I do not expect anything from this kind of workshop. Stef
On Jul 21, 2009, at 8:40 PM, Alexandre Bergel wrote: >> I like the topic of the workshop, because I have struggled with the >> problem of evaluating and comparing usability a lot in the past, >> and I >> see that Antoine and Frédéric have similar problems with their >> research. The only thing I hope is that this workshop is not on the >> same day as > > I was thinking that having a short paper on Pharo will definitely be > of a good move. > >> DLS (where we'll be presenting the RoelTyper paper, that >> got accepted after Frédéric improved the precision; watch out for >> this >> new version in Squeak and Pharo one of the coming days). > > Congratulation! > >> Alex, are you going to OOPSLA ? > > Unfortunately not. I won't attend ESUG as well. sic... > Next year my budget will be much larger. > > Alexandre > > >> On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Alexandre >> Bergel<[email protected]> wrote: >>> I like the idea of this workshop. If someone is going to OOPSLA >>> this year, >>> this may be interesting. >>> If someone plan to go there, let me know. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Alexandre >>> >>> >>> Begin forwarded message: >>> >>>> From: Shane Markstrum <[email protected]> >>>> Date: 20 July 2009 16:40:22 GMT-04:00 >>>> To: [email protected], [email protected], >>>> [email protected], [email protected], >>>> [email protected] >>>> Subject: [SEWORLD] Call for Papers: Evaluation and Usability of >>>> Programming Languages and Tools (PLATEAU) 2009 >>>> >>>> Call for Papers >>>> >>>> PLATEAU 2009 >>>> >>>> First Workshop on >>>> Evaluation and Usability of Programming Languages and Tools >>>> (PLATEAU) >>>> in conjunction with Onward!/OOPSLA 2009 >>>> October 25-29, 2009 (Orlando, FL) >>>> >>>> http://ecs.victoria.ac.nz/Events/PLATEAU/WebHome >>>> >>>> SUBMISSION SITE >>>> >>>> http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=plateau09 >>>> >>>> IMPORTANT DATES >>>> >>>> Submission August 31 >>>> Notification Mid-September (before close of early registration >>>> for >>>> OOPSLA/Onward!) >>>> Final version TBA >>>> Workshop TBA, one-half or one-full day between October 25 >>>> and 29 >>>> >>>> SCOPE >>>> >>>> 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. >>>> >>>> We plan to gather 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. We are also >>>> interested >>>> in the input of other members of the programming research community >>>> working on related areas, such as refactoring, design patterns, >>>> program analysis, program comprehension, software visualization, >>>> end-user programming, and other programming language paradigms. >>>> Some >>>> particular areas of interest are: >>>> >>>> - empirical studies of programming languages >>>> - methodologies and philosophies behind language and tool >>>> evaluation >>>> - software design metrics and their relations to the underlying >>>> language >>>> - user studies of language features and software engineering tools >>>> - visual techniques for understanding programming languages >>>> - critical comparisons of programming paradigms, such as >>>> object-oriented vs. functional >>>> - tools to support evaluating programming languages >>>> >>>> SUBMISSIONS >>>> >>>> Participants are invited to submit a position paper describing >>>> their >>>> on going work. We will accept papers (from 4 to 6 pages) that >>>> describe >>>> work-in-progress or recently completed work based on the themes and >>>> goals of the workshop or related topics, report on experiences >>>> gained, >>>> question accepted wisdom, raise challenging open problems, or >>>> propose >>>> speculative new approaches. Longer submissions will be >>>> considered, but >>>> all submissions must be fewer than 10 pages. >>>> >>>> Submissions and final papers should be formatted using the ACM >>>> SIGPLAN >>>> 10 point format. Templates for Word and LaTeX are available at >>>> http://www.acm.org/sigs/sigplan/authorInformation.htm; this site >>>> also >>>> contains links to useful information on how to write effective >>>> submissions. >>>> >>>> Accepted submissions will be made available through this website >>>> and >>>> workshop participants are encouraged to have read the position >>>> papers >>>> before attending the workshop. Participants are also asked to >>>> prepare >>>> a presentation to support their position paper. >>>> >>>> ORGANIZERS (and members of the Committee) >>>> >>>> Craig Anslow - Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand >>>> Shane Markstrum - Bucknell University, USA >>>> Emerson Murphy-Hill - University of British Columbia, Canada >>>> >>>> PROGRAM COMMITTEE >>>> >>>> Andrew Black - Portland State University, USA >>>> Larry Constantine - University of Madeira, Portugal >>>> Jeff Foster - University of Maryland, College Park, USA >>>> Robert Fuhrer - IBM Research, USA >>>> Donna Malayeri - EPFL, Switzerland/Carnegie Mellon University, USA >>>> Stuart Marshall - Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand >>>> Todd Millstein - University of California, Los Angeles, USA >>>> James Noble - Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand >>>> Ewan Tempero - University of Auckland, New Zealand >>>> >>>> For more information, please see the workshop website: >>>> >>>> http://ecs.victoria.ac.nz/Events/PLATEAU/WebHome >>>> >>>> ============================================================ >>>> To contribute to SEWORLD, send your submission to >>>> mailto:[email protected] >>>> >>>> http://www.sigsoft.org/seworld provides more >>>> information on SEWORLD as well as a complete archive of >>>> messages posted to the list. >>>> ============================================================ >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> _,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;: >>> Alexandre Bergel http://www.bergel.eu >>> ^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Moose-dev mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://www.iam.unibe.ch/mailman/listinfo/moose-dev >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Moose-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://www.iam.unibe.ch/mailman/listinfo/moose-dev >> > > -- > _,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;: > Alexandre Bergel http://www.bergel.eu > ^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Moose-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.iam.unibe.ch/mailman/listinfo/moose-dev _______________________________________________ Pharo-project mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project
