SECOND CALL
FOR PAPERS
15th
International Conference on
Generative
Programming: Concepts & Experiences (GPCE 2016)
October
31-November 1, 2016
Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
(collocated
with SPLASH 2016)
http://www.facebook.com/GPCEConference
IMPORTANT
DATES
*
Submission of abstracts:
June 17, 2016
*
Submission of papers:
June 24, 2016
* Paper
notification: August 26, 2016
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SCOPE
Generative
and component approaches and domain-specific abstractions are
revolutionizing
software
development just as automation and
componentization
revolutionized
manufacturing. Raising the level of
abstraction
in software specification has been a fundamental goal of the
computing
community for several decades. Key technologies for automating
program
development and lifting the abstraction level closer to the
problem
domain are Generative Programming for program synthesis, Domain-
Specific
Languages (DSLs) for compact problem-oriented programming
notations,
and corresponding Implementation Technologies aiming at
modularity,
correctness, reuse, and evolution. As the field matures,
Applications
and Empirical Results are of increasing importance.
The
International Conference on Generative Programming: Concepts
&
Experiences
(GPCE) is a venue for researchers and practitioners interested
in
techniques that use program generation, domain-specific
languages, and
component
deployment to increase programmer productivity, improve software
quality,
and shorten the time-to-market of software products. In addition
to
exploring cutting-edge techniques of generative software, our
goal is
to foster
further cross-fertilization between the software engineering and
the
programming languages research communities.
SUBMISSIONS
We seek
research papers reporting original and unpublished results of
theoretical,
empirical,
conceptual, or experimental research that
contribute
to scientific knowledge in the areas listed below (the PC chair
can advise
on appropriateness). GPCE distinguishes the following types of
submissions:
Research
Papers:
* Full
Papers: Full papers report original and unpublished results of
theoretical,
empirical, conceptual, or experimental research that
contribute to
scientific knowledge in the areas listed below (the PC
chair can advise
on appropriateness). Full paper submissions are limited
to 10 pages + 2
extra pages for references.
* Short
Papers: The goal of short papers is to promote current work on
research and
practice. Short papers represent an early communication of
research and do
not always require complete results as in the case of a
full paper. In
this way, authors can introduce new ideas to the
community, discuss
ideas and get early feedback. Please note that short
papers are not
intended to be position statements. Short papers are
included in the
proceedings and will be presented with a smaller time
slot at the
conference. Short papers are limited to 4 pages + 1 extra
page for
references.
* Tool
demonstrations: Tool demonstrations should present tools that
implement
generative techniques, and are available for use. Any of the
GPCE topics of
interest are appropriate areas for tool demonstrations,
although purely
commercial tool demonstrations will not be accepted.
Submissions must
provide a tool description of 4 pages, excluding 1
extra page for
references and a demonstration outline including
screenshots of up
to 4 pages. Tool demonstrations must have the keywords
“Tool Demo” or
“Tool Demonstration” in the title. The 4-page tool
description will,
if the demonstration is accepted, be published in the
proceedings. The
4-page demonstration outline will be used by the
program committee
only for evaluating the submission.
Tech talks:
Depending on whether there is space in the program, GPCE may
solicit
Tech talks. See the GPCE’15 tech talks call for contributions
for
details.
For now, if you are interested in presenting a Tech talk, please
contact the
chairs.
Submissions
must adhere to the SIGPLAN
proceedings style
(sigplanconf.cls,
see http://www.sigplan.org/authorInformation.htm)
can be
made via
the submission page https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gpce16.
Authors of
a set of top ranked papers selected by the GPCE’16 program
committee
will be invited to submit extended versions of their GPCE’16
papers to a
special issue of the Elsevier Computer Languages, Systems and
Structures
(COMLAN) journal. The special issue will publish GPCE’16 papers
by
invitation from the guest editors and will only include
top-ranked
papers from
GPCE’16 (based on the GPCE’16 review). The special issue will
be
published by Elsevier in Computer Languages, Systems and
Structures
(COMLAN):
http://www.journals.elsevier.com/computer-languages-systems-and-structures/
TOPICS
GPCE seeks
contributions on all topics related to generative software and
its
properties. As technology is maturing and sophisticated but
increasingly
complex applications and services are realized in a variety
of
application areas (e.g., Cloud Computing, Mobile Computing,
Internet of
Things,
Cyber Physical Systems, Software Defined Networking, etc.), this
year, we
are particularly looking for empirical evaluations in this
context.
