be on all aspects of Smalltalk, theoretical as well as practical. Authors are invited to submit research articles or industrial papers. This year we will again have two different tracks: Two-Round Paper Submission. As in the previous year, submission will be in two rounds: Extended abstracts are submitted to present at the conference Later, full/short papers are submitted for proceedings publications Presenting Previously Published Works. We also invite authors of contributions related to IWST's topics, accepted for publication in Journals and Proceedings of top-rated international conferences within the previous 2 years, to submit an abstract and present their published results to the IWST workshop collocated with ESUG. Authors will be invited to present their paper after checking that the submission meets the above criteria. Having the submissions already reviewed and accepted by the peers, they will not be reviewed again for technical content. Important Dates Extended abstract submission deadline: March 31st, 2025 AoE Already Published Papers Abstract submission deadline: March 31st, 2025 AoE Extended abstract notification deadline: April 7th, 2025 AoE Already Published Papers Abstract notifications: April 10th, 2025 AoE Full/short paper submission deadline: May 19th, 2025 AoE Workshop: July 1-4, 2025 Best regards, IWST team

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ESUG 2025 Registration opened
by stephane ducasse March 19, 2025

March 19, 2025

Hello Just a little email to announce that the registration for the conference is now opened. https://registration.esug.org/ESUG <https://registration.esug.org/ESUG> And do not forget to submit your talk. S > > ESUG 2025 Call for Presentations > from Tuesday 1st to 4 th of July 2025 > Gdansk Poland > https://esug.github.io <https://esug.github.io/> > https://esug.github.io/2025-Conference/conf2025.html > > > You can support the ESUG conference in many different ways: > - Sponsor the conference. New sponsoring packages are described at https://esug.org/become_sponsor.html > - Submit a talk, software to the award competition, or a paper to IWST https://esug.github.io/2025-Conference/IWST2025.html > - Attend the conference. We'd like to beat the previous record of attendance (180 people at Koln 2019)! > - Students can get free registration and hosting if they enroll in the the Student Volunteers program. See below. > > New this year: a 3 days lectures will be organised before the conference following the isLoop summerschool principle > https://isloop.pharo.org/ > > ## Developers Forum: International Smalltalk Developers Conference > > We are looking for YOUR experience on using Smalltalk. You will have 30 min for presentations and 45 min for hands-on tutorials. > The list of topics for the normal talks and tutorials includes, but is not limited to the following: > - XP practices, Development tools, Experience reports > - Model-driven development, Web development, Team management > - Meta-Modeling, Security, New libraries & frameworks > - Educational material, Embedded systems and robotics > - SOA and Web services, Interaction with other programming languages > - Teaching Pearls and Show us Your Business > > > We added two types of sessions in addition to the regular talks and ''Show us your project'' sessions. > - Show your business in a 10-minute session (Get prepared!!) > - Teaching pearls: we want some sessions on how to teach some design aspects. We want your tip and tricks to teach Smalltalk or OOP. > We expect to have several 10 to 15-minute sessions aggregated. > > ### How to submit? > > Make a Pull Request here https://github.com/ESUG/esug.github.io/tree/source/2025-Conference/talks > [Or but only if you are not connected to the world… send an email to stephane.ducasse(a)inria.fr <mailto:stephane.ducasse@inria.fr>] > > Title: [ESUG 2025] Please follow the template below the email will be automatically processed! > Name: > Email: > Abstract: > Bio: > > ## Call for Student Volunteers > Student volunteers help keep the conference running smoothly; in return, they have free accommodations, while still having most of the time to enjoy the conference. > > Pay attention: the places are limited so do not wait till the last minute to apply. > > Conference details: > Send an email to Steven Costiou <steven.costiou at inria.fr <http://inria.fr/>> and Oleksandr Zaitsev <olk.zaytsev at gmail.com <http://gmail.com/>> with: > > title: [ESUG 2025 Student] > name, > gender, > university/school, > country, > email address > want to attend the isLoop lectures (https://isloop.pharo.org/) > short description of you and why you are interested in participating > > For which period is accommodation covered? Accommodation is covered from Monday 30 th June to 4th July 2025. > If you attend the isLoop lectures the saturday and sunday nights will be covered. > Students will be hosted in student rooms. ESUG additionally covers the lunches during the week and one dinner. > > This year the isLoop schools is organized the Satruday, Sunday and Monday before the conference (soon at https://isloop.pharo.org/) > > Duties include handling registration as people arrive at the conference, collecting presentation slides for ESUG right after the presentation is given, being present at an information desk to answer questions, and generally being helpful. Student volunteering makes the conference better, takes a fairly small amount of time, and doesn't significantly interfere with enjoying and learning from the conference. Please note, that this role requires discipline and constant attention to all attendees. > > Information about hotel > Student Volunteer rooms are booked at (to be announced). If you are a student volunteer, do not book yourself, we have arranged the booking already! > > > > > > > > > > Stéphane Ducasse > http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr <http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr/> > 06 30 93 66 73 > > "If you knew today was your last day on earth, what would you do differently? ....ESPECIALLY if, by doing something different, today might not be your last day on earth.” Calvin & Hobbes Stéphane Ducasse http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr 06 30 93 66 73 "If you knew today was your last day on earth, what would you do differently? ....ESPECIALLY if, by doing something different, today might not be your last day on earth.” Calvin & Hobbes

