> I do not expect anything from this kind of workshop. Me neither, but this workshop can be a good alternative to many other workshop at oopsla. Moreover, a 4 pages paper does not require a lot of work.
Alexandre > > 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 > -- _,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;: Alexandre Bergel http://www.bergel.eu ^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;. _______________________________________________ Pharo-project mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project
