October 2013 - Boost-announce

C++Now 2014: Call for Submissions
by Hartmut Kaiser 20 Oct '13

20 Oct '13

============================================== C++ Now Conference 2014 Aspen CO, USA, May 12-17, 2014, www.cppnow.org ============================================== Call for Submissions -------------------- We invite you to submit session proposals to the 2nd annual C++ Now Conference (Aspen CO, USA, May 12-17, 2014). Building upon the resounding success of C++ Now 2013 and five years of BoostCon, C++ Now 2014 will present leading speakers from the whole C++ community. The C++ Now Conference is dedicated to discussion and education about C++, an open and free language and standard. Our Conference will focus on discussion and education about open source software usage and developments in the C++ developer and user community. To reflect the breadth of the C++ and Boost communities, the conference includes sessions aimed at three constituencies: C++ and Boost end-users, hard-core Boost library and tool developers, and researchers pushing the boundaries of computation. The program fosters interaction and engagement within and across those groups, with an emphasis on hands-on, participatory sessions. As a multi-paradigm language, C++ is a melting pot where the most compelling ideas from other programming communities are blended in powerful ways. Historically, some of the most popular sessions at C++ Now have highlighted these concepts, from DSLs to functional programming to transactional memory and more. Bring your C#, Python, Ruby or Haskell influences to bear in an environment that will broaden their exposure. At C++ Now 2014 we would like to focus on the now established C++11 standard and the new, upcoming C++14 and how those standard are and will shape C++'s future. However, by no means this is intended to restrict the topics of proposals we hope to see. Any other topic related to C++ as outlined below is perfectly fine for submission. Important dates --------------- New proposal submissions due: December 8th, 2013. Proposals decisions sent (tentative program available): January 30th, 2014. Fully scheduled program available: February 24th, 2014. Best Presentation Awards ------------------------ We know how much effort it takes to prepare talks for our conference. For this reason we will award the best presentations in the following categories: Best Presentation, Best Short Presentation, Best Tutorial, and Best Workshop. The awards will be given based on the audience's voting. Each award will include the author's name listed on the cover of the C++ Now website for that year and a plaque containing all the C++ Now conference information. Session topics -------------- Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to, the following: * C++11/14 and how it changes life for users and library writers * General tutorial sessions on C++11/14, the C++11/14 Standards library, and one or more Boost libraries * Parallelism in the new C++11/14 standard * Parallel, distributed and GPGPU topics relating to C++ * In-depth sessions on using specific Boost libraries * Case studies on using Boost * Experts panels * Advanced sessions on implementation techniques used within Boost libraries * Development workshops to extend or enhance existing Boost libraries * Workshops on design process * Infrastructure workshops such as Build tools, Website, Testing * Concepts and Generic Programming * Hardware and infrastructure presentations focused on how libraries can make better use of the technology * Software development tools and their application to C++ and or Boost * Other topics likely to be of great interest to C++ users and developers Interactive and collaborative sessions are encouraged, as this is the style of learning and participation that has proven most successful at such events. Sessions can be tutorial based, with an emphasis on interaction and participant involvement, or workshop based, whether hands-on programming or paper-based, discussion-driven collaborative work. Session formats --------------- Presentations Presentations focus on a practitioner's ideas and experience with anything relevant to C++11 or C++14, Boost and users. Panels Panels feature three or four people presenting their ideas and experiences relating to C++11 or C++14 and Boost's relevant, controversial, emerging, or unresolved issues. Panels may be conducted in several ways, such as comparative, analytic, or historic. Tutorials Tutorials are sessions at which instructors teach conference participants specific skills relevant to C++11 or C++14 and Boost. Workshops Workshops provide an active arena for advancements in Boost-relevant topics. Workshops provide the opportunity for experienced practitioners to develop new ideas about a topic of common interest and experience. Author's Corner Presentations These were introduced at BoostCon 2008, and were a great success. They are short (30 minute) sessions, focusing on tips on usage and design. In addition, we're looking to uncover the hidden design gems in Boost libraries. Tool Vendors Presentations We actively encourage tool vendors and ISP's to submit proposals for a special Tool Vendors Session Track aimed at products related to Boost and C++ (compilers, libraries, tools, etc.). Other formats may also be of interest. Don't hold back a proposal just because it doesn't fit into a pigeonhole. Submitting a proposal --------------------- Standard Sessions are 90 minutes. You may submit a proposal for fractions or multiples of 90-minutes. Fractional proposals will be grouped into 90 minute sessions covering related topics. Longer sessions, such as tutorials and classes, will be assigned three hour (i.e. half day), or six hour (i.e. full day) time slots. Please include: * The working title. * Type of session: presentation, panel, tutorial, workshop, authors corner, vendor track, other. * A paragraph or two describing the topic covered, suitable for the conference web site. * Proposed length: 10-20 minute short talks, 45 minutes, 90 minutes, half day, full day. * Alternate lengths, if you are willing to make adjustments: 10-20 minute short-talks, 45 minutes, 90 minutes, half-day, full day. * Audience: users, developers, both. * Level: basic, intermediate, advanced. * A biography, suitable for the conference web site. * Your contact information (will not be made public). Submission details ------------------ All submissions should be made through the EasyChair conference management system: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cppnow2014. If you have not already registered at EasyChair, you will need to do so in order to submit your proposal. All submissions will go through a peer review process. Authors are invited (but are not required) to submit PDF versions of full papers of up to 10 pages in ACM conference proceedings format (see http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates) The full papers are not required unless you want them published in the proceedings. All accepted proposals will be made available in the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Digital Library (approval pending). Best papers, after further reviews, will be considered to be book chapters or journal articles in a renowned journal. The session materials go on the C++ Now website and will be available to attendees. For general information on the C++ Now 2014 paper submission or the scope of technical papers solicited; please refer to the conference website at www.cppnow.org. For any other questions about the submission process or paper format, please contact the Program Committee at cppnow2014(a)easychair.com. If you have any technical problems with EasyChair, please contact EasyChair for help. Note: Presenters must agree to grant a non-exclusive perpetual license to publish submitted materials, either electronically or in print, in any media related to C++ Now. Hartmut Kaiser, email: hartmut.kaiser(a)gmail.com (Program Committee Chair) Joel Falcou, email: joel.falcou(a)lri.fr (Program Committee Chair) Jon Kalb, email: dave(a)boostpro.com (Conference Chair) On behalf of the conference organizers

