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PDF4Smalltalk 1.4 release
by Stéphane Ducasse March 2, 2016

March 2, 2016

Dear all, Version 1.4 of the PDF library PDF4Smalltalk has been released to the public store (with MIT licence). The library now supports Smalltalk images (pictures) to be inserted into PDFs. There is some documentation: http://christianhaider.de/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=pdf:images <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__christianhaider.de_doku…> . Any Smalltalk image can be added to a PDF (with masks and alpha transparency). The attachment is a demo page as a teaser. The implementation is supposed to be complete in the sense that ALL Smalltalk images should be convertible to PDF. With a drawback: due to missing image compression algorithms (JPEG, JBIG2 and others), not the most space saving representation is used (only Zip compression). Also, not all images found in PDFs can be converted to Smalltalk images. This is again due to missing image compression filters and, for PDF images with other color spaces than /DeviceRGB and /DeviceGray, due to missing color conversion methods. The feature is well tested and reasonable efficient. But, of course, there will be bugs I don’t know about. Please, if you see something fishy, tell me and I’ll fix it. The library works in all VisualWorks versions from 7.10 up (Jenkins tested). Is there anyone who uses the library with previous versions of VisualWorks? Happy hacking, Christian christian.haider(a)smalltalked-visuals.com <mailto:christian.haider@smalltalked-visuals.com> P.S. This overdue feature was realized thanks to the encouragement of Bob Nemec, author of Report4PDF, and funding from his employer, the Canadian engineering company HTS. P.P.S. I am going to move my business more towards PDF and I will try to develop tools and services around PDF. If anybody knows projects interested in PDF related work, I would be glad to hear about it J . -------------------------------------------- Stéphane Ducasse http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr <http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr/> http://www.synectique.eu <http://www.synectique.eu/> / http://www.pharo.org <http://www.pharo.org/> 03 59 35 87 52 Assistant: Julie Jonas 03 59 57 78 50 03 59 35 86 16 S. Ducasse - Inria 40, avenue Halley, Parc Scientifique de la Haute Borne, Bât.A, Park Plaza Villeneuve d'Ascq 59650 France

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GemStone/S 64 Bit 3.3, VSD 5.1.1, GBS 8.1 and 5.4.3, and GBJ 3.1.2 Releases
by Richard Sargent Feb. 10, 2016

Feb. 10, 2016

Dear GemTalk customers, We are pleased to announce several important releases on our GemStone/S 64 Bit, GemBuilder for Smalltalk, and GemBuilder for Java product lines. GemStone/S 64 Bit 3.3 is a major release, including many new features, improvements, and bug fixes. https://gemtalksystems.com/products/gs64/ This server release includes the latest Visual Statistics Display (VSD) release, version 5.1.1. https://gemtalksystems.com/products/vsd/ GemBuilder for Smalltalk 8.1 for VisualWorks adds support for GemStone/S 64 Bit 3.3 and includes new features and bug fixes. https://gemtalksystems.com/products/gbs-vw/ GemBuilder for Smalltalk 5.4.3 for VA Smalltalk adds support for GemStone/S 64 Bit 3.3 and VA Smalltalk 8.6.2, and includes bug fixes. https://gemtalksystems.com/products/gbs-va/ GemBuilder for Java 3.1.2 adds support for GemStone/S 64 Bit 3.3, updates the supported JDK version, and includes new features and bug fixes. https://gemtalksystems.com/products/gbj/ As always, we encourage you to read the Release Notes and Install Guides prior to upgrading to these latest product releases. Please contact GemTalk Technical Support if you have any trouble downloading or upgrading to this release. Thank you, The GemStone/S team -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/GemStone-S-64-Bit-3-3-VSD-5-1-1-GBS-8-1-and-5-4-3-and… Sent from the ESUG mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Re: [Esug-list] Stack Overflow developer survey is now open! -action requested
by EuanM Jan. 28, 2016

