Offhand, applying the central thesis of this conference to itself would seem to make sense. For example, putting the papers, possibly even including the rejected ones (with the reasons they were rejected) up on the web site, twice, could be a powerful way to provide for their continued improvement.
First would be a reference copy to remain unchanged except possibly by the authors or the conference authorities. The video of the presentation could be linked here. But the second copy could be in a wiki so that after signing in, any registered user could add footnotes, questions, examples, complaints, and other material suitable to support continued refinement and improvement. When even more sophistication is desired, adding an argumentation system akin to IBIS, the Issue Based Information System, could have beneficial results. Jeff Conklin's book, *Dialogue Mapping*, goes into detail about the approach, and he even has a short YouTube video showing how the constraints of such a system result in a clearer, more understandable account of a complex conversation than simply a transcript does. A primary feature of Compendium, a freely available graphical version of such a system, from the Compendium Institute, is that each idea presented must be attached to the question that it answers. It is amazing how much clearer an idea is when you know the question it purports to respond to. And systems like this accomodate multiple viewpoints in a single document without mushing them into an incomprehensible mess. The questions also serve to index the discussion so that finding the part you wish to understand or to modify becomes quite easy. Richard On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 7:53 AM, Kim Rose <[email protected]> wrote: > > > *** Workshop on Self-sustaining Systems (S3) 2010 *** > > September 27-28, 2010 > The University of Tokyo, Japan > http://www.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/swa/s3/s3-10/ > > In cooperation with ACM SIGPLAN > > === Call for papers === > > The Workshop on Self-sustaining Systems (S3) is a forum for discussion of > topics relating to computer systems and languages that are able to > bootstrap, implement, modify, and maintain themselves. One property of these > systems is that their implementation is based on small but powerful > abstractions; examples include (amongst others) Squeak/Smalltalk, COLA, > Klein/Self, PyPy/Python, Rubinius/Ruby, and Lisp. Such systems are the > engines of their own replacement, giving researchers and developers great > power to experiment with, and explore future directions from within, their > own small language kernels. > > S3 will be take place September 27-28, 2010 at The University of Tokyo, > Japan. It is an exciting opportunity for researchers and practitioners > interested in self-sustaining systems to meet and share their knowledge, > experience, and ideas for future research and development. > > --- Submissions and proceedings --- > > S3 invites submissions of high-quality papers reporting original research, > or describing innovative contributions to, or experience with, > self-sustaining systems, their implementation, and their application. Papers > that depart significantly from established ideas and practices are > particularly welcome. > > Submissions must not have been published previously and must not be under > review for any another refereed event or publication. The program committee > will evaluate each contributed paper based on its relevance, significance, > clarity, and originality. Revised papers will be published as > post-proceedings in the ACM Digital Library. > > Papers should be submitted electronically via EasyChair at > http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=s32010 in PDF format. > Submissions must be written in English (the official language of the > workshop) and must not exceed 10 pages. They should use the ACM SIGPLAN 10 > point format, templates for which are available at > http://www.acm.org/sigs/sigplan/authorInformation.htm. > > --- Venue --- > > The University of Tokyo, Komaba Campus, Japan > > --- Important dates --- > > Submission of papers: July 30, 2010 > Author notification: August 27, 2010 > Early registration: September 3, 2010 > Revised papers: September 10, 2010 > S3 workshop: September 27-28, 2010 > Final papers for ACM-DL post-proceedings: October 15, 2010 > > _______________________________________________ > fonc mailing list > [email protected] > http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc > -- Richard Karpinski, Nitpicker extraordinaire 148 Sequoia Circle, Santa Rosa, CA 95401 Home: 707-546-6760 http://nitpicker.pbwiki.com/
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