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SPLASH 2015 - Workshops Combined Call for Papers
by Craig Anslow July 17, 2015

July 17, 2015

/************************************************************************************/ ACM Conference on Systems, Programming, Languages, and Applications: Software for Humanity (SPLASH'15) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA 25th-30th October, 2015 http://www.splashcon.org Sponsored by ACM SIGPLAN /************************************************************************************/ CALL FOR WORKSHOP PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION Submissions Deadline: August 7, 2015 /************************************************************************************/ SPLASH'15 workshops address a rich variety of well-known and newly emerging research areas and provide a creative and collaborative environment to discuss and solve challenge problems with attendees from industry and research organizations from all over the world. Submission deadlines vary from workshop to workshop. Some workshops will be published in the ACM Digital Library. The current SPLASH'15 workshops program is listed below and the abstracts at the end. ************************************************************** CURRENT WORKSHOP PROGRAM AGERE! - Workshop on Programming based on Actors, Agents, and Decentralized Control http://2015.splashcon.org/track/agere2015 Abstracts: August 1, 2015, Submissions: August 7, 2015, Position/work-in-progress Papers and Demos: September 7, 2015 DSM - Workshop on Domain-Specific Modeling http://2015.splashcon.org/track/dsm2015 Submissions: August 7, 2015 ETX - Eclipse Technology eXchange Workshop http://2015.splashcon.org/track/etx2015 Paper Registration: July 31, 2015 Submissions: August 7, 2015 FPW - Future Programming Workshop http://2015.splashcon.org/track/fpw2015 Submissions: August 7, 2015 MobileDeLi - Workshop on Mobile Development Lifecycle http://2015.splashcon.org/track/mobiledeli2015 Submissions: August 7, 2015 PLATEAU – Workshop on Evaluation and Usability of Programming Languages and Tools http://2015.splashcon.org/track/plateau2015 Submissions: August 7, 2015 PROMOTO – Workshop on Programming for Mobile and Touch http://2015.splashcon.org/track/promoto2015 Submissions: August 7, 2015 Parsing@SLE - Workshop on Parsing Programming Languages http://2015.splashcon.org/track/ParsingAtSLE2015 Submissions: August 7, 2015 REBLS - Workshop on Reactive and Event-based Languages & Systems http://2015.splashcon.org/track/rebls2015 Submissions: August 7, 2015 SEPS - Workshop on Software Engineering for Parallel Systems http://2015.splashcon.org/track/seps2015 Submissions: August 7, 2015 SMART - Smart Software Strategies http://conf.researchr.org/track/SmartSoftwareStrategies2015/SmartSoftwareSt… Submissions: October 2, 2015 WODA - Workshop on Dynamic Analysis http://2015.splashcon.org/track/woda2015 Submissions: August 7, 2015 For additional information, clarification, early feedback, or answers to questions, please contact the Workshop Organizers of your favorite workshops, or the Workshops Chairs, Jan S. Rellermeyer and Du Li, at workshopsplash2015(a)easychair.org ************************************************************** ANNEX: WORKSHOP ABSTRACTS AND DATES ************************************************************** AGERE! 5th International Workshop on Programming based on Actors, Agents, and Decentralized Control http://2015.splashcon.org/track/agere2015 -Deadlines: Abstracts: August 1, 2015 Submissions: August 7, 2015 Position/work-in-progress Papers and Demos: September 7, 2015 - Organizers: Elisa Gonzalez Boix, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Philipp Haller, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Alessandro Ricci, University of Bologna, Italy Carlos Varela, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Abstract: The AGERE! workshop is aimed at focusing on programming systems, languages and applications based on actors, active/concurrent objects, agents and – more generally – high-level programming paradigms promoting a mindset of decentralized control in solving problems and developing software. The workshop is designed to cover both the theory and the practice of design and programming, bringing together researchers working on models, languages and technologies, and practitioners developing real-world systems and applications. ************************************************************** DSM - Domain-Specific Modeling workshop http://2015.splashcon.org/track/dsm2015 - Deadlines: Submissions: August 7, 2015 - Organizers: Jeff Gray, University of Alabama, USA Jonathan Sprinkle, University of Arizona, USA Juha-Pekka Tolvanen, MetaCase, Finland Matti Rossi, Aalto University School of Economics, Finland - Abstract: Domain-specific languages provide a viable and