Jan. 28, 2016

Alternatively Stef, it tells us "nothing good" about mind-share of Smalltalks out there in the real world. The current mindshare of Pharo is on a par with Lasso. The mindshare of all Smalltalks is on a par with Julia or Objective C++ Commercial take-up is highly correlated with mindshare. At some point, we need to address the mindshare issue directly, rather than pretending it is irrelevant. One of the models of tech uptake has a path that runs: contains Development Dismissal Disappearance If we're not even visible enough to have questionnaire's reflect our approach, this is not a good sign. I don't think it necessarily reflects poorly on the questionnaire's authors. Regards, Euan Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 08:12:32 +0100 From: stephane ducasse <stephane.ducasse(a)gmail.com> > When I that behavior it tells me nothing good about the ?survey? > > > Stef > > On 25 Jan 2016, at 20:05, Steven Kelly <stevek(a)metacase.com> wrote: > >> Darn, too slow: >> ?This survey is currently closed. Please contact the author of this survey for further assistance.? >> Steve >> >> From: Esug-list [mailto:esug-list-bounces@lists.esug.org] On Behalf Of Thomas, Arden >> Sent: 25 January 2016 19:46 >> To: esug-list(a)lists.esug.org >> Subject: [Esug-list] Stack Overflow developer survey is now open! -action requested >> Importance: High >> >> Dear Cincom Smalltalkers, Smalltalkers; >> >> Last year at ESUG I noted that Smalltalk was not represented as a language on the Stack Overflow developer survey. >> >> Smalltalk is a powerful language that is still unsurpassed in many ways. >> A new generation of developers may have never heard of it! >> >> I made it an action item to notify Smalltalk developers, customers and community, when the survey was open, so we could >> collectively address this oversight. >> >> The Stack Overflow developer survey is now open! >> >> Question #9 & #10 on the second page asks about what language you use or want to use. >> >> I filled in "Smalltalk". Later on it asks which environment you work in. >> >> https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/so-2016 >> >> NOTE: Please fill-out as soon as possible as the survey will only be open for a short time and could close imminently. >> >> https://www.facebook.com/cincomsmalltalk/posts/10153340529408365?comment_id… >> >> Regards >> Arden Thomas >> >> Cincom Smalltalk Product Manager >> >> >> >> Arden Thomas >> Cincom Smalltalk STAR Team and Cincom Smalltalk Product Manager >> >> >> CINCOM SYSTEMS, INC. >> 55 Merchant Street >> Cincinnati, OH 45246 >> >> >> >> office >> >> website >> email >> >> 513-612-2300 >> >> http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com >> athomas(a)cincom.com >> >> Less is More >> >> --- CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT --- >> >> This e-mail transmission contains information that is intended to be privileged and confidential. It is intended only for the addressee named above. If you receive this e-mail in error, please do not read, copy or disseminate it in any manner. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited, please reply to the message immediately by informing the sender that the message was misdirected. After replying, please erase it from your computer system. Your assistance in correcting this error is appreciated. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Esug-list mailing list >> Esug-list(a)lists.esug.org >> http://lists.esug.org/mailman/listinfo/esug-list_lists.esug.org > >

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Seaside / .Net Job
by Stéphane Ducasse Jan. 23, 2016

Jan. 23, 2016

-------- Message transféré -------- Sujet : [Pharo-users] Seaside / .Net Job Date : Fri, 22 Jan 2016 10:14:55 -0800 De : Ramon Leon <ramon.leon(a)allresnet.com> Répondre à : Any question about pharo is welcome <pharo-users(a)lists.pharo.org> Pour : seaside(a)lists.squeakfoundation.org, pharo-users(a)lists.pharo.org We're looking for a full time remote mid-level front-end Smalltalk/Seaside/? developer with some additional non Smalltalk skills. 4+ years experience or equivalent talent, with strong emphasis on front-end JavaScript and AJAX development. Must be skilled in client-side web technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript and jQuery (must have skills), Prototype (can learn). Must be familiar with tools like firebug/chrome and Visual Studio. Our primary application is a Seaside 2.8 web app running on Pharo 1.1 Smalltalk. A little out of date but it serves us well and it's in need of some additions. There won't be enough Smalltalk work for a full time position, so you need to have some additional skills with which we can keep you busy the rest of the time. So we're interested in either a Seaside Smalltalk / JavaScript guy, or a Seaside Smalltalk / .Net guy. We are interested in U.S. residents only, this is full time remote work 9 to 5 type thing. So if you're more the Smalltalk/JavaScript type please visit: http://www.alliancereservations.com/javascript-test.html and follow the instructions there, if you're the Smalltalk/.Net type please visit: http://www.alliancereservations.com/developer-test.html and follow the instructions there. Along with those, find a way to show me your Smalltalk/Seaside skills, I don't have a specific test for it, but your code is your resume; it's what I'm looking at. Compensation: 60-75k depending on skill set. -- Ramon Leon Chief Technical Officer Alliance Reservations Network -------------------------------------------- Stéphane Ducasse http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr http://www.synectique.eu / http://www.pharo.org 03 59 35 87 52 Assistant: Julie Jonas 03 59 57 78 50 03 59 35 86 16 S. Ducasse - Inria 40, avenue Halley, Parc Scientifique de la Haute Borne, Bât.A, Park Plaza Villeneuve d'Ascq 59650 France

