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UK Smalltalk User Group meeting: 2024 retrospective and what to expect in 2025 - 29 January 2025
by UK Smalltalk Jan. 28, 2025

Jan. 28, 2025

For our first meeting of the year, we'll hold a retrospective on what has happened in the Smalltalk world in 2024, and discuss what we can expect in 2025. Join us to share what you learned, and what you are looking forward to! 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/305378616/ ) to receive the meeting details. Don’t forget to bring your laptop and drinks!

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Little poll to help us improving Spotter
by stephane ducasse Jan. 25, 2025

Jan. 25, 2025

Hi Pharoers We’re gathering feedback to improve the Spotter tool in Pharo. The survey is quick and focuses on your experience with it, if you could take a few minutes to share your thoughts it would be great. Here's the link: https://sondages.inria.fr/index.php/319877?lang=en Best regards, Santiago 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 2024 Proceedings published
by Gordana Rakic Jan. 25, 2025

Jan. 25, 2025

Dear authors, dear community, Our IWST 2024 proceedings is now online at https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3893/ Have a good reading and see you in Gdansk! Best regards, Gordana, Guille and Steven On 5. 12. 24. 23:44, Gordana Raki? wrote: > Dear authors, > > Thank you for all your collaboration and patience in collecting > materials for our IWST 2024 proceedings. > > Now, we are getting ready to submit the proceedings to the CEUR-WS > portal. > > CEUR changed the template in the meantime (fonts, margins, etc), and > pdfs generated now are a bit (or much in some cases) different than > ones we have received from you. Therefore, we provide you with your > final papers together with the ones generated by CEUR tools to see the > differences and to agree or complain. There are also other reasons of > differences, e.g., applying of difference referencing style (author + > year need more space than just a numeration). > > Please go to https://perun.pmf.uns.ac.rs/proceedings/iwst2024/, look > specifically at the camera-ready paper and/or the finaly genarated > version by using good cls/template and notify us if some final touch > is needed. There is no need to check other parts. We will take care of > this. > > Please be fast. Once we submit the package and they process the > submission, they will give us 48 hours to react, so we have to be > ready. Therefore, we kindly ask you do write us by Monday evening. If > we do not hear from you on time, we will count that everything is fine > and that no interventions are needed on your paper. > > IMPORTANT, if some of your author agreements are not signed by hand (a > pan on a paper), CEUR might exclude this paper or even reject the full > proceedings. So, PLEASE send us a really signed author agreement if it > was electronically signed or the signature was copy-pasted as we know > from our previous experience that they are really good at discovering > fake signatures. > > Thanks again! > > Gordana, Guille, and Steven >

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All UKSTUG presentations are now available on YouTube
by UK Smalltalk Jan. 8, 2025

Jan. 8, 2025

Hello, We have recently moved the recordings of the UKSTUG online presentations from Vimeo to YouTube. The recordings are now available at https://www.youtube.com/@UKSTUG . We are also looking for presenters for our 2025 online meetings. If you anything worth sharing, please let us know! Giovanni

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SCLIT is back in 2025!!!
by Gordana Rakic Jan. 8, 2025

Jan. 8, 2025

DearESUG friends, Happy New Year! Let me announce that we are organizing the SCLIT2025: 9th Symposium on Computer Languages, Implementations and Tools within <Programming> 2025 in Prague for 2nd to 6th June, 2025 The submission deadline is in two months, the 7th of March. See https://2025.programming-conference.org/home/sclit-2025 <https://2025.programming-conference.org/home/sclit-2025> Best regards, Gordana

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2nd CfP: SLE 2025 - 18th ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Software Language Engineering
by Andrei Chis Dec. 20, 2024