time-tested solution for continuing to raise the level of abstraction, and thus productivity, beyond coding, making systems development faster and easier. When accompanied with suitable automated modeling tools and generators it delivers to the promises of continuous delivery and devops. In Domain-Specific Modeling (DSM) the models are constructed using concepts that represent things in the application domain, not concepts of a given programming language. The modeling language follows the domain abstractions and semantics, allowing developers to perceive themselves as working directly with domain concepts. Together with frameworks and platforms, DSM can automate a large portion of software production. This automation is possible because of domain-specificity: both the modeling language and code generators fit to the requirements of a narrowly defined domain, often inside one organization only. ************************************************************** ETX - Eclipse Technology eXchange Workshop http://2015.splashcon.org/track/etx2015 - Deadlines: Abstracts: July 31, 2015 Submissions: August 7, 2015 - Organizers: Tim Verbelen, Ghent University - iMinds, Belgium Michael Burke, Rice University, USA - Abstract: The Eclipse platform (http://www.eclipse.org) was originally designed for building integrated development environments for object-oriented applications. Over the years it has developed into a vibrant ecosystem of platforms, toolkits, libraries, modeling frameworks, and tools that support various languages and programming styles. The goal of the ETX workshop is to bring together researchers and practitioners to exchange ideas about potential new uses of Eclipse and how Eclipse technology can be leveraged, improved, and/or extended for research and education. After succesful editions of the ETX workshop in 2003-2007, we revived the ETX workshop in 2014 and are now up for another edition. ETX 2015 invites original and unpublished contributions about potential new uses of Eclipse and how Eclipse technology can be leveraged, improved, and/or extended for research and education. ************************************************************** FPW - Future Programming Workshop http://2015.splashcon.org/track/fpw2015 - Deadlines: Submissions: August 7, 2015 - Organizers: Jonathan Edwards, MIT CSAIL, USA Richard Gabriel, IBM Research, USA Alex Payne, Emerging Languages Camp, USA - Abstract: The Future Programming Workshop (FPW) invites ambitious visions, new approaches, and early-stage work of all kinds seeking to improve software development. Participants will present their work at SPLASH in Pittsburgh and optionally at Strange Loop in St. Louis, culminating in a writers’ workshop at SPLASH. FPW fosters a supportive and inspirational community of researchers and practitioners working at the frontiers of software. We are looking for transformative ideas outside the academic and industrial mainstream - ideas with potentially large impacts on how we will build software in the future. We embrace early-stage work, when it is most in need of constructive criticism, and offer a safe and effective environment in which to receive such criticism. ************************************************************** MobileDeLi - Workshop on Mobile Development Lifecycle http://2015.splashcon.org/track/mobiledeli2015 - Deadlines: Submissions: August 7, 2015 - Organizers: Aharon Abadi, IBM Haifa Research Lab, Israel Lori Flynn, CERT, USA Jeff Gray, University of Alabama, USA - Abstract: Mobile application usage and development is experiencing exponential growth. According to Gartner, by 2016 more than 200 billion total apps will have been downloaded. The mobile domain presents new challenges to software engineering. Mobile platforms are rapidly changing, including diverse capabilities as GPS, sensors, and input modes. Applications must be omni-channel and work on all platforms. Activated on mobile platforms, modern applications must be elastic and scale on demand according to the hardware abilities. Applications often need to support and use third-party services. Therefore, during development, security and authorization processes for the dataflow must be applied. Bring your own device (BYOD) policies bring new security data leaks challenges. Developing such applications requires suitable practices and tools e.g., architecture techniques that relate to the complexity at hand; improved refactoring tools for hybrid applications using dynamic languages and polyglot development and applications; and testing techniques for applications that run on different devices. This workshop aims at establishing a community of researchers and practitioners to share their work and lead further research in the mobile development area. ************************************************************** PLATEAU – 6th Workshop on Evaluation and