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1st Call for Contributions for SPLASH'16: OOPSLA, Onward!, Workshops, DLS, SLE, GPCE
by Tijs van der Storm Jan. 19, 2016

Jan. 19, 2016

/************************************************************************************/ ACM Conference on Systems, Programming, Languages, and Applications: Software for Humanity (SPLASH'16) Amsterdam, The Netherlands Sun 30th October - Fri 4th November , 2016 http://2016.splashcon.org Sponsored by ACM SIGPLAN /************************************************************************************/ FIRST COMBINED CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS: OOPSLA Onward! Workshops Doctoral Symposium Posters Dynamic Languages Symposium (DLS) Software Language Engineering (SLE) Generative Programming: Concepts & Experiences (GPCE) /************************************************************************************/ # SPLASH 2016 The ACM SIGPLAN conference on Systems, Programming, Languages and Applications: Software for Humanity (SPLASH) embraces all aspects of software construction, to make it the premier conference at the intersection of programming, languages, systems, and software engineering. We invite high quality submissions describing original and unpublished work. ## OOPSLA Research Papers Papers that address any aspect of software development are welcome, including requirements, modeling, prototyping, design, implementation, generation, analysis, verification, testing, evaluation, maintenance, reuse, replacement, and retirement of software systems. Papers may address these topics in a variety of ways, including new tools (such as languages, program analyses, and runtime systems), new techniques (such as methodologies, design processes, code organization approaches, and management techniques), and new evaluations (such as formalisms and proofs, corpora analyses, user studies, and surveys). Submissions due: Wed 23 March, 2016 http://2016.splashcon.org/track/splash-2016-oopsla ## Onward! Research Papers Onward! is a premier multidisciplinary conference focused on everything to do with programming and software: including processes, methods, languages, communities, and applications. Onward! is more radical, more visionary, and more open than other conferences to ideas that are well-argued but not yet proven. We welcome different ways of thinking about, approaching, and reporting on programming language and software engineering research. Submissions due: Fri 1 April, 2016 http://2016.splashcon.org/track/onward2016/onward-2016-papers ## Onward! Essays Onward! Essays is looking for clear and compelling pieces of writing about topics important to the software community. An essay can be an exploration of a topic, its impact, or the circumstances of its creation; it can present a personal view of what is, explore a terrain, or lead the reader in an act of discovery; it can be a philosophical digression or a deep analysis. It can describe a personal journey, perhaps by which the author reached an understanding of such a topic. The subject area should be interpreted broadly and can include the relationship of software to human endeavors, or its philosophical, sociological, psychological, historical, or anthropological underpinnings. Submissions due: Fri 1 April, 2016 http://2016.splashcon.org/track/onward2016/onward2016-essays ## Workshops The SPLASH Workshops track will host a variety of high-quality workshops, allowing their participants to meet and discuss research questions with peers, to mature new and exciting ideas, and to build up communities and start new collaborations. SPLASH workshops complement the main tracks of the conference and provide meetings in a smaller and more specialized setting. Workshops cultivate new ideas and concepts for the future, optionally recorded in formal proceedings. Late Phase Submissions of Workshop Proposals due: Fri 4 Mar, 2016 http://2016.splashcon.org/track/splash2016-workshops ## Doctoral Symposium The SPLASH Doctoral Symposium provides students with useful guidance for completing their dissertation research and beginning their research careers. The Symposium will provide an interactive forum for doctoral students who have progressed far enough in their research to have a structured proposal, but will not be defending their dissertation in the next 12 months. Submissions due: Thu 30 Jun, 2016 http://2016.splashcon.org/track/splash-2016-ds ## Posters The SPLASH Poster track provides an excellent forum for authors to present their recent or ongoing projects in an interactive setting, and receive feedback from the community. We invite submissions covering