Dec. 20, 2024

18th ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Software Language Engineering (SLE 2025) 12-13 June 2025 Koblenz, Germany https://www.sleconf.org/2025/ https://x.com/sleconf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We are pleased to invite you to submit papers to the 18th ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Software Language Engineering (SLE) which is devoted to the principles of software languages: their design, their implementation, and their evolution. The SLE 2025 conference will be co-located with STAF 2025 and hosted in Koblenz, Germany, on 12-13 June 2025. --------------------------- Important Dates --------------------------- * Abstract submission: Fri 7 Feb 2025 * Paper submission: Fri 14 Feb 2025 * Authors response period: Tue 1 Apr - Sat 5 Apr 2025 * Notification: Tue 15 Apr 2025 * Conference: Thu 12 June - Fri 13 June 2025 (co-located with STAF) All dates are Anywhere on Earth. --------------------------- Topics of Interest --------------------------- SLE covers software language engineering in general, rather than engineering a specific software language. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Software Language Design and Implementation - Approaches to and methods for language design - Static semantics (e.g., design rules, well-formedness constraints) - Techniques for specifying behavioral/executable semantics - Generative approaches (incl. code synthesis, compilation) - Meta-languages, meta-tools, language workbenches - AI-assisted language design and optimisation * Software Language Validation - Verification and formal methods for languages - Testing techniques for languages - Simulation techniques for languages - Model-based testing - AI-assisted validation * Software Language Integration and Composition - Coordination of heterogeneous languages and tools - Mappings between languages (incl. transformation languages) - Traceability between languages - Deployment of languages to different platforms - AI-assisted refactoring * Software Language Maintenance - Software language reuse - Language evolution - Language families and variability, language and software product lines * Domain-specific approaches for any aspects of SLE (design, implementation, validation, maintenance) * Empirical evaluation and experience reports of language engineering tools - User studies evaluating usability - Performance benchmarks - Industrial applications * Synergies between Language Engineering and emerging/promising research areas - Generative AI in language engineering (e.g., AI-based language modelling, AI-driven code generation tools) - AI and ML language engineering (e.g., ML compiler testing, code classification) - Quantum language engineering (e.g., language design for quantum machines) - Language engineering for physical systems (e.g., CPS, IoT, digital twins) - Socio-technical systems and language engineering (e.g., language evolution to adapt to social requirements) --------------------------- Types of Submissions --------------------------- SLE accepts the following types of papers: * Research papers: These are “traditional” papers detailing research contributions to SLE. Papers may range from 6 to 12 pages in length and may optionally include 2 further pages of bibliography/appendices. Papers will be reviewed with an understanding that some results do not need 12 full pages and may be fully described in fewer pages. * New ideas/vision papers: These papers may describe new, unconventional software language engineering research positions or approaches that depart from standard practice. They can describe well-defined research ideas that are at an early stage of investigation. They could also provide new evidence to challenge common wisdom, present new unifying theories about existing SLE research that provides novel insight or that can lead to the development of new technologies or approaches, or apply SLE technology to radically new application areas. New ideas/vision papers must not exceed 5 pages and may optionally include 1 further page of bibliography/appendices. * SLE Body of Knowledge: The SLE Body of Knowledge (SLEBoK) is a community-wide effort to provide a unique and comprehensive description of the concepts, best practices, tools, and methods developed by the SLE community. In this respect, the SLE conference will accept surveys, essays, open challenges, empirical observations, and case study papers on the SLE topics. These can focus on, but are not limited to, methods, techniques, best practices, and teaching approaches. Papers in this category can have up to 20 pages, including bibliography/appendices. * Tool papers: These papers focus on the tooling aspects often forgotten or neglected in research papers. A good tool paper focuses on practical insights that will likely be useful to other implementers or users in the future. Any of the SLE topics of interest are appropriate areas for tool demonstrations. Submissions must not exceed 5 pages and may optionally include 1 further page of bibliography/appendices. They may optionally include an appendix with a demo outline/screenshots and/or a short video/screencast illustrating the tool. Workshops: Workshops will be organised by STAF. Please inform us and contact STAF 2025 organisers if you would like to organise a workshop of interest to the SLE audience. Information on how to submit workshops can be found on the STAF 2025 Website. --------------------------- Submission --------------------------- SLE 2025 has a single submission round for papers, including a mandatory abstract registration and a rebuttal phase, where all authors of research papers will have the possibility of responding to the reviews on their submissions. Authors of accepted research papers will be invited to submit artefacts. --------------------------- Format --------------------------- Submissions have to use the ACM SIGPLAN Conference Format “acmart” ( https://sigplan.org/Resources/Author/#acmart-format) please make sure that you always use the latest ACM SIGPLAN acmart LaTeX template, and that the document class definition is `\documentclass[sigplan,anonymous,review]{acmart}`. Do not make any changes to this format! Ensure that your submission is legible when printed on a black and white printer. In particular, please check that colours remain distinct and font sizes in figures and tables are legible. To increase fairness in reviewing, a double-blind review process has become standard across SIGPLAN conferences. Accordingly, SLE will follow the double-blind process. Author names and institutions must be omitted from submitted papers, and references to the authors’ own related work should be in the third person. No other changes are necessary, and authors will not be penalized if reviewers are able to infer their identities in implicit ways. All submissions must be in PDF format. The submission website is: https://sle25.hotcrp.com --------------------------- Concurrent Submissions --------------------------- Papers must describe unpublished work that is not currently submitted for publication elsewhere as described by SIGPLAN’s Republication Policy ( https://www.sigplan.org/Resources/Policies/Republication/) Submitters should also be aware of ACM’s Policy and Procedures on Plagiarism ( https://www.acm.org/publications/policies/plagiarism-overview) Submissions that violate these policies will be desk-rejected. --------------------------- Policy on Human Participant and Subject Research --------------------------- Authors conducting research involving human participants and subjects must ensure that their research complies with their local governing laws and regulations and the ACM’s general principles, as stated in the ACM’s Publications Policy on Research Involving Human Participants and Subjects ( https://www.acm.org/publications/policies/research-involving-human-particip…) If submissions are found to be violating this policy, they will be rejected. --------------------------- Reviewing Process --------------------------- All submitted papers will be reviewed by at least three members of the program committee. Research papers and tool papers will be evaluated concerning soundness, relevance, novelty, presentation, and replicability. New ideas/vision papers will be evaluated primarily concerning soundness, relevance, novelty, and presentation. SLEBoK papers will be reviewed on their soundness, relevance, originality, and presentation. Tool papers will be evaluated concerning relevance, presentation, and replicability. For fairness reasons, all submitted papers must conform to the above instructions. Submissions that violate these instructions may be rejected without review at the discretion of the PC chairs. For research papers, authors will get a chance to respond to the reviews before a final decision is made. --------------------------- Artefact Evaluation --------------------------- SLE will use an evaluation process to assess the quality of artefacts on which papers are based to foster the culture of experimental reproducibility. Authors of accepted research papers are invited to submit artefacts. --------------------------- Awards --------------------------- * Distinguished paper: Award for the most notable paper, as determined by the PC chairs based on the recommendations of the program committee. * Distinguished artefact: Award for the artefact most significantly exceeding expectations, as determined by the AEC chairs based on the recommendations of the artefact evaluation committee. * Distinguished reviewer: Award for the programme committee member that produced the most useful reviews as assessed by paper authors. * Most Influential Paper: Award for the SLE 2015 paper with the greatest impact, as judged by the SLE Steering Committee. --------------------------- Publication --------------------------- All accepted papers will be published in the ACM Digital Library. **AUTHORS TAKE NOTE**: The official publication date is the date the proceedings are made available in the ACM Digital Library. This date may be up to two weeks prior to the first day of the conference. The official publication date affects the deadline for any patent filings related to published work. --------------------------- Organisation --------------------------- * General chair: Görel Hedin, Lunds Universitet, Sweden * PC co-chair: Regina Hebig, Universität Rostock, Germany * PC co-chair: Vadim Zaytsev, Universiteit Twente, The Netherlands * Publicity chair: Andrei Chiş, feenk gmbh, Switzerland * Local chair: Ralf Lämmel, Universität Koblenz, Germany --------------------------- Contact --------------------------- For additional information, clarification, or answers to any questions, please get in touch with the program co-chairs (regina.hebig(a)uni-rostock.de and vadim(a)grammarware.net)

