General talk about software patterns

[Linda Rising <risingl1 AT cox.net>]

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8th Latin American Conference on Pattern Languages of Programming

SugarLoafPLoP'2010

http://sugarloafplop.dcc.ufba.br

Salvador, Brazil, September 23-26, 2010

(Co-Located with CBSoft 2010)

FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS

SUBMISSION DEADLINES
====================

Submissions Due: 03 May 2010
Shepherding Starts: 24 May 2010
Shepherd recommendations due: 05 July 2010
Notification of Acceptance: 08 July 2010
Final Conference Copy Due: 19 July 2010
Conference Dates: 23-26 September 2010

THE CONFERENCE
==============

Software developers have long observed that certain patterns recur and 
endure
across different applications and systems. SugarLoafPLoP brings together 
researchers,
educators, and practitioners whose interests span a remarkably broad 
range of topics
and who share an interest in exploring the power of the pattern form. 
The growing interest
in patterns represents an effort to catalog and better communicate 
knowledge,
providing handbooks of proven solutions to common problems. The purpose 
of SugarLoafPLoP is to promote
development of patterns and pattern languages, primarily about aspects 
of software: design and programming,
testing, software architecture, user interface design, domain modeling, 
and software processes.
Patterns and pattern languages for domains outside software are also 
welcome.

SugarLoafPLoP invites you to add your expertise to the growing corpus of 
patterns. SugarLoafPLoP
focuses on improving the expression of patterns. You will have the 
opportunity to refine
and extend your patterns with the help from knowledgeable and sympathetic
fellow pattern enthusiasts. You will also be able to discuss applications of
patterns in industry and academia.

Highlights of the conference include tutorials, invited speakers, and
workshops, all held at the beach at Salvador, Brazil, an area of great 
natural and
cultural beauty.

The SugarLoafPLoP'2010 program will be divided in three different tracks:

* Writers' Workshop (WW) - papers that document patterns and pattern 
languages
will be workshopped in the traditional PLoP format.

* Pattern Applications (PA) - papers that explore the use and
application of patterns, such as using patterns in industry and academia,
tools for using patterns, evaluation of productivity when using patterns,
teaching and consulting with patterns, and so on. Both practitioners from
the software industry and academics are invited to submit to this track.

* Writing Patterns (WP) - papers of newcomers who want to learn how to 
better
elaborate an idea intended to evolve to a pattern or pattern language. This
is more like a hands-on tutorial on writing patterns.

PAPER SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
==============================

Paper submissions will be performed via the online JEMS system 
(https://submissoes.sbc.org.br/)
starting in early April, 2010. Papers can be written in English 
(preferred), Portuguese,
or Spanish and must conform to the SBC (Brazilian Computer Society) 
style that
will be available in the conference web site. Submissions should be in 
PDF format.

Papers published at the Writers' Workshop track of this conference are 
qualified for
submission to the new journal "Transactions on Pattern Languages of 
Programming"
published by Springer.

See http://hillside.net/tplop/ and 
http://www.springer.com/home/computer/lncs?SGWID=5-164-2-470309-0 for 
details of this journal.


ORGANIZATION
============

General Chairs: Christina von Flach Chavez (DCC/UFBA, Brazil)
Claudio Sant'Anna (DCC/UFBA, Brazil)

Program co-Chairs: Rebecca Wirfs-Brock (Wirfs-Brock Associates, USA)
Uira Kulesza (DIMAp/UFRN, Brazil)

Local Organization: Christina von Flach Chavez (DCC/UFBA, Brazil)
Claudio Sant'Anna (DCC/UFBA, Brazil) (DCC/UFBA, Brazil)
Leandro JosŽ Silva Andrade (DCC/UFBA, Brazil)

PROGRAM COMMITTEE (to be confirmed and extended)
=================

Claudia Werner (COPPE/UFRJ, Brazil)
Dick Gabriel (Sun Microsystems, USA)
Eugene Wallingford (University Northern Iowa, USA)
Fabio Kon (IME/USP, Brazil)
Gustavo H. Rossi (Lifia/UNLP, Argentina)
Jerffeson Teixeira de Souza (UECE, Brasil)
Joseph Yoder (U. Illinois / The Refactory, Inc, USA)
Linda Rising (Independent Consultant, USA)
Lisa Hvatum (USA)
Paulo Borba (CIn/UFPE, Brazil)
Paulo Cesar Masiero (ICMC/USP, Brazil)
Rosana Braga (ICMC/USP, Brazil)
Rossana Andrade (DC/UFC, Brazil)
Sergio Soares (CIn/UFPE, Brazil)
Tiago Massoni (DSC/UFCG, Brazil)


FOR MORE INFORMATION
====================

For further information, please visit the conference home page
http://sugarloafplop.dcc.ufba.br or, for questions regarding the
conference program or paper submission, contact the PC chairs, Rebecca 
Wirfs-Brock (rebecca at wirfs-brock.com)
or Uira Kulesza (uira at dimap.ufrn.br). For other questions contact the 
general
chairs, Christina Chavez (flach at dcc.ufba.br) or Claudio Sant'Anna 
(santanna at dcc.ufba.br)