Friends
Writing papers is fun, but we mostly only get to write one *kind* of paper.
Here is an opportunity to write something in a totally different style:
Submit an essay to Onward! Essays
Deadline: 20 April 2009
http://onward-conference.org/calls/foressays
An Onward! essay is a thoughtful reflection upon software-related technology.
Its goal is to help the reader to share a new insight, engage with an argument,
or wrestle with a dilemma.
A successful essay is a clear and compelling piece of writing that explores a
topic important to the software community. The subject area should be
interpreted broadly, including the relationship of software to human
endeavours, or its philosophical, sociological, psychological, historical, or
anthropological underpinnings. An essay can be an exploration of its 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 that by which the author reached an understanding of such a
topic.
I'm the program chair, and I'd love to get submissions from the programming
languages and theorem-proving community. Reflections on programming, types,
testing, verification, software engineering, compilers, society, ... you name
it. Anything to do with software. NB: Onward! is co-located with OOPSLA, but
they are otherwise unrelated. OO is fine, but not required.
Don't forget: 20th April.
Simon
PS: To get your imagination going, here are a couple of (strongly-contrasting)
past essays:
* Dan Grossman "The transactional memory / garbage collection analogy"
http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/djg/papers/analogy_oopsla07.pdf
* Dick Gabriel "Designed as designer"
http://dreamsongs.org/DesignedAsDesigner.html
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