CALL FOR TOOL DEMONSTRATIONS
Fourth International Conference on
Generative Programming and Component Engineering (GPCE'05)
Sep 29 - Oct 1, 2005,
Tallinn,
Estonia
(co-located with TFP 2005 and ICFP 2005)
Sponsored by ACM SIGPLAN,
in cooperation with ACM SIGSOFT
http://www.gpce.org/05/
Program Chairs
- Robert Glück, University of Copenhagen
- Michael Lowry, NASA Ames Research Center
Program chairs can be contacted at
demos05@gpce.org
for issues concerning tool demonstrations
Important Dates
Overview
The conference on Generative Programming and Component Engineering
offers practitioners and tool-developers an opportunity to give an
in-depth technical demonstration of products, tools, techniques or
approaches supporting program generation, domain-specific modeling,
generative programming, template meta-programming,
aspect-oriented software development, model-driven architecture,
component generation, and other related topics.
GPCE tool demonstrations typically show how tools are applied in real
world scenarios, for example, by considering a small case-study. We
explicitly invite proposals from both industry as well as academia.
Demonstrations will be selected on their technical content, practical
or academic relevance, and feasibility of the proposed demonstration.
While we encourage proposals for the demonstration of commercial tools, we expect the presentation to address technical issues. Product marketing is inappropriate for this forum. If there are concerns with regard to the appropriateness of a demonstration or tool, feel free to contact
demos05@gpce.org
Organizational Issues
A demonstration session lasts 45 minutes, and should be centered
around a technical exposition of the tool, but the demonstrators
should provide time for questions from the public, either during the
session or at the end.
Demonstration proposals, written according to the guidelines outlined
below, should be submitted by
Apr 15, 2005, 23:59, Apia time.
Electronic submission will be required.
Proponents will be notified of acceptance by
May 30, 2005.
Demonstration proposals will be evaluated by the Program Committee and
will compete with technical papers for time slots in the Conference
Program.
It is the responsibility of the proponent to meet the hardware and software requirements needed to run a demonstration (ideally it should run on the presenter's laptop). The conference organization will provide only a data projector, an overhead projector and wireless connection.
Presenters of accepted demonstrations must provide a two-page summary description to be published on the website and handed out at the conference.
Proposal Guidelines
A proposal for demonstration be submitted electronically in
PDF format and should contain the following information:
- A demonstration title
- Name, organization, email, address, and phone number of the contact person
- Names and affiliations of the other presenters
- A description (max 400 words) addressing the following issues:
- Problems addressed
- Relevance to Generative Programming or Component Engineering
- Uniqueness of design and implementation,
- Underlying implementation techniques and technologies used
- A description of what the audience will see and how the
demonstration will be run
- A URL of a web site with additional information, if available
Program Committee
Program Chairs:
Program Committee Members:
- Don Batory (University of Texas, USA)
- Ira Baxter (Semantic Designs, USA)
- Cristiano Calcagno (Imperial College London, UK)
- Prem Devanbu (University of California at Davis, USA)
- Ulrich Eisenecker (University Leipzig, Germany)
- Tom Ellman (Vassar College, USA)
- Robert Filman (NASA Ames Research Center,USA)
- Zhenjiang Hu (University of Tokyo, Japan)
- Patricia Johann (Rutgers University, USA)
- John Launchbury (Galois, USA)
- Anne-Françoise Le Meur (University of Science and Technology Lille, France)
- Hong Mei (Peking University, China)
- Nicolas Rouquette (NASA Jet Propulsion Lab, USA)
- William Scherlis (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
- Yannis Smaragdakis (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
- Walid Taha (Rice University, USA)
- Todd Veldhuizen (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden)
For More Information
For additional information, clarification, or questions, please feel
free to e-mail (
demos05@gpce.org)
Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings, to be published in the Springer-Verlag
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series.
Submissions must be in PDF, conform to the LNCS style, and be no longer than
15 pages. Any appendices will be read/ignored at the discretion of the PC members.
For the formatting details see
http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html.