Usability of Programming Languages and Tools http://2015.splashcon.org/track/plateau2015 - Deadlines: Submissions: August 7, 2015 - Organizers: Thomas LaToza, UC Irvine, USA Joshua Sunshine, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Craig Anslow, Middlesex University, UK - Abstract: Programming languages exist to enable programmers to develop software effectively. But how efficiently programmers can write software depends on the usability of the languages and tools that they develop with. The aim of this workshop is to discuss methods, metrics and techniques for evaluating the usability of languages and language tools. The supposed benefits of such languages and tools cover a large space, including making programs easier to read, write, and maintain; allowing programmers to write more flexible and powerful programs; and restricting programs to make them more safe and secure. PLATEAU gathers the intersection of researchers in the programming language, programming tool, and human-computer interaction communities to share their research and discuss the future of evaluation and usability of programming languages and tools. ************************************************************** Parsing - Parsing@SLE 2015 http://2015.splashcon.org/track/ParsingAtSLE2015 - Deadlines: Submissions: August 7, 2015 - Organizers: Ali Afroozeh, Loek Cleophas, Umea University, Sweden - Abstract: Parsing@SLE is a workshop on parsing programming languages, now in its third edition. The intended participants are the authors of parser generation tools and parsers for programming languages and other software languages. For the purpose of this workshop ``parsing’’ is a computation that takes a sequence of characters as input and produces a syntax tree or graph as output. This possibly includes tokenization using regular expressions, deriving trees using context- free grammars, and mapping to abstract syntax trees. The goal is to bring together today’s experts in the field of parsing, in order to explore open questions and possibly forge new collaborations. The topics may include algorithms, implementation and generation techniques, syntax and semantics of meta formalisms (BNF), etc. ************************************************************** PROMOTO – 3rd Workshop on Programming for Mobile and Touch http://2015.splashcon.org/track/promoto2015 - Deadlines: Submissions: August 7, 2015 - Organizers: Steven D. Fraser, Innoxec, USA Alberto Sillitti, Center for Applied Software Engineering Bolzano, Italy - Abstract: Today, easy-to-use mobile devices like smartphones and tablets are becoming more prevalent than traditional PCs and laptops. New programming languages are emerging to enable programmers to develop software easily—leveraging the exciting advances in existing hardware, and providing abstractions that fit the capabilities of target platforms with multiple sensors, touch and cloud capabilities. PROMOTO brings together researchers who have been exploring new programming paradigms, embracing the new realities of always connected, touch-enabled mobile devices. PROMOTO 2015 would like to invite contributions covering technical aspects of cross-platform computing, cloud computing, social applications and security. Submissions for this event are invited in the general area of mobile and touch-oriented programming languages and programming environments, and teaching of programming for mobile devices. ************************************************************** REBLS - Workshop on Reactive and Event-based Languages & Systems http://2015.splashcon.org/track/rebls2015 - Deadlines: Submissions: August 7, 2015 - Organizers: Guido Salvaneschi, TU Darmstadt, Germany Wolfgang De Meuter, Vrije Universiteit, Belgium Patrick Eugster, Purdue University, USA Lukasz Ziarek, State University of New York (SUNY) Buffalo, USA Reactive programming and event-based programming are two closely related programming styles that are becoming ever more important with the advent of advanced HPC technology and the ever increasing requirement for our applications to run on the web or on collaborating mobile devices. A number of publications on middleware and language design — so-called reactive and event-based languages and systems (REBLS) — have already seen the light, but the field still raises several questions. For example, the interaction with mainstream language concepts is poorly understood, implementation technology is in its infancy and modularity mechanisms are almost totally lacking. Moreover, large applications are still to be developed and patterns and tools for developing reactive applications is an area that is vastly unexplored. ************************************************************** SEPS - 2nd Workshop on Software Engineering for Parallel Systems http://2015.splashcon.org/track/seps2015 - Deadlines: Papers: August 7, 2015 - Organizers: Ali Jannesari, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany Siegfried Benkner, University of Vienna, Austria Xinghui Zhao, Washington State University, USA Ehsan Atoofian, Lakehead University, Canada Yukionri Sato, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan - Abstract: The increased complexity of parallel applications on modern parallel platforms (e.g. multicore/manycore, distributed or hybrid) requires more insight into development processes, and necessitates the use of advanced methods and techniques supporting developers in creating parallel applications or parallelizing and reengineering sequential legacy applications. We aim to advance the state of the art in different phases of parallel software development, covering software engineering aspects such as requirements engineering and software specification; design and implementation; program analysis, profiling and tuning; testing and debugging. ************************************************************** SMART - Workshop on Smart Software Strategies http://conf.researchr.org/track/SmartSoftwareStrategies2015/SmartSoftwareSt… - Deadlines: Papers: October 2, 2015 - Organizers: Steven D. Fraser, Independent Consultant, USA Dennis Mancl, Alcatel-Lucent, USA Bill Opdyke, JP Morgan Chase & Co, USA - Abstract: We should learn from the past – to use what we learn for the next problem. What can we learn from the experiences of Y2K? There are some lessons about software design and software maintenance that we might apply to the next wave of software and technology: Y2K bugs: In the late 1990s, software developers and managers were furiously working to analyze and fix potential “Y2K bugs.” We all knew that there were software applications that might fail on January 1, 2000, but no one was sure how we would manage to fix all of these defects in time. Today’s “smart” technologies: Fifteen years later, we are at the threshold of a new era of software – smart phones, wearable technology, digital currency, smart automobiles, smart power grids, smart appliances. How should we prepare for this wave? Should we be thinking ahead, should we be anticipating some of the potential risks and latent defects in our smart applications and smart support software for a software-driven future world? What advances in software analysis, design, coding, and testing will we need to do reduce our exposure to defects, unintended side effects, and malicious mischief? We might look to the past – to the biggest concentrated effort to clean up and modernize software on a worldwide scale. Are there some lessons we can learn from “Y2K remediation activities” of the 1990s? ************************************************************** WODA - 13th International Workshop on Dynamic Analysis http://2015.splashcon.org/track/woda2015 - Deadlines: Papers: August 7, 2015 - Organizers: Harry Xu, University of California, Irvine, USA Walter Binder, University of Lugano, Switzerland Yudi Zheng, University of Lugano, Switzerland - Abstract: Dynamic analysis is widely used in software development to understand various run-time properties of a program. Dynamic analysis includes both offline techniques, which operate on some captured representation of the program's behavior (e.g., a trace), and run-time techniques, which analyze the behavior on the fly, while the system is executing. Although inherently incomplete, dynamic analyses can be more precise than their static counterparts and show promise in aiding the understanding, development, and maintenance of robust and reliable large scale systems. Moreover, the data they provide enable statistical inferences to be made about program behavior. Dynamic analysis is playing a central role in the understanding of applications and systems as we grapple with emerging challenges such as systemic runtime bloat, high energy consumption, and the explosion of Big Data. The overall goal of WODA is to bring together researchers and practitioners working in all areas of dynamic analysis to discuss new issues, share results and ongoing work, and foster collaborations. This workshop is a forum for researchers and practitioners interested in the intersection of compilers, programming languages, architecture, software engineering, systems, high-performance computing, performance engineering, machine learning, and data mining for addressing software and system performance. The workshop focuses on developing and studying analytic technologies (e.g., program analysis, statistical analysis, machine learning, data mining, visualization) applied on various software or system artifacts (e.g., production systems, tests, program traces, system logs) to address issues in software and system reliability, dependability, performance, and scalability. /************************************************************************************/