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Craig Latta - Livecoding Language Models: AI Context in Live Environments - 26 March 2025
by UK Smalltalk March 17, 2025

March 17, 2025

For our March meeting, Craig Latta will show how to leverage AI language models in a livecoding environment. Using a tool creates context for complimentary tools. For example, selecting an object in a Smalltalk inspector creates useful context for browsing the class of that object. This is a potent idea in an integrated development environment, where multiple tools operate on related information. The extensive context in a live environment enables powerful collaboration with contemporary AI language models. Tools built from that collaboration could greatly augment human capability. Craig Latta ( https://thiscontext.com/author/ccrraaiigg/ ) will show some foundations for them, and suggest ways of easing their construction through the systematic description of existing tool functionality. For a preview, please see Craig's blog at thiscontext.com ( http://thiscontext.com/ ). Craig Latta is a research computer scientist in Berkeley and Amsterdam, with interests including livecoding, music performance, and interactive visualization. The discovery of a mysteriously-placed Blue Book at university led to stints at several exploratory labs, and a pursuit of improvisation wherever code is found. His current work focuses on polyglot computing with WebAssembly, the novel compiler framework Epigram, and human augmentation through AI. This will be an online meeting from home. If you'd like to join us, please sign up in advance on the meeting's Meetup page ( https://www.meetup.com/ukstug/events/305761372/ ) to receive the meeting details. Don’t forget to bring your laptop and drinks!

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Fwd: [SCLIT 2025] Call for Papers, submission deadline: 7th of March 2025
by Gordana Rakic March 4, 2025

March 4, 2025

Dear all, we are organizing a symposium on computer languages in the broadest sense of the term. For more information tak ea look in the mail below. See you in Prague!? Gordana -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [SCLIT 2025] Call for Papers, submission deadline: 7th of March 2025 Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2025 12:44:46 +0100 From: SCLIT Team <sclit(a)dmi.uns.ac.rs> To: sclit(a)dmi.uns.ac.rs CC: Gordana Rakic <goca(a)dmi.uns.ac.rs>, Nicolas Cardozo Alvarez <n.cardozo(a)uniandes.edu.co> ** *Dear Potential Participant,* *** We would like again to draw your attention to the 9th SCLIT symposium which will take place in Prague, Czechia, between 2nd and 6th June 2025. After the break we've made for several years, the SCLIT symposium would be organized again. This year it will be hosted by the <Programming> conference. While organizers of <Programming> will make organizational decisions, the symposium keeps its academic autonomy. The symposium is devoted to the various aspects of computer languages and their roles in software engineering, science, education, etc. Submissions that describe work in progress and provoke discussions and position papers are also welcome. SCLIT welcomes submissions that are the result of original and unpublished research. The scope of the workshop is wide and versatile within the theme of computer languages. Particularly, SCLIT invites papers that include, but are not limited to the following topics: - Languages: theoretical aspects of programming languages, programming paradigms, script languages, modelling languages, domain-specific languages, graphical languages, markup languages, specification languages, transformation languages, formal languages, intermediate languages… - Implementations: Compilers, debuggers, interpreters, virtual machines, transformation systems, translators, transpilers, intermediate representations, … - Tools: software metrics, static analyzers, clone detectors, abstract interpreters, visualizers, … We especially encourage submissions addressing problems encompassing multiple languages in a language-independent or cross-language manner. Paper contributions should not exceed 8 pages, including all figures, tables, and bibliography. Submissions will be managed on the EasyChair submission portal. We receive your submissions at the submission page https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sclit2025. All submissions will be peer-reviewed by at least three members of the international program committee. Accepted submissions will be published as part of the <Programming> conference companion. Our preferred venue is the Dagstuhl OpenAccess Series in Informatics (https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/series/OASIcs) which uses a paper template available on the OASIcs web page (https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/series/OASIcs) We will be able to confirm the publisher for the conference companion by 15 February. Please check back here for final formatting guidelines. We will ask you to use the appropriate template for the camera-ready version but for reviewing we will accept submissions using any usual computer science paper format (OASIcs, ACM, etc.). *The submission deadline is the 7th of March 2025.* Call for Papers: https://easychair.org/cfp/SCLIT2025 <https://easychair.org/cfp/SCLIT2025> https://2025.programming-conference.org/home/sclit-2025 Symposium info with history:http://www.sclit.org <http://www.sclit.org> SCLIT Symposium 2025 https://2025.programming-conference.org/home/sclit-2025 <https://2025.programming-conference.org/home/sclit-2025> Conference site: https://2025.programming-conference.org/ <https://2025.programming-conference.org/> We apologize for cross-posting and kindly ask you to forward this information to all interested persons. Best regards and thank you, SCLIT team *

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