any aspect of programming, systems, languages and applications. The goal of the poster session is to encourage and facilitate small groups of individuals interested in a technical area to gather and interact. Poster submissions due: Fri 8 Jul, 2016 http://2016.splashcon.org/track/splash-2016-posters ## Dynamic Languages Symposium (DLS) DLS is the premier forum for researchers and practitioners to share knowledge and research on dynamic languages, their implementation, and applications. The influence of dynamic languages — from Lisp to Smalltalk to Python to Javascript — on real-world practice, and research, continues to grow. We invite high quality papers reporting original research, innovative contributions, or experience related to dynamic languages, their implementation, and applications. Submissions due: Fri 10 June, 2016 http://2016.splashcon.org/track/dls-2016/dls-2016-papers ## Software Language Engineering (SLE) Software Language Engineering (SLE) is the application of systematic, disciplined, and measurable approaches to the development, use, deployment, and maintenance of software languages. The term “software language” is used broadly, and includes: general-purpose programming languages; domain-specific languages (e.g. BPMN, Simulink, Modelica); modeling and metamodeling languages (e.g. SysML and UML); data models and ontologies (e.g. XML-based and OWL-based languages and vocabularies). SLE solicits high-quality contributions in areas ranging from theoretical and conceptual contributions to tools, techniques, and frameworks in the domain of language engineering. Submissions due: Fri 17 June, 2016 (abstracts); Fri 24 June, 2016 (papers) http://2016.splashcon.org/track/sle-2016/sle-2016-papers ## Generative Programming: Concepts & Experiences (GPCE) The International Conference on Generative Programming: Concepts & Experiences (GPCE) is a venue for researchers and practitioners interested in techniques that use program generation, domain-specific languages, and component deployment to increase programmer productivity, improve software quality, and shorten the time-to-market of software products. In addition to exploring cutting-edge techniques of generative software, our goal is to foster further cross-fertilization between the software engineering and the programming languages research communities. Submissions due: Fri 17 June, 2016 (abstracts); Fri 24 June, 2016 (papers) http://2016.splashcon.org/track/gpce-2016/gpce-2016-papers ## Information Contact: publicity(a)splashcon.org Website: http://2016.splashcon.org Location: Mövenpick Hotel Amsterdam City Centre Amsterdam, The Netherlands ## Organization: SPLASH General Chair: Eelco Visser (TU Delft) OOPSLA Papers Chair: Yannis Smaragdakis (University of Athens) Onward! Papers Chair: Emerson Murphy-Hill (North Carolina State University) Onward! Essays Chair: Crista Lopes (University of California, Irvine) DLS PC Chair: Roberto Ierusalimschy (PUC-Rio) SLE PC Co-Chairs: Emilie Balland (Sensational AG) and Daniel Varro (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) GPCE PC Chair: Ina Schaefer (TU Braunschweig) Doctoral Symposium Chair: Matthew Flatt (University of Utah) SPLASH-E Co-Chair: Matthias Hauswirth (University of Lugano) and Steve Blackburn (Australian National University) SPLASH-I Co-Chairs: Eelco Visser (TU Delft) and Tijs van der Storm (CWI) Artifacts Co-Chairs: Michael Hind (IBM Research) and Michael Bond (Ohio State University) Workshops Co-Chairs: Jan Rellermeyer (IBM Research) and Craig Anslow (Middlesex University, London) Posters Co-Chairs: Sebastian Erdweg (TU Darmstadt) and Jeff Huang (Texas A&M University) Student Research Competition Co-Chairs: Patrick Lam (University of Waterloo) and Sam Guyer (Tufts University) Student Volunteer Co-Chairs: Daco Harkes (TU Delft) and Giovanni Viviani (University of British Columbia) Publications Chair: Alex Potanin (Victoria University of Wellington) Sponsorship Chair: Jurgen Vinju (Purdue University) Publicity and Web Co-Chairs: Tijs van der Storm (CWI) and Ron Garcia (University of British Columbia) Web Technology Chair: Eelco Visser (TU Delft) /************************************************************************************/ -- Researcher Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) Master of Software Engineering Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA) Dr. Tijs van der Storm @ Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) Office: L225 | Phone: +31 (0)20 5924164 | Address: Science Park 123 P.O. Box 94079 | Postal code: 1090 GB | Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Looking for Smalltalkers
by Georg Heeg Jan. 12, 2016