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PharoJS Documentation
by Noury Bouraqadi July 15, 2015

July 15, 2015

Hi, I started a documentation on how to use PharoJS at http://car.mines-douai.fr/pharojs/. So, far it covers: - download/ install, - evaluate expressions in the PharoJS workspace and see them perform on a web browser - running tests in Pharo (e.g. using the plain TestRunner) that perform some code on a web browser. The assertions are performed in the Smalltalk world :-) - exporting javascript file from Smalltalk classes to make a standalone app. Noury -- http://twitter.com/#!/NouryBouraqadi http://car.mines-douai.fr/noury

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How to go to the social event
by Luc Fabresse July 15, 2015

July 15, 2015

Smalltalkers, Please find infos there: http://www.esug.org/wiki/pier/Conferences/2015/Social-Event Best, #Luc

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Call for Tutorials (POPL 2016)
by Rastislav BODIK July 14, 2015

July 14, 2015

Call for Tutorials (POPL 2016) Since 2012, POPL has been/is home to TutorialFest, which features a buffet of half-day talks oriented towards students in particular and other POPL attendees in general. Tutorials for POPL 2016 are solicited on any topic relevant to the POPL audience. In particular, tutorials that strive to do one of the following have been especially successful in the past: - Describe an important piece of research infrastructure. - Educate the community on an emerging topic. For examples of past tutorials, see the websites of TutorialFest <http://wrigstad.com/popl13/tutorialfest.html> 2013 <http://wrigstad.com/popl13/tutorialfest.html> and 2014 <http://popl.mpi-sws.org/2014/tutorials2.html>. In 2016, tutorials will be held on Monday January 18, 2016 (two days before the main conference and the day before PLMW). For each accepted tutorial, one presenter will receive complimentary registration to POPL. We are investigating low-cost options for video-recording tutorials if consented by tutorial presenters. Submission Procedures Submissions should be in pdf or plain-text, sent via email to Ras Bodik (bodik[AT]cs.washington.edu) with subject line "POPL tutorial proposal") with the following information: - Tutorial title - Presenter(s), affiliation(s), and contact information - 1-3 page description (for evaluation). This should include the objectives, topics to be covered, presentation approach, target audience, prerequisite knowledge, and if the tutorial was previously held, the location (i.e. which conference), date, and number of attendees, and slides if available. - 1-2 paragraph abstract suitable for tutorial publicity. - 1 paragraph biography suitable for tutorial publicity. The conference chairs may also solicit tutorials directly, as has been common in the past. Important Dates Submission Deadline: September 15, 2015, anywhere on earth. Tutorial Notification: On or before October 15, 2015. Questions Questions should be emailed to the POPL 2016 General Chair, Ras Bodik at bodik(a)cs.washington.edu.

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Fwd: WHEN&WHERE SOCIAL EVENT
by Stéphane Ducasse July 13, 2015

July 13, 2015

> > Hi everybody, > the bus will waiting for you in Largo Torrelunga (https://goo.gl/maps/2Q7M4 5 minutes to walk from Paolo VI) at 19.00. > If you need I can show to a student where is Largo Torrelunga… > > Glauco Pentenero > Direzione di sede Brescia > Servizio Formazione Permanente > Glauco.pentenero(a)unicatt.it > tel +39 030 2406501 – fax +39 030 2406505 > > Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore > Contrada Santa Croce 17, 25121 Brescia > www.unicatt.it > > > > Ricerca, Formazione, Assistenza, Cooperazione e Sviluppo: 5 ragioni per metterci la firma. > Sottoscrivi il tuo 5 per mille a favore dell’Università Cattolica e ci aiuterai a sostenere borse di studio, ricerca scientifica, progetti medico-assistenziali e sociali dell’Ateneo e del Policlinico “A. Gemelli”. > Info: www.unicatt.it/5permille > >

