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Subject: [Boost-interest] GPCE’16 Call for Papers
From: Christoph Seidl (c.seidl_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-03-11 12:00:05
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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We seek research papers reporting original and unpublished results of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* Full Papers: Full papers report original and unpublished results of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_at_[hidden]).
ORGANIZATION
Chairs (chairs_at_[hidden])
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)