Jan. 12, 2016

A customer of ours is looking for two Smalltalkers starting not later as July 1st, 2016, unlimited work contracts. Please contact me for details Georg Heeg Georg Heeg eK, Dortmund und Köthen, HR Dortmund A 12812 Baroper Str. 337, 44227 Dortmund, Germany Tel. +49-3496-214328, Fax +49-231-97599-20

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AGIS sucht Smalltalk-Entwickler
by Nowak, Helge Jan. 4, 2016

Jan. 4, 2016

Hallo liebe Smalltalker, ich wünsche Euch beruflich viel Erfolg und persönlich alles Liebe&Gute für das Jahr 2016! Vielleicht gibt das Folgende ja beides: AGIS (http://www.agis.ch/<http://www.agis.ch/www/?L=0>) sucht einen Smalltalk-Entwickler. Wenn Ihr Ihr in der schönen Schweiz in einem netten Team an spannenden Aufgaben arbeiten wollt, wendet Euch einfach an Leo Zgraggen bei der AGIS. Liebe Grüße Helge ************************************************************** Helge Nowak Technical Account Manager Cincom Smalltalk Cincom Systems GmbH & Co. oHG Am Kronberger Hang 4 D-65824 Schwalbach/Ts. Tel.: +49-(0)89-89664494 Mobil: +49-(0)172-7400402 Fax: +49-(0)89-89664495 Email: mailto:hnowak@cincom.com Twitter: @nowagil Web: http://www.cincom.com<http://www.cincom.com/> All about Cincom Smalltalk: http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com<http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/> A standpoint is an intellectual horizon of radius zero. -- Albert Einstein 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) --- CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT --- This e-mail transmission contains information that is intended to be privileged and confidential. It is intended only for the addressee named above. If you receive this e-mail in error, please do not read, copy or disseminate it in any manner. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited, please reply to the message immediately by informing the sender that the message was misdirected. After replying, please erase it from your computer system. Your assistance in correcting this error is appreciated. **************************************************************

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SPLASH'16: 1st Call for Workshop Proposals
by Tijs van der Storm Jan. 2, 2016