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gt spotter at the esug 2015 innovation technology awards
by Tudor Girba July 12, 2015

July 12, 2015

Hi, GT Spotter, the novel Pharo search interface, just entered the ESUG 2015 Innovation Technology Awards competition. GT Spotter is part of the Glamorous Toolkit project (gt.moosetechnology.org) and it offers an elegantly uniform search interface for any objects, including classes, packages, methods, senders, files, playground pages, examples, projects, and even your custom objects. It can be easily extended, currently featuring more than 100 such extensions. [image: Inline image 1] To get a better idea of what GT Spotter brings, here is an overview slideshow: http://www.slideshare.net/girba/gt-spotter Don't miss the live demo at ESUG :). Cheers, The Glamorous Team

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Roassal Camp Smalltalk
by Alexandre Bergel July 12, 2015

July 12, 2015

Dear Colleagues and Friends, We are happy to announce we will organize a CampSmalltalk about the Roassal visualization engine, on _Sunday 12 July_. As far as we have seen, the interests are multiple. Here is a list of topics we will happy to work on: - Port of Roassal on VisualWorks - Using Roassal on Gemstone - HTML/JavaScript export - Improving Grapher, our charting library If you wish to participate, get in touch with us. Since we will probably have a sponsoring of the event, it would be nice to know how many will attend to ease the logistic and the pizza ordering :-) Cheers, Alexandre -- _,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;: Alexandre Bergel http://www.bergel.eu ^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;.

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[IMPORTANT] [Conference] Brescia Venue Changed to New Location!!
by Damien Cassou July 11, 2015

July 11, 2015

Dear all, please read very carefully: Due to the weather forecast (36-38°), the local organizers decided to move the conference venue to an air-conditioned place: Centro Pastorale Paolo VI Via Gezio Calini 30 25121 Brescia Tel 0303773511 – Fax 03048229 http://www.centropastoralepaolovi.it/ This is for Monday and Tuesday only. This place is where the esug board and student volunteers are hosted. -- Damien Cassou http://damiencassou.seasidehosting.st "Success is the ability to go from one failure to another without losing enthusiasm." --Winston Churchill

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[ANN] PharoPro - A support company for Pharo (on the works)
by Esteban Lorenzano July 10, 2015

July 10, 2015

Dear Pharoers and others, As you know, the purpose of the Pharo Consortium is to secure Pharo by taking care about different needs, working on essential infrastructure assets and managing updates. The consortium is also an umbrella so that companies can control the system that they use daily. Since last year, we (the board) have been working to complement this offer with a service completely dedicated to concrete and specific customer needs. PharoPro support for companies and business has as sole objective to make Pharo a strong and reliable choice for developing business critical applications. PharoPro will make sure that Pharo companies can fulfill their needs using Pharo as a platform for business. Offering this new service will bring Pharo to another level of business acceptance. We propose to offer it in the umbrella of the Consortium. We sketch the PharoPro services here: http://consortium.pharo.org/web/pharopro <http://consortium.pharo.org/web/pharopro> We worked hard to on it and we will be at ESUG to discuss with you about business opportunities. Do not hesitate to send us feedback about your needs! Esteban, in behalf of Pharo Board

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Camp Smalltalk PDX House Share
by Sean P. DeNigris July 9, 2015

July 9, 2015

Cross posting from SCONA because I'm not sure how many of us are active there... My wife and I were thinking it could be really cool to rent a large house or apartment where a bunch of us can stay together. If you're interested, let me know! ----- Cheers, Sean -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/Camp-Smalltalk-PDX-House-Share-tp4836791.html Sent from the ESUG mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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