Key topics include (but are certainly not limited to):
*
Generative software
-
Domain-specific languages
- Product lines
-
Metaprogramming
- Program
synthesis
- Implementation
techniques and tool support
* Practical
applications and empirical evaluations
- Empirical
evaluations of all topics above
- Application
areas and engineering practice
*
Properties of generative software
- Correctness of
generators and generated code
- Reuse and
evolution
- Modularity,
separation of concerns, understandability, and
maintainability
- Performance
engineering, nonfunctional properties
- Application
areas and engineering practice
A more
detailed list of topics can be found on the website.
Examples of
key challenges in the field are
*
Synthesizing code from declarative specifications
*
Supporting extensible languages and language embedding
* Ensuring
correctness and other nonfunctional properties of generated
code; proving
generators correct
* Improving
error reporting with domain-specific error messages
* Reasoning
about generators; handling variability-induced complexity in
product lines
* Providing
efficient interpreters and execution languages
* Human
factors in developing and maintaining generators
Note on
empirical evaluations: This year, GPCE seriously commits on
encouraging
submissions about empirical evaluations of generative
software.
Empirical papers often have a difficult stand at programming
language
venues. We understand the frustration with reviews for empirical
papers
that, for example, simply recommend repeating entire experiments
with human
subjects due to slight deviations in the execution. To
alleviate
these problems, we have asked several experts routinely working
with
empirical methods to join the program committee and we will
actively
seek
external reviews where appropriate. During submissions, authors
can
optionally
indicate whether their paper contains substantial empirical
work, and
we will invest all effort necessary to ensure that such papers
will be
reviewed by experts familiar with the used empirical research
method. The
program-committee discussions will reflect on both technical
contribution
and research method.
Policy:
Incremental improvements over previously published work should
have been
evaluated through systematic, comparative, empirical, or
experimental
evaluation. Submissions
must adhere to SIGPLAN's
republication
policy (http://www.sigplan.org/republicationpolicy.htm).
Please
contact the program chair if you have any questions about how
this
policy
applies to your paper (chairs@gpce.org).
ORGANIZATION
Chairs (chairs@gpce.org)
General
Chair: Bernd Fischer (Stellenbosch University, ZA)
Program
Chair: Ina Schaefer (Technische Universität Braunschweig, DE)
Publicity
Chair: Christoph Seidl (Technische Universität Braunschweig, DE)
Program
Committee
* Kenichi
Asai (Ochanomizu University)
* Anya Helene
Bagge (University of Bergen, NO)
* Walter
Binder (University of Lugano, CH)
* Sandrine
Blazy (IRISA / University of Rennes 1, FR)
* Rastislav
Bodik (University of Washington, US)
* Shigeru
Chiba (University of Tokyo, JP)
* Ewen Denney
(NASA Ames Research Center, US)
* Sebastian
Erdweg (TU Darmstadt, DE)
* Martin Erwig
(Oregon State University, US)
* Matthew
Flatt (University of Utah, US)
* Aniruddha
Gokhale (Vanderbilt University, US)
* Jeff Gray
(University of Alabama, US)
* Michael
Haupt (Oracle Labs)
* Christian
Kästner (Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, US)
* Julia Lawall
(LIP6, FR)
* Derek
Rayside (University of Waterloo, CA)
* Tiark Rompf
(Purdue & Oracle Labs, US)
* Ulrik
Schultz (University of Southern Denmark, DK)
* Sandro
Schulze (Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg, DE)
* Mary Sheeran
(Chalmers University of Technology, SE)
* Norbert
Siegmund (University of Passau, DE)
* Walid Taha
* Markus
Völter (itemis, DE)
* Steffen
Zschaler (King's College London, UK)
* Tijs van der
Storm (Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica, NL)