Jan. 2, 2016

/************************************************************************************/ ACM Conference on Systems, Programming, Languages, and Applications: Software for Humanity (SPLASH'16) Amsterdam, The Netherlands 30th of October - 4th of November 2016 http://2016.splashcon.org Sponsored by ACM SIGPLAN /************************************************************************************/ CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS Early Deadline: January 15th, 2016 Late Deadline: March 4th, 2016 /************************************************************************************/ # SPLASH'16 Call for Workshop Proposals Following its long-standing tradition, SPLASH 2016 will host a variety of high-quality workshops, allowing their participants to meet and discuss research questions with peers, to mature new and exciting ideas, and to build up communities and start new collaborations. SPLASH workshops complement the main tracks of the conference and provide meetings in a smaller and more specialized setting. Workshops cultivate new ideas and concepts for the future, optionally recorded in formal proceedings. # SUBMISSION SUMMARY Early Submissions Due: January 15, 2016 Notification: February 12, 2016 Late Submissions Due: March 4, 2016 Notification: April 1, 2016 Format: ACM SIGPLAN Proceedings format Submit to: https://splash16workshops.hotcrp.com/ Chairs: Jan Rellermeyer and Craig Anslow Contact: workshops(a)splashcon.org ** Please note the earlier submission deadline than in previous years. ** ### TOPICS We encourage proposals for workshops on any topic relevant to SPLASH. If there is a topic relevant to SPLASH that you feel passionate about, and you want to connect with others who have similar interests, you should consider submitting a proposal to organize a workshop! The exact format of the workshop can be defined by the proposal submitters, and we more than welcome new, and unconventional ideas for workshop formats. The following suggestions may serve as a starting point: Mini-conferences provide their participants the possibility to present their work to other domain experts. The smaller and more specialized setting of the workshop allows for more extensive Q&A sessions and facilitates ample discussions, which may continue after the workshop. Typically, presentations of work-in-progress as well as of completed projects are welcome. The workshop may or may not produce formal proceedings. Retreats act as a platform for domain experts to gather with the purpose of tackling the issues of a predetermined research agenda. Retreats are highly interactive and goal-oriented, allowing their participants to address open challenges in their domain, to explore new, uncharted ideas, and to (maybe even) uncover new, promising research domains. Agenda-setting workshops provide a forum for domain experts to determine a research agenda for a sub-field, and may include collaborations on an agenda document that is published after the workshop is over. Other common activities at workshops include poster sessions, hands-on practical work, and focus groups. Proposal submitters should feel free to direct questions about workshop formats to the workshop chairs. Workshops that include presentation of research papers, and that implement a SIGPLAN-approved selection process, may be archived as formal proceedings in the ACM Digital Library; note that this option is available only to submitters to the early phase. # WORKSHOP SELECTION ### Reviewing Phases This year, SPLASH provides two submission phases to accommodate different schedules, a early round in January and a late round of proposals in March. Since space is limited at the venue, the PC will consider prospective attendance as one of the selection criteria. ### Proposal Content SPLASH workshop proposals should not exceed 6 pages, and must include the following information: Title and desired abbreviation: if the workshop is accepted, this will be used for advertising purposes. Theme, goals and format: the main topic and goals of the workshop, the workshop's relevance to the SPLASH community, as well as the workshop's format (e.g., mini-conference, retreat, agenda-setting workshop). Abstract: a 150-word abstract that summarizes the theme and goals of the workshop. If the workshop is accepted, this abstract will be used for advertising purposes. Organizers: workshop organizers are responsible for advertising the workshop (e.g., creating the anchoring website for the workshop and sending CFPs to relevant mailing lists), organizing the reviewing process (e.g., by forming a small program committee), running the workshop, and collating any results of the workshop for dissemination. The proposal should indicate the names, affiliations, and contact details of the workshop organizers as well as a primary organizer and contact person (primary organizer and contact person do not need to be the same). For each organizer, the proposal should describe his/her background (expertise in the area and previous experience in running workshops) and also identify his/her responsibilities for the workshop. Anticipated attendance: the ideal, minimum, and maximum expected number of participants. Please note that there will be an additional charge for workshop registration at SPLASH 2015. The SPLASH organizing committee reserves the right to cancel any workshops that do not meet attendance goals. Advertisement: the planned advertisement for the workshop to ensure sufficient participation. Participant preparation: what preparation is expected from workshop participants, including how attendees gain access to the workshop (e.g., submission of a full paper, an extended abstract, a position paper). Activities and format: the format of the workshop and a timetable. All SPLASH 2015 workshops must be planned for one or two full days of activities. For example, the proposal should describe whether there will be introductory material, paper presentations, panel discussions, debates, hands-on sessions, or focus groups, and how such groups will report back to the other participants. Post-workshop activities: what results are expected, and how these will be disseminated to the wider public after the workshop. Workshops that result in peer-reviewed papers and implement an ACM SIGPLAN-approved selection process can submit formal proceedings to the ACM Digital Library. To get the approval, the workshop has to meet the usual requirements defined for ACM SIGPLAN events (i.e., approval of workshop proposal and workshop program committee by ACM SIGPLAN). The approval process is coordinated by the SPLASH organizers. Special requirements: any special requirements you might have, in terms of room configuration, audio and video equipment, etc. ### Format Submissions should use the SIGPLAN Proceedings Format, 10 point font. Note that by default the SIGPLAN Proceedings Format produces papers in 9 point font. If you are formatting your paper using LaTeX, you will need to set the 10pt option in the \documentclass command. If you are formatting your paper using Word, you may wish to use the provided Word template that supports this font size. Please include page numbers in your submission. ### Publication If your workshop chooses to have published proceedings, be aware that accepted papers will be available in the ACM Digital Library as early as September 23, 2016. The official publication date is the date the proceedings are made available in the ACM Digital Library. The official publication date affects the deadline for any patent filings related to published work. It is therefore vital that this information will be communicated to participants in your workshop. ### Evaluation criteria Workshop proposals will be selected based on the quality of the proposal and according to the space available at SPLASH. The following questions may be helpful in devising a high-quality proposal: Are there at least two organizers and do they represent a reasonably varied cross-section of the community close to the topic? Does the abstract present a compelling case for the importance of the topic area? Are the goals of the workshop expressed clearly? Is the topic likely to be attractive to SPLASH attendees? Does the chosen format encourage a high level of interaction between the participants? Is a workshop the right forum to address the theme and goals or does the proposal fit better into another type of SPLASH event? Workshop chairs For additional information, clarification, or answers to questions please contact workshops(a)splashcon.org -- Researcher Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) Master of Software Engineering Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA) Dr. Tijs van der Storm @ Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) Office: L225 | Phone: +31 (0)20 5924164 | Address: Science Park 123 P.O. Box 94079 | Postal code: 1090 GB | Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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ESUG 2015 report from Niall Ross online
by marcus.denker＠inria.fr Dec. 23, 2015

Dec. 23, 2015

Hello, Niall Ross wrote again an extensive report of this years ESUG: It is now archived and online: http://www.esug.org/data/ReportsFromNiallRoss/ESUG2015Report-NiallRoss.pdf Thanks a lot! Marcus

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Merry Christmas!
by Jean Marshall and Andy Berry Dec. 23, 2015

Dec. 23, 2015

Hope we you all have a very Merry Chrisrnas and a very Happy New Year! Have lots of fun! Kind Regards, Andy --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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