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NT2 and Boost.SIMD beta 2 available
by Joel Falcou 14 Oct '13

14 Oct '13

This following releases updates NT2 and Boost.SIMD libraries.10 months had past and 176 Issues have been closed since last beta release and more than 2000 commits have been issued. Boost.SIMD is heading toward API stability. We want to tackle ons ome more compile time issues before going for an actual Boost Review. Special thanks to Tim Blenchmann and Domagoj Saric for their help and suggestions throughout this development. The release Changelog is here : https://github.com/MetaScale/nt2/releases The files can be download from : http://nt2.metascale.org/downloads/ The Documentation (in progress) is here : http://nt2.metascale.org/doc/html/index.html

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[1.55.0] Beta 1 Available
by Marshall Clow 08 Oct '13

08 Oct '13

Boost release 1.55.0 beta 1 is now available from SourceForge See http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.55.0.beta.1/ This release contains 1 new library: * Predef: This library defines a set of compiler, architecture, operating system, library, and other version numbers from the information it can gather of C, C++, Objective C, and Objective C++ predefined macros or those defined in generally available headers, from Rene Rivera. For details of what's in the release, see http://www.boost.org/users/history/version_1_55_0.html. Note that the links to files on this web page are for the final release - use the SourceForge link above to get the beta files. Please download the beta, give it a try, and report any problems you encounter. Thanks, -- The Boost Release Team

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1.55.0 beta 1 release candidates available for testing
by Marshall Clow 03 Oct '13

03 Oct '13

Release candidate files for 1.55.0 beta 1 are available at http://boost.cowic.de/rc/ As always, the release managers would appreciate it if you download the candidate of your choice and give building it a try. Please report both success and failure, and anything else that is noteworthy. This helps ensure the candidates build OK before we push them out to SourceForge. The files (and associated md5s) are: 9fa020efb06f5485628c646451b927c6 *boost_1_55_0b1_rc1.tar.gz 02d26b038ac96f19c3478d0c45a63c9b *boost_1_55_0b1_rc1.tar.bz2 de5f7d60b2387c4fe3d03eb327f095a9 *boost_1_55_0b1_rc1.zip 7deb9063846873452e6ec6918cb75a87 *boost_1_55_0b1_rc1.7z Thanks, --The release managers

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