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UKSTUG meeting - Christoph Thiede / Guille Amaral - Wed 27 Nov @ 7pm GMT
by UK Smalltalk Nov. 24, 2024

Nov. 24, 2024

Join us on *Wednesday 27th November at 7pm* for an engaging double presentation on innovative advancements in Smalltalk programming: 1. *SemanticText: Improving Exploratory Programming in Squeak with Generative AI* Presenter: *Christoph Thiede *(starts at 7.15pm) >From autocomplete to conversational agents, AI is transforming how we interact with code. Christoph will introduce SemanticText, a framework that integrates large language models (LLMs) into Squeak/Smalltalk, enabling conversational agents, semantic search tools, and retrieval-augmented generation workflows. He will showcase experimental integrations with Squeak’s tools and present the concept of a semantic exploratory programming system for debugging and exploring systems using natural language. Bio: Christoph Thiede is a member of *HPI*’s Software Architecture Group and a core developer of Squeak/Smalltalk, with a focus on enhancing developer productivity and tools. 2. *Webside*: A Unified HTTP API for Smalltalk Presenter: *Guillermo Amaral* (starts at 8.30pm) Guillermo will discuss Webside, an API that standardizes communication with Smalltalk systems via HTTP and introduces its application as a fully operational IDE. He will highlight recent improvements in its extensibility and functionality. Bio: Guillermo Amaral is the creator of Webside and has been a passionate Smalltalk user and advocate for over 20 years, leveraging it throughout his academic and professional journey. Don’t miss this opportunity to explore groundbreaking ideas and engage in discussions on the future of Smalltalk development! --- [:kind | 'Regards from ', kind ] value: 'The UK Smalltalk User Group'