Program Committee
Program Chairs:
Program Committee Members:
- Don Batory (University of Texas, USA)
- Ira Baxter (Semantic Designs, USA)
- Cristiano Calcagno (Imperial College London, UK)
- Prem Devanbu (University of California at Davis, USA)
- Ulrich Eisenecker (University Leipzig, Germany)
- Tom Ellman (Vassar College, USA)
- Robert Filman (NASA Ames Research Center,USA)
- Zhenjiang Hu (University of Tokyo, Japan)
- Patricia Johann (Rutgers University, USA)
- John Launchbury (Galois, USA)
- Anne-Françoise Le Meur (University of Science and Technology Lille, France)
- Hong Mei (Peking University, China)
- Nicolas Rouquette (NASA Jet Propulsion Lab, USA)
- William Scherlis (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
- Yannis Smaragdakis (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
- Walid Taha (Rice University, USA)
- Todd Veldhuizen (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden)
For More Information
For additional information, clarification, or questions, please feel
free to e-mail (
papers05@gpce.org)
We encourage proposals for innovative, well-focused workshops on a broad
spectrum of component engineering and generative programming topics. All topics
related to the theme of the conference are potential candidates for workshops.
Workshops typically fall into the following categories:
- A workshop may address a specific sub-area of generative and component
technology in depth.
- A workshop may cover areas that cross the borders of several sub areas.
Workshops that cross the borders of the formal and the applied areas is
one example.
- A workshop may focus on the application and deployment of generative
and/or component technology in areas such as telecommunications, mobile
computing or real-time systems. Workshops reporting on industrial
experiences are particularly welcome.
Workshop topics are by no means limited to the categories mentioned above.
However, in each case, the proposed area is supposed to have enough impetus
to yield new results that can be considered important and worth more detailed
investigation.
Submission Format
Workshop proposals should be sent in ASCII or PDF format to the workshop
chairs and should consist of the following four parts:
1. Cover Page
- Name of the proposed workshop.
- Names and addresses of the organizers.
- Intended number of participants.
- Requested Audio/Video equipment.
2. Abstract
- Why is the proposed workshop relevant to GPCE? The abstract should
provide a short overview of the rationale for the workshop and the
major topics. In particular, statements about the review process and
ways to ensure creativity during the workshop would be appreciated.
- The abstract should preferably not exceed 200 words.
3. Call for Participation
- A preliminary version of the Call for Participation that the organizers
must prepare if the workshop is accepted.
- Should provide a brief overview of the proposed workshop including a
description of the goals of the workshops and the work practices.
- May repeat some of the statements made on the abstract page, but should
be targeted specifically to potential workshop participants.
4. Organizers Bio and Past Events
- Short biography of each organizer.
- References to similar workshops organized at previous conferences,
including the number of participants.
- If a workshop is accepted, the organizers will be requested to prepare
a WWW page that will contain the latest information about the workshop.
The web pages of each workshop will be linked to the GPCE workshop web
site.
- Each workshop must have at least two organizers, preferably from
different organizations.
Please keep complete submissions to under four pages.
Recommendations
1. Workshop organizers should foster the creative potential that is
tentatively present in a workshop.
2. Remember that a workshop is NOT a conference!
3. The success of a workshop depends greatly on the results generated on-site.
4. A number of interrelated issues should be taken into account in order to
provide a good framework for such on-site creativity.
5. Presentation selection
- Quality should obviously be the primary criterion for selecting the
presentations.
- However, in order for a workshop to be productive, consider also having
presentations on some new, controversial topics to spark discussion.
Workshop proceedings can be printed in Tallinn provided they are
delivered in camera-ready form by
Aug 19, 2005.
Workshop attendance will be manage via the GPCE registration form.
There will be a small workshop registration fee for participants registered to the main conference,
and a higher fee for the other participants.
Workshop organizers and presenters are required to register to the workshop.
Submission Process
Electronic submission of proposals must be sent to
workshops05@gpce.org.
Proposals must be submitted no later than
Feb 25, 2005, BUT EARLIER IS BETTER, as
it allows for a more satisfactory coordination between workshop proposals.
The submitted proposals will be reviewed collectively by the Workshop
Committee to determine a high quality and appropriate mix for the conference.
For More Information
For additional information, clarification, or questions please feel free to
contact the Workshop Chairs (
workshops05@gpce.org).
GPCE Steering Committee