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Phausto at AudioDeveloperConference24 - feedback
by Domenico Cipriani Nov. 18, 2024

Nov. 18, 2024

Hello everybody, here a quick feedback about my participation (unfortunately only online) at the Audio Developer Conference 2024 ( https://audio.dev/) I was presenting Phausto (https://github.com/lucretiomsp/phausto) on 3 daily poster sessions in the virtual venue, and at the open-mic session ( https://youtu.be/fVw80P_8RMs) The open-mic session was attended by ~50 people from all around the world. The poster sessions were attended by 2 groups of 30 people, and I have 1-to-1 interactions with other 15 people. Just a couple of people knew something about Pharo, and around 10 have heard about Smalltalk. Everybody appreciated the simplicity of Phausto and how quick it is to develop DSP and export them to other languages (Cmajor, C++). Everybody was really impressed by Iceberg and the easiness of doing tests with Pharo, also really one enjoyed having the language and the IDE all together. In general, the audience seems to evaluate Phausto as the more accessible alternative to audio development with C++, and I am really happy because this is one of the main goals of the project . I was not the only one talking about Smalltalk this year, because the final keynote talk was made by Carla Scaletti, creator of Kyma, who extensively talk about Smalltalk at the end of its talk. Here an extract of one of her slides. Have a nice day. Domenico Cipriani [image: Screenshot 2024-11-13 at 18.10.53.png]

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Bernard Pottier
by loic lagadec Nov. 6, 2024

Nov. 6, 2024

Dear colleagues and friends, It is with great sadness that we learned earlier this week of the passing of Bernard Pottier. Bernard was a remarkable figure and a passionate advocate of Smalltalk. He contributed to the creation of the Computer Science department at the University of Western Brittany in the 1980s, where he trained a large number of young students in programming and object modeling. In research as well, his involvement in the Smalltalk community was significant; for example, he was behind the first organization of the ESUG summer school in Brest in 1993. A tribute will be paid to him on Thursday, November 7th. Sincerely, Loïc -- Logo ENSTA Bretagne <https://www.ensta-bretagne.fr> Logo fb <https://www.facebook.com/ENSTA.Bretagne/> Logo twitter <https://twitter.com/ENSTABretagne> Logo linkedin <https://www.linkedin.com/school/ensta-bretagne/> Logo youtube <https://www.youtube.com/c/chaineENSTABretagne> Logo insta <https://www.instagram.com/ensta_bretagne/> Loïc Lagadec *Professeur*// Full Professor/ *+33 2 98 34 89 08 * ENSTA Bretagne *Grande école d'ingénieurs et centre de recherche* /French State Graduate, Post-Graduate and Research Institute / 2 rue François Verny - 29806 Brest Cedex 9 - France www.ensta-bretagne.fr <https://www.ensta-bretagne.fr>

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UKSTUG meeting - Mariano Guerra / Tudor Gîrba: - 30 October 2024 @ 7pm GMT
by UK Smalltalk Oct. 27, 2024

Oct. 27, 2024

Join us for an engaging session on the latest in Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs), featuring two insightful presentations. *Introduction to Large Language Models and Gloodata* *Speaker: Mariano Guerra* Mariano will walk us through the fundamentals of LLMs and provide a behind-the-scenes look at building the Gloodata application. *A Unique Perspective on LLMs* *Speaker: Tudor Girba* Tudor will offer a distinct view on LLMs, showcasing demos based on GT that highlight their innovative approach. 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/303944944 ) to receive the meeting details. Don’t forget to bring your laptop and drinks! [1] http://gloodata.com [2] https://feenk.com PS: we have uploaded the videos for past presentations today. Christian Haider on Values -- https://vimeo.com/ukstug/values <https://vimeo.com/ukstug/values> Javier Pimas on Live Metacircular Runtimes -- https://vimeo.com/ukstug/pocho David Buck on Beagle Smalltalk -- https://vimeo.com/